Yim Ming Connie  Kwong

Dr. Yim Ming Connie Kwong

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Office: Fahrenheitstr. 8
28359 Bremen
Room: 3114 (1st floor)

Research interests

- Cultures, identities and practices
- Moral geographies, responsibilities and values
- Tourism and development
- Community and sustainable development
- Participatory research and co-development


Projects

UKRI-GCRF Resilient Silk Route Cultural Heritage Network, Network Member (2019-2022)

TransTourism, Postdoctoral Researcher (2020-Present)

Peer-reviewed journals

Kwong, Y.M.C. (2024). Engaging children's voices for tourism and marine futures through drawing in Gili Trawangan, Indonesia. Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism. DOI: 10.3389/frsut.2023.1291142

Hermans, K., Berger, E., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Bossenbroek, L., Ebeler, L., Groth, J., Hack, J., Hanspach, J.,Hintz, K.S., Kimengsi, J.N., Kwong, Y.M.C., Oakes, R., Pagogna, R., Plieninger, T., Sterly, H., van der Geest, K., van Vliet, J., & Wiederkehr, C. (2021). Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research‐an opportunity for redirection. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 30(2), 72-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.30.2.3.

Ruszczyk, H.A., Upadhyay, B.K., Kwong, Y.M., Khanal, O., Bracken, L., Pandit, P. and Bastola, R. (2020). Empowering Women through Participatory Action Research in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, 101763. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101763

Kwong, Y.M. and Li, Y. (2017). In-place or out-of-place? Host-guest encounter under ‘One Country, Two Systems’. Current Issues in Tourism, 23, 1460-1479. DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1398218

Zhang, J.J. and Kwong, Y.M. (2017). Reconceptualising host-guest relations at border towns. Annals of Tourism Research, 66, 196-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2017.06.007

Edited volumes and book chapters

Ajebon, M.O., Kwong, Y.M.C., and Astorga de Ita, D. (eds) (2021). Navigating the Field: Postgraduate Experiences in Social Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68113-5

Kwong, Y.M.C. (2021). Travelling with the Field: Post-Place Communities of Volunteer Tourists on the Move. In M.O. Ajebon, Y.M.C. Kwong, and D. Astorga de Ita (eds), Navigating the Field: Postgraduate Experiences in Social Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68113-5_3

Ajebon, M.O., Astorga de Ita, D., and Kwong, Y.M.C. (2021). Introduction: Postgraduate Experiences of Navigating the Field. In M.O. Ajebon, Y.M.C. Kwong, and D. Astorga de Ita (eds), Navigating the Field: Postgraduate Experiences in Social Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68113-5_3

Kwong, Y.M.C., Ajebon, M.O., and Astorga de Ita, D. (2021). Conclusion: Navigating Social Research — An Emotional Journey. In M.O. Ajebon, Y.M.C. Kwong, and D. Astorga de Ita (eds), Navigating the Field: Postgraduate Experiences in Social Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68113-5_3

Blogpost

'Drawing Workshops with School Children in Indonesia', ZMT Expeditions, August 28 2023. https://www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/research/expeditions/drawing-workshops-with-school-children-in-indonesia-may-2023.html

‘Navigating the Field as Early Career Researchers’, In Common, 31 August 2021. https://www.incommonpodcast.org/navigating-the-field-as-early-career-researchers/

Outreach

Lecturer of IOC-UNESCO online training course “Co-Design for the Ocean Decade”. – May 2024

Instructor/Field Supervisor of “Drawing Workshops with Children in Indonesia”, MBKM (Independent Learning Outside Campus programme), University of Mataram, Indonesia, 27.3.2023-31.5.2023. (Additional funding from Kellner&Stoll Stiftung)