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INTERNATIONAL

PSSRG is home to a  network of researchers and affiliated academics in institutions throughout the world.  This is in partnership with the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University.  All members of the International Association of Surfing Academics are eligable for membership of our academic affiliates programme.  If you are not a member of either the IASA or PSSRG but would like to be involved please do get in contact 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doctor Jess Ponting: Director, Center for Surf Research, San Diego State University, USA 

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Doctor Danny O'Brien: Associate Professor, Head of Sport Management Program, Bond University, Australia

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Professor Mark Orams: Professor Marine Tourism, Aukland University, New Zealand  

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Doctor Neil Lazarow: Griffith University, Australia



Doctor Chad Nelson: CEO Surfrider Foundation

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Doctor Peter Neushul: University of California Santa Barbara  

      

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Professor Scott Laderman, Professor of History, University of Minnesota Duluth


                                                                                     
Professor Chris Gibson: Director, Global Challenges Program at University of Wollongong

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Doctor Andrew Warren: University of New England



Doctor Jason Scorse: Associate Professor, Monterrey Institute for International Studies   

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Doctor Lindsay Usher: Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University

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Doctor Steve Martin: Lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

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Professor Ian Eddie: Southern Cross University Australia

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Professor Tony Abbott, Professor of Environmental Science and Studies, Stetson University

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Mr Elliot Pill, Director MA International Public Relations and Global Communications Management, Cardiff University

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Dr Fathima Ahmed, Lecturer Human Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal

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Professor Jean Pierre Augustin, Professor geography, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne

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Predro Bicudo, Instituto Superior Tecnico

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Dr Robert Brander, Coastal geomorphology, rip currents, beach hazards and safety, University of New South Wales

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Dr David Brown,  Reader in the Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, Cardiff Metropolitan University

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Dr Kimberly Burnett, Research Economist, University of Hawaii

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Dr Laurence Chalip, Recreation, Sports and Tourism, University of Illinois

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Jeremy Goffin. Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Design, University of Lincoln

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Professor Christophe Guibert: University of Angers, France   

Doctor Sun Young Park: Associate Professor School of Management University of San Francisco, USA

 

       

Doctor Jon Anderson: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK



Doctor Anna Gerke: Assistant Professor, Audencia Nantes, France



Doctor Robert Hales: Griffith University, Australia

Sam Bleakley​: Travel writer, surfer, geographer 



Doctor Carla Barbieri: Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, USA

Doctor Serge Dedina: Executive Director Wildcoast



Brender Willmott: Programme Manager - Surf Science and Technology - Cornwall College



Doctor  Easkey Britton: Surfer, scientist, explorer

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Mattias Cape, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Dr Robin Canniford, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Melbourne

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Dr Robyn Ceurvorst, Assistant Professor, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services

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Dr Makena KL Coffman, Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii

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Professor Sara Dolnicar, The University of Queensland

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Dr Sheranne Fairley, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland

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Professor Falk Feddersen, SCRIPPS institution of Oceanography

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Dr Philip Furley, German Sport University Cologne

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Dr Jerome Hall, Associate Professor, Anthropology University of San Diego

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Dr Tracey Harrison - Hill, Senior Lecturer, James Cook

 

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Dr Rob Hales, Programme Director, Griffith Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University

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Dr Sun -Young Park, Associate Professor, University of San Francisco

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Dr Darrell Strauss, Griffith centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University

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Professor Ken Liberman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon

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Joao Taborda, OTL,MSc, Occupational Theorapist and Adaptive Sports, International Health (IHTM-UNL) Health Policies and development

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Dr Tony Butt  Research Fellow, Plymouth University

 

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Dr Emily Hughes-dit-Ciles, Senior Scienctist, South West Catchments Council, Australia 

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