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Dr Faith Ong

Senior Lecturer

School of Business
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
f.ong@business.uq.edu.au
+61 7 344 33203

Overview

Dr Faith Ong's research interests lie in the role of tourism, hospitality and events as tools of social change. In particular, she focuses on inclusivity for marginalised communities in events and tourism. Her belief in the social contributions of tourism formed the basis of her PhD thesis on volunteer tourism, researching the potential of volunteer tourists to become keen contributors in their own community on return, exemplifying the ideals of global citizenship. Her Masters minor thesis was also on volunteer tourism, examining the inclusion of community consideration in volunteer tourism sending organisations' vision and mission statements. She has published in the areas of volunteer tourism, volunteerism, critical events, leadership and sustainability.

Faith is currently undertaking research on inclusivity at events relating to mobilities and LGBTIQ+ communities, exploring the signals of inclusion and exclusion at occasions that are meant to bring communities together. Furthermore, she continues to work in areas related to volunteering and sustainability, both in tourism and events.

Research Interests

  • Inclusivity in events and tourism
  • Volunteers and volunteering
  • Sustainability in events

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Victoria University

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • The sustainable development goals: the contribution of tourism volunteering

    Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Ong, Faith (2023). The sustainable development goals: the contribution of tourism volunteering. A Sustainable Tourism Workforce. (pp. 279-296) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003435457-16

  • LGBTIQ + identities in tourism and leisure research: a systematic qualitative literature review

    Ong, Faith, Vorobjovas-Pinta, Oscar and Lewis, Clifford (2023). LGBTIQ + identities in tourism and leisure research: a systematic qualitative literature review. Gender and Tourism Sustainability. (pp. 21-44) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003329541-3

  • Simulations in e-tourism learning and management

    McGrath, G. Michael, Blaer, Madelene, Ong, Faith, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Wilson-Evered, Elisabeth and Whitelaw, Paul (2022). Simulations in e-tourism learning and management. Handbook of e-Tourism. (pp. 1851-1870) edited by Zheng Xiang, Matthias Fuchs, Ulrike Gretzel and Wolfram Höpken. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-48652-5_48

  • Glocal citizenship: lofty ideals in regional space

    Ong, Faith (2021). Glocal citizenship: lofty ideals in regional space. The Routledge handbook of volunteering in events, sport and tourism. (pp. 434-443) edited by Kirsten Holmes, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Karen A. Smith and Richard Shipway. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780367815875-40

  • Event studies: progression and future in the field

    Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Ong, Faith (2019). Event studies: progression and future in the field. The study of food, tourism, hospitality and events: 21st-century approaches. (pp. 37-46) edited by Sue Beeton and Alison Morrison. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0638-9_4

  • Student leadership development

    Fang, Marcela and Ong, Faith (2019). Student leadership development. The study of food, tourism, hospitality and events: 21st-century approaches. (pp. 191-202) edited by Sue Beeton and Alison Morrison. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0638-9_17

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This staff member is a UQ Expert for media in the following fields:

LGBT Events, Volunteer tourism, Volunteering, Community-building, Event green practices

They are happy to lend their expertise to your articles or broadcasts and share their research discoveries and insights with the community via media channels.

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ResearcherID: H-5963-2019

ORCID: 0000-0002-0001-4774

Scopus ID: 56338456200

Google Scholar ID: 3SA3x8cAAAAJ

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