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E-mail：  zoeyli@cityu.edu.mo

Academic Qualification

Doctor Degree           Doctor of Philosophy in Management,  Griffith University

Master Degree           Master's Degree in Management, Sun Yat-sen University

Bachelor Degree        Bachelor's Degree in Management, Sun Yat-sen University

Working Experience   

From 2024/08 to 2025/08        Teaching Assistant

From 2024/09 to 2024/12        Research Assistant

Teaching Area

Cultural and Heritage Tourism

Research Area

Tourism and Children

Educational Tourism

Family Tourism

Social Impacts of Tourism and Leisure Activities

Visual Research Methods

Innovative Qualitative Research Methods

Research Methods and Ethics with Children

Professional Certification and Awards

• Runner-up & People's Choice, Three Minute Thesis (3MT), 2025, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
• Winner, Three Minute Thesis (3MT), 2025, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Griffith University
• Outstanding Graduate, Sun Yat-sen University, 2019
• China National Scholarship, 2015–2016
• China National Scholarship, 2016–2017

Academic Publication

Journal Paper

• Li, Z., Yang, E. C. L., Le, T. H., & Arcodia, C. (2026). From liquid learning to weaving learning: Negotiating meanings of children’s learning in family travel. British Educational Research Journal. (SSCI Q1, Accepted)
• Li, Z., Yang, E. C. L., Le, T. H., & Arcodia, C. (2025). From protection to benefits: Children in tourism research. Current Issues in Tourism, 1–14. (SSCI Q1)
• Li, Z., & Yang, E. C. L. (2025). Mother–child travel in China: Agency and illusion. Current Issues in Tourism, 1–6. (SSCI Q1)
• Li, Z., Arcodia, C., Yang, E. C. L., & Le, T. H. (2024). Children’s learning processes in family travel: A narrative review through a social cognitive lens. Tourism Management Perspectives, 54, 101320. (SSCI Q1)
• Li, Z., Yang, Y., & Zhang, X. (2024). Family travel as an educational experience: Revealing multi-level parents’ perceived value through a family systems approach. Tourism Management Perspectives, 53, 101301. (SSCI Q1)
• Li, Z., & Zhang, X. (2023). Grotesque and transformative practices: A new understanding of transformational festival experience. Current Issues in Tourism, 1–16. (SSCI Q1)
• 李竹賢, & 張曉鳴. (2023). “乖小孩”與“好父母”——基於兒童教育視角的親子旅遊互動研究. 旅遊學刊, 38(9), 118–131. (CSSCI)

Book Chapter

• Li, Z., Zhang, X., Arcodia, C., Yang, E. C. L., & Le, T. H. (2026). Exploring interest-based learning: Children’s perceptions of learning during family travel. In H. Schänzel, C. Khoo, & M. J. H. Yang (Eds.), Handbook on children and family tourism (pp. 58–73). Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Li, Z., Yang, E. C. L., Le, T. H., & Arcodia, C. (2026). Create-relate-donate: Capturing children’s in-situ tourism experiences through holiday scrapbooks. In X. Matteucci (Ed.), Visual and art-based methods in tourism research. Channel View Publications. (Accepted)

Conference Paper

• Li, Z., Yang, E. C. L., Le, T. H., & Arcodia, C. (2025, February). Travel story-making: A novel approach for engaging children in tourism research. Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• Li, Z., Yang, E. C. L., Le, T. H., & Arcodia, C. (2025, January). Proposing a child engagement approach to fostering ethical engagement with children in multi-stage tourism research. ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies 2025 Conference, Hainan, China.
• Li, Z., & Zhang, X. (2021, January). Visual analysis of transformative festival experiences: A methodological approach. 26th Annual Graduate Education & Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality & Tourism, Houston, USA.
• Li, Z., & Zhang, X. (2020, November). Designing transformative festival experiences: Engaging participants in immersive self-expression. Tourism Tribune Annual China Tourism Research Conference, Guangzhou, China.