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Current students
Lucia Danzi
Thesis title: Co-creation approach for enhancing rural disaster resilience through tourism
Supervisors: Caroline Orchiston (Centre for Sustainability) and James Higham
Claire Dowsett
Thesis title: Investigating the social dimensions of invasive species
Supervisors: Anna Carr and Brent Lovelock
Joshu Ajoon Edakkott
Thesis title: Understanding the potential of (regenerative) tourism education
Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Stu Hayes
Shameena Fernando
Thesis title: Rejuvenating tourism from a series of disasters: An analysis of SME accommodation providers in Sri Lanka
Supervisors: Neil Carr
Shanshan Fu
Thesis title: Perceiving Aotearoa New Zealand on Foot: Walking the Te Araroa Hiking Trail
Supervisors: Brent Lovelock and Neil Carr
Md Saiful Islam
Thesis title: Community-based Tourism and its Impact on Sustainable Community Development: A Global Comparative Study to Assess the Viability
Supervisors: Willem Coetzee and Brent Lovelock
Yun Ji
Thesis title: Move towards sustainability: Explore the pluralistic values of slow tourism
Supervisors: James Higham and Mark Falcous
Yilin Li
Thesis title: The role of tourism live streaming in the tourist experience
Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Stu Hayes
Ân Luong
Thesis title:Understanding Entrepreneurial Intentions of Tourism and Hospitality Students: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Supervisors: Craig Lee and Susan Houge Mackenzie
Mahdis Madani
Thesis title: Developing a web of inter-connected incentives to improve the effectiveness and resilience of MPAs governance
Supervisors: Neil Carr and James Higham
Golnaz Nazem
Thesis title: MICE Tourism in New Zealand
Supervisors: Neil Carr and James Higham
Thuy Nguyen
Thesis title: “Green Nudges” – Application of behavioural insights in fostering energy and water-saving practices in small and independent hotels in Vietnam
Supervisors: Willem Coetzee and Craig Lee
Yuxian Ou
Thesis title: Exploring the Relationship between Psychological Experience of Adventure Recreation and Successful Life Transitions
Supervisors: Susan Houge Mackenzie and Ken Hodge
Pitor Pakan
Thesis title: Localities, Human-Sea Relations, and Surf Tourism in Indonesia
Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Timothy Doering
Yuan Qin
Thesis title: Reproducing Senses of Home: The Influence of Ethnic Tourism on the Mosuo People’s Feeling of Home
Supervisor: Julia Albrecht and Hazel Tucker
Meysam Ramyar
Thesis title: Stakeholder Salience and Relationship in Dunedin Destination Management
Supervisors: Julia Albrecht and Willem Coetzee
Suvimali Rathnayake
Thesis title: Green Building and Operational Practices in the Hotel Sector
Supervisors: Julia Albrecht and Tobias Danielmeier (Otago Polytechnic)
Eska Nia Sarinastiti
Thesis title: Indigenous Traditions, Whaling, and Tourism: Interpretation, Cultural Preservation, and Environmental Sustainability
Supervisors: Anna Carr and Wiebke Finkler
Mercede Shavanddasht
Thesis title: The Role of Outdoor Leisure Activities in the Integration of Iranian Immigrants in New Zealand
Supervisors: Anna Carr and Pooneh Torabian
Fathimath Shiraani
Thesis title: Stories that Matter: Disabled Children and Young People’s Holiday Experiences
Supervisors: Neil Carr and Gill Rutherford
Matthias Spall
Thesis title: “Bad Nature” The social dimensions of invasive species
Supervisors: Brent Lovelock and Anna Carr
Animesh Tripathi
Thesis title: Exploring how Contemporary Lifestyle Mobilities are performed in India
Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Pooneh Torabian
Paul Tully
Thesis title: Duck tales and beyond: Exploring historical and contemporary animal entanglements
Supervisors: Neil Carr
Komang Ratih Tunjungsari
Thesis title: Critical Analysis of the Sharing Economy in the Relationship between Virtual Hotel Operator (VHO) and the Accommodation Providers: The Case of OYO Rooms in Bali
Supervisors: Neil Carr and Stu Hayes
Rachel Wiastuti
Thesis title: Tourism-Programmatic International Accreditation and (UN Tourism) “Global Code of Ethics for Tourism” in Tourism Higher Education
Supervisors: Brent Lovelock and Stu Hayes
Andy Widyanta
Thesis title: TBA
Supervisors: Brent Lovelock and Julia Albrecht
Yunzhen Zhang
Thesis title: Researching affect in tourism: A study of awe in nature-based tourism in New Zealand
Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Jasmine Zhang
Haiting Zhu
Thesis title: Assessing residents and non-residents’ human and dogs encounter in leisure space
Supervisors: Neil Carr