Business School

Dr Wendy Pham

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Business
General Purpose North 3 Building (39A), St Lucia Campus
Wendy Pham

Dr Wendy Pham graduated with a joint PhD from the University of Queensland and the University of Exeter (UK). Her PhD research focused on the disaster management practices of tourism-hospitality SMEs and the role of social networks in building disaster resilience.

Wendy currently works as a postdoctoral research assistant at UQ Business School. She is involved in various consulting projects for government and industry partners, including Ecotourism Australia, Parks Australia and Brisbane City Council. Her works revolve around sustainable tourism development in protected area-based destinations and micromobility transport integration in urban destinations.

Wendy is also a sessional academic within the Tourism Discipline, teaching a range of tourism and event management courses in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She has earned the UQ Graduate Teaching Associates Fellowship.

Publications

Journal Articles (3)
Thesis (1)
Research Report (1)
Newspaper Articles (2)

Journal Articles

Walters, Gabby, Gill, Chelsea, Pham, Le Diem Quynh and Filep, Sebastian (2022). Virtual tourism experiences and mental restoration. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 48 (3), 1-6. doi: 10.1177/10963480221116047
Pham, Le Diem Quynh, Coles, Tim, Ritchie, Brent W. and Wang, Jie (2021). Building business resilience to external shocks: conceptualising the role of social networks to small tourism and hospitality businesses. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 48, 210-219. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.06.012
Pham, Le Diem Quynh, Driml, Sally and Walters, Gabrielle (2018). Managing seasonality in rural destinations: a case study of South Gippsland – Australia. Tourism Recreation Research, 43 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2018.1476204

Thesis

Pham, Le Diem Quynh (2023). Social networks and resilience to external shocks of tourism-hospitality small and medium enterprises. PhD Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/9821d56

Research Report

Buning, Richard J., Pham, Wendy and Chen, Milly (2023). So, what do you think about eScooters and eBikes?: Understanding visitor and resident experiences and perceptions with micromobility in Brisbane. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland, Business School.

Newspaper Articles

Buning, Richard J. and Pham, Wendy (2024, 03 14). The six reasons why Brisbane residents and visitors don’t ride e-scooters Zag Daily
Buning, Richard J. and Pham, Wendy (2023, 09 11). Five years on, Brisbane’s e-scooters and e-bikes are winning over tourists and residents as they open up the city The Conversation