{"id":31640,"date":"2025-09-23T10:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/?p=31640"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:36:55","slug":"prof-dr-desmond-wee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/unserehochschule\/team\/professorinnen\/prof-dr-desmond-wee.html","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Desmond Wee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the university since<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>September 01, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focus on teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global Education and intercultural engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transversal competencies in interculturality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experiential learning through participatory design processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project-based teaching and research-based learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural mapping and ethnographic method<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrative approaches in Design thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embodied learning and immersive experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative worlding laboratories \u2018outside of the classroom\u2019:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Real-life coaching simulations (Management and HoTEL simulations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conferences (\u2018Touring Consumption\u2019, \u2018Picture Europe\u2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transformative experience in educational travel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New social contracts for education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical consciousness and future capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b58f0420 gb-headline-text\">Modules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Culture, Markets &amp; Consumption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural Turns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Scientific Research Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Future Capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research interests and fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Desmond Wee is happy to supervise BA, MA and PhD theses in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tourism practices and mobilities studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communication culture and leisure practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consumption theory and consumer identities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heterotopias and third spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Everyday practice and urban geographies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narratives, imagination and performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visual, reflexive and interpretive methodologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic training and further education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>PhD<\/strong>&nbsp;Tourism Sciences &amp; Cultural Change, Centre for Tourism &amp; Cultural Change (CTCC), Leeds Beckett University, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MA<\/strong>&nbsp;Social Science: Anthropology, International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS), Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BA<\/strong>&nbsp;Communication Studies and Leisure, Tourism &amp; Society Studies (Double Major), University of Calgary, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship<\/strong>, National Library, Singapore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Certificate of Professional Development in Education<\/strong>&nbsp;(PDE), Teaching and Learning Centre, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Professor of Culture, Consumption &amp; Mobilities<\/strong>, CBS University of Applied Science, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor of Tourism<\/strong>, Director of Studies in Tourism Management, CBS University of Applied Science, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor of Tourism Sciences &amp; Spatial Theories<\/strong>, Head of Bachelor Programme, International Tourism Management (ITM), Karlshochschule, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visiting Professor<\/strong>, Institute of Entrepreneurship, Jagiellonian University, Poland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assistant Professor of Sociology<\/strong>, Keimyung University, South Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lecturer<\/strong>, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Advisory Board &amp; Scientific Committee<\/strong>, Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Assocation (EATSA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coach<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WFI Ingolstadt School of Management, KU Eichst\u00e4tt-Ingolstadt, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TalTech School of Business &amp; Governance, Estonia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birmingham City University (BCU), UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CBS University of Applied Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conference Chair:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Touring Consumption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Picture Europe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Poster<\/strong>\u2019 by UNITWIN UNESCO (2019) for <em>Museum of the Tourist: An(other) perspective of European Heritage<\/em> presented at the 6th UNITWIN UNESCO Conference in KU Leuven, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>FIBAA Premium Seal<\/strong>\u2019 (2014)(Academic programme accreditation)&nbsp;<em>International Tourism Management<\/em>, presented at Karlshochschule International University, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Andre Jordan Best Paper Award<\/strong>\u2019 (3rd) (2013) Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference (ATMC), for <em>Singapore in Venice: Touring Spaces at Home<\/em>, presented at the University of Algave, Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Jon Rieger Award in Visual Sociology<\/strong>\u2019 (2012) International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) for PhD thesis: <em>Tourist from Here: Performance of Tourism, Home and Everyday in Singapore<\/em>, presented at \u201cRevisualizing the City\u201d conference, New York, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Young Leisure Scholar Award<\/strong>\u2019 (2011) International Sociological Association (ISA) for Touring Home, Performing Identity: Leisure Spaces in Singapore, presented at \u201cMapping Leisure Across Borders\u201d, Sociology of Leisure (RC13) in Palermo, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Best Paper Award<\/strong>\u2019 (2009) International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research (IJCTHR) for <em>Becoming tourist, becoming local: performing place and identity in Singapore<\/em> presented at \u201cCities as creative spaces for cutlural tourism conference\u201d at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i Univeristy, T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Most remarkable theses written in ISHSS history: 1997-2008<\/strong>\u2019 (2008) International School for Humanities and Social Science, presented at Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Academic Award in Teaching<\/strong>\u2019 (2005) Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP), Singapore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Roy Fleshman Award<\/strong>\u2019 (1996) University of Calgary (UofC), Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Most Constituted Organization Award<\/strong>\u2019 (1996) University of Calgary (UofC), Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fellowships and Grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018<strong>BISA Research Grant<\/strong>\u2019 (2011-2012) Keimyung University, South Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship<\/strong>\u2019 (2008-2009) National Library, Singapore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Centenary PhD Studentship Award<\/strong>\u2019 (2007-2010) Leeds Beckett University, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<strong>Youth Expedition Project<\/strong>\u2019 (2005) YEP in Ratanakiri, Cambodia. Singapore International Foundation (SIF), Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (forthcoming 2025, at publication stage) Tourists of the Metropolis: Vertical <em>recreation<\/em> between West and East. In M. Gravari-Barbas, S. Jacquot, M. Jovi\u0107 &amp; J. Novy (eds.) <em>Tourism and\/in the Metropolis:<\/em> <em>Exploring the Conceptual and Geographical Frontiers of \u2018Metropolitan Tourism\u2019<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> &amp; Walz, J. (forthcoming 2025, at publication stage) The <em>pleisure <\/em>of coaching in HoTEL management simulations. In D. Clayton, J. Gannon &amp; A. Klenert (eds.) <em>Coaching and mentoring in Tourism,<\/em> <em>hospitality and events (THE)<\/em>. Goodfellow publishers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bayraktaroglu, E. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2025). Ethics and Morality Studies in Tourism Research: A Bibliometric Analysis. In E. Bayraktaroglu &amp; B. \u00c7\u0131vak (Eds.), <em>Modern Social Challenges Impacting Tourism: Ethics, Societal<\/em> <em>Disruption, and Intimacy<\/em> (pp. 1-34). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2024) There&#8217;s no place like food: instant noodles, instant elsew(here). In E. Park &amp; S. Kim (eds.) <em>Handbook on Food Tourism<\/em>, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 86-101.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Franken, M. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2024) Na(rra)tion building: Tourism and geopolitics along the Belt &amp; Road Initiative. <em>EATSJ &#8211;<\/em> <em>Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Journal<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>(1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steinbrink L., Bartolomei A. &amp; <strong>Wee D.<\/strong> (2024) Politicization of media consumption: Influence of touristic advertisements on young Russians and Germans on news media channels. <em>EATSJ &#8211; Euro-Asia<\/em> <em>Tourism Studies Journal<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>(1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2022) Study abroad and the quest for an anti-tourism experience. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arzbaecher, M., Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4 &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2022) Surrogate tourists on Instagram: An(other) kind of mimetic gaze. <em>Tourism, Culture and Communication<\/em>, <em>22<\/em>, pp. 169-180.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bieber, A., Gilde, W. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2022) (Re)visiting spaces of home: German <em>Heimat<\/em> tourists \u2018returning\u2019 to Timisoara, Romania. In M.B. Duignan (ed.) <em>Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts,<\/em> <em>Collaborations and Cases<\/em>, CABI, pp. 37-47.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>, Amato, A. &amp; Schmitz, M.A. (2021) <em>Where do the actors live?<\/em> The Chinese tourist gazes in Hallstatt. <em>Journal of China Tourism Research<\/em>, <em>17<\/em>(4),pp. 570-591.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2021) Walking with the Little Prince in Busan: Paradoxes of culture making and place identity in a tourist slum. In S. K. Dixit (ed.) <em>Tourism in Asian Cities<\/em>, Routledge, pp. 226-248.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2020) Revisiting \u2018Singapore\u2019 on Tour at the Venice Biennale. In P. Mura, K. Tan and C. Choy (eds.) <em>Contemporary Asian Artistic Expressions and Tourism: Perspectives on Asian Tourism<\/em>, Springer, pp. 105-126.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2019) Generation Z talking: transformative experience in educational travel. <em>Journal of Tourism<\/em> <em>Futures<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>(2), pp. 157-167.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loutfy, D., Stuke, K. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2019) Growing me growing you: Collaborative student fieldwork in tourism research. In H. Andrews, T. Jimura and L. Dixon (eds.) <em>Tourism Ethnographies<\/em>: Ethics, Methods, Application and Reflexivity, Routledge, pp. 142-156.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K\u00fcpers, W. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2018) Tourist cities as embodied places of learning: Walking in the \u201cfeelds\u201d of Shanghai and Lisbon. <em>International Journal of Tourism Cities<\/em>, <em>4<\/em>(3), pp. 376-390.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2018) Home <em>Away<\/em> at Home: Mediating spaces of tourism and narratives of belonging in the German Village of South Korea. In Kim S.K. and S. Reijnders (eds.) <em>Film Tourism in Asia, <\/em>Springer, pp. 221-237.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> &amp; Koens, K. (2017) 50 Shades of Hospitality: Exploring intimacies in Korean love motels. In C. Lashley (ed.) <em>The Routledge<\/em> <em>Handbook of Hospitality Studies<\/em>, Routledge, pp. 348-361.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonnenburg, S. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2016) An Introduction to Touring Consumption. <em>Journal of Consumer Culture<\/em>, <em>16<\/em>(2), pp. 323-333.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonnenburg, S. &amp; <strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2015) Touring Consumption: Itineraries on the move. In S. Sonnenburg and <strong>D. Wee<\/strong> (eds.)<em> Touring Consumption<\/em>, Springer VS, pp. 9-20.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2014) Performing national identities in spaces of tourism. <em>Journal of Tourism and Development<\/em>, <em>21\/22<\/em>(1), pp. 13-22.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2014) Hospitality on a platter, in retrospect. <em>Hospitality &amp; Society,<\/em> <em>4<\/em>(1) pp. 93-98.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2012) Touring Heritage, Performing Home: Cultural Encounters in Singapore. In L. Smith, E. Waterton and S. Watson (eds.) <em>The Cultural Moment in Tourism: New perspectives on performance and engagement<\/em>, Routledge, pp. 79-96.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2010) In touch with my routes: Becoming a tourist in Singapore. <em>Biblioasia,<\/em> <em>5<\/em>(4), pp. 10-14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2010) Carrying Gazes: Towards a reflexive visual Anthropology. <em>Enhancing Learning in the Social<\/em> <em>Sciences, 3<\/em>(2), p.12.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2009) Singapore language enhancer: identity included. <em>Language and Intercultural Communication,<\/em> <em>9<\/em>(1), pp.15-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong> (2009) Missing an Umbrella (Einen Regenschirm vermissen). In E. Annu\u00df (ed.)<em> Stagings Made in<\/em> <em>Namibia: Postkoloniale Fotografie,<\/em> b_books Verlag, pp. 239-241.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Desmond Wee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":31647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professorinnen","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}