Professor Peter Brown
B Science, GCert Education (Physical Education and Social Science), M Science, PhD
Professor, Griffith Business School
Contact details for Professor Peter Brown
Research expertise
- Leisure and wellbeing
- Leisure time use
- Leisure, physical activity and public health
- Recreation management and planning
- Sport, media and gender relations
- The work / leisure nexus in relation to time pressure and quality of life
- Work-integrated learning in leisure studies
- Work / life tensions among working parents
Current teaching areas
- Introduction to the Leisure Industry
- Leisure management
- Policy and planning
- Research methods in leisure and tourism
- Sociology of sport
Publications
Refereed journal articles
- Lyons, K. and Brown, P. 2003, 'Enhancing the employability of Leisure Studies graduates through work-integrated learning', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 6 (1), pp. 54-67.
- Fullagar, S. and Brown, P. 2003, 'Everyday temporalities: Leisure, ethics and young women's emotional wellbeing', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 6 (3), pp. 193-208.
- Warner-Smith, P. and Brown, P. 2002, 'The town dictates what I do': The leisure, health and wellbeing of women in a small country town', Leisure Studies, vol. 21, pp. 39-56.
- Brown, P., Brown, W. and Miller, Y. 2002, Madres activas: la activad fisica de las madres con hijos pequenos: barreras, estragias y politicas de salud publica. In Mujeres y Ocio, Bilbao, Universidad de Deusto, (pp 171-188).
- Brown, P., Brown, W, and Powers, J. 2001, 'Time pressure, satisfaction with leisure and health among Australian women', Annals of Leisure Research, vol 4, pp. 1-16.
- Brown, P., Brown, W., Miller, Y. and Hansen, V. 2001, 'Perceived constraints and social support for active leisure among mothers with young children', Leisure Sciences, vol. 23, pp. 1-14.
- Brown, P. and Brown, W. 2001, 'Leisure: All work and no play does Jill no good', in Women's Health Australia: Progress on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1995-2000, ed. C. Lee, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, pp. 153-158.