Dr Aaron Tkaczynski has been an extra-ordinary Associate Professor position in the Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society (TREES) department at North-West University since 2021. Aaron is an expert in the field of tourism and events marketing with his expertise stemming from market segmentation modelling. He has published over 50 journal articles in journals such as Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Event Management and Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. Since 2022, Dr Tkaczynski is currently part of an Australian research team that is  co-designing and implementing a community engagement and threat mitigation initiatives in partnership with local governments to support Koala Conservation in South East Queensland. This project has resulted in several publications. He is also a Christian and has actively researched and volunteered for many Christian orientated events such as festivals and leadership conferences. He has taught a variety of tourism and events subjects at the University of Queensland for over 14 years at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.