Research Opportunities
UQ has a research agenda that is truly world-class and is appropriately reflected by UQ’s ranking inside the world’s top 50 universities and its membership of Australia’s prestigious Group of 8.
Research in the School is tied to everything we do. It informs our teaching and is the basis for the expertise we bring to our consulting work. In the classroom students are given the opportunity to not only hear from lecturers who are leading knowledge creators and agenda setters, but they are also able to be a part of this process through coursework research projects and our research higher degree programs. Many of our academic staff maintain close links with industry and government and their expertise is often drawn on in a consulting capacity.
Staff and students are researching in areas of study that are contributing to the
knowledge base in disciplines outlined in the Research Profile.
Click here for the School of Tourism Research Profile 2011/2012
W.James Whyte Visiting Research Fellowship
It is envisaged that the W. James Whyte Visiting Research Fellow will establish research partnerships with staff to undertake joint research projects leading to the submission of jointly authored high quality publications and/or development of a collaborative external competitive grant submission. As part of the program the Fellow will present a ‘targeted expert’ workshops for staff and/or conduct practical workshops for staff in relation to developing competitive research grant proposals.
W. James Whyte Fellowship Guidelines
W. James Whyte Fellowship Application Form
UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program
In 2012, the Office of Undergraduate Education will pilot a Winter Research Program. The pilot has been established in response to strong participation rates in other undergraduate research activities, including the Summer Research Program and Undergraduate Research Conference, as well as the expression of interest from a number of academic staff. A small number of enrolling units will be invited to participate in this year’s pilot program, which has the following objectives:
- provide students, who are unable to participate in the Summer program with an opportunity to undertake a research project at UQ;
- provide additional opportunities for students from the Northern Hemisphere to work with a UQ advisor and undertake a research internship at UQ during their summer break;
- increase the number of UQ students participating in an undergraduate research program; and
- pilot the feasibility of an annual Winter Research Program by gauging; interest from academic units, level of student participation, suitability of timing, and the feasibility of a condensed winter program to significantly contribute to a particular research project.
UQ Winter Research Program Guidelines for Staff
UQ Winter Research Program Guidelines for Students
Application Form
Available School Winter Projects below
UQ Summer Research Scholarship Program
The UQ Summer Research Scholarship (SRS) Program offers scholarships to students who are engaged in research projects over the summer vacation period. This experience provides students with the opportunity to work with a researcher in a formal research environment so that they may experience the research process and discover what research is being undertaken in their field of interest at UQ. In addition, some students may qualify to receive a scholarship for the duration of their summer research project. Allocation of the scholarships is decided by the faculty, school, research centre or institute where the research is undertaken.
PROJECT 1
Project Title: Examining resident perceptions towards the 2015 Asian Football Cup
Project supervisors: Dr Sheranne Fairley s.fairley1@uq.edu.au
Project Summary:
This project focuses on the potential of Asian cultural communities in Australia engaging with international sport events. This research will identify and explore key cultural communities including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Saudi Arabian and examine the level of interest and potential ways for engaging these important markets with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup – an international soccer tournament that will take place in Australia. This study will increase our understanding of community engagement that is motivated by international sport events – an area that has recently been identified as a key national priority by the national peak body Tourism & Transport Forum and the National Minister for Sport. Additionally, the study will advance our theoretical understanding of how resident perceptions toward sport events are influenced by cultural heritage.
The winter research project will involve assisting Dr Fairley with conducting research interviews and focus groups within these multi-cultural resident communities in the Brisbane area, transcription of data, and cross-coding of data alongside the project supervisor. Through working closely with the project supervisor, the student will receive support and guidance in the use of research tools and software and by the end of the four weeks should have a good awareness of qualitative data collection and analysis techniques. Previous experience is a plus, but is not necessary and fluency in either Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Arabic is essential.
It is expected that the project will run over 4 weeks with dates and times to be negotiated with the supervisor.
PROJECT 2
Academic contact
Richard Robinson <richard.robinson@uq.edu.au>
Topic:
Food Tourism: A Thematic Analysis of the literature 1982-2012
Details
This research aims to examine the literature of food tourism and develop a draft review paper.
Below are the topics currently available in the School of Tourism:
Topic 1: Do we have a ‘right’ to travel? Noreen Breakey <noreen.breakey@uq.edu.au> Details This research aims to investigate the origins and basis for the ‘right’ to travel. This review will consider statements on the right to travel, as well as collaborating arguments and implied support for this right, in both the tourism-specific, and wider, literature. Timing 10 weeks beginning mid November 2012 (with a break over Christmas / New Year). Topic 2: Food Tourism Literature Review Academic contact Richard Robinson <richard.robinson@uq.edu.au> Details This research aims to examine the literature of food tourism and develop a draft review paper. Timing 10 weeks beginning mid November 2012 (with a break over Christmas / New Year). Topic 3: Transforming Australian tourism towards sustainable pathways Academic contacts Char-lee McLennan <c.mclennan@uq.edu.au> or Lisa Ruhanen <l.ruhanen@uq.edu.au> Details Project description: The purpose of this project is to explore Australian tourism businesses’ current sustainability performance, including drivers and barriers to adopting triple bottom line sustainable development objectives. Understanding the drivers and barriers of transforming to a sustainability platform may illuminate ways to stimulate and direct the successful shift to such a paradigm within the tourism industry. This project will involve a meta-analysis of sustainability indicators and an institutional assessment of Australian tourism operators to obtain self-reports of current sustainability performance and transformative capacity. The results of this study will inform a 2013 ARC Discovery submission and contribute to the literature by providing a model of drivers and barriers to tourism businesses adopting sustainable development. The student will aid the CIs in undertaking this study. Timing Up to 10 weeks beginning mid November 2012 (with a break over Christmas / New Year)
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