CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA FUNCK

Last Updated :2024/10/01

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
funckchiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research focuses on sustainable tourism from the viewpoint of geography. I am specially interested in forms of "new" tourism on islands, like ecotourism, art tourism or marine tourism, and how it affects the social and natural environment of destinations.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Dr.rer.nat., University of Freiburg
  • M.A., University of Freiburg

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Global Studies : Integrated Global Studies
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Research Fields

  • Complex systems;Geography;Geography
  • Humanities;Philosophy;Tourism Studies

Research Keywords

  • Island tourism
  • Sustainable tourism
  • tourist destination
  • innovation
  • international tourism

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Regional Geography of Japan
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Tourism geography
  3. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Regional Geography
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Research Tutorial I
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Regional Geography of the Seto Inland Sea
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Tourism Studies
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Tourism Studies
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Invitation to Integrated Global Studies II
  9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Internship Orientation
  11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Japanese Tourism I
  12. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Japanese Tourism II
  13. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Area Studies
  14. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Ecological Geography of Europe
  15. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar in European Geography
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Sustainable Tourism Development
  17. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Culture and Tourism Studies
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Understanding the Diving Tourism Industry in Tulamben Using the Scuba Diving Tourism System Framework, Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, 5, 17-41, 202403
  2. Art Setouchi und regionale Revitalisierung in Japan- Kunst als Megaprojekt in Zeit und Raum, Geographische Rundschau, 2021(4), 40-41, 20210401
  3. Tourism Transformations: Resilient Islands and Revitalized Communities. The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences 2020 Academic Symposium, Geographical Sciences, 76(2), 39-44, 20211201
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  4. Tourismus an der Setoinlandsee, Geographische Rundschau, 54(6), 44-49, 20020601
  5. Is Ecotourism sustainable?, geographical sciences, 57(3), 158-167, 20020701
  6. To walk the sea, 87-97, 20030401
  7. Diversifizierung im innerjapanischen Tourismus., Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen, 2004(5), 36-43, 20040401
  8. Conflicts over Space for Marine Leisure: A Case Study of Recreational Boating in Japan, Current Issues in Tourism, 9(4-5), 459-480, 20060401
  9. Hiroshima 60 Jahre danach: eine ganz normale Grossstadt?, Geographische Rundschau, 57(7/8), 56-64, 20050701
  10. Local Place Management Aiming for a Stable Social Structure on the Neighbourhodd Level: Cases from Berlin, 62(3), 161-176, 20070701
  11. Citizen participation in neighbourhood planning in Berlin (Germany), 8, 38-44, 20100301
  12. Natural Tourism in Miyajima and on Mt. Misen, (1)-(12), 20110301
  13. Tourism in Japan: Changing destinations, Geographische Rundschau, 65(3), 44-49, 20130301
  14. Characteristics and Acceptance of Foreign Tourists in Japanese International Tourist Destinations, 73-76, 20121201
  15. Mourn, Rebuild, Remember, Prepare: Messages of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Asia Pacific World, 5(2), 12-31, 20141101
  16. Chances and problems of development based on art tourism: from the example of Naoshima, Studies in Environmental Sciences, 8(77), 90, 20131201
  17. Participation in Urban Festival Parades in Japan as Special Interest Tourism: Focusing on Hiroshima Flower Festival and Kobe Festival, Asia Pacific Journal, 5(2), 63-81, 20141101
  18. Flow of Inbound Tourists to the Central Setouchi Area, Studies in Environmental Sciences, 9(1), 18, 20141201
  19. Innovation in island ecotourism in different contexts: Yakushima (Japan) and Tahiti and its Islands, ISLAND STUDIES JOURNAL, 11(1), 227-244, 201605
  20. Senior Citizens voluntary activities in Miyajima's tourism space, 11, 1-18, 2016
  21. Ecotourism in Yakushima: perception of the people involved in tourism business, Geographical Sciences, 71(4), 1-21, 201702
  22. Considerations on sustainable tourism in wetlands from cases in Germany, Geographicak Sciences, 72(3), 18-31, 20170701
  23. ‘Cool Japan’ – a hot research topic: tourism geography in Japan, Tourism Geographies, 20(1), 187-189, 20180201
  24. Analysing food-derived interactions between tourists and sika deer (Cervus nippon) at Miyajima Island in Hiroshima, Japan: implications for the physical health of deer in an anthropogenic environment, Journal of Ecotourism, 17(1), 67-78, 20171228
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  25. The power of social media in regional tourism development: a case study from Ōkunoshima Island in Hiroshima, Japan, Current Issues in Tourism, online, 20170905
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  26. The power of social media in regional tourism development: a case study from Okunoshima Island in Hiroshima, Japan, CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM, 21(18), 2060-2064, 20181212
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  27. Tourism's Contribution to an Equal Income Distribution:Perspectives from Local Enterprises, Tourism Planning and Development, Online(Online), 1-20, 20190108
  28. A cross-national comparative study on collaborative management of national parks, Parks, 25, 69-82, 20190504
  29. Perceptions of Multiple Stakeholders about Environmental Issues at a Nature-Based Tourism Destination: The Case of Yakushima Island, Japan, ENVIRONMENTS, 6(8), 201908
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  30. Regulating Cruise Tourism in Japan., PORTUSplus_the Journal of RETE, 8, 1-13, 201911
  31. Changes in tourism along the Baltic Sea Coast in German: from the example of Warnemünde, The International Journal of Tourism Science, 31-36, 202103
  32. Gaps and Limitations - Contrasting Attitudes to Newcomers and Their Role in a Japanese Island Community, Bulletin of the Hiroshima University Museum, 31-46, 20201225
  33. Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of 'hope tourism' in Fukushima, Japan, JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM, 16(4), 481-492, 20210704
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  34. Tourism and Counterurbanization in a Low-Amenity Peripheral Island: A Longitudinal Study at Yakushima Island in Kagoshima, Japan, SUSTAINABILITY, 13(16), 202108
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Publications such as books

  1. 2024/05, Island art and music festivals, ). Diagnosing uneven revitalisation outcomes among aging communities in Japan's Island art festival, University of the West Indies Press, 2024, 202405, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Qu, Meng, He, Yachen, McCormick, Andrew D., & Funck, Carolin, 201, 3-26
  2. 2023, Tourism, heritage and commodification of non-human animals, Contested boundaries: Towards a posthumanist political ecology approach to recognize human-deer relationship as an intangible cultural heritage, CABI, 2023, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Usui, Rie; Funck, Carolin, 198, 168-184
  3. 2021/04/01, Cultural Sustainability, Tourism and Development: (Re)articulations in Tourism Contexts, Rural Art Festival Revitalizing a Japanese Declining Tourism Island, Routledge, 2021, 4, Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Nancy Duxbury (Ed.); Qu, Meng and Funck, Carolin, 211, 51-68
  4. 2022/01/01, Wald in der Vielfalt möglicher Perspektiven, Wald und Wälder in Japan von der Urgeschichte bis in die Gegenwart. Natur und Kultivierung – Narrative und Ideen, SpringerVS, 2022, 01, Scholarly Book, Joint work, German, Berr, K., Jenal, C. (ed.); Steinhaus, Werner and Funck, Carolin, 978-3-658-33704-9, 542, 319-345
  5. 2020, Japan's New Ruralities, Has the island lure reached Japan? Remote islands between tourism boom, new residents and fatal depopulation, Routledge, 2020, Scholarly Book, Single work, English, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Ralph Lützeler, Sebastian Polak-Rottmann (ed) ; Carolin Funck, 987-0-367-34105-3, 311, 177-195
  6. 2019/06, Landschaftskonflikte, Wechselwirkungen zwischen Tourismus und Landschaft in Japan, landscape, tourism, Springer, 2019, Scholarly Book, Single work, German, Berr, Karsten, Jenal, Corinna (ed); Funck, Carolin, 698, 357-374
  7. 1999, Tourismus und Peripherie in Japan. Ueber das Potential touristischer Entwicklung zum Ausgleich regionaler Disparitaeten. , Verlag Dieter Born, 1999, Single work
  8. 2007/07, Living Cities in Japan , Routledge, 2007, 07, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 9780415402378, 286
  9. 2008/12, The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan, Ageing Tourists, Ageing Destinations; Tourism and Demographic Change in Japan., 2008, 12, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Coulmas, Florian/ Conrad, Harald/ Schad-Seifert, Annette/ Vogt, Gabriele (ed), 20
  10. 2012/08, Transforming and Managing Destinations. Studien zur Freizeit- und Tourismusforschung, The Innovative Potential of Inbound Tourism in Japan, 2012, 08, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Kagermeier, Andreas/ Saarinen, Jarkko (ed) Funck, Carolin/ Cooper, Malcolm
  11. 2013/10, Japanese Tourism: Spaces, Places and Structures, 2013, 10, Scholarly Book, Joint work
  12. 2013/03, Social Geography of Nature, Regional nature preserves and tourism recreation in EuropeIn, 2013, 03, Scholarly Book, Single work, Asano T., Nakajima H. (ed)
  13. 2017/01, The Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Asia., Paradigm shift in the 21st century? Tourism in Japan, Routledge, 2017, 01, Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Hall, M.C. and Page, S.J. (ed.), Carolin Funck, 37 others, 978-1-138-78458-1, 393, 361-371
  14. 2018, Tourism in Transitions, Island in transition: tourists, volunteers and migrants attracted by an art-based revitalization project in the Seto Inland Sea, Springer, 2018, Scholarly Book, Single work, English, Müller, D.K., Wiecokowski, M. (ed); Funck, Carolin; Chang, Nan, 2366-5610, 203, 81-96

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Panel Discussion: Has the landscape of tourism and hospitality research changed due to the pandemic?, Funck, Carolin, International Research Symposium: Post-pandemic tourism and hospitality research: Global insights, 2023/12/01, With Invitation, English, SBL Centre for Tourism Research at Edith Cowan University, Australia & Center for Research and Education in Tourism at University of Kragujevac, Serbia, Online
  2. Vacant buildings as tourist lodgings – sustainable adaptive reuse or first step to tourism gentrification?, Funck, Carolin, Suenaga, Rika, 17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, 2023/08/20, Without Invitation, English, European Association for Japanese Studies, Ghent University
  3. Connected through cycling tourism: Cooperation and tensions between the "star" and the "satellites", Funck, Carolin, The 17th International Conference on Small Island Cultures, 2023/06/20, Without Invitation, English, Small Island Cultures Research Initiative, Miyajima Etto
  4. ISLAND DEPOPULATION IN THE ARCTIC: LEARNING FROM JAPAN, Funck Carolin, Arctic Circle Japan Forum 2023 - Asia in the Future of the Arctic, 2023/03/05, Without Invitation, English, Arctic Circle, Toraemon Hills Tokyo
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  5. Concepts of Island Revitalization Reflected in Art Tourism, Funck, Carolin, Art in the Countryside: Symposium on Art and Regional Revitalization, 2022/07/15, With Invitation, English, DIJ German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo, DIJ German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo/online
  6. Stronger together? Cooperation between tourism developers, municipal government and local stakeholders in the rejuvenation of a Seto Inland Sea island (Japan), Funck, Carolin, International Geographical Congress 2022, 2022/06/28, Without Invitation, English, International Geographical Union
  7. Island tourism in Japan: can the diversity of islands create diversity in tourism? , Funck, Carolin, Wakayama University CTR International Tourism Research Salon, 2022/03/09, With Invitation, English, Wakayama University CTR, Online
  8. The power balance of cruise tourism governance in Japanese port cities, Funck, Carolin, European Association of Japanese Studies, 2021/08/21, Without Invitation, English, European Association of Japanese Studies, Online
  9. Introduction: Tourism Transformations: Resilient Islands and Revitalized Communities, Carolin Funck, Carolin Funck, Rie Usui, Alan A. Lew , Joseph M. Cheer, The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences 2020 Academic Symposium: Tourism Transformations: Resilient Islands and Revitalized Communities, 2020/11/28, With Invitation, English, The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Zoom
  10. Research perspectives in tourism geographies and their connection to geoparks and landscape, Funck, Carolin, Association of Japanese Geographers Autumn Conference 2019, 2019/09/22, Without Invitation, Japanese, Association of Japanese Geographers, Niigata University
  11. Cruise tourism in Germany and Japan: conflicts and responsibilities across geographical scales., Carolin Funck, Yamamoto Machiko, 2nd Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific Conference, 2020/02/19, Without Invitation, English, Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific Conference, Wakayama University
  12. Tourism development and lifestyle migration: A case study of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima, Japan, Carolin Funck, Rie Usui, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2019, 2019/08/28, Without Invitation, English, Royal Geographical Society, Royal Geographical Society, London, GB
  13. Mourn, rebuild, remember, prepare: messages of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (1995), International Geographical Union Regional Conference Kyoto, 2013/08/08, Without Invitation, English
  14. Art tourism development and characteristics of tourists in Naoshima, 2014/03/27, Without Invitation, Japanese, Japanese Association of Geographers
  15. The role of volunteers in the management of tourism spaces and experience: examples from Germany and Japan, EUGEO, 2015/08/31, Without Invitation, English, Budapest University (Hungary)
  16. Chances and problems of development based on art tourism: from the example of Naoshima, "International Geographical Union Pre-Conference Symposium", 2014/08/15, Without Invitation, English, IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change, Krakaw (Poland)
  17. How can volunteer tourism create and maintain tourism spaces on islands?, Miyamoto Yusuke, Chang Nan, 2015/11/29, Without Invitation, Japanese
  18. National park management based on regional decentralization and civil groups’ activities: the German system and its problems, Asano, T., D.Kim, T.Ito, Y.Hirai, Y.Kagawa, 2015/03/29, Without Invitation, Japanese, Association of Japanese Geograpers
  19. Move forward while remembering the past: Earthquake memorial tourism in Japan, Carolin Funck, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2016, 2016/03/31, With Invitation, English, San Francisco
  20. Creating a framework to analyze the sustainability of mega-cruise-ship tourism in Japan, Carolin Funck, International Geographical Congress 2016, 2016/08/24, Without Invitation, English
  21. Planning to remember: how to create  "dark" historic and disaster tourism sites, Carolin Funck, International Geographical Congress 2016 Pre-Conference Meeting, 2016/08/17, With Invitation, English, IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change, Nanjing University
  22. CRUISE TOURISM TO JAPAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PORT OF CALL DESTINATIONS, Carolin Funck, International Geographical Congress 2016 Pre-Conference Meeting, 2016/08/18, Without Invitation, English
  23. Empowering tourists and/or destinations? Dilemmas of ‘new’ forms of tourism, Carolin Funck, Mini-Conference: Civil Society, Tourism, Anthropology, 2016/07/30, With Invitation, English, British Association for Japanese Studies, Hokkaido University
  24. Sustainability of tourism in Japanese islands, FUNCK Carolin, ADEWUMI Ifeoluwa Bolanle, 2017/03/28, Without Invitation, Japanese, Association of Japanese Geographers, Tsukuba University, This presentations aims to assess sustainability of island tourism in Japan. In most Japanese islands, coastal tourism has not developed to the same degree as in other countries. However, recent years have seen an increase in diverse forms of tourism like ecotourism or art tourism. From three examples, Yakushima island, Miyajima island and Naoshima island, we aim to test indicators suggested by the UNWTO in 2004 and suggest a model for sustainability evaluation.
  25. Tourism in wetland conservation areas from the case of Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Nguyen Van Hoang,Funck Carolin, 2016/06/04, Without Invitation, English, The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences, Hiroshima University
  26. TOURISTS’ MOTIVATION AND SATISFACTION: IMPLICATION FOR TOURISM MANAGEMENT IN YAKUSHIMA ISLAND, JAPAN, Adewumi Ifeoluwa B, Funck,Carolin, International Geographical Congress 2016 Pre-Conference Meeting, 2016/08/18, Without Invitation, English, IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change, Nanjing University
  27. Socio-spatial inequality between international tourist destinations in Japan, 15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, 2017/09/01, Without Invitation, English, European Association for Japanese Studies, Universidade Noba de Lisboa
  28. Has the island lure reached Japan? Remote islands between tourism boom, new residents and fatal depopulation, VSJF 2017 Annual Conference, 2017/10/31, With Invitation, English, Vereinigung Spcialwissenschaftlicher Japanforschung, University of Vienna
  29. The spatial development of inbound tourism in the Chugoku Area, 2017/09/30, Without Invitation, Japanese
  30. The Port, the City and its Hinterland - how Cruise Tourism Transforms Destinations in Japan, Funck Carolin, International Geographical Union Regional Conference 2018, 2018/08/09, Without Invitation, English, International Geographical Union, International Geographical Union
  31. Remote islands between tourism boom, new residents and depopulation – examples from Japan, Funck Carolin, International Conference of Sustainable Development of Fishery and Marine Ecological Environment at Penghu, 2018/10/02, With Invitation, English,  National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology , Penghu Islands (Taiwan)
  32. Regional brands and local identities-tensions in tourism development in the Seto Inland Sea Area, Funck Carolin, What is the local? International Symposium, 2018/10/19, With Invitation, English, German Institute for Japanese Studies
  33. The role of creative in-migrants in the revitalization of Japan's shrinking island communities, Qu, Meng Funck, Carolin, Qu, Meng Funck, Carolin, European Association of Japanese Studies, 2021/08/26, Without Invitation, English, European Association of Japanese Studies, Online

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2020, 2022
  2. KAKENHI, 2014, 2016
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  3. KAKENHI, 2015, 2019
  4. KAKENHI, Geographical Research on the development of Inbound Tourism in Japan, 2015

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. IGU Commission (C04.16) on the Geography of Tourism， Leisure and Global Change Board Member, 2008, 2016, IGU Commission (C04.16) on the Geography of Tourism， Leisure and Global Change

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences 2020 Academic Symposium, Organizer, 2020/11

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2020, Tourism Geographies, Editor, 1
  2. 2019, Tourism Geographies, Others, Editorial Board Member, 1
  3. 2016, Tourism Geographies, Others, Consulting Editor, 1
  4. 2017, Tourism Geographies, Others, Consulting Editor, 1
  5. 2018, Tourism Geographies, Editor, 1
  6. 2021, Tourism Geographies, Editor, Editorial Board Member, 1