By Dr Kate Smithers

Book Chapters

Smithers K, 2026, 'Tensions in Study Tours: An Examination of Successes and Failures', in Winslade M; McCarthy L; Boyd W; Bowker S (ed.), Exploring International University Immersion Programs, Springer, pp. 3 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17359-1_1

Smithers K; Redshaw S, 2026, 'Responding to multiple economic and political crises: The Zimbabwean education system response', in The Routledge International Handbook of Schooling in Times of Crisis, http://10.43249781003543008-19/

Spina N; Gurr SK; Harris J; Blackmore J; Smithers K, 2025, 'Casualisation, the gig economy, and piece work in education', in Casualisation, the Gig Economy, and Piece Work in Education, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003511144-1

Heffernan T; Smithers K; Spina N; Harris J, 2025, 'A BOURDIEUSIAN ANALYSIS OF HOW PRECARIOUSLY EMPLOYED ACADEMICS GAIN PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT', in Casualisation the Gig Economy and Piece Work in Education Dilemmas for Leaders in Times of Increasing Precarity, pp. 162 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003511144-14

Spina N; Gurr SK; Harris J; Blackmore J; Smithers K, 2025, 'Casualisation, The Gig Economy, and Piece Work in Education: Unpacking the ethical dilemmas of educational leaders in times of increasing precarity', in Casualisation the Gig Economy and Piece Work in Education Dilemmas for Leaders in Times of Increasing Precarity, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003511144-1

Harris J; Smithers K; Blackmore J; Gurr SK; Spina N, 2025, 'UNPACKING AND RESPONDING TO ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN A PRECARIOUS LANDSCAPE', in Casualisation the Gig Economy and Piece Work in Education Dilemmas for Leaders in Times of Increasing Precarity, pp. 242 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003511144-20

Smithers K, 2024, 'Breaking the fourth wall', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 123 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-7

Smithers K, 2024, 'Building the set and producing ‘Africa’', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 69 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-5

Smithers K, 2024, 'Conclusion', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 150 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-8

Smithers K, 2024, 'How does tourism come to be in a school?', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 14 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-2

Smithers K, 2024, 'Introducing Matopo School', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 31 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-3

Smithers K, 2024, 'Introduction', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-1

Smithers K, 2024, 'The starring role', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 98 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-6

Smithers K, 2024, 'The white saviour complex', in Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe, Routledge, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003407980-4

Smithers K, 2024, '‘What is your name, where do you come from, what is your grade?’ Using art-based interviews to highlight the experience of children hosting school tours in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe', in Critical Inclusive Tourism, Taylor & Francis, pp. 100 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003474029-9

Smithers K; Harris J; Goff M; Spina N; Bailey S, 2023, 'Ethical responsibilities of tenured academics supervising non-tenured researchers in times of neoliberalism and precarity', in Educational Leadership and Policy in a Time of Precarity, Taylor & Francis, pp. 37 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003451617-4

Heffernan T, 2023, 'Women in Higher Education', in The Marginalised Majority in Higher Education, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 129 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41432-9_6

Smithers K; Ailwood J, 2022, 'Developmentourism and school tours in Zimbabwe', in Handbook of Niche Tourism, pp. 345 - 356

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