Lecturer
Email stu.hayes@otago.ac.nz
Background
Dr Stu Hayes joined the department as a Lecturer in 2021. He holds a PhD in tourism (University of Otago), a Masters in tourism (University of Otago) and a Bachelor's degree in tourism studies (University of Central Lancashire).
Stu's research focuses mainly on higher tourism education, with an emphasis on postgraduate tourism education, cross-cultural teaching and learning, and curriculum hybridization/Indigenization. Additionally, Stu researches into the relationship between tourism, recreation and natural resource management. Linked to this, Stu has undertaken several consultancy projects in collaboration with Fish and Game New Zealand, most recently an economic impact analysis of the Te Manahuna Mackenzie Basin hydro canal fishery.
He also served as a Research Fellow for the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden-funded project Good Nature, Bad Nature (2020–2023). Most recently, Stu has begun researching into the relationship between tourism and technology. How, and why, is technology used in tourism? What are the limitations of, and potential for, different technologies in the tourism context? Stu's research has been published in leading academic journals across tourism, education and recreation.
Stu currently teaches postgraduate courses related to destination management and events management. At the undergraduate level, he teaches subjects in event management and ecotourism. In recognition of teaching and research excellence, Stu was awarded Best Professional Practice Fellow at the 2020 Otago Business School Awards. This was followed in 2022 with the award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher and, in 2023, with the award for Excellence in Teaching. Stu also brings to his teaching role over 15 years of tourism industry experience, having previously worked for different tourism organisations throughout the UK and Europe.
He sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards for Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education and SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education.
Current PhD/DBA supervision
- Yilin Li – The role of tourism live streaming in the tourist experience
- Rachel Dyah Wiastuti – Empowering the “UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism” as a Holistic Approach for Tourism Higher Education
- Joshu Ajoon – Education for regenerative tourism change
- Ratih Tunjungsari – How ‘sharing’ is the sharing economy: the case Virtual Hotel Operators in Indonesia
- Parina Yamjal – Spiritually Intelligent Leadership in Hybrid Work Model
Completed Master's supervision
- Ying Zhang – The role of wine in the leisure lives of young Chinese
- Yilin Li – Comparing the influences of tourism live streaming and tourism short form video on tourists’ experiences.