David Fennell, Brock University

Research

smart tourism global geopark indigenous sustainability income inequality

Latest papers

Circles of Connection: Visualizing Human-Nature-Animal Bonds Through Participatory Art in Wildlife Tourism.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026 · senior author
Understanding Tourists' Perceptions of Animal Welfare, Governance, and Conservation: Evidence from the Panda Base.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025 · first author
Comparative Analysis of Visitor Codes of Conduct in Chinese and Anglophone Zoos.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Building Indigenous Smart Tourism Capacity in the Niagara Peninsula Aspiring Global Geopark
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$20,925
Integrated management, complexity and diversity of use: responding and adapting to change
SSHRC · 2003 · Co-investigator
$40,000
Integrated management, complexity and diversity of use: responding and adapting to change
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$204,891

All 3 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Circles of Connection: Visualizing Human-Nature-Animal Bonds Through Participatory Art in Wildlife Tourism.

Guo Y, Fennell D

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ani16091376 PMID: 42121795

02

Understanding Tourists' Perceptions of Animal Welfare, Governance, and Conservation: Evidence from the Panda Base.

Fennell D, Guo Y, Butler R

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/ani15243548 PMID: 41463833

03

Comparative Analysis of Visitor Codes of Conduct in Chinese and Anglophone Zoos.

Guo Y, Fennell D

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ani14243647 PMID: 39765552

04

Benchmarking Giant Panda Welfare in Tourism: A Co-Design Approach for Animals, Tourists, Managers, and Researchers.

Guo Y, Fennell D

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ani14152137 PMID: 39123663

05

Is adaptive co-management ethical?

Fennell D, Plummer R, Marschke M

Journal of environmental management2008First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.020 PMID: 17391840

06

Exploring co-management theory: prospects for sociobiology and reciprocal altruism.

Plummer R, Fennell D

Journal of environmental management2007Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.003 PMID: 17196324

Building Indigenous Smart Tourism Capacity in the Niagara Peninsula Aspiring Global Geopark

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Fennell, David

Keywords: smart tourism; global geopark; indigenous; sustainability; income inequality

$20,925

Integrated management, complexity and diversity of use: responding and adapting to change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Ocean Management National Research Network Initiative

Principal investigators: Berkes, Fikret

Keywords: integrated management; oceans management; natural resources; social and environmental change; development; community science; community health; ecotourism; resilience; North; Arctic; Subarctic

$40,000

Integrated management, complexity and diversity of use: responding and adapting to change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Ocean Management National Research Network Initiative

Principal investigators: Berkes, Fikret

Keywords: integrated management; oceans management; natural resources; social and environmental change; development; community science; community health; ecotourism; resilience; North; Arctic; Subarctic

$204,891

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their SSHRC grant from 2021

Subject: Prospective PhD student: smart tourism Dear Professor Fennell, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Circles of Connection: Visualizing Human-Nature-Animal Bonds Through Participatory Art in Wildlife Tourism." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Building Indigenous Smart Tourism Capacity in the Niagara Peninsula Aspiring Global Geopark" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]