Jessica Mei Pung is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UniSA Business. She is a member of the Centre for Enterprise Dynamics in Global Economies (C-EDGE).
Her research expertise is in transformative tourism, consumer behaviour in tourism and hospitality, and tourist experiences. She has also researched and published on hospitality management and marketing aspects including Airbnb, on destination planning of regenerative tourism, tradition and innovation in restaurants, virtual reality and place attachment in heritage tourism.
Additional research interests currently include the role of events in residents' wellbeing and placemaking, and wine tourism and agritourism experiences.
Jessica serves as Associate Editor for the... Read more
About me
Jessica Mei Pung is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UniSA Business. She is a member of the Centre for Enterprise Dynamics in Global Economies (C-EDGE).
Her research expertise is in transformative tourism, consumer behaviour in tourism and hospitality, and tourist experiences. She has also researched and published on hospitality management and marketing aspects including Airbnb, on destination planning of regenerative tourism, tradition and innovation in restaurants, virtual reality and place attachment in heritage tourism.
Additional research interests currently include the role of events in residents' wellbeing and placemaking, and wine tourism and agritourism experiences.
Jessica serves as Associate Editor for the European Journal of Tourism Research and she is in the editorial board of Tourism Management Perspectives, along with being a reviewer for numerous leading Tourism journals.
Prior to her appointment at University of South Australia, Jessica worked as a Teaching Fellow and Assistant Research Fellow at the Department of Marketing of the University of Otago (New Zealand). At University of Otago, she also worked as Research Assistant for the Departments of Tourism, Management, and Finance of the Otago Business School, as well as in the Office of Student Success, and the Higher Education Development Centre. Jessica holds a PhD in Business and Economics from the University of Cagliari (Italy), and a Master of Science in Tourism Development from the University of Surrey (UK).
Jessica is available for co-supervising Doctoral or Masters by Research degree (HDR) candidates.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 03/11/2022 |
Travellers seeking enrichment, https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/travellers-seeking-enrichment |
| 02/11/2022 |
Study investigates male and female travellers’ ‘transformations’, https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago0235923.html |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy (Economics and Business) University of Cagliari
Master of Science University of Surrey
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UniSA Business, University of South Australia, 2023 - present
Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Marketing, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2022 - 2023
Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Tourism, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2022 - 2023
Teaching Fellow, Department of Marketing, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2022
Tutor, Department of Tourism, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2021-2022
Research Assistant, Department of Management, University of Bergamo (Italy), 2022
Research Assistant, Department of Tourism, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2020 - 2021
Research Assistant, Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2021
Project Co-ordinator, Office of Student Success, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2021
Research Assistant, Office of Student Success, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2020 - 2021
Research Assistant, Department of Management, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020 - 2021
Research Assistant, Department of Management, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2020
Research Assistant, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2020
Research Assistant, Department of Marketing, University of Otago (New Zealand), 2019
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Creating quality places: Placemaking and Events. Impacts of Events on Place Identity., Adelaide City Council, 02/06/2023 - 30/11/2023
FIFA Women's World Cup contribution to social inclusion and soccer engagement (Chief Investigators Dr Jessica Mei Pung and Dr Sunny Son), 19-06-2023 - present
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
|
| 2018 |
4
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
5
4
|
| 2022 |
4
2
|
| 2022 |
16
10
|
| 2022 |
4
2
|
| 2021 |
Open access
45
28
|
| 2021 |
6
2
|
| 2021 |
27
23
|
| 2020 |
Open access
99
64
9
|
| 2020 |
Open access
24
17
|
| 2020 |
91
63
|
| 2020 |
51
38
|
| 2019 |
Open access
8
5
|
Associate Editor: European Journal of Tourism Research
Editorial board member: Tourism Management Perspectives
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Aalborg University | DENMARK |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| KULeuven | BELGIUM |
| Murdoch University | AUSTRALIA |
| Torrens University Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Cagliari | ITALY |
| University of Canterbury | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Guelph | CANADA |
| University of Johannesburg | SOUTH AFRICA |
| University of Naples Federico II | ITALY |
| University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Quebec at Montreal | CANADA |
| University of Sassari | ITALY |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Vancouver Island University | CANADA |
