The Bill Faulkner Memorial Award for Best PhD Scholar’s Paper

Bill Faulkner (1945-2002), Professor of Tourism at Griffith University and Deputy CEO of Australian's Centre of Co-operative Research in Sustainable Tourism, was widely know internationally for his publications in many research journals and many contributions at conferences. In Australia he was generally and deservedly regarded as Australia's most prominent leader of research on tourism. Professor Faulkner was instrumental in the formation of CAUTHE and the development of its annual conference into one of the foremost international tourism and hospitality research conferences.

CAUTHE proudly offers this scholar’s award in memory of Bill. The award was introduced at the 2002 Annual Conference in Fremantle to honour his memory and recognise the influence his work. The winning scholar is presented a certificate at the Annual Conference Dinner and the paper is published in a special edition of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

CAUTHE strongly encourages Heads of Schools to inform current PhD students of this award. In addition to the guidelines below the PhD Best paper has to be a full refereed paper with the student as the primary author and at most one co-author (usually the supervisor) allowed.

Selection Criteria

Topic– must be of relevance and importance to the wider filed of tourism and hospitality research.

Content – should be innovative an original. The paper must present of support a set of findings, implications and conclusions with significant potential and value. The paper should be unique and useful.

Choice and Implementation of Methodology - clearly explained by the author(s)

Writing Style – should be accurate, clear, concise and readable

Previous Winners

2010 Ann Surawaree Ashton, University of Queensland
“Hotel restaurant dining: the relationship between perceived value and intention to purchase” by Ann Suwaree Ashton and Noel Scott (University of Queensland)

2009 Michael Shone, Lincoln University, NZ
"Changing paradigms: the case of tourism and development in the Hurunui District, New Zealand"

2008 Naomi Pocock, University of Waikato
"Roof, relationships, roots: A hermeneutical understanding of why returnees from long-term travel may be considered homeless"

2007 Michael Gross, University of South Australia
"Tourists and places: an empirical structural model"

2006 Anne Eastgate, Griffith University
"The Development of a Generic Tourism Benefits Scale"

2006 Meredith Lawrence, Southern Cross University. MGS Architects Award for best PhD paper on sustainability:
"Urban or tourism development? An analysis of stakeholder involvement in tourism development processes and policy in Byron Bay"

2005 Ian Knowd, University of Western Sydney
"Tourism as panacea: Exploring the role of tourism in non-tourism development agendas."

2004 Aggie Wegner, Murdoch University

2003 Lisa Beesley, Griffith University

2002 Christof Pforr, Curtin University of Technology