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To apply for a research degree, please make sure you fulfill the entry requirements and then complete the online research degree application form and upload your supporting documents.

You should have a good honours degree (2:1 or above) or masters degree or equivalent in the relevant subject area.

International applicants should be aware of our research degree English language requirements

Research Students

Current Research Students and Topics

Student research is as much a part of INTOUR as that of their staff. All Postgraduate students are encouraged to take as active a role as possible in research, and are offered assistance from INTOUR towards their postgraduate qualification. 

Faye Taylor

Project: Conceptualisations of Sustainability: Issues of power and hegemony in Koh Phi Phi Island's post tsunami redevelopment

  • Dates: 2005
  • Supervisory team: Professor Andrew Holden

Project Details: Conceptualisations of Sustainability

Tiffany Low

Project: Sustainable Branding of Luxury Hotels: a critical approach

  • Dates: Sept 2009
  • Funding: The Lord Forte Foundation
  • Supervisory team: Dr Sally Everett

Project Details: Sustainable Branding of Luxury Hotels

Inge Hermann

Project: Cold War tourism in Great Britain: Contested discourses, representations and collective memories

  • Dates: Sept 2009
  • Funding: Faculty Bursary
  • Supervisory team: Dr Sally Everett

Project Details: Contested discourses, representations and collective memories

Milka Ivanova

Project: The Representation of Bulgaria in and through Tourism: Dynamics of Traditionality vis-à-vis Transitionality

  • Dates: Sept 2008 – Sept 2011
  • Supervisory team: Prof Keith Hollinshead, Dr Sally Everett and Dr Irena Ateljevic (External - University of Wageningen)

Project Details: The Representation of Bulgaria in and through Tourism

Raweewan Proyrungroj

Project: An Investigation of the Volunteer Tourism Motivations and Experiences, and the Attitudes of Local Residents towards Volunteer Tourism in Tai Muang Sub-district, PhangNga province, Thailand.

  • Dates: June 2010
  • Supervisory team: Professor Andrew Holden and Dr Nazia Ali

Project Details: Volunteer tourism in Thailand

Miguel Dias Costa

Project: Calibrating Residential Tourism Strategy

Yili Zhao

Project: Sustainable Tourism Development in Mount Taishan in central Shandong province, China

  • Dates: Sept 2011
  • Supervisory team: Professor Andrew Holden and Dr Carol Tie

Project Details: Sustainable Tourism Development in Mount Taishan

Angwara Na Soontorn

Project: Understanding Responsible Tourism Management  in Small and Medium Hotel Businesses of the city of Nong Khai ,Thailand

  • Dates: June 2011
  • Supervisor: Professor Andrew Holden

Project Details: Understanding Responsible Tourism Management in Nong Khai


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