{"id":33007,"date":"2025-12-08T14:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/?p=33007"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:16:02","slug":"prof-dr-desmond-wee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/our-university\/team-en\/professors\/prof-dr-desmond-wee-2.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=\"wp-block-heading\">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>\u00a0Tourism Sciences &amp; Cultural Change, Centre for Tourism &amp; Cultural Change (CTCC), Leeds Beckett University, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MA<\/strong>\u00a0Social Science: Anthropology, International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS), Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BA<\/strong>\u00a0Communication 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>\u00a0(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&nbsp;<em>Museum of the Tourist: An(other) perspective of European Heritage<\/em>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<em>Becoming tourist, becoming local: performing place and identity in Singapore<\/em>&nbsp;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>&nbsp;(forthcoming 2025, at publication stage) Tourists of the Metropolis: Vertical&nbsp;<em>recreation<\/em>&nbsp;between West and East. In M. Gravari-Barbas, S. Jacquot, M. Jovi\u0107 &amp; J. Novy (eds.)&nbsp;<em>Tourism and\/in the Metropolis:<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Exploring the Conceptual and Geographical Frontiers of \u2018Metropolitan Tourism\u2019<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;&amp; Walz, J. (forthcoming 2025, at publication stage) The&nbsp;<em>pleisure&nbsp;<\/em>of coaching in HoTEL management simulations. In D. Clayton, J. Gannon &amp; A. Klenert (eds.)&nbsp;<em>Coaching and mentoring in Tourism,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>hospitality and events (THE)<\/em>. Goodfellow publishers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bayraktaroglu, E. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2025). Ethics and Morality Studies in Tourism Research: A Bibliometric Analysis. In E. Bayraktaroglu &amp; B. \u00c7\u0131vak (Eds.),&nbsp;<em>Modern Social Challenges Impacting Tourism: Ethics, Societal<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Disruption, and Intimacy<\/em>&nbsp;(pp. 1-34). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2024) There\u2019s no place like food: instant noodles, instant elsew(here). In E. Park &amp; S. Kim (eds.)&nbsp;<em>Handbook on Food Tourism<\/em>, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 86-101.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Franken, M. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2024) Na(rra)tion building: Tourism and geopolitics along the Belt &amp; Road Initiative.&nbsp;<em>EATSJ \u2013<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Journal<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>5<\/em>(1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steinbrink L., Bartolomei A. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2024) Politicization of media consumption: Influence of touristic advertisements on young Russians and Germans on news media channels.&nbsp;<em>EATSJ \u2013 Euro-Asia<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Tourism Studies Journal<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>5<\/em>(1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(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;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2022) Surrogate tourists on Instagram: An(other) kind of mimetic gaze.&nbsp;<em>Tourism, Culture and Communication<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>22<\/em>, pp. 169-180.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bieber, A., Gilde, W. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2022) (Re)visiting spaces of home: German&nbsp;<em>Heimat<\/em>&nbsp;tourists \u2018returning\u2019 to Timisoara, Romania. In M.B. Duignan (ed.)&nbsp;<em>Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts,<\/em>&nbsp;<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)&nbsp;<em>Where do the actors live?<\/em>&nbsp;The Chinese tourist gazes in Hallstatt.&nbsp;<em>Journal of China Tourism Research<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>17<\/em>(4),pp. 570-591.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2021) Walking with the Little Prince in Busan: Paradoxes of culture making and place identity in a tourist slum. In S. K. Dixit (ed.)&nbsp;<em>Tourism in Asian Cities<\/em>, Routledge, pp. 226-248.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2020) Revisiting \u2018Singapore\u2019 on Tour at the Venice Biennale. In P. Mura, K. Tan and C. Choy (eds.)&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(2019) Generation Z talking: transformative experience in educational travel.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Tourism<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Futures<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>5<\/em>(2), pp. 157-167.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loutfy, D., Stuke, K. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2019) Growing me growing you: Collaborative student fieldwork in tourism research. In H. Andrews, T. Jimura and L. Dixon (eds.)&nbsp;<em>Tourism Ethnographies<\/em>: Ethics, Methods, Application and Reflexivity, Routledge, pp. 142-156.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K\u00fcpers, W. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2018) Tourist cities as embodied places of learning: Walking in the \u201cfeelds\u201d of Shanghai and Lisbon.&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Tourism Cities<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>4<\/em>(3), pp. 376-390.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2018) Home&nbsp;<em>Away<\/em>&nbsp;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.)&nbsp;<em>Film Tourism in Asia,&nbsp;<\/em>Springer, pp. 221-237.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;&amp; Koens, K. (2017) 50 Shades of Hospitality: Exploring intimacies in Korean love motels. In C. Lashley (ed.)&nbsp;<em>The Routledge<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Handbook of Hospitality Studies<\/em>, Routledge, pp. 348-361.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonnenburg, S. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2016) An Introduction to Touring Consumption.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Consumer Culture<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>16<\/em>(2), pp. 323-333.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonnenburg, S. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2015) Touring Consumption: Itineraries on the move. In S. Sonnenburg and&nbsp;<strong>D. Wee<\/strong>&nbsp;(eds.)<em>&nbsp;Touring Consumption<\/em>, Springer VS, pp. 9-20.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2014) Performing national identities in spaces of tourism.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Tourism and Development<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>21\/22<\/em>(1), pp. 13-22.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2014) Hospitality on a platter, in retrospect.&nbsp;<em>Hospitality &amp; Society,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>4<\/em>(1) pp. 93-98.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2012) Touring Heritage, Performing Home: Cultural Encounters in Singapore. In L. Smith, E. Waterton and S. Watson (eds.)&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(2010) In touch with my routes: Becoming a tourist in Singapore.&nbsp;<em>Biblioasia,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>5<\/em>(4), pp. 10-14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2010) Carrying Gazes: Towards a reflexive visual Anthropology.&nbsp;<em>Enhancing Learning in the Social<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Sciences, 3<\/em>(2), p.12.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2009) Singapore language enhancer: identity included.&nbsp;<em>Language and Intercultural Communication,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>9<\/em>(1), pp.15-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wee, D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2009) Missing an Umbrella (Einen Regenschirm vermissen). In E. Annu\u00df (ed.)<em>&nbsp;Stagings Made in<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Namibia: Postkoloniale Fotografie,<\/em>&nbsp;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":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-professors","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34059,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33007\/revisions\/34059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}