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Can Seng Ooi
Can Seng Ooi
Professor in Cultural and Heritage Tourism
Room 429 , School of Social Sciences
6226 2336 (phone)
Professor Can Seng Ooi is Professor in Cultural and Heritage Tourism at the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law and Education. He is a sociologist and anthropologist by training. However before he moved to Australia in late 2016, he was Professor in International Business and Culture Industries at Copenhagen Business School. He worked there for two decades. Earlier, he was a soldier in the Singapore Armed Forces, a research officer for the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Singapore, and a sociologist at the Singapore public housing agency, Housing and Development Board.
Biography
Can Seng is a sociologist and anthropologist by training. Can Seng’s career spans over three continents. Soon after he completed his Master of Social Sciences in Sociology/Anthropology at the National University of Singapore, he joined the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, East and Southeast Asia Office as their Research Officer. The German Foundation offered civil and political development assistance and education in the region. After three years, in 1996, Can Seng became the Research Officer at Singapore’s public housing agency, the Housing and Development Board. That tenure was cut short because he accepted a PhD scholarship from Copenhagen Business School (CBS). He moved to Europe in late 1996, and stayed there till 2016.
After submitting his PhD thesis in September 1999, Can Seng was appointed a Lecturer at the Division of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality at the Glasgow Caledonian University. He returned to CBS and Copenhagen a year later. The progressive scholarship approach in Scandinavia suited him. Over the years, he proved himself academically, attracted funding for his research and took on a number of leadership positions. He was appointed Professor in International Business and Culture Industries in 2013, and was the founding Director of the Centre for Leisure and Culture Services at CBS. He was also the Editor of the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies and Asia Matters: Business, Culture and Theory. He moved to Tasmania in late 2016.
Career summary
Qualifications
Degree | Thesis title | University | Country | Awarded |
PhD | Mediated Cultures: production and consumption of Copenhagen and Singapore | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark | 2001 |
MSocSc | Friendship in Singapore | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 1995 |
BSocSc (Hons) | The Protestant Situation in Singapore | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 1990 |
BA | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 1989 |
Languages (other than English)
Mandarin, Danish, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese
Memberships
Professional practice
- Board member, Australia-China Business Council Tasmania
Administrative expertise
Can Seng has taken up a number of administrative roles. Among others, he is the Associate Head of Research at the School of Social Sciences. He also founded and led the Centre for Leisure and Culture Services at Copenhagen Business School (2013-2016).
Teaching
• Tourism and society • Tourism development • Art and society • Art worlds and cultural development • Creative economy • Place branding • Intercultural management • Sustainability and responsible business
Teaching expertise
Currently Can Seng teaches into a few units related to tourism, cultural heritage, art worlds and globalisation. He is currently teaching into:
HGA601 Critical and Contested Issues in Cultural Heritage
HGA502 Global Issues in Tourism
HGA318 Tourism, Creativity and Culture
HGA712 Research Thesis
HGA711 Tourism Project
He was voted “Best Professor” a dozen times by his Executive MBA students at Copenhagen Business School. He received a Teaching Merit Certificate from the University of Tasmania in 2021, in recognition of a meritorious contribution to delivering HGA318 Tourism, Creativity and Culture.
Research Appointments
- Vice-President, Research Committee 50 (International Tourism), International Sociological Association
- Advisory Board member, imagine.. Centre for Creative Industries Research, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Advisor to project, TiMS: The Role of Tourism in Multicultural Societies, University of Gothenburg and Malmö University, Sweden
- Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan
- Editorial board member of various journals, including Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, and International Journal of Tourism Cities.
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Expertise
Can Seng brings an international perspective to his research. He partners with researchers across the world on tourism, place branding, cross-cultural management and the creative cultural industries. Because of his extensive experience in engaging with the practice community when teaching “International Business” in the Executive MBA program at Copenhagen Business School, he has developed a capability in translating his research into practice. His ability to do so has won him recognition as “Best Professor” by his students a dozen times.
2. Tourism, place branding, cross-cultural understanding, the creative cultural industries, gay tourism, Singapore, China, Denmark/Scandinavia
Collaboration
Can Seng has worked with colleagues across many countries, including the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Singapore, the Netherlands, China and Malaysia. In currently, he collaborates with Dr Becky Shelley of the Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment on a number of research projects on using tourism as a resource for community development in Tasmania.
As an advisor to the project – TiMS: The Role of Tourism in Multicultural Societies - in Sweden, Can Seng provides guidance to Swedish colleagues on the project. He also writes with them, in particular with Dr. Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Malmö University.
Can Seng is working with Professors Mia Larson and Richard Ek of Karlstad University, Sweden on a number of pop culture and tourism projects, including content tourism and Nordic Noir films, branding Denmark and Sweden, and Eurovision and tourism.
He maintains close contact with colleagues in the Critical Studies Tourism network, and engages with them in discussions.
Awards
Emerald Literati award - 2014 Highly Commended Paper - for Koning, Juliette; and Ooi, Can-Seng. 2013. 'Awkward encounters and ethnography', Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 16-32. DOI: 10.1108/17465641311327496.
Fields of Research
- Impacts of tourism (350801)
- Tourist behaviour and visitor experience (350806)
- Tourism marketing (350804)
- Tourism (350899)
- Environmental sociology (441002)
- Political science (440899)
- Studies of Asian society (449901)
- Urban sociology and community studies (441016)
- Social policy (440712)
- Comparative government and politics (440803)
- Sociology of education (390203)
- Cultural studies (470299)
- Education policy (390201)
- Environment policy (440704)
- Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment (441001)
- Sociology (441099)
- Comparative and cross-cultural education (390401)
- Social change (441004)
- Political theory and political philosophy (440811)
- International relations (440808)
- Hospitality management (350402)
- Communication technology and digital media studies (470102)
- Asian cultural studies (470202)
- Communications and media policy (440701)
- Tourism policy (440713)
- Sociology of culture (441008)
- Sexualities (440506)
- Education systems (390399)
- Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism (441013)
- Urban and regional planning (330499)
- Studies of men and masculinities (440507)
- Arts and cultural policy (470201)
- Stakeholder engagement (350717)
- Industrial and employee relations (350504)
- Tourism management (350803)
- Drama, theatre and performance studies (360403)
- Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy (390101)
- Behavioural economics (380102)
- Social geography (440610)
- Industry economics and industrial organisation (380109)
- Culture, representation and identity (470208)
- Public administration (440708)
- Other language, communication and culture (479999)
- Communication studies (470101)
- Environment and culture (470209)
Research Objectives
- Socio-cultural issues in tourism (110402)
- Expanding knowledge in human society (280123)
- Tourism services (110499)
- The creative arts (130103)
- Other culture and society (139999)
- International relations (230399)
- Government and politics (230299)
- Policies and development (160205)
- Economic issues in tourism (110401)
- Hospitality services (119901)
- The performing arts (130104)
- Land policy (190207)
- Tourism infrastructure development (110403)
- Other law, politics and community services (239999)
- Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services (280106)
- Learner and learning (160199)
- Equity and access to education (160201)
- Human capital issues (150502)
- Macro labour market issues (150207)
- Pacific Peoples community services (210999)
- Structure, delivery and resourcing (230113)
- Other education and training (169999)
- Justice and the law (230499)
- Children's services and childcare (230104)
- Communication across languages and culture (130201)
- Arts (130199)
- Recreational services (119902)
- Preference, behaviour and welfare (150509)
- Environmentally sustainable commercial services and tourism (110199)
- Public services policy advice and analysis (230204)
- Micro labour market issues (150507)
- Employment patterns and change (230501)
- Early childhood education (160101)
- Health education and promotion (200203)
Publications
Broadly, Can Seng’s research has focused on “intangible values”. His first project was on God and the maintenance of faith. He has conducted a number of comparative studies involving Australia, Singapore, Denmark, China and Malaysia. His more recent research focuses are tourism-and-community issues, tourism development strategies, social values of cultural heritage, the creative cultural industries, place branding, cross-cultural understanding and interaction. One of his latest projects is on Antarctic tourism.
Total publications
108
Highlighted publications
(7 outputs)| Year | Type | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chapter in Book | Ooi CS, 'Tourist experience as attention products', Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience, Routledge, R Sharpley (ed), London, pp. 113-127. ISBN 9781003219866 (2022) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2022 | Chapter in Book | Ooi CS, 'Sustainable tourism and the moral limits of the market: can Asia offer better alternatives', Asian Tourism Sustainability, Springer, AS Balasingam and Y Ma (ed), Singapore, pp. 177-197. ISBN 9789811652639 (2022) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2020 | Journal Article | Shelley B, Ooi C-S, Denny L, 'The dialogic negotiation of justice', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29, (2-3) pp. 488-502. ISSN 0966-9582 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1727487 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Shelley B; Denny L | |
| 2019 | Journal Article | Ooi CS, 'Asian tourists and cultural complexity: implications for practice and the Asianisation of tourism scholarship', Tourism Management Perspectives, 31 pp. 14-23. ISSN 2211-9736 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2019.03.007 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 18 | |
| 2016 | Journal Article | Budeanu A, Miller G, Moscardo G, Ooi CS, 'Sustainable tourism, progress, challenges and opportunities: an introduction', Journal of Cleaner Production, 111 pp. 285-294. ISSN 0959-6526 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.027 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 102Web of Science - 88 | |
| 2011 | Journal Article | Ooi CS, 'Subjugated in the creative industries: the fine arts in Singapore', Culture Unbound, 3 pp. 119-137. ISSN 2000-1525 (2011) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2002 | Book | Ooi CS, 'Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore', Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen ISBN 978-8763000918 (2002) [Authored Research Book] |
Journal Article
(31 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hardy A, Ma Y, Toettenborg A, McCaughan L, Perkins R, et al., 'The role of online tourism education and its impact on student wellbeing during a COVID-pause'', Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 6, (1) pp. 1-10. ISSN 2591-801X (2023) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.37074/jalt.2023.6.1.16 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hardy A; Ma Y; Toettenborg A; McCaughan L; Andersen LL | |
| 2023 | Steriopoulos E, Ooi C-S, 'Transformative service research approaches for visitor experiences in major sporting events', International Journal of Event and Festival Management ISSN 1758-2954 (2023) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2023 | Toettenborg AS, Ooi CS, Hardy A, 'Giving and taking ownership of a destination brand: mechanisms of stakeholder engagement', Journal of Place Management and Development, 15, (4) pp. 511-532. ISSN 1753-8335 (2023) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1108/JPMD-12-2020-0124 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Toettenborg AS; Hardy A | |
| 2022 | Blackwood G, Hardy A, Dodd W, Ooi CS, Williams K, 'Natural disaster on Instagram: examining representations of the 2018-2019 Tasmanian fires', Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 4, (1) pp. 1-8. ISSN 2666-9579 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2022.100082 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Blackwood G; Hardy A; Dodd W; Williams K | |
| 2022 | Long F, Ooi CS, Gui T, Ngah AH, 'Examining young Chinese consumers' engagement in restaurant food waste mitigation from the perspective of cultural values and information publicity', Appetite: The Journal for Research on Intake, and Dietary Practices, Their Control and Consequences, 175, (2022) Article 106021. ISSN 0195-6663 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106021 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2022 | Schmidt M, Ooi CS, Shelley B, ''School is not for me': young people's perceptions of being a self-directed learner in a small rural Tasmanian town', Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 5, (2) pp. 1-11. ISSN 2591-801X (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.37074/jalt.2022.5.2.4 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Schmidt M; Shelley B | |
| 2022 | Torngren SO, Ooi CS, 'Representing Sweden: packaging Swedish identity through curators of Sweden', Identities ISSN 1070-289X (2022) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2021 | Caprioli L, Larson M, Ek R, Ooi C-S, 'The inevitability of essentializing culture in destination branding: the cases of fika and hygge', Journal of Place Management and Development, 14, (3) pp. 346-361. ISSN 1753-8335 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1108/JPMD-12-2019-0114 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2021 | Ma Y, Ooi C-S, Hardy A, 'Cultural complexity and situated mediation: Chinese visitors at Port Arthur historic site', Journal of China Tourism Research, 17, (4) pp. 532-548. ISSN 1938-8160 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2021.1971134 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Ma Y; Hardy A | |
| 2021 | Ooi CS, 'Tourism and monarchy in Southeast Asia edited by P Porananond and VT King', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 52, (3) pp. 558-559. ISSN 0022-4634 (2021) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] | |
| 2021 | Ooi CS, 'Ideas of the City in Asian Settings: Asian Cities 10, edited by H Bekkering, AE, and C Goldblum', Pacific Affairs, 94, (3) pp. 579-581. ISSN 2667-0860 (2021) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] | |
| 2021 | Toettenborg A, Ooi C-S, Hardy A, 'Place branding through public management lenses: supplementing the participatory agenda', Place Branding and Public Diplomacy ISSN 1751-8040 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1057/s41254-021-00252-0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Toettenborg A; Hardy A | |
| 2020 | Ma Y, Hardy A, Ooi CS, 'Researching Chinese tourists on the move', Journal of China Tourism Research, 16, (2) pp. 214-229. ISSN 1938-8160 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2019.1607794 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Ma Y; Hardy A | |
| 2020 | Shelley B, Ooi C-S, Denny L, 'The dialogic negotiation of justice', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29, (2-3) pp. 488-502. ISSN 0966-9582 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1727487 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Shelley B; Denny L | |
| 2019 | Denny L, Shelley B, Ooi CS, 'Education, jobs and the political economy of tourism: expectations and realities in the case of Tasmania', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 25, (2) pp. 282-305. ISSN 1324-0935 (2019) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Denny L; Shelley B | |
| 2019 | Ooi CS, 'Asian tourists and cultural complexity: implications for practice and the Asianisation of tourism scholarship', Tourism Management Perspectives, 31 pp. 14-23. ISSN 2211-9736 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2019.03.007 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 18 | |
| 2019 | Ooi CS, 'The changing role of tourism policy in Singapore's cultural development: from explicit to insidious', Tourism, Culture and Communication, 19, (4) pp. 231-242. ISSN 1098-304X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3727/194341419X15542140077648 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2019 | Shelley B, Ooi CS, Brown N, 'Playful learning? An extreme comparison of the children's University in Malaysia and in Australia', Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 2, (1) pp. 16-23. ISSN 2591-801X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.37074/jalt.2019.2.1.3 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Shelley B; Brown N | |
| 2019 | Tarulevicz N, Ooi CS, 'Food safety and tourism in Singapore: between microbial Russian roulette and Michelin stars', Tourism Geographies pp. 1-23. ISSN 1461-6688 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1654540 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Tarulevicz N | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Production and consumption of stories, images and fantasies: heritage, screen and literary tourism', Annals of Leisure Research pp. 1-3. ISSN 1174-5398 (2018) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, Pedersen JS, 'In search of Nordicity: how new Nordic cuisine shaped destination branding in Copenhagen', Journal of Gastronomy and Tourism, 2, (4) pp. 217-231. ISSN 2169-2971 (2017) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2016 | Budeanu A, Miller G, Moscardo G, Ooi CS, 'Sustainable tourism, progress, challenges and opportunities: an introduction', Journal of Cleaner Production, 111 pp. 285-294. ISSN 0959-6526 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.027 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 102Web of Science - 88 | |
| 2016 | Coca-Stefaniak A, Morrison AM, Edwards D, Graburn N, Liu C, et al., 'Editorial', International Journal of Tourism Cities, 2, (4) pp. 273-280. ISSN 2056-5607 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1108/IJTC-10-2016-0041 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11 | |
| 2016 | Comunian R, Ooi CS, 'Global aspirations and local talent: the development of creative higher education in Singapore', The International Journal of Cultural Policy, 22, (1) pp. 58-79. ISSN 1028-6632 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2015.1101085 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 13 | |
| 2016 | Ooi CS, 'Sustainable tourism, progress, challenges and opportunities: an introduction', Journal of Cleaner Production, 111 pp. 285e294. ISSN 0959-6526 (2016) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] | |
| 2015 | Lai S, Ooi CS, 'Branded as a World Heritage city: The politics afterwards', Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 11, (4) pp. 276-292. ISSN 1751-8040 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1057/pb.2015.12 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17 | |
| 2014 | Ooi CS, Hakanson L, LeCava L, 'Poetics and politics of the European Capital of Culture Project', Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 148 pp. 420-427. ISSN 1877-0428 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.061 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 12 | |
| 2013 | Koning J, Ooi CS, 'Awkward encounters and ethnography', Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 8, (1) pp. 16-32. ISSN 1746-5648 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1108/17465641311327496 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 57 | |
| 2013 | Ren C, Ooi CS, 'Auto-Communicating Micro-Orientalism: Articulating Denmark' in China at the Shanghai Expo', Asia Europe Journal, 11, (2) pp. 129-145. ISSN 1610-2932 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10308-013-0346-6 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 8 | |
| 2011 | Ooi CS, 'Subjugated in the creative industries: the fine arts in Singapore', Culture Unbound, 3 pp. 119-137. ISSN 2000-1525 (2011) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2011 | Ooi CS, Stober B, 'Creativity Unbound - Policies, Government and the Creative Industries', Culture Unbound, 3 pp. 113-117. ISSN 2000-1525 (2011) [Refereed Article] |
Book
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ooi C-S, de Waegh R, Trifan CA, Zhang Y, 'Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era', Springer Singapore, Singapore ISBN 978-981-19-9964-2 (2023) [Edited Book] | |
| 2020 | Ooi CS, Hardy A, 'Tourism in Tasmania', Forty South Publishing, Hobart, pp. 283. ISBN 9780648675761 (2020) [Edited Book] Co-authors: Hardy A | |
| 2002 | Ooi CS, 'Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore', Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen ISBN 978-8763000918 (2002) [Authored Research Book] |
Chapter in Book
(43 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gerke M, Ooi C-S, Dahles H, 'Bourdieu on Tasmania: How theory of practice makes sense of the emergence of regenerative tourism', Changing Practices of Tourism Stakeholders in Covid-19 Affected Destinations, Channel View Publications, E Cakmak, RK Isaac and R Butler (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 121-141. ISBN 9781845418748 (2023) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2023 | Movono A, Ooi C-S, Hardy A, Muslin M, Cole S, 'Wayfinding Resilience', Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era, Springer, C-S Ooi, R de Waegh, CA Trifan and Y Zhang (ed), Australia, pp. 65-80. ISBN 978-981-19-9964-2 (2023) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9964-2_5 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hardy A | |
| 2023 | Ooi C-S, 'The local turn in tourism: Place-based realities, dangers and opportunities', The Local Turn in Tourism: Empowering Communities, Channel View Publications, F Higgins-Desbiolles and B Chew Bigby (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 82-99. ISBN 9781845418786 (2023) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2023 | Ooi CS, Ek R, Larson M, 'Nordic noir and Miserable Landscape Tourism', Screen Tourism and Affective Landscapes: The Real, the Virtual, and the Cinematic, Routledge, E Champion, C Lee, J Stadler and RM Peaslee (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 136-157. ISBN 9781003327585 (2023) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2023 | Sou G, Ooi C-S, Zhang Y, 'Resilience and Resistance', Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era, Springer, C-S Ooi, R de Waegh, CA Trifan and Y Zhang (ed), Singapore, pp. 53-64. ISBN 978-981-19-9964-2 (2023) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2023 | Zhang Y, Ooi C-S, Sou G, Steenbergen DJ, Trifan CA, 'Situating Island Resilience', Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era, Springer, C-S Ooi, R de Waegh, CA Trifan and Y Zhang (ed), Singapore, pp. 1-15. ISBN 978-981-19-9964-2 (2023) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2022 | Long F, Ooi CS, 'Sustainability and the Tourist Wall: the Case of Hindered Interaction between Chinese Visitors with Malaysian Society', Asian Tourism Sustainability, Springer, AS Balasingam and Y Ma (ed), Singapore, pp. 81-99. ISBN 9789811652646 (2022) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2022 | Ooi CS, 'Tourist experience as attention products', Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience, Routledge, R Sharpley (ed), London, pp. 113-127. ISBN 9781003219866 (2022) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2022 | Ooi CS, 'Soft power in tourism', Encyclopedia of Tourism, Springer, J Jafari and H Xiao (ed), Cham, Switzerland, pp. 1-2. ISBN 9783319013855 (2022) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2022 | Ooi CS, 'Sustainable tourism and the moral limits of the market: can Asia offer better alternatives', Asian Tourism Sustainability, Springer, AS Balasingam and Y Ma (ed), Singapore, pp. 177-197. ISBN 9789811652639 (2022) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2021 | Ooi CS, 'How masculinity creeps in: awkward field encounters of a male researcher', Masculinities in the Field: Tourism and Transdisciplinary Research, Channel View Publications, BA Porter, HA Schanzel and JM Cheer (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 85-98. ISBN 9781845417970 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2021 | Ooi CS, 'The Creative Reputation Dilemma: Professional and Emotional Negotiation of Cultural Value', Exploring Cultural Value: Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice Kim Lehman, Emerald Publishing Limited, K Lehman, I Fillis and M Wickham (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 133-147. ISBN 9781789735161 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2021 | Ooi CS, 'Gay Tourism: a Celebration and Appropriation of Queer Difference', Gay Tourism: New Perspectives, Channel View Publications, O Vorobjovas-Pinta (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 15-33. ISBN 9781845418427 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2020 | Ek R, Hardy A, Larson M, Ooi CS, 'The emotional labor of the co-created tourism experience', The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Experience Management and Marketing, Routledge, S K Dixit (ed), UK, pp. 550-559. ISBN 9780367196783 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.4324/9780429203916 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hardy A | |
| 2020 | Hardy A, Ooi CS, 'Tasmania: The state of the state', Tourism in Tasmania, Forty South Publishing, CS Ooi and A Hardy (ed), Hobart, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780648675761 (2020) [Other Book Chapter] Co-authors: Hardy A | |
| 2020 | Ooi CS, 'Sensitive and sensible tourism development: Frameworks to further the conversation', Tourism in Tasmania, Forty South Publishing, CS Ooi and A Hardy (ed), Hobart, pp. 9-22. ISBN 9780648675761 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2020 | Ooi CS, Hardy A, 'Tourism: Moving forward together', Tourism in Tasmania, Forty South Publishing, CS Ooi and A Hardy (ed), Hobart, pp. 235-239. ISBN 9780648675761 (2020) [Other Book Chapter] Co-authors: Hardy A | |
| 2020 | Shelley B, Ooi CS, 'Tourism Serving the Community: Case Of The Children's University Tasmania', Tourism in Tasmania, Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd, CS Ooi and A Hardy (ed), Australia, pp. 209 - 219. ISBN 97806486757-61 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Shelley B | |
| 2019 | Denny L, Shelley B, Ooi CS, 'State of the Tourism Workforce in Tasmania', Tourism in Tasmania, Forty South Publishing, A Hardy and CS Ooi (ed), Hobart, pp. 209-219. ISBN 9780648675761 (2019) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Denny L; Shelley B | |
| 2019 | Ooi CS, 'Singapore: creating an ever-changing place product', The Place Economy, Andrew Hoyne Design Pty Ltd, A Hoyne (ed), Melbourne, Australia, pp. 118-128. (2019) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2019 | Ooi CS, Comunian R, 'The artrepreneurial ecosystem in Singapore: Enabling and inhibiting the creative economy', Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia, Routledge, L Lim and H-K L (ed), London, pp. 57-71. ISBN 9781138959927 (2019) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.4324/9781315660509 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 | |
| 2019 | Ooi CS, Tarulevicz N, 'From Third World to First World: Tourism, Food Safety and the Making of Modern Singapore', Food Tourism in Asia, Springer Singapore, E Park, S Kim, I Yeoman (ed), Singapore, pp. 73-88. ISBN 978-981-13-3623-2 (2019) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3624-9_6 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Tarulevicz N | |
| 2018 | Ma Y, Ooi CS, Hardy A, 'Chinese Travelling Overseas and Their Anxieties', Asian Cultures and Contemporary Tourism, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., ECL Yang and C Khoo-Lattimore (ed), Singapore, pp. 201-220. ISBN 978-981-10-7979-5 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7980-1_11 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Ma Y; Hardy A | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Global City for the Arts: Weaving Tourism into Cultural Policy', The State and the Arts in Singapore: Policies and Institutions, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, T Chong (ed), Singapore, pp. 165-179. ISBN 978-981-3236-89-9 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, 'The global art city', The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies, SAGE Publications Inc, J Hannigan and G Richards (ed), United States, pp. 207-216. ISBN 9781412912655 (2017) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Gulsrud NM, Ooi CS, 'Manufacturing green consensus: Urban greenspace governance in Singapore', Urban Forests, Trees, and Greenspace: A Political Ecology Perspective, Routledge, LA Sandberg, A Bardekjian and S Butt (ed), United States, pp. 77-92. ISBN 978-0415714105 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Ooi CS, 'Intercultural management', The SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy, SAGE Publications Inc, S M Dahlgaard-Park (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 322-328. ISBN 9781452256726 (2015) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Ooi CS, 'Cultural Tourism', The SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy, SAGE Publications, Inc, SM Dahlgaard-Park (ed), London, pp. 108-110. ISBN 9781452256726 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Ooi CS, 'Destination Marketing', The SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy, SAGE Publications, Inc, SM Dahlgaard-Park (ed), London, pp. 154-156. ISBN 9781452256726 (2015) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Ooi CS, 'Soft power, tourism', Encyclopedia of Tourism, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, J Jafari and H Xiao (ed), Switzerland, pp. 1-2. ISBN 978-3-319-01385-5 (2015) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Ooi CS, 'Accentuating complexity and ambiguity: Dialogism and its methodological implications', Tourism Methodologies - New Perspectives, Practices and Proceedings, Copenhagen Business School Press, JW MEged, BS Blichfeldt, LA Hansen and KA Hvass (ed), Denmark, pp. 155-174. ISBN 9788763003179 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Ooi CS, 'The making of copy-cat city: Accreditation tactics in place branding', Branding Chinese Mega-Cities: Policies, Practices and Positioning, Edward Elgar Publishing, PO Berg and E Bjorner (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 232-248. ISBN 978-1783470327 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Ooi CS, Shevren L, 'Creative Heritage: Melaka and Its Past', Creative Districts around the World : Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Bairro Alto, NHTV University of Applied Sciences, L Marques and G Richards (ed), Breda, pp. 163-170. ISBN 9789081901130 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2013 | Ooi CS, 'Tourism policy challenges: Balancing acts, co-operative stakeholders and maintaining authenticity', The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism, Routledge, M Smith and G Richards (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 67-74. ISBN 978-0415523516 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2013 | Ooi CS, Munar AM, 'Digital social construction of a tourist site: Ground Zero', Tourism Social Media: Transformations in Identity, Community and Culture, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, AM Munar, S Gyimothy and L Cai (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 159-175. ISBN 978-1781902134 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1108/S1571-5043(2013)0000018011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5 | |
| 2012 | Munar AM, Ooi CS, 'The truth of the crowds: social media and the heritage experience', The Cultural Moment in Tourism (Advances in Tourism), Routledge, L Smith, E Waterton and S Watson (ed), United States, pp. 255-273. ISBN 978-0415611152 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2012 | Ooi CS, 'Education and becoming an artist: Experiences from Singapore', Careers in Creative Industries (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies), Routledge, C Mathieu (ed), United States, pp. 254-269. ISBN 978-0415808262 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2012 | Ooi CS, 'The Danish welfare model and the 'Singapore Inc' model', Changing Tides and Changing Ties - Anchoring Asia-Europe Relations in Challenging Times, The EU Centre in Singapore, LH Yeo and B Turner (ed), Singapore, pp. 69-74. ISBN 9789810741341 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2011 | Ooi CS, 'Paradoxes of city branding and societal changes', City Branding: Theory and Cases, Palgrave Macmillian, K Dinnie (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 54-61. ISBN 978-0-230-29479-0 (2011) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1057/9780230294790 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5 | |
| 2011 | Ooi CS, 'The overseas constituency', Voting in Change: Politics of Singapore's 2011 General Election, Ethos Books, KYL Tan and T Lee (ed), Singapore, pp. 161-171. ISBN 978-981-08-9096-4 (2011) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2010 | Ooi CS, Stoeber B, 'Authenticity and Place Branding: The Arts and Culture in Branding Berlin and Singapore', Re-Investing Authenticity: Tourism, Places and Emotions, Channel View Publications, B Timm Knudsen and AM Waade (ed), Bristol, pp. 66-79. ISBN 978-1845411275 (2010) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2008 | Ooi CS, 'The Danish seduction of the China outbound tourism market: new issues for tourism research', China Business Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy, Copenhagen Business School Press, V. Worm (ed), Copenhagen, pp. 171-191. ISBN 978-8763002141 (2008) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2005 | Ooi CS, 'A theory of tourism experiences', Experiencescapes: Culture, Tourism and Economy, Copenhagen Business School Press, T O'Dell and P Billing (ed), Copenhagen, pp. 51-68. ISBN 978-8763001502 (2005) [Research Book Chapter] |
Review
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ooi CS, 'Book Review - Buddhist Tourism in Asia: Contemporary Buddhism', Pacific Affairs, 95, (2) pp. 329-331. ISSN 0030-851X (2022) [Review Single Work] | |
| 2021 | Ooi CS, 'Book Review: Ideas of the city in Asian settings', Pacific Affairs, 94, (3) pp. 579-581. ISSN 1715-3379 (2021) [Review Single Work] |
Conference Publication
(13 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Schmidt M, Ooi CS, Shelley B, ''School is not for me': young people's perceptions of being a self-directed learner in a small rural Tasmanian town', Celebrating the impact of regional research and education, 11 November 2022, Burnie, Tasmania, pp. 13. (2022) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Schmidt M; Shelley B | |
| 2021 | Long F, Ooi CS, 'The tourist wall: the case of China visitors in Malaysia', Transformations in Uncertain times: Future perfect in tourism, hospitality and events' - Proceedings of the 31st Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), 9-12 February 2021, Virtual Conference, Online (Fremantle, Australia), pp. 487-489. ISBN 978-0-9945141-5-8 (2021) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2021 | Toettenborg A, Hardy A, Ooi C-S, 'Destination branding: public management perspective for co-created development', CAUTHE 2021 Conference Online: Transformations in Uncertain Times: Future Perfect in Tourism, Hospitality and Events: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference, 9 - 12 February 2021, Virtual (Online), pp. 512-512. ISBN 9780994514158 (2021) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Toettenborg A; Hardy A | |
| 2021 | Zhang WW, Ooi C-S, Ma Y, 'Contrasting appreciation of the Tasmanian wilderness: mediating the Chinese visitor experience from a cultural complexity approach', Transformations in Uncertain times: Future perfect in tourism, hospitality and events' - Proceedings of the 31st Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), 9-12 February 2021, Virtual Conference, Online (Fremantle, Australia), pp. 295-298. ISBN 978-0-9945141-5-8 (2021) [Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Zhang WW; Ma Y | |
| 2019 | Ooi CS, 'Indigenisation of scholarship: go native but don't be naive', Sustainability of Tourism, Hospitality & Events in a Disruptive Digital Age: Conference Proceedings: CAUTHE 2019, 11-14 February 2019, CQUniversity, pp. 620-623. (2019) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | Denny L, Ooi CS, Shelley B, 'The political economy of tourism: Job polarization, equity and resistance', Book of Abstracts: Precarity, Rights, and Resistance, 19-22 November 2018, Deakin University, pp. 71. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Denny L; Shelley B | |
| 2018 | Ooi C-S, Shelley B, 'Leveling the Playing Field? Building Cultural Capital through Learning Destinations', XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Program, 15-21 July 2018, Toronto, Canada, pp. 833.3. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Shelley B | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Chinese tourists: Getting them here and making everyone happy', Tourism Tracer: West Coast Presentations, 5-6 November 2018, Stahan and Queenstown, Tasmania (2018) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, B Shelley, 'Tourism, cultural and the transformational power of education: lessons form the Children's University Tasmania', CAUTHE 2018 Conference Proceedings, 5-8 February 2018, Newcastle, Australia, pp. 596-599. ISBN 9780994514127 (2018) [Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: B Shelley | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, Shelley B, 'Tourism, cultural capital and the transformational power of education: Lessons from the Children's University Tasmania', CAUTHE 2018: Get Smart: Paradoxes and Possibilities in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Education and Research, Proceedings of the 28th CAUTHE conference, 5-8 February 2018, Newcastle, Australia, pp. 596-599. ISBN 978-0-9945141-2-7 (2018) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, Vorobjovas-Pinta O, 'Politics of postdisciplinary knowledge: Lessons from a study of the Anthropocene', 3rd International Conference on Postdisciplinary Approaches: Proceedings and Abstracts, 2-5 February 2018, Auckland, NZ, pp. 39. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Vorobjovas-Pinta O | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, 'Moral limits of the market: The impossibility of balanced tourism development', CAUTHE 2017: Time For Big Ideas? Re-thinking The Field For Tomorrow, 7-10 February 2017, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 536-540. ISBN 9780473388195 (2017) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, Strandgaard J, 'Tourism, Place Branding and the Local-Turn in Food: The New Nordic Cuisine/ Tourismus, Place Branding und die Hinwendung zu lokalen Produkten: Die New Nordic Cuisine', Kulinarischer Tourismus und Weintourismus Culinary and Wine Tourism Conference 2015, 21-23 October 2015, Vienna, Austria, pp. 95-104. ISSN 2510-2281 (2017) [Conference Extract] |
Contract Report, Consultant's Report
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ooi CS, Shelley B, 'Dare to Dream: Comparative Lessons on Building Cultural Capital from Children's University Tasmania and Children's University Asia-Malaysia', Asia Institute Tasmania and University of Tasmania, Australia (2018) [Contract Report] Co-authors: Shelley B |
Entry
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ooi CS, Shelley B, 'The Children's University Tasmania: the transformative power of tourism', Justice and Ethics in Tourism, T Jamal (ed), London, pp. 222-228 (2019) [Entry] DOI: 10.4324/9781315162942-6 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Shelley B |
Other Public Output
(14 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Leane E, Hardy A, Ooi CS, Philpott C, Nielsen HEF, et al., 'More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer. Should we worry about damage to ecosystems on the ice?', Online News Article, The Conversation Paperpress Ltd, Australia, 05 January 2023, pp. 1-4. (2023) [Magazine Article] Co-authors: Leane E; Hardy A; Philpott C; Nielsen HEF; Marx K | |
| 2022 | Ooi CS, 'Lessons from tourism economies that serve the community', News Article, 360info, Monash University, 07 September 2022, pp. 1-4. (2022) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2020 | Ooi C-S, Shelley B, 'Tourism and the Tasmanian community during COVID-19', The Tasmania Project, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 15 July, 28 (2020) [Report Other] Co-authors: Shelley B | |
| 2020 | Ooi CS, Denny L, Shelley B, 'Talking Point: Rebuild tourism with Tasmanians in mind', The Mercury, News Corp, Australia, 03 July (2020) [Newspaper Article] Co-authors: Shelley B | |
| 2020 | Ooi CS, Shelley B, 'Tourism and the Tasmanian community during COVID-19', The Tasmania Project, UTAS Institute for Social Change, Hobart, Tasmania, Report 28 (2020) [Report Other] Co-authors: Shelley B | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Bring everyone along', The Mercury, News Corporation, Hobart, Tasmania, 19 January 2018, pp. 16-17. (2018) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Turn tourism to our advantage', The Mercury, News Corporation, Hobart, Tasmania, 11 October 2018 (2018) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Tourism boom and hotel investment lauded by industry, but some fear Tasmania's natural charm under threat: Interview with Natalie Whiting', ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, 27 April 2018 (2018) [Media Interview] | |
| 2018 | Ooi CS, 'Sky's the limit: interview with Simeon Thomas-Wilson', The Mercury, News Corporation Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, 9 January 2018 (2018) [Media Interview] | |
| 2018 | Shelley B, Ooi CS, Melanie T, 'Comparing Children's University Tasmania and Asia-Malaysia', ABC 936 Local Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, 29 May (2018) [Media Interview] Co-authors: Shelley B | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, 'Failed economic adventures have big impact here', The Straits Times, Singapore (online), 10 November 2017 (2017) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, 'Brilliant to pedestrianise area', The Straits Times, Singapore (online), 21 April 2017 (2017) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2017 | Ooi CS, 'Tourism must be a way of life', The Mercury, News Corporation, Hobart, Tasmania, 15 December 2017, pp. 22-23. (2017) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2016 | Strandgaard J, Bevort F, Bille T, Cappelen SM, Munar AM, et al., 'Examining the Variety of Contexts for Creativity', Creative Industries Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark, Copenhagen, pp. 1-178. (2016) [Government or Industry Research] |
Grants & Funding
Can Seng has been involved in a number of projects, supported by various funding agencies. The more substantial ones were/are:
- Investigator. Innovation in Coastal Tourism: Co-creating Competitive Experiences (InnoCoast). Research grant (€800 000) awarded by the Denmark Innovation Fund. 2016-19.
- Investigator. Creativity for Innovation & Growth in Europe (CRE8TV.eu). Research Grant (€3.2 million) awarded by the EU 7th Framework Program, Socio Economic Sciences and Humanities. 2012-2016.
- Editor. Asia Matters: Business, Culture and Theory. Open access journal start-up grant (€45 000) awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. 2012-15
- Research Stream Leader. Creative Encounters. Research Grant (€1.8 million) awarded by the Danish Strategic Research Agency. 2001-11.
Denmark’s Principal Investigator and Research Leader. Asia through the Eyes of Europe. Research grant (€120 000) awarded by the Asia-Europe Foundation. 2010-11.
Funding Summary
Number of grants
7
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- The multicultural Employment project aims to remove barriers for employers to engage the culturally diverse employees of Tasmania. This will be achieved by enhancing a better understanding of the diverse capabilities, improving the cultural capacity, and developing resources that meet the individual and unique needs of the business sector. In achieving our goal, we will establish an Industry Alliance with priority partners to find and test innovative solutions that break down workplace barriers. Our aim is to create a central Multicultural Employment Gateway where organisations can develop tailored Diversity Action Plans and access resources to suit their individual needs.
- Funding
- Tasmanian Community Fund ($390,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Multicultural Council of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Ooi CS; Chuah S; Wilson L
- Period
- 2023 - 2026
- Description
- A program of work to provide biannual updates to business and employment statistics derived from Australian Bureau of Statistics data for the hospitality industry, replicate for the tourism industry, and expand the indicators to key areas of interest for the Department. In addition, we will analyse data gaps and conduct primary data collection to begin to fill those gaps.
- Funding
- Department of State Growth (Tas) ($64,657)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Seivwright AN; Ooi CS; Vorobjovas-Pinta O
- Period
- 2022 - 2024
- Description
- With the Antarctic tourist industry currently growing and diversifying, the project aims to discover how cruiseoperators can foster positive and culturally informed relationships with the region among visitors of differentnational backgrounds. Through extensive in-situ fieldwork with partner Intrepid Travel, the project expects togenerate new understandings of how operators' active mediating role combines with multisensory experience ofAntarctica to forge human connections with this extreme but fragile place. Anticipated outcomes include protocolsfor best practice in designing and implementing tourist experiences. By encouraging diverse visitors to valueAntarctica, the project should benefit both operators and the polar environment.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($100,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Leane E; Ooi CS; Hardy A; Philpott CJ; Nielsen HE
- Period
- 2020 - 2022
- Grant Reference
- LP190101116
- Description
- The project aims to provide Council with a considered review of the Arts and Cultural programs currently delivered by Clarence City Council under the auspices of its existing Cultural Arts Plan 2012 -2016, and to provide recommendations for the key objectives to be included in a new cultural policy guiding the programs into the next 5 - 10 years.
- Funding
- Clarence City Council ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Frankham NH; Ooi CS
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- The project aim is to understand the movements, activities and preferences of tourists and users of walking trails in the Skene region of Sweden. An app will be developed to collect tracking and demographic data from participants. These datasets will then be analysed and presented to Tourism Skane.
- Funding
- Tourism in Skane ($195,495)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hardy A; Eccleston RG; Aryal J; Ooi CS
- Year
- 2017
- Description
- This project will scope a research design to challenge established narratives around sustainable tourism research and practices using a Tasmanian mining town case study.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($5,617)
- Scheme
- Grant-CAL Hothouse Research Enhancement Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Ooi CS; Vorobjovas-Pinta O
- Year
- 2017
- Description
- Comparative analysis of Children's University in Malaysia and Tasmania
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Asia Institute Tasmania
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Ooi CS; Shelley B
- Year
- 2017
Research Supervision
Over the decades, Can Seng has supervised students on their projects from the PhD to Bachelor levels. Every student is different, and a social contract has to be agreed upon before he agrees to take on the student. Areas that he could possibly support the students in their endeavours include:
- Tourism and society issues
- Tourism development and strategy
- Art worlds and cultural development
- Creative cultural industries and the creative economy
- Place and destination branding
- Intercultural communication and management
- Sociology of markets
- Sociology of values
- Economic sociology
Current
10
Completed
4
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Strange Agents: Art, faith & activism in postmodernity | 2018 |
| PhD | Dark Nation: Decolonising Australia's cultural memory | 2018 |
| PhD | You Can't Tick a Box Marked Profundity: Examining the social value of the arts | 2019 |
| PhD | Innovative Collaborations in Regional Areas A study of how the social dynamics of regions can impact innovation processes | 2020 |
| PhD | Local Knowledge and Cultural Capital: Educational attainment and making the community into a learning destination | 2020 |
| PhD | Eating Local: Exploring the social and cultural histories expressed through food in Tasmania to promote a sustainable future | 2021 |
| PhD | Community perceptions of sustainable tourism futures | 2021 |
| PhD | Community perceptions of sustainable tourism futures | 2021 |
| PhD | Evaluating Public Sector Place Branding: The Little Tasmanian Story | 2023 |
| PhD | Promotions Through the Pink Ceiling: How does coming out impact leadership trajectories of sexuality diverse men and women in senior leadership roles? | 2023 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | The Politics of Place Branding Candidate: Alberte Soegaard Toettenborg | 2022 |
| PhD | 'Being Authentic' and the Indie Beer Idyll in Tasmania's Independent Brewing Industry Candidate: Benjamin Charles Pinkard | 2022 |
| PhD | Public Address: Performing fiction in urban spaces Candidate: Stephen George Bain | 2021 |
| PhD | Co-creation and Tourism: Chinese tourist experience at Port Arthur Historic Site Candidate: Yue Ma | 2019 |