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Dr Emma Hughes PhD

Research Development Advisor, Pacific

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I am Research Development Advisor Pacific and Research Development Advisor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. I am also the RDA support for emerging resaercher proposals, specifically for HRC Emerging Researcher, Māori and Pacific Health. 

My academic background is in Development Studies. I have a PhD in Development Studies from Massey University and Masters in Development Studies from the University of Manchester. Prior to the role of Research Advisor I worked for the Centre for Indigenous Governance and Development in the College of Business, at Massey University and before coming to Massey worked for a women's rights NGO in Egypt and a research centre within Development Studies at the University of Manchester.

I am Research Development Advisor Pacific and Research Development Advisor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. I am also the RDA support for emerging resaercher proposals, specifically for HRC Emerging Researcher, Māori and Pacific Health.

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Professional

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2017)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

I have research experience in tourism and development, gender and development, indigenous governance and indigenous activism

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Studies In Human Society (160000)

Research Projects

Summary of Research Projects

Position Current Completed
Project Leader 0 2

Research Outputs

Journal

Movono, A., & Hughes, E. (2020). Tourism partnerships: localizing the SDG agenda in Fiji. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Movono, A.
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Chilufya, A., Hughes, E., & Scheyvens, R. (2019). Tourists and community development: corporate social responsibility or tourist social responsibility?. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 27(10), 1513-1529
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
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Richardson, E., Hughes, E., McLennan, S., & Meo-Sewabu, L. (2019). Indigenous well-being and development: Connections to large-scale mining and tourism in the pacific. Contemporary Pacific. 31(1), 1-34
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., McLennan, S.
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Scheyvens, R., & Hughes, E. (2019). Can tourism help to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 27(7), 1061-1079
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
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Hughes, E., & Scheyvens, R. (2018). Development Alternatives in the Pacific: How Tourism Corporates Can Work More Effectively with Local Communities. Tourism Planning and Development. 15(5), 516-534
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
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Hughes, E., & Scheyvens, R. (2016). Corporate social responsibility in tourism post-2015: a Development First approach. Tourism Geographies. 18(5), 469-482
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
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Scheyvens, R., Banks, G., & Hughes, E. (2016). The Private Sector and the SDGs: The Need to Move Beyond ‘Business as Usual’. Sustainable Development. 24(6), 371-382
[Journal article]Authored by: Banks, G., Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
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Hughes, E., & Scheyvens, RA. (2015). Prospects for sustainable development in the pacific: A review of corporate social responsibility in tourism. The Journal of Pacific Studies. 35(1), 47-65 Retrieved from https://www.usp.ac.fj/
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
Hughes, E., & Parsons, NC. (2001). The 1999-2000 presidential elections in Chile. Electoral Studies. 20(4), 641-657
[Journal article]Authored by: Hughes, E., Parsons, N.
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Book

Meo-Sewabu, L., Hughes, E., & Stewart-Withers, RR. (2017). Pacific Research Guidelines and Protocols. Joint Initiative by the Pacific Research and Policy Centre and the Pasifika@Massey Directorate.
[Monograph]Authored by: Hughes, E., Stewart-Withers, R.
Scheyvens, R., & Hughes, E. (2015). Tourism and CSR in the Pacific. In Tourism in Pacific Islands: Current Issues and Future Challenges. (pp. 134 - 147).
[Chapter]Authored by: Hughes, E., Scheyvens, R.
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Hughes, EL. (2011). Displacement and indigenous rights: the Nubian Case. In S. Venkateswar, & E. Hughes (Eds.) The Politics of Indigeneity. (pp. 113 - 144). London, UK: Zed Books
[Chapter]Authored by: Hughes, E.
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Venkateswar, S., & Hughes, E. (Eds.) (2011). The politics of indigeneity: Dialogues and reflections on indigenous activism. U.K.: Zed Books
[Edited Book]Authored by: Venkateswar, S.Edited by: Hughes, E., Venkateswar, S.

Thesis

Hughes, EL. (2016). The tourist resort and the village: local perspectives of corporate community development in Fiji. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Hughes, E.

Conference

Hughes, EL., Chilufya, A., & Schevens, RA. (2016, December). Sun, sand, tourists...and development?. Presented at DevNet 2016 Pacific Currents, Global Tides. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hughes, E.Contributed to by: Hughes, E.
Hughes, EL., & Richardson, E. (2016, December). Wellbeing and development: conceptions of wellbeing in mining and tourism communities in the Pacific. Presented at DevNet 2016 Pacific Currents, Global Tides. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hughes, E.Contributed to by: Hughes, E.
Hughes, EL. (2015, September). Development spaces at the interface: corporate-­‐ community development in Pacific tourism.. Presented at Development Studies Association Conference. University of Bath.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hughes, E.
Hughes, EL.(2015, September 1). Development spaces at the interface: corporate-community development in Pacific tourism. , RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hughes, E.
Hughes, EL. (2014, November). CSR in tourism: Reflections from a Fijian village. Presented at DevNet 2014 From Vulnerability to Resilience. Partnerships for Development. Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hughes, E.

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Scheyvens, ., Banks, GA., Bebbington, A., McLennan, S., Hughes, EL., & Richardson, E. (2014, April). Can corporations do community development? An examination of the mining and tourism industries in the Pacific.. Presented at Association of American Geographers. Tampa, Florida.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., Hughes, E., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, SJ., Banks, G., Scheyvens, ., Hughes, E., Richardson, E., & Bebbington, T. (2014, November). The future is now: Exploring corporate community development initiatives in the Pacific. Presented at The Development Studies Association Annual Conference 2014. London, United Kingdom.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., Hughes, E., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
Hughes, EL. (2013, September). Prospects for sustainable development in the Pacific. Presented at 4th Biennial Oceania Development Network Conference. Suva, Fiji.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hughes, E.
McLennan, SJ., Scheyvens, R., Banks, G., Hughes, E., & Richardson, E. (2013, November). Corporate community development: Unpacking the rhetoric. Presented at Sustainability Conference. Massey University, Albany.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., Hughes, E., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.

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Other

Hughes, EL. (2015, June). Tourism and community development in Fiji. Presentation given at a Symposium on Tourism and Community Development in Fiji, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of the South Pacific. Presented at Suva, Fiji.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hughes, E.