Human-Animal Relations in Tourism, Leisure and Development: Perspectives from Latin America

Carlos Monterrubio (PhD) is a full-time researcher at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Mexico. His research interests focus on vulnerable groups and interspecies relations in tourism, leisure and events in Latin America. He has published on these topics both in Spanish and English in well-established tourism and leisure journals. He is the co-editor of Tourism Planning and Development in Latin America (CABI, 2020).

Xavier López-Medellín (PhD) is a full-time researcher at the Biodiversity and Conservation Research Center of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Mexico. He made a postdoctoral stay at the Center for US Mexico Studies at the University of California in San Diego, United States. His research focuses on the interaction between natural and human systems to balance the trade-off between the costs and benefits of conservation. He has published on human-wildlife interactions in both Spanish and English in well-established journals.

Katherine Dashper (PhD) is Professor and Director of Research Degrees in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research interests focus on gender and human-animal interactions in tourism, events, sport and leisure. She has published widely on these topics, including a research monograph Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and Leisure (Routledge, 2017) and a co-edited collection Humans, Horses and Events Management (CABI, 2021).

Helen Wadham (PhD) is Reader in Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her research explores sustainability via collaborative approaches across species, sectors and communities. Current projects focus on decent interspecies work in the tourism industry, how racehorses transition into post-racing work and life, and the growth of the tiny house movement. She is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, and a member of the British Academy of Management and the Institute of Place Management