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Curriculum Vitae (abbreviated)
Julia N. Albrecht, PhD
Education
July 2012
PHELT – Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning
and Teaching, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
16 May 2009
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago, Dunedin
2002
Diplom-Geographin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster,
Germany
Scholarships, Awards, Grants
October 2012
Faculty of Commerce Summer Scholarship (NZ$ 7.000) to research
„Community impacts of a tourism development – a case study of the
Humpridge Track‟
May 2012
EUC Network Staff Exchange Grant (NZ$ 3.500)
November 2010
Faculty of Commerce and Administration Summer Scholarship
(NZ$ 7.000) to research „Visitor management at a Third sector
managed tourism attraction‟
May 2010
Faculty of Commerce and Administration Small Research Grant
(NZ$ 2.675) to research „Communities of Practice in Tourism
Management Higher Education‟
April 2009
New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Travel Award
(NZ$ 2.500)
October 2008
University of Otago Postgraduate Publishing Bursary (PhD)
(NZ$ 5.000)
September 2008
Conference Travel Scholarship, University of Western Sydney
(AUS$ 750)
September 2005 - August 2008
University of Otago Postgraduate Scholarship
(NZ$ 60.000 + tuition fees for three years)
Overall, I have attracted more than NZ$ 100,000 of research funding.
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Employment Record and Teaching Experience
Since 01.2013
Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management (permanent position),
Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
03.2009 – 12.2012
Lecturer in Tourism Management (permanent position),
Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
11.2008 - 01.2009
Research Fellow (fixed-term)
Department of Tourism, University of Otago
06.2008 - 10.2008
Assistant Lecturer (part-time, fixed-term)
Department of Tourism, University of Otago
02.2007 - 05.2008
Occasional Lecturing and Teaching Assistance
Department of Tourism, University of Otago
11.2005 - 02.2006
Research Assistant (fixed-term)
Department of Tourism, University of Otago
09.2004 – 09.2005
Research Associate (fixed-term)
HIS Hochschul-Informations-System, Hannover, Germany
09.2002 – 08.2004
Consultant/ Planner
rheform; Schnell & Partner; Bonn, Munich, Germany
02.2000 – 05.2000
Heilala Holiday Lodge, Accommodation & Tour Guiding Company,
Nuku‟alofa, Tonga
Professional Affiliations
BEST.EN Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism – an Education Network, Member of the executive
committee since June 2012
Affiliated Researcher at the Centre for Recreation Research, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,
since 2008
Research interests
Visitor management
Tourism strategy and planning
Rural and peripheral destinations
Tourism management in wine destinations
Reviewed journal articles
Albrecht, J. N. (2012). Implementation and Evaluation in Tourism - An exploration of bottom-up community
planning. International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, vol. 2(1), 28-41.
Albrecht, J. N. (2012). Networking for sustainable tourism – towards a research agenda. Journal of
Sustainable Tourism, DOI:10.1080/09669582.2012.721788.
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Albrecht, J. N. (2012). Authentic Learning and Communities of Practice in Tourism Higher Education. Journal
of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, 12(3), 260-276.
Mitchell, R., Charters, S., & Albrecht, J. N. (2012). Cultural Systems and the Wine Tourism Product. Annals
of Tourism Research, 39(1), 311-325.
Albrecht, J. N. (2011). A critical perspective on current and future issues for tourism in New Zealand. Pacific
News July/ August 2011, p. 11-16.
Albrecht, J. N. (2010). Towards a Framework for Tourism Strategy Implementation. International Journal of
Tourism Policy, 3(3), 181-200.
Albrecht, J. N. 2010 'Challenges in Tourism Strategy Implementation in Peripheral Destinations - The Case of
Stewart Island, New Zealand' Tourism and Hospitality Planning & Development, vol. 7, 2, 91-110.
Albrecht, J.N. 2010 Tourismus in peripheren Regionen Neuseelands – Eine geographische Betrachtung der
Catlins, Geographische Rundschau, vol.2, 50-55.
Other reviewed publications
Albrecht, J. N. 2012. Micro-mobility patterns and service blueprints as foundations for visitor management
planning. In T. Tiller (Ed.), Proceedings of: BESTEN Think Tank XII Mobilities and Sustainable Tourism,
Gréoux-les-Bains, France, 24-27 June 2012. (pp. 9-24). Sydney: University of Technology.
(quality assured, double-blind review)
Albrecht, J.N. 2009 The Implementation of Tourism Strategies: A Critical Analysis of two New Zealand Case
Studies. PhD Thesis. University of Otago, Dunedin.
Book chapters and non-reviewed publications
Albrecht, J. N. (2012). Book review: Mundt, J. W. (2011) Tourism and Sustainable Development,
Reconsidering a Concept of Vague Policies. Erich Schmidt Verlag. Berlin. International Journal of Tourism
Policy, 4(2), 178-179.
Albrecht, J. N., & Yeoman, I. (2012). Guest Editors' Note. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, 12(3),
221-224.
Albrecht, J. N. & Dwyer, T. (2011) Visitor management at ZEALANDIA - Experiences of individual and group
visitors. Report for ZEALANDIA – The Karori Sanctuary Experience. Wellington: Victoria University of
Wellington.
Albrecht, J. N. & Dwyer, T. (2011) Visitor management at ZEALANDIA - Motivations and experiences of
guides and hosts. Report for ZEALANDIA – The Karori Sanctuary Experience. Wellington: Victoria University
of Wellington.
Albrecht, J. N. (2011). Negotiating Business Interests and a Community's „Greater Good‟: Community-based
Tourism Planning and Stakeholder Involvement in the Catlins, New Zealand. In J. Mosedale (Ed.), Political
Economy of Tourism A Critical Perspective (pp.191-205). London: Routledge.
Mosedale, J., & Albrecht, J. N. (2011). Tourism Regulation and Relational Geography: The Global, Local and
Everything in Between. In J. Mosedale (Ed.), Political Economy of Tourism A Critical Perspective (pp.243255). London: Routledge.
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Albrecht, J. N. (2007). Book review: Simmons, D.G. and Fairweather, J. Eds. (2005) Understanding the
Tourism Host-Guest Encounter in New Zealand: Foundations for Adaptive Planning and Management. EOS
Ecology. Christchurch', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 15, 4, 438-440.
Albrecht, J. N. 2007 'Indigenous Tourism and Current Planning Issues - The Case of Maori Tourism in
Aotearoa New Zealand', Pacific News Januar/ Februar 2007, 22-25.
Albrecht, J. N. 2006 'No worries, you‟ll be fine … Zur Studien- und Forschungslandschaft für Geographen an
neuseeländischen Universitäten', Geographische Rundschau Beilage, Juli/ August, 7-8.
Conference presentations
Albrecht, J. N. 2012 Micro-mobility patterns and service blueprints as foundations for visitor management
planning, BEST EN Think Tank 2012 Mobilities and Sustainable Tourism, Gréoux les Bains, France, 24-27
June 2012.
Albrecht, J. N. 2012 Service Blueprinting as a tool in visitor management assessment and planning, Council
for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) National Conference, La Trobe
University, Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 February.
Albrecht, J. N. 2011 Individual and group visitors‟ perceptions of visitor management at ZEALANDIA – The
Karori Sanctuary Experience, Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies Biennial
Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 6-8 December.
Albrecht, J. N. and Smith, K. 2011 Volunteer hosts and guides at ZEALANDIA – The Karori Sanctuary
Experience: Motivations of volunteers at a nature-based attraction, Australian and New Zealand Association of
Leisure Studies Biennial Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 6-8 December.
Dredge, D. and Albrecht, J. N. 2011 “Wicked” tourism planning problems in local tourism management: The
governance challenge, Research Symposium Sustainability, Collaborative Governance and Tourism,
Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia, 17-18 February.
Albrecht, J. N. 2010 Situated Learning in Tourism Management Higher Education: The Role of Guest
Lectures, Tertiary Education New Zealand TERNZ, Dunedin, New Zealand, 25-26 November 2010.
Albrecht, J. N. 2010 Knowledge networks, situated learning and Communities of Practice in Tourism
Management Higher Education, UNWTO TedQual Annual Event: Shared Experiences: Enhancing Tourism
Education Through Stakeholder Engagement, Wellington, New Zealand, 18-20 November 2010.
Albrecht, J. N. 2010 Implementation Networks of the New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2015, BEST.EN Think
Tank 2010 Networking for Sustainable Tourism, Vienna, Austria, 27-30 June 2010.
Albrecht, J. N. 2009 Negotiating business interests and a community's „greater good‟ - Community-based
tourism planning and SMTE involvement in the Catlins, ATLAS Conference 2009 Experiencing Difference
Changing Tourism and Tourists' Experiences, Aalborg, Denmark, 27-29 May 2009.
Albrecht, J. N. 2008 Being the Other - A Foreigner‟s Qualitative Research Journey in Rural New Zealand,
Contact: An Interdisciplinary Challenge in Cultural Studies, Sydney, Australia, 25-26 September 2008.
Albrecht, J. N. 2008 Negotiating the „Greater Public Good‟ - A Political Economy Perspective on Tourism
Planning, ATLAS Conference 2008 Selling or Telling? Paradoxes in Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Brighton,
England, 2-4 July 2008 (published abstract only, no conference attendance).
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Albrecht, J. N. 2007 Are we there yet? Implementation and Evaluation in Tourism Planning, ATLAS
Conference 2007 Destinations revisited - Perspectives on developing and managing tourist areas, Viana do
Castelo, Portugal, 5-7 September 2007.
Albrecht, J. N. 2007 Are Community Tourism Planning and Implementation a Way to Contribute to the
Sustainability of a Destination? The Case of the Catlins, New Zealand, Royal Geographic Society - Annual
International Conference, London, 29-31 August 2007.
Albrecht, J. N. 2006 Theory for the Sake of Theory or Genuine Enrichment? Applying Public Policy
Implementation Theory in the Tourism Context, New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference
“BEYOND NATURE”, Dunedin, 6-8 December 2006.
Albrecht, J. N. 2006 Architecture Tourism? Heritage Tourism? Or coincidence? - The Significance of the
Victorian Whitestone Architecture for Tourism in Oamaru, ATLAS Asia-Pacific Conference 2006 Tourism After
Oil, Dunedin, 3-5 December 2006.
PhD and other postgraduate supervision
PhD supervisor (secondary), Tibor Zsirmik: Social Media and the DMO marketing mix (thesis to be submitted
in 2014)
PhD supervisor (secondary), Cesar Guala: Institutional Change Processes in National Tourism
Administrations: The Case of Sernatur, Chile (thesis to be submitted in 2013)
I also supervise students enrolled in a Master of Tourism Management, as well as Bachelor of Tourism
Management Honours students.
Editorship
Guest editor for a Special Issue on "Authentic Leaning in Tourism and Tourism Management", Journal of
Teaching in Travel & Tourism, published in September 2012.
Editor of Pacific Geographies, since August 2007, ongoing
Peer Reviews of Journal Articles:
I have frequently acted as a reviewer, namely for the following journals (among others):
Tourism Management
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research
Annals of Leisure Research
Journal of Ecotourism
© 2013 Julia N. Albrecht
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