Mike RobinsonDr Mike Robinson is Professor of Cultural Heritage at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage - a major inter-disciplinary research and graduate Institute working with the World Heritae Site and associated museums of Ironbridge.

For nearly twenty five years his work has focused upon the inter-relationships between tourism, heritage and culture. He is the founder of the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, the founder and editor of the Routledge published Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change and the Channel View book series on Tourism and Cultural Change now with over thirty titles. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Framed World: Tourists, Tourism and Photography (Ashgate, 2009) and The SAGE Tourism Studies Handbook (SAGE, 2009). Read More Read Less