Regina Scheyvens Explained

Regina Aurelia Scheyvens
Fields:Tourism
Workplaces:Massey University
Alma Mater:Massey University
Thesis1 Title:A quiet revolution : strategies for the empowerment and development of rural women in the Solomon Islands
Thesis1 Url:https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/4114
Doctoral Students:Trisia Farrelly
Awards:James Cook Fellowship, John Rooney Award of the AAG, Marsden Funding for 'the Land Has Eyes' project

Regina Aurelia Scheyvens is a New Zealand development academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at Massey University.[1] Her research focuses on the relationship between tourism, sustainable development and poverty reduction, and she has conducted fieldwork on these issues in Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Maldives and in Southern Africa.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She is also very interested in gender and development, sustainable livelihood options for small island states, and in theories of empowerment for marginalised peoples.[8] [9] [10]

Academic career

After a 1995 PhD titled 'A quiet revolution: strategies for the empowerment and development of rural women in the Solomon Islands' at Massey University,[11] Scheyvens joined the staff, rising to full professor.[1] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] She has published around tourism, community development, customary land and the sustainable development goals,[8] [20] [21] [22] [23] with major publications being her Tourism and Poverty[3] and Development fieldwork[24] books. Regina has also recently organised the Tourism and the SDGs Conference in Auckland, New Zealand in 2019[25] and the DevNet 2020 Conference in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 2020.[26] She is the recipient of the prestigious James Cook Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand which funds her to undertake her own research in 2021 and 2022.[27]

Notable doctoral students of Scheyvens' include Trisia Farrelly, professor of social anthropology at Massey.[28]

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof Regina Scheyvens - Professor & Co-Director - Pacific Research and Policy Centre - Massey University. Massey University, New. Zealand. www.massey.ac.nz.
  2. Scheyvens. Regina. Russell. Matt. February 2012. Tourism, Land Tenure and Poverty Alleviation in Fiji. Tourism Geographies. 14. 1. 1–25. 10.1080/14616688.2011.593188. 154694869. 1461-6688. free.
  3. Book: Scheyvens, Regina.. Tourism and poverty. 2011. Routledge. 978-0-203-83159-5. New York. 704275035.
  4. Scheyvens. Regina. October 2007. Poor cousins no more. Progress in Development Studies. 7. 4. 307–325. 10.1177/146499340700700403. 154375193. 1464-9934.
  5. Scheyvens. Regina. January 2006. Sun, Sand, and BeachFale: Benefiting from Backpackers—the Samoan Way. Tourism Recreation Research. 31. 3. 75–86. 10.1080/02508281.2006.11081507. 168139957. 0250-8281.
  6. Scheyvens. Regina. August 2011. The challenge of sustainable tourism development in the Maldives: Understanding the social and political dimensions of sustainability. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 52. 2. 148–164. 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01447.x. 1360-7456.
  7. Scheyvens. Regina. January 2002. Backpacker tourism and Third World development. Annals of Tourism Research. 29. 1. 144–164. 10.1016/s0160-7383(01)00030-5. 0160-7383.
  8. Web site: Zealand. Massey University, New. Prof Regina Scheyvens - Professor & Co-Director - Pacific Research and Policy Centre - Massey University. 2020-12-15. www.massey.ac.nz. en.
  9. Scheyvens. Regina. November 1998. 'Engendering' environmental projects: The case of eco-timber production in the Solomon Islands. Development in Practice. 8. 4. 439–453. 10.1080/09614529853468. 12321992. 0961-4524.
  10. Scheyvens. Regina. June 2000. Promoting Women's Empowerment Through Involvement in Ecotourism: Experiences from the Third World. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 8. 3. 232–249. 10.1080/09669580008667360. 67786351. 0966-9582.
  11. Scheyvens . Regina . 1995 . Doctoral thesis . A quiet revolution : strategies for the empowerment and development of rural women in the Solomon Islands . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/4114 .
  12. Web site: Cheap Travellers and Surprising $ Stats for Tourism Industries. Karin. Kloosterman. Green Prophet | Impact News for the Middle East. 22 May 2012.
  13. News: 'It can start deteriorating the tourist experience' - NZ tourism industry wants move towards sustainable future. TVNZ.
  14. News: Over-tourism a threat to New Zealand's authenticity - expert. Newshub. 24 January 2019. www.newshub.co.nz.
  15. Web site: New Zealand risks more divided communities if tourism not sustainable. Grant Bradley Aviation, tourism and energy writer for the NZ Herald. grant.bradley@nzherald.co.nz @gbradleynz. 24 January 2019. www.nzherald.co.nz.
  16. Web site: Winners of 2015 Research Medals - Massey University. Massey University, New. Zealand. www.massey.ac.nz.
  17. Web site: Tourisme De Masse : Les Villes Agissent. 29 May 2019. Forbes France.
  18. Web site: 专家警告：过度旅游威胁到新西兰的真实自然美 | 新西兰生活网_新西兰最大的生活门户网站.
  19. Web site: We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward. Regina. Scheyvens. The Conversation.
  20. 2020-06-01. Business serves society: Successful locally-driven development on customary land in the South Pacific. Geoforum. en. 112. 52–62. 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.03.012. 0016-7185. free. Scheyvens. Regina. Banks. Glenn. Vunibola. Suliasi. Steven. Hennah. Meo-Sewabu. Litea.
  21. Scheyvens. Regina. Laeis. Gabriel. 2019-10-09. Linkages between tourist resorts, local food production and the sustainable development goals. Tourism Geographies. 23 . 4 . en. 787–809. 10.1080/14616688.2019.1674369. 211440127 . 1461-6688.
  22. Scheyvens. Regina. Hughes. Emma. 2019-07-03. Can tourism help to "end poverty in all its forms everywhere"? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. en. 27. 7. 1061–1079. 10.1080/09669582.2018.1551404. 158506533. 0966-9582.
  23. Chilufya. Andrew. Hughes. Emma. Scheyvens. Regina. 2019-10-03. Tourists and community development: corporate social responsibility or tourist social responsibility?. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. en. 27. 10. 1513–1529. 10.1080/09669582.2019.1643871. 201317275. 0966-9582.
  24. Book: Scheyvens, Regina. Development Field Work: A Practical Guide. 2014. 55 City Road, London. 10.4135/9781473921801. 9781446254776.
  25. Web site: Tourism and the SDGs. 2020-12-15. Tourism and the SDGs. en.
  26. Web site: 2018-07-03. 2020 DevNet Conference. 2020-12-15. en-US.
  27. Web site: Zealand. Massey University, New. James Cook Fellowship for research into sustainable tourism in the Pacific - Massey University. 2020-12-15. www.massey.ac.nz. en.
  28. Business va'avanua: cultural hybridisation and indigenous entrepreneurship in the Bouma National Heritage Park, Fiji . 2009 . Farrelly . Trisia Angela . Massey Research Online, Massey University . PhD thesis .

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