MENG QU

Last Updated :2026/05/20

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
Web Site
https://www.qu-meng.com
E-mail
kinghoodhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
A627, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 739-8521 Japan, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-6385 FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
Meng Qu, Ph.D. (Intergrated Arts and Sciences), is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. He serves as Associate Editor for Tourism Geographies and Folk, Knowledge, Place. His research focuses on regional revitalization through cultural tourism, creative tourism, and regenerative tourism, examining international art festivals, regional cultural creation, socially engaged art, creative in-migrants/entrepreneurs, and sustainability as key analytical perspectives. He is also interested in digital media tourism and methodological approaches that incorporate documentary filmmaking and visual ethnography into tourism and regional studies. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from creative and tourism geography and rural studies, he currently leads a comparative project on community-embedded art and rural revitalization across the Asia-Pacific and the EU, while also contributing to research on social change in island communities in the UK, Canada, and Japan. His work has been supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the British Academy. Before entering academia, Dr. Meng worked in design and digital media (2006–2015), holding leadership positions including Interactive Design Director and Vice President in Shanghai and Beijing. Since 2011, he has participated in art revitalization initiatives such as the Xucun International Art Festival and the Setouchi Triennale as a volunteer, staff member, and researcher. Since 2021, he has also provided consultancy for the UN Tourism Asia-Pacific Executive Training Programme, DMOs, regional tourism associations, and inbound tourism firms in Japan.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2026/04/01, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
  • 2023/04/01, 2026/03/31, Hokkaido University, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies / Graduate School of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies / Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity, Associate Professor, Deputy Center Director
  • 2021/04/01, 2023/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
  • 2011/01, 2013/03, Xucun International Art Community, Xucun International Art Festival, Academic Secretary
  • 2011/01, 2013/03, Shanghai Moon Culture Media Co., Ltd., Vice President
  • 2009/10, 2010/11, Shanghai World Expo 2010, Event Department, Zone D, Dock Theater, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Project Manager
  • 2006/07, 2010/12, Creative Star Digital Co., Ltd, Project Management Department, Assistant General Manager (2010), Project Manager (2007-2010), Media Production Department Manager (2008-2010)
  • 2006/01, 2006/07, Xuzhou TV station, Advertisement Production Center, Creative media editor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences | Taoyaka Program for Leading Graduate Schools, Japan, 2018/04, 2021/03
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences | Taoyaka Program for Leading Graduate Schools, Japan, 2016/04, 2018/03
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Japan, 2013/10, 2016/03
  • Shanghai University, China, 2009/03, 2012/01

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Socio-Cultural Studies
  • Area Studies
  • Integrated Global Studies
  • Integrated Arts and Sciences

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Art studies;Art at large
  • Humanities;Philosophy;Tourism Studies

Research Keywords

  • Island Studies
  • Socially Engaged Art Festival Tourism
  • Creative In-migrant
  • Regional Revitalization
  • Creative Geography

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, 2022
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  • Responsible Tourism and Hospitality (ICRTH), 2022
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  • Annual conference of Island Studies International Conference (ISIC), 2019
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  • Wakayama University Center for Tourism Research, 2021
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  • CREATOUR International, 2020
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  • Event Management Journal, 2021
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  • Journal of Responsible Tourism Management (JRTM), 2021
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  • Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI), 2019
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Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Regional Geography of Japan
  2. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Tourism geography
  3. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Regional Geography
  4. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Regional Geography of the Seto Inland Sea
  5. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  6. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Japanese Tourism I
  7. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Japanese Tourism II
  8. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Contemporary World Geography
  9. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Sustainable Tourism Development
  10. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Culture and Tourism Studies
  11. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Revitalization at a Price? Intermittent Art Festivals on Peripheral Archipelagos, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, 15(1), 1-23, 202604
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  2. Community resourcefulness and partnerships in rural tourism, Tourism and partnerships for the SDGs. Routledge, 1-20, 202603
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  3. Mobility and fixity: factors of rural hometown attachment among migrant youths in the pearl river delta region of China, Children's Geographies, 1-19, 2026
  4. Art and pop culture tourism as creative dialogue for rural revitalization, Wakayama Tourism Review, 7, 12-15, 2025
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  5. Reimagining tourism pedestrian street aesthetics through machine learning: Understanding the role of spatial form based on a case study in Luoyang, China, Frontiers of Architectural Research, 15(1), 238-258, 2025
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  6. The reinvention of local food culture by creative newcomers: rural revitalization, sustainability, and place-making, Japan Sustainability, 2025
  7. Creative newcomers and local food culture: revitalization, sustainability, and place-making between rural and urban, Food, Culture & Society, 1-19, 2024
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  8. Regenerative art tourism for creative revitalisation in peripheral communities., Creative Tourism, Regenerative Development, and Destination Resilience, 87-100, 2024
  9. ★, Rural Creative Tourism Geography for Community Revitalisation, The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, 146-157, 2024
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  10. Diagnosing uneven revitalisation outcomes among aging communities in Japan's Island art festival., University of the West Indies Press, 3-26, 2024
  11. Island Art Sustainability Education: A case study of Osakikamijima, Japan, Shima, 18(1), 68-88, 2024
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  12. Regenerative Creative Tourism and Community Revitalization, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 4(1), 22-38, 2024
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  13. Art tourism and paradigms of island revitalization in Japan, Contemporary Japan, 36(1), 20-40, 2024
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  14. Revitalising rural areas through counterurbanisation: Community-oriented policies for the settlement of urban newcomers., Habitat International, 145(103022), 1-13, 20240209
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  15. Coercive geographies: Biopower, spatial politics, and the tourist, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 42(2), 149-170, 2024
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  16. Island studies and socio-economic development policies in East Asia., Island Studies Journal, 18(1), 226-247, 2023
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  17. ★, Rural Art Festivals and Creative Social Entrepreneurship, Event Management, 27(8), 1219-1235, 20231121
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  18. The Power of Small: Creative In-Migrant Micro-Entrepreneurs in Peripheral Japanese Islands during COVID-19., University of Calgary Press., 219-242, 20231015
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  19. Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Bed and Breakfasts in the All-for-One Tourism Demonstration Area of China: A Perspective on Urban–Rural Differences, Land, 12(9), 1720-1741, 20230903
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  20. Urban-to-rural lifestyle migrants in Japanese island communities: balancing quality of life expectations with reality., Manchester University Press, 74-93, 2023
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  21. ★, Neo-endogenous revitalisation: Enhancing community resilience through art tourism and rural entrepreneurship, Journal of Rural Studies, 97, 105-114, 202301
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  22. Community art festivals and sustainable rural revitalisation, Events and Sustainability, Routledge, 20220905
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  23. Implications of the Japanese Rural Art Festival for the Future of Public Art Revitalization in Rural China ⸺ the Dilemma between the Vision of "Creative Rural Enhancement" and "Art Themepark", 87-106, 20221118
  24. Rural lifestyle entrepreneurship: opening spaces of possibilities for resilient community economies and local agri-food systems, 2023
  25. Socially engaged art tourism, in-migrants micro-entrepreneurship, and peripheral island revitalization, Wakayama Tourism Review, 3, 17-19, 202205
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  26. Tourism in the rural periphery: Revitalization and community resilience in Japan, Handbook of Tourism Impacts: Social and Environmental Perspectives, 295-311, 202205
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  27. Island Cultures and Heritage: Open and Continuous Reflections, Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, 3, i-v, 202202
  28. Book Review: The Challenges of Island Studies, Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, 202202
  29. Book Review: Rethinking Cultural Tourism, International Journal of Tourism Policy, 12(1), 202202
  30. Island studies and socio-economic development policies in East Asia, Island Studies Journal, 202208
  31. Lifestyle migrants in Japans Seto Inland Seas islands beyond Western based conceptualizations of lifestyle migration, Islands and Migration Research Symposium, 1-4, 20211227
  32. ★, Community art festivals and sustainable rural revitalisation, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29(11-12), 1756-1775, 20211202
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  33. Exploring models of art rural revitalization from the creative tourism geography perspectives, Public Art, 5, 20211220
  34. The making of art islands: A comparative analysis of translocal assemblages of contemporary art and tourism, Island Studies Journal, 20210916
  35. Community Resourcefulness Under Pandemic Pressure A Japanese Islands Creative Network, Geographical Science, 202112
  36. Book Review: Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia, Tourism Geographies, 20210129
  37. Rural art festival revitalizing a Japanese declining tourism island, Cultural Sustainability, Tourism and Development (Re)articulations in Tourism Contexts, 202104
  38. ★, Community resourcefulness and partnerships in rural tourism, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30(10), 2371-2390, 202208
  39. ★, Teshima - from Island Art to the Art Island, Shima, 14(2), 250-265, 20200924
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  40. Gaps and Limitations - Contrasting Attitudes to Newcomers and Their Role in a Japanese Island Community, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 12, 31-46, 20201225
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  41. Art Interventions on Japanese Islands: The Promise and Pitfalls of Artistic Interpretations of Community, The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts, 20190904
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  42. Book Review: Ten Innovative Ideas of Land Art Festival: How to Revitalize the Community by Japanese Rural Art Festival, Public Art, 2019
  43. Ten Innovative Ideas of Land Art Festival: How to Revitalize the Rural Japanese Community, Public Art, 20190915
  44. Book Review: Conflicts, religion and culture in tourism, Tourism Geographies, 20190306
  45. The Role of Domestic In-migrants for the Revitalization of Marginal Island Communities in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, MIRRA (Migration in Remote and Rural Areas) Research and Policy Briefs Series, 20191109
  46. Organic farming and agricultural landscape preservation for the sustainable development of Uttarakhand mountain villages, Journal of Urban and Regional Studies on Contemporary India, 4(2), 41-53, 201803
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  47. Regional Revival or Art Festival Tourism? A Handbook of Community Fieldwork for the Setouchi Triennial 2015-2018, Public Art, 5, 64-73, 2018
  48. The Aesthetic Experience of Augmented Reality Art, ISEA2017 Manizales BIO-CREATION AND PEACE, 2017
  49. Sustainable Development Research on Contemporary Art Intervening in Village Regional Regeneration, Public Art, 2, 2017
  50. Contemporary Art Festivals Intervene in the Sustainable Development of Rural Regional Regeneration, Public Art, 5, 38-45, 2006

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Socially Embedded and Revitalization Engaged Art in Rural Japan and China, GESSHIN, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 2026/04/23, With Invitation, English
  2. Panel Discussion: UN Tourism Forum: Cultural Tourism Status Quo, Trends and Insights, Eliina Maaria Metsäsalo, Chin-Ee Ong, Manisha Pande, Shin Hyun Chul, Jungyun Hur, Meng Qu, 19th UN Tourism Asia-Pacific Executive Training Programme on Tourism Policy and Strategy - Tourism and Culture: Optimizing Beneficial Impacts and Building Resilience, Novotel Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, 2025/05/19, With Invitation, Japanese
  3. Islands Reimagined: Art as a Tool for Revitalisation in Japan, VirtualIslandSummit 2025, 2025/09/15, With Invitation, English
  4. Rural Tourism Revitalization: Creative Production, Consumption, and Co-creation, 4th EAJS Japan Conference, Sendai, Japan, 2025/09/21, Without Invitation, English
  5. Service Learning, Action Research, and Deep Mapping in On-site Education, Special Symposium of the Association of Japanese Geographers - Teaching Tourism in Higher Education: Geographical Perspective and Beyond, Hiroshima RCC Cultural Center, 2025/11/29, With Invitation, English
  6. Panel Discussion: Socio-Ecological Transition in Urdaibai, Jacqueline M. Klopp, Kayo Funato, Lidia Cano Pecharromán, Meng Qu, Tamara Muruetagoiena, Thaddeus Pawlowski, International Symposium on Reimagining Urdaibai: A living lab for complex socioecological transitions, Bilibao, Spain, 2025/12/01, With Invitation, English
  7. Art Tourism and Community Revitalization, International Symposium on Reimagining Urdaibai: A living lab for complex socioecological transitions, Bilibao, Spain, 2025/12/02, With Invitation, English
  8. Arts and Pop Culture Tourism: Fostering Creative Community Embeddedness, Meng Qu, Takayoshi Yamamura, Kyungjae Jang, Meng Qu, Takayoshi Yamamura, Kyungjae Jang, Popular Culture Tourism Stakeholders Summit, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2025/12/13, Without Invitation, English
  9. Future Research Directions for the Art and Rural Revitalization, Seminar on art and rural studies, Institute of Rural Art and Construction, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China, 2025/12/26, With Invitation, Chinese
  10. Female In-migrant Entrepreneurs in Creative Countryside, Wenyu Wang,Meng Qu, Wenyu Wang,Meng Qu, ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 – Tourism and Mobilities, Ritsumekan University, Kyoto, 2026/03/09, Without Invitation, English
  11. Community Participation and Co-creation in Creative Tourism: A Literature Review, Zhao Yunpeng, Meng Qu, Zhao Yunpeng, Meng Qu, ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 – Tourism and Mobilities, Ritsumekan University, Kyoto, 2026/03/09, Without Invitation, English
  12. Exploring Rural Art Tourists: Mapping Visitor Typologies and Behaviors, Meng Qu, Jingyu Zhang, Carolin Funck, Meng Qu, Jingyu Zhang, Carolin Funck, ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 – Tourism and Mobilities, Ritsumekan University, Kyoto, 2026/10, Without Invitation, English
  13. Discovering Aesthetic Variations in Street Spatial Forms Using Machine Learning, Xin Gao, Hirofumi Ueda, Meng Qu, Xin Gao, Hirofumi Ueda, Meng Qu, ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 – Tourism and Mobilities, Ritsumekan University, Kyoto, 2026/03/09, Without Invitation, English
  14. Stories in the Anthropocene: articulating an atmospheric kinship through slow mobilities, Yiqin Zhang, Meng Qu, Johan R. Edelheim, Xiaojin Li, Yiqin Zhang, Meng Qu, Johan R. Edelheim, Xiaojin Li, ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 – Tourism and Mobilities, Ritsumekan University, Kyoto, 2026/03/09, Without Invitation, English
  15. 70% Tradition + 30% Innovation: Crafting the Future of Island Tourism in Japan, The Symposium of the Japan Island Studies Society, Haboro–Teuri Island Conference, Hokkaido, Japan, 2025/09, With Invitation, English
  16. Reimagining Cultural Tourism: Co-creating Socially Embedded Futures, 19th UN Tourism Asia-Pacific Executive Training Programme on Tourism Policy and Strategy – Tourism and Culture: Optimizing Beneficial Impacts and Building Resilience, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2025/05, With Invitation, English
  17. The Present and Future of Island Cultural Diversity, 2025 International Island Forum, Yeosu, South Korea, 2025/09, With Invitation, English
  18. Bridging Theory and Practice: Action Research & Documentary Filmmaking for Island Revitalization, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2025, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, 2025/08, Without Invitation, English
  19. Art Revitalization in China, Japan, and Collaborations, 30th European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, Riga, Latvia, 2025/07, Without Invitation, English
  20. Why are Art and Pop Culture Tourism Events Essential for Regional Revitalization?, International Conference on Destinations, Events and Sports (ICDES 2025), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2025/05, Without Invitation, English
  21. Understanding Value Co-creation through Tourist Perspectives in Forest-based Regenerative Tourism, Zhang. Y., & Qu. M., International Conference on Destinations, Events and Sports (ICDES 2025), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2025/05, Without Invitation, English
  22. Rural Art Festivals and Creative Social Entrepreneurship in Japan, 4th Atlas Critical Tourism Studies Asia-Pacific Conference, Hainan, China, 2025/01, Without Invitation, English
  23. Roundtable Discussion: Broadening Knowledges: Conversations and Challenges - Research session, 4th Atlas Critical Tourism Studies Asia-Pacific Conference, Hainan, China, 2025/01, With Invitation, English
  24. Exploring the Power of Small Creative Island Revitalization and Socially Embedded Tourism Micro-Entrepreneurship, SEAMA 2024 conference, University of Ryukyu, Japan, 2024/03, With Invitation, English
  25. Art Festivals and Rural Enhancement, Folk, Knowledge, Place Conference, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 2024/12, Without Invitation, English
  26. Art Revitalization and the making of the Art Islands, Regional Revitalization through Art: From Mainland to Island 2024, Shixing County, Guangzhou, China, 2024/11, With Invitation, English
  27. Diagnosing Uneven Art Revitalization Outcomes among Declining Communities, Tourism For Recovery, Resilience and Regeneration In Rural and Peripheral Areas, symposium by Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, at Shirahama, Japan, 2024/11, With Invitation, English
  28. Revitalising rural communities through counterurbanisation: insights from the chiiki okoshi kyouryoukutai initiative in Japan, Zollet, S., & Qu, M., Zollet, S., & Qu, M., Asia Pacific Conference 2024, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, 2024/11, Without Invitation, English
  29. Revitalising rural communities through counterurbanisation: insights from the chiiki okoshi kyouryoukutai initiative in Japan, Zollet, S., & Qu, M., Zollet, S., & Qu, M., Asia Pacific Conference 2024, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, 2002/41, Without Invitation, English
  30. The Power of Small: Creative In-Migrant Micro-Entrepreneurs in Peripheral Japanese Islands, 7th Asian Rural Sociology Association (ARSA) International Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2024/09, Without Invitation, English
  31. Rural Art Festivals and Creative Social Entrepreneurship, IGU Tourism Commission, Pre-IGC meeting, Galway, Ireland, 2024/08, Without Invitation, English
  32. Island studies and socio-economic development policies in East Asia, 35th International Geographical Congress 2024, Dublin, Ireland, 2024/08, Without Invitation, English
  33. Empowering Communities: Innovative Strategies for Village Revitalization, International Conference on Responsible Tourism and Hospitality (ICRTH) 2024, Kuching, Malaysia, 2024/08, With Invitation, English
  34. Regenerative Creative Tourism and Community Revitalization, International Conference on Responsible Tourism and Hospitality (ICRTH) 2024, Kuching, Malaysia, 2024/08, Without Invitation, Japanese
  35. Creative Revitalization - Art and Contents Tourism in the Peripheral Japan, 62nd ERSA Congress Special Session - Outside the frame: creative, cultural and innovative dynamics in non-urban regions, Alicante, Spain, 2023/08, Without Invitation, English
  36. Neo-endogenous revitalization Enhancing community resilience through art tourism and rural entrepreneurship, 17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS 2023), Ghent, Belgium, 2023/08, Without Invitation, English
  37. Neo-endogenous revitalization Enhancing community resilience through art and creativity-based strategies for rural revitalization, XXIXth European Society for Rural Sociology Congress Crises and the futures of rural areas (ESRS), Rennes, France, 2023/06, Without Invitation, English
  38. Creative Island Revitalization Artistic Mapping for Sustainability Education, The 17th International Conference on Small Island Cultures (ISIC) 2023 - Island Innovation, Resilience, and Revitalization, Miyajima, Japan, 2023/06, With Invitation, English
  39. Island studies in East Asia & Revitalization Engaged Art Island Tourism in Japan, Workshops in 2023 Exploring the Future of the Scottish Islands, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), Scotland, 2023/03, With Invitation, English
  40. Revitalization Engaged Creative Tourism Micro-entrepreneurship Community Enhancement, International conference within the project CREATOUR Azores - Creative tourism regenerative development and destination resilience, 2022/11, Without Invitation, English
  41. Regenerative Creative Tourism in Hiroshima City, Qu, M., & Zollet, S., Qu, M., & Zollet, S., Asia Pacific Conference 2024, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, 2002/41, Without Invitation, English
  42. Revitalization Engaged Art Island Tourism - Art Islandness, Creative Micro-entrepreneurship & Neo-endogenous Revitalization, International Island Forum 2022, 2022/12/22, With Invitation, Japanese
  43. How to evaluate an "art community"?, Huian Sculpture Art Forum 2022, 2022/10/25, With Invitation, Chinese
  44. Revitalization engaged creative tourism, micro-entrepreneurship, and community enhancement, Creative Tourism, Regenerative Development and Destination Resilience, 2022/11/09, Without Invitation, English
  45. Community-based/engaged Art Tourism Art Intervention – Tourism Co-creation – Responsible Revitalization, International Conference on Responsible Tourism and Hospitality (ICRTH) 2022, 2022/09/01, With Invitation, English
  46. Revitalization Engaged Art Tourism Creative In-migrants & Micro-entrepreneurship Art Islandness & Neo-endogenous Revitalization, Art Networks and Places To open up a path to study art (festivals), 2022/09/15, With Invitation, English
  47. Neo-endogenous Revitalisation: Increasing Community Resilience through Socially Engaged Art and Creative In-migrant Micro-entrepreneurship, Art in the Countryside: Symposium on Art and Regional Revitalization through Case Studies from Japan, 2022/08/14, With Invitation, English
  48. From Island Arts to the Art Islandness, Island Studies International Conference "Creativity, Ingenuity and Practice", 2022/06/25, With Invitation, English, preprint
  49. Lifestyle migrants in Japans Seto Inland Seas islands beyond Western based conceptualizations of lifestyle migration, Simona Zollet, Meng Qu, Islands and Migration, 2021/12/27, Without Invitation, English, preprint
  50. Exogenous development in rural and remote regions The neo-endogenous role of micro-entrepreneurship in the context of art festival tourism development in peripheral islands, European Regional Science Association (ERSA) 2021 conference, 2021/08/27, Without Invitation, English
  51. The role of creative in-migrants in the revitalization of Japans shrinking island communities, European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) 2021 conference, 2021/08/27, Without Invitation, English
  52. Partnerships for Revitalization: Small Businesses in an Island Art Festival, International Geographical Congress (IGU) 2021 conference, 2021/08/18, Without Invitation, English
  53. Enhancing creative rurality and islandness: hovering between global art festival intervention and peripheral community revitalization, CREATOUR International Webinar - Highlighting distinctiveness: Connecting travel to community and sense of place, 2021/06/03, With Invitation, English
  54. Rural art tourism revitalization and creative social resilience under Covid impact, One World Seminar (OWH) Session 03: tourism and pandemics in world heritage sites, 2021/05/05, With Invitation, English
  55. The Influence of Setouchi Triennale's Rural Art Festival Tourism on the Revitalization of Shrinking Islands in the Seto Inland Sea, The inaugural colloquium of the IFoU (International Forum on Urbanism) Young Ambassador - 'The Transforming Urban-Rural Spaces: Interdisciplinary Perspectives', 2020, With Invitation, English
  56. What is Revitalization? Differing Interpretations by Island Festival Stakeholders, 2nd International Conference of Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific, Wakayama University, Japan, 2020, Without Invitation, English
  57. The Changes of Small-scale Tourism Businesses on Islands after the Setouchi Triennale, The 27th Seto Inland Sea Research Forum in Hiroshima Sustainable Development Goals in the Seto Inland Sea Collaboration between Satomizu and Satoumi for (SDGs), Seto Inland Sea Research Conference, Hiroshima, 2019, Without Invitation, English
  58. The Influence of Setouchi International Art Festival and Rural Triennale Tourism on the Revitalization of Island Communities in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan - Case Study from Meigijima and Ogijima islands, ISIC 15: Island Festivals and Music Tourism, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 2019, Without Invitation, English
  59. Newcomers that the community wants' versus 'outsiders that the community possibly attracts' - social practice research in the Mitarai island community, Seto Inland Sea, Geography Science Spring Conference 2019, Hiroshima University, Japan, 2019, Without Invitation, English
  60. Role of creative in-migrants in the revitalization of small island communities in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, AAG (American Association of Geographers) 2019 conference, Washington DC, USA, 2019, Without Invitation, English
  61. Bottom-up Development of New Local Tourism Businesses under the Influence of Setouchi International Art Festival - Comparative Study of Teshima and Shodoshima Islands, Japan, IGU Regional Conference – CAG Annual Meeting – NCGE Annual Conference, Québec City Conference Centre, Québec city, Canada, 2018, Without Invitation, English
  62. The Influence of Setouchi International Art Festival and Rural Triennale Tourism on the Revitalization of Island Communities in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan - Case Study of Teshima, Tourism Geographies conference, Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada, 2018, Without Invitation, English
  63. Influence of Setouchi Triennale's Contemporary Art Interventions on the Revitalization of Island Communities in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan (Case studies from Teshima and Inujima), the 13th International Conference on The Arts in Society, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada, 2018, Without Invitation, English
  64. The Setouchi International Art Festival's Triennale Tourism Influences on the Revitalization of Shodoshima - Focus on Both Top-down and Bottom-up Local and Non- Local Participation Aspects, The Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Asia (COSTA) 2018, 2018, With Invitation, English
  65. Influence of Setouchi Triennale's contemporary art interventions on the revitalization of island communities in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan: Case study from Shodoshima, Culture, Sustainability, and Place: Innovative Approaches for Tourism Development, 2017, Without Invitation, English
  66. The Aesthetic Experience of Augmented Reality Art, The 32rd International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2017 - XVI 16th International Image Festival, 2017, Without Invitation, English
  67. A discussion about Process Philosophy and AR art form transformation from Work to Event, The 4th conference of Japan-Korea joint international culture on art studies, 2015, Without Invitation, English
  68. The Aesthetic Experiences of AR art, The 2nd conference of Korea-Japan joint international culture on art studies, 2014, Without Invitation, English
  69. The Aesthetic Experiences of Augmented Space, The 7th International Conference of Eastern Aesthetics, 2014, Without Invitation, English

Awards

  1. 2020, Graduate Student Paper Award, The 2nd International Conference of Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific, The 2nd International Conference of Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Programme 2024, INTANGIBLE: Understanding the socio-cultural dimensions of island population change in Scotland, England, Canada and Japan, 2024/01/01, 2026/12/30
  2. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (Co-Investigator), Transforming Tourism on East Asian Islands: Towards New Spatial Creation in the Post-Corona Era, 2024/04/01, 2027/03/31
  3. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (Co-Investigator), Theoretical and Empirical Studies on Intercultural Conflicts and Creative Dialogue in Tourism, 2024/04/01, 2028/03/31
  4. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (Principal Investigator), Community Embedded Art and Rural Revitalization: Comparative Studies from Australia, Italy, China and Japan, 2025/01/04, 2030/31/03
  5. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2022, 2024
  6. Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Representative ), Rural Art Revitalization - A Comparative Study Between Japan and China
  7. Kaken Basic Research C (Shared), Examination of factors that enhance the resilience of complex tourism systems in the islands of Japan
  8. Island revitalization 'research and artistic integration' documentary film community bridging project

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. The 17th International Conference on Small Island Cultures (ISIC) 2023 - Island Innovation, Resilience, and Revitalization, Chair, 2022/07, 2023/10
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  2. Regional Revitalization through Art: From Mainland to Island 2024, Co-orgnizer, 2024/08, 2024/12
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  3. 4th ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia-Pacific Conference, Organizing Committee, 2024/08, 2024/02
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  4. Special Symposium of the Japanese Society of Geographical Sciences/Geographical Association of Japan100 Year Anniversary Event - Teaching Tourism in Higher Education: Geographical Perspective and Beyond, Co-orgnizer, 2025/06, 2025/10
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  5. ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific In-Between Conference 2026 – Tourism and Mobilities, Organizing Committee, 2025/06, 2026/03
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  6. Island Studies International Conference - Navigating Island Futures: Intersections of Heritage, Transitions, and Regenerative Practices, Co-orgnizer, 2025/06, 2026/09
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  7. TTRA Asia Pacific Conference (TTRA APac), Co-orgnizer, 2026/01, 2027/01
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  8. ISIC 16 2022 - Island Studies International Conference “Creativity, Ingenuity, and Practice”, Island Studies International Conference, 2022/06, 2022/06
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  9. “Islands and Migration” Research Symposium 2021
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History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2026, Tourism Geographies, Editor, Associate Editor, 5
  2. 2025, Tourism Geographies, Editor, Associate Editor, 4
  3. 2024, Tourism Geographies, Editor, Associate Editor, 1
  4. 2026, Folk, Knowledge, Place, Editor, Associate Editor, 3
  5. 2025, Folk, Knowledge, Place, Editor, Associate Editor, 8
  6. 2024, Folk, Knowledge, Place, Editor, Associate Editor, 6
  7. 2026, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  8. 2025, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  9. 2024, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  10. 2023, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  11. 2026, Shima, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  12. 2025, Shima, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  13. 2024, Shima, Others, Editorial Board Member, 2
  14. 2023, Shima, Others, Editorial Board Member, 3
  15. 2022, Shima, Others, Editorial board member, 2
  16. 2021, Shima, Others, Editorial Board Member, 2
  17. 2026, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, Others, Editorial Board Member, 2
  18. 2025, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, Others, Editorial Board Member, 4
  19. 2024, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, Others, Editorial Board Member, 3
  20. 2023, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, Others, Editorial Board Member, 3
  21. 2026, Event Management, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  22. 2025, Event Management, Editor, Regional Editor, 1
  23. 2024, Event Management, Editor, Regional Editor, 2
  24. 2023, Event Management, Editor, Regional Editor, 2
  25. 2022, Journal of Rural Studies, Editor, Editorial Manager, 1
  26. 2022, Island Studies Journal, Chief editor, Special issue editor, 3
  27. 2022, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, Others, Editorial board member, 1
  28. 2022, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Others, Editorial Board Member, 2
  29. 2022, Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, special issue of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Small Island Cultures and Heritage, Chief editor, Special issue editor, 16
  30. 2026, Geographical Sciences (Chiri-Kagaku), Chief editor, Special issue editor, 3
  31. 2021, Geographical Sciences (Chiri-Kagaku), Others, reviewer, 2