PhD Program
The School of Tourism is the only university School in Australia to be certified by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and is an active member of the UNWTO Education Council. It is the only member of the Australian Group of Eight universities to feature comprehensive programs in travel and tourism management, event management and hotel and hospitality management. The School of Tourism is located within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at The University of Queensland St Lucia campus. As a research higher degree student (RHD) in the School you will be able to take advantage of our close links with government and industry.
The School’s research strengths are recognised by industry and government with academics and researchers attracting contracts and grants to conduct innovative research that contributes new knowledge to the fields of tourism, hospitality and events. This new knowledge is communicated to a wide audience via industry and government reports, national and international conference presentations, participation on advisory committees, and high quality scholarly publications.
The School’s research strengths come under two broad themes: Visitor Experiences and Tourism Policy and Planning.
For further research group information click here. Below is a list of past and present PhD Students and their research topics.
For a list of topics for potential RHD Candidates please click here.
| Baggio | Rodolfo | Network analysis of a tourism destination |
| BuddhabhumbHitak | Ketwadee | The impact of international backpackers on the host society: a case study of backpackers in Pai, North Thailand |
| Fallu | Michael | The potential of leisure to help overcome problems faced by people with intellectual disabilities and the community as a result of deinstitutionalisation |
| Lim | Chui-Soo (Charles) | Island tourism management process: Implications for optimisation |
| Trauer | Birgit | Special Interest Tourism: The nature of adventure tourism experiences |
| Hughes | Karen | Using wildlife tourism and post-visit support to enhance families' conservation learning: A case study of Mon Repos Conservation Park |
| Jewell | Bronwyn | The Role of Culture in influencing attitudes towards heritage: An American and Japanese study |
| Taufatofua | Rosemary | Understanding socio cultural resilience to holiday tourism and visiting friends and relatives in the Pacific: A Samoan case study |
| Yaghmour | Samur | Interorganizational Collaboration Characteristics and Outcomes: A case study of the Jeddah Festival |
| Bendle | Lawrence | Community level serious leisure networks |
| Cheng | Hui-Ping (Eva) | Serious leisure, leisure satisfaction and gardening by older adults |
| Yutyungyong | Tranakjit | Tourism and Thai people: Social represenatations of tourism development and its social impact as preceived by Bangkok residents |
| Kang | Eun Jung | Experience and benefits derived from a dark tourism site visit: the effect of demographics and enduring involvement |
| Dabphet | Siriphen | Diffusion of the concept of sustainable tourism development: A case study on Kret Island Thailand. |
| Ahmad | Rozila | Strategic human resource management: HR practices system differentiation and its outcomes |
| Mogd Nor | Nor | The contribution of the community based homestay program to sustainable community development in Malaysia |
| Shakeela | Aishath | Tourism education and local employment as factors contributing to the sustainable development of tourism in SIDS. The case of the Maldives. |
| Ashton | Ann Suwaree | Hotel restaurant co-branding: The relationship of perceived brand fit, perceived risk and perceived value with the intention to purchase |
| Shihab | Aminath | A framing analysis of the British news media'scoverage of the Maldives during the tsunami: Towards a crisis communications model |
| Abdullah | Nawal Hanim | Stakeholder identified benefits and costs of a mega-event and support for collaborative planning: The case of the Monsoon Cup International Regatta, Malaysia. |
| Adsett | Rosemary | The pilgrimage to Hillbilly Heaven - an analysis of how the relationship between country music and the city of Tamworth city has developed into a major tourist attraction |
| Alonso | Marisol | Discovering the event attendee profile: A sustainable tourism approach |
| Bond | Nigel | Exploring the Centre: Contemporary pilgrimage and its significance and implications for religious tourism management |
| Chen | Julia | Wildlife Tourism Experience and Conservation Learning in Chinese Visitors |
| Cheng | Kai-Yun (Kevin) | Towards a collective knowledge-based tourism disaster management framework: barriers and enablers in the process of knowledge acquisition |
| Damayanti | Maya | Dynamics of tourism networks as a result of collective innovation |
| Dickson | Chantal | Establishing international benchmarks for sustainable policies & practices in Event Management |
| Forrest | Regan | Design factors in the museum visitor experience |
| Gao | Lihua (Grace) | The living regeneration of intangible cultural heritage in the situation of a modern city: A case study of Suzhou, China |
| Goh | Edmund | Choice of public and private tertiary institutions: examining customer choice behaviour using the theory of planned behaviour and theory of reasoned action |
| Gration | David | Emotion and place: Understanding why consumers return to hallmark tourism events |
| Hood | Anna | The "Why" of HR Practices: Employee attributions regarding HR practices and resulting effects on service climate and employee attitudes |
| Hsu | Fu-Chieh (Jay) | Strategic marketing management for the food tourism industry |
| Hsu | Wei-Lin (Maggie) | Emerging concept of cultural tourism development and gastronomy |
| Jiang | Shan ( Jaki) | The motivation and satisfaction of Chinese outbound leisure tourists |
| Lee | In-Sun (Sunny) | The role of multicultural festivals in a society in transition: from being ethnically homogeneous to becoming multicultural |
| Lee | Kuan-Huei | A cross-cultural study of Slow Food members' food consumption preference and destination preference |
| Lenggogeni | Sari | City marketing related to the response of disaster and terrorist country image impacts in Indonesia |
| Li | Sichao (Lisa) | How sport presentations enhance sport marketing through cultural programs: Lessons from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games |
| Ma | Jianyu (Jenny) | Tourists' Experience in Urban Coastal Zone (Case Study - Shanghai, PR China) |
| Mann | Judy | The role of socio-cultural factors in visitor environmental learning in a free choice learning facility |
| McLennan | Char-lee | The Tourism Transformation Process: An inquiry into the three main process phases |
| Mei | Xiang Ying | The role of the national government in facilitating innovation within the tourism industry: A case from Norway |
| Rastegar | Hamidreza | Ecotourism approach for community development in Bafgh protected area - Iran |
| Sharifpour | Mona (Romina) | Risk perception, tourist knowledge and travel intentions: the case of Australian travellers and the Middle East |
| Singh | Paul | Absorbing knowledge in regional tourism organisations: How does absorptive capacity create competitive advantage in regional tourism organisations? |
| Uthayan | Chawannuch (Terri) | Medical Tourism: Destination Competitiveness |
| Wang | Jie | Planning for the inevitable: an examination of the strategic crisis planning in the Australian accommodation industry |
| Wan Omar | Wan Rabiah | A Social Ecological Approach: An Investigation to Promote Increased Walking Behaviour in Kuala Lumpur |
| Widyaningsih | Yulia | Authentic sacredness: the sustainability of religious sites |
| Wiriyapinit | Sutthanuch (Nune) | Cultural Sustainability of Community based Tourism: the case study of Amphawa District, Thailand. |
| Wu | Yah-Shan (Sammi) | Seeking positive consumer experiences: An exploration of sport spectatorship associated with a professional baseball league in Taiwan. |
| Xu | Ping | Understanding the environmental awareness and attitudes of Chinese visitors to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan Province, China |
