The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Dr Kevin Lyons
School: School of Economics, Politics and Tourism
Commenced with Institution: 06-OCT-1997
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Professor Allyson Holbrook;Dr Kevin Lyons 2008 1 Nursery & Garden Industry Australia Project - Project Grant Investigation of research into the benefits of green life for health, well-being and sustainability   15111  
Assoc. Prof Kevin Markwell;Dr Kevin Lyons 2007 1 University of Newcastle Project - Pilot Grant Why don't Australian tourists visit Papua New Guinea? An analysis of destination image, tourist perceptions and product delivery.   15572  
Dr Kevin Lyons 2007 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant BEST Education Network Think Tank VII on Innovations for Sustainable Tourism, Northern Arizona USA, 21/6/2007 - 24/6/2007   1700  
Assoc. Prof John Jenkins;Dr Kevin Lyons 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play! An investigation of non-resident fathers' leisure with their children   5500  
Dr Kevin Lyons;Assoc. Prof John Jenkins 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant The impact of working-holidays upon future careers: Examining the J-1 Camp Counsellor Program and its effect upon participant career anchors   6000  
Dr Kevin Lyons 2004 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant World Leisure Congress, 12-17 September 2004, Brisbane   1610  
Dr Kevin Lyons 2003 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Hawaii International Conference on Social Science, Honolulu, USA 12-15 June, 2003   2355  
Dr Kevin Lyons 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Early Career Researcher Grant Exchanging Cultures - Modelling Masculinities: An Examination of Australians Participating in an American Camp-Counselor Cultural Exchange Program   8000  
Dr Kevin Lyons 2001 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies and the Women and Leisure Conference, WA 1-6 July 2001   1733  
Dr Kevin Lyons 1999 1 University of Newcastle Project - New Staff Grant An exploratory examination of a of sense of community in NSW youth holiday camps.   7000  
Dr Kevin Lyons 1998 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 2nd International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference, USA 3 - 6 December 1998   735  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Leisure & Tourism) Principal Supervisor Structural Time Based Leisure for Children
PhD (Leisure & Tourism) Principal Supervisor Fish Places and Aquanaut Spaces: Analysing the Sustainability of Artificial Reefs as Resources for Recreational Scuba Diving
PhD (Leisure & Tourism) Principal Supervisor Community-Based Tourism (Tourism Village): The Study of Mapping, Identifying Tourism Potencies, and Establishing Models of Tourism Village as an Alternative Sustainable Tourism Development in Madura Island
PhD (Leisure & Tourism) Principal Supervisor A Study of Adventure Tour Operators in Protected Areas of NSW.

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
PhD 1.550

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Leisure & Tourism) 2004 Competing for Life: Older People and Competitive Sport
PhD (Leisure & Tourism) 2005 The Significance of Staff Decision Making and Awareness in Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Contexts

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Lyons Kevin Daniel, Dionigi R, ’Transcending emotional community: A qualitative examination of older adults and masters' sports participation’, Leisure Sciences, 29 375-389 (2007) [C1]

Jenkins John, Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Non-resident fathers' leisure with their children’, Leisure Studies, 25 219-232 (2006) [C1]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Wolves among sheep? The role of men in a feminist leisure studies’, Leisure Sciences, 28 305-309 (2006) [C1]

Gunthorpe Wendy Joy, Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’A predictive model of chronic time pressure in the Australian population: Implications for leisure research’, Leisure Sciences: an interdisciplinary journal, 26 201-213 (2004) [C1]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, Lobo Francis, ’Editorial’, World Leisure Journal, 46 2-3 (2004) [C3]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Examining the impact of working-holidays upon future careers’, e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), 2 3 (2004) [C2]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Ambiguities in Volunteer Tourism: A case Study of Australians Participating in a J-1 Visitor Exchange Program’, Tourism Recreation Research, 28 5-13 (2003) [C1]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, Peter Brown, ’Enhancing the Employability of Leisure Studies Graduates through Work Intergrated Learning’, Annals of Leisure Research, 6 55-67 (2003) [C1]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Exploring the Meanings of Community Among Summer Camp Staff’, World Leisure Journal, 45 55-61 (2003) [C1]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, Jenkins John, ’Rollin'! Rollin'! Rollin'! Rawhide!’, Australasian Parks and Leisure, 5 (2) 36-39 (2002) [C1]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Personal investment as a predictor of camp counselor job performance’, Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration, 2(18) 19-34 (2000) [C1]

Chapter in Book

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Ambassador, Worker and Player: Independent Travellers Working in American Summer Camps’, Down the Road: Exploring Backpacker and Independent Travel, API Network, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 93-108 (2005) [B1]

Review

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Leadership’, Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation (2003) [D2]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Review of Bryon Grainger-Jones' "Managing Leisure"’, Annals of Leisure Management (2000) [D1]

Conference Publication

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Innovations in volunteer tourism: A case study of fundraising adventure tours’, BEST Education Network Think Tank VII Conference. Abstracts, Flagstaff, Arizona (2007) [E3]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Preparing the Way for the Portfolio Careerist in the Tourism Industry’, The Constraints to Full Employment or WorkChoices and Welfare-to-Work, 8th Path to Full Employment Conference and 13th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle (2006) [E1]

Jenkins John, Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’From Time-to-time? Non-Residential Dads Leisure With their kids’, Creating a Culture of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle (2005) [E2]

Jenkins John, Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’Non-Resident Fathers' Leisure with their Children: A Pilot Study’, ANZALS 7th Biennial Conference, New Zealand (2005) [E3]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, Jenkins John, ’Profiling Career and Life Trajectories of Australians Working in American Summer Camps’, ANZALS 7th Biennial Conference, New Zealand (2005) [E3]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, ’We are not all crocodile hunters: exploring the experiences of Australian women working in American summer camps’, Leisure Matters 8th World Leisure Congress 2004 Congress Handbook, Brisbane (2004) [E3]

Lyons Kevin Daniel, Dionigi Rylee Ann, ’Toward a theory of Leisure based Community: The case of older adults in competitive sports’, ANZALS 6th Biennial Conference, Sydney (2003) [E3]

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