Dr Faith Ong
Senior Lecturer
School of Business
+61 7 344 33203
Researcher biography
Dr Faith Ong's research focus lies in the role of events, tourism and hospitality as tools of social change. Thus, she researches into the social impacts of events and tourism on communities. Her work explores how different forms of festivals, community gatherings and targeted events impact the social inclusivity of places. Volunteering is also one of Faith's areas of expertise, determining the impacts of volunteering in tourism and events on the individual.
Faith is interested in enabling full and inclusive participation of communities across a broad spectrum of events and travel. In particular, her work has focused on communities that are sexually and culturally diverse, as well as people with disabilities. She continues to explore the signals of inclusion and exclusion at occasions that are meant to bring communities together.
Book Chapters
Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Ong, Faith (2023). The sustainable development goals: the contribution of tourism volunteering. A Sustainable Tourism Workforce. (pp. 279-296) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003435457-16
Ong, Faith, Vorobjovas-Pinta, Oscar and Lewis, Clifford (2023). LGBTIQ + identities in tourism and leisure research: a systematic qualitative literature review. Gender and Tourism Sustainability. (pp. 21-44) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003329541-3
McGrath, G. Michael, Blaer, Madelene, Ong, Faith, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Wilson-Evered, Elisabeth and Whitelaw, Paul (2022). Simulations in e-tourism learning and management. Handbook of e-Tourism. (pp. 1851-1870) edited by Zheng Xiang, Matthias Fuchs, Ulrike Gretzel and Wolfram Höpken. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-48652-5_48
Ong, Faith (2021). Glocal citizenship: lofty ideals in regional space. The Routledge handbook of volunteering in events, sport and tourism. (pp. 434-443) edited by Kirsten Holmes, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Karen A. Smith and Richard Shipway. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780367815875-40
Fang, Marcela and Ong, Faith (2019). Student leadership development. The study of food, tourism, hospitality and events: 21st-century approaches. (pp. 191-202) edited by Sue Beeton and Alison Morrison. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0638-9_17
Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Ong, Faith (2019). Event studies: progression and future in the field. The study of food, tourism, hospitality and events: 21st-century approaches. (pp. 37-46) edited by Sue Beeton and Alison Morrison. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0638-9_4
Journal Articles
Ong, Faith, Lewis, Clifford and Prayag, Girish (2025). This is what being queer looks like: The roles LGBTQ+ events play for queer people based on their social identity. Tourism Management, 106 105012, 105012. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105012
Holmes, Kirsten, Smith, Karen A., Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Shipway, Richard and Ong, Faith (2024). Volunteering Legacies from the Olympic Games: Missed Opportunities. Voluntas, 35 (4), 768-779. doi: 10.1007/s11266-024-00643-w
Orea-Giner, Alicia, Ong, Faith and Recio-Moreno, Gonzalo (2024). Silencing the Rainbow: The Territorial Effects of Pride Cancellation. Event Management, 28 (6), 863-881. doi: 10.3727/152599524x17077053867836
Ong, Faith and Coetzee, Willem (2023). Growing the significance of events in changing tourism geographies. Tourism Geographies, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/14616688.2023.2270958
Ong, Faith and Lockstone-Binney, Leonie (2023). Adopting a rights-based approach to sport mega event volunteering. Event Management, 27 (6), 877-893. doi: 10.3727/152599522x16419948695233
Qi, Hongxia and Ong, Faith (2023). Stakeholders in the greening process of business events: a constructivist grounded theory to the Chinese context. Event Management, 27 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.3727/152599522x16419948694900
MacInnes, S., Ong, F. and Dolnicar, S. (2022). Travel career or childhood travel habit?: Which better explains adult travel behaviour?. Annals of Tourism Research, 95 103413, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103413
Budimulia, Samuel and Ong, Faith (2022). The impacts of event cancellation on social movements. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 15 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/19407963.2022.2053859
Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Mair, Judith, Baum, Tom and Ong, Faith (2022). Temporary communitas at an iconic cricket event: an ethnographic study. Event Management, 26 (5), 979-992. doi: 10.3727/152599522X16419948390763
Ong, Faith, Qi, Hongxia, Yu, Nicole Nanyi and Ye, Isabella Qing (2022). Greening of events in China: beyond sustainability into regeneration. Event Management, 26 (4), 813-829. doi: 10.3727/152599521X16288665119521
Ong, Faith, Qi, Hongxia, Yu, Nanyi Nicole and Ye, Isabella Qing (2022). Greening exhibition events in China: Beyond sustainability into regeneration. Event Management, 26 (4), 813-829. doi: 10.3727/152599521x16288665119521
Yu, Nicole Nanyi, Mair, Judith, Lee, Andy and Ong, Faith (2022). Exploring community festivals in the context of the Chinese diaspora. Event Management, 26 (4), 931-947. doi: 10.3727/152599521X16288665119585
Ong, Faith, Vorobjovas-Pinta, Oscar and Lewis, Clifford (2022). LGBTIQ + identities in tourism and leisure research: a systematic qualitative literature review. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30 (7), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1828430
Yu, Nicole Nanyi, Mair, Judith, Lee, Andy and Ong, Faith (2022). Subjective well-being and events. Event Management. doi: 10.3727/152599521X16192004803584
Ong, Faith, Lewis, Clifford and Vorobjovas-Pinta, Oscar (2021). Questioning the inclusivity of events: the queer perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29 (11-12), 2044-2061. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1860072
Karl, Marion, Chien, P. Monica and Ong, Faith (2021). Impulse buying behaviour in tourism: a new perspective. Annals of Tourism Research, 90 103136, 103136. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.103136
Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Ong, Faith and Mair, Judith (2021). Examining the interlocking of tourism editorial boards. Tourism Management Perspectives, 38 100829, 100829. doi: 10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100829
Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Ong, Faith (2021). The sustainable development goals: the contribution of tourism volunteering. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30 (12), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1919686
McGrath, G. Michael, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Ong, Faith, Wilson-Evered, Elisabeth, Blaer, Madelene and Whitelaw, Paul (2021). Teaching sustainability in tourism education: a teaching simulation. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29 (5), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1791892
Yu, Nanyi Nicole, Mair, Judith, Lee, Andy and Ong, Faith (2021). Subjective well-being and events. Event Management, 26 (1), 7-24. doi: 10.3727/152599521x16192004803584
Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling and Ong, Faith (2020). Redefining Asian tourism. Tourism Management Perspectives, 34 100667, 100667. doi: 10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100667
Muskat, Birgit, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Ong, Faith and Andresen, Maike (2019). Talent in hospitality entrepreneurship: a conceptualization and research agenda. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 31 (10) IJCHM-10-2018-0867, 3899-3918. doi: 10.1108/IJCHM-10-2018-0867
Ong, Faith and Goh, Sandra (2018). Pink is the New Gray: Events as Agents of Social Change. Event Management, 22 (6), 965-979. doi: 10.3727/152599518x15346132863292
Robertson, Martin, Ong, Faith, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Ali-Knight, Jane (2018). Critical event studies: Issues and perspectives. Event Management, 22 (6), 865-874. doi: 10.3727/152599518x15346132863193
Haski-Leventhal, Debbie, Oppenheimer, Melanie, Holmes, Kirsten, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, Alony, Irit and Ong, Faith (2018). The conceptualization of volunteering among nonvolunteers: using the net-cost approach to expand definitions and dimensions of volunteering. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48 (2_suppl), 30S-51S. doi: 10.1177/0899764018768078
Ong, Faith, King, Brian, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and Junek, Olga (2017). Going global, acting local: volunteer tourists as prospective community builders. Tourism Recreation Research, 43 (2), 135-146. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2017.1391449
Ong, Faith, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie, King, Brian and Smith, Karen A. (2014). The future of volunteer tourism in the Asia-Pacific region: alternative prospects. Journal of Travel Research, 53 (6), 680-692. doi: 10.1177/0047287514532365
Ong, Faith, Pearlman, Michael, Lockstone-Binney, Leonie and King, Brian (2013). Virtuous volunteer tourism: towards a uniform code of conduct. Annals of Leisure Research, 16 (1), 72-86. doi: 10.1080/11745398.2013.769402
Ong, Faith, Pearlman, Michael and Lockstone-Binney, Leonie (2011). An examination of not-for-profit volunteer tourism sending organisations’ guiding considerations that influence volunteer tourism programmes. World Leisure Journal, 53 (4), 296-311. doi: 10.1080/04419057.2011.630787
Conference Papers
Yu, Nicole (Nanyi), Mair, Judith, Lee, Andy and Ong, Faith (2022). The intrinsic value of events from an individual perspective. CAUTHE Conference 2022, Hybrid online, 7-9 February 2022.
MacInnes, Sarah, Ong, Faith and Chien, P. Monica (2021). The role of habit in tourist behaviour. The Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Annual Conference, Online, 9-12 February 2021.
Yu, Nicole, Mair, Judith, Ong, Faith and Lee, Andy (2020). The role of cultural festivals in building social capital in the Chinese diaspora community. CAUTHE Conference 2020, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-13 February 2020. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology.