Joseph is a research professor at Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan. He previously researched and lectured in sustainable tourism at Monash University, Australia and is board member, International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Tourism and Leisure and Global Change and Steering Committee Member Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) Asia Pacific. His research draws from trans disciplinary perspectives, especially human/economic geography, cultural anthropology and political economy, particularly in the Asia Pacific. As a former practitioner, practicing consultant and analyst, his work emphasizes resilience building, sustainability and social justice. His recent books include Overtourism: Excesses, Discontents and Measures in Travel and Tourism (Milano, Cheer & Novelli, 2019) and Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism (Cheer, Mathews, van Doore & Flanagan, 2019).

Anthropological Fieldwork, Applied Anthropology, Colonial Discourse, Colonial Politic, Cultural Geography, Cultural Change, Development, Heritage, Interdisciplinarity, Land Tenure, Material Culture, Political Economy, Tourism, Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism, Anthropology of Tourism

Geography
Anthropology

Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS)
Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)
European Society for Oceanists (ESfO)

Melanesia
Australia (area)
Polynesia

The Colonial time
21st century