Regina Scheyvens

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| alma_mater = Massey University

| thesis1_title = A quiet revolution : strategies for the empowerment and development of rural women in the Solomon Islands

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| awards = James Cook Fellowship, John Rooney Award of the AAG, Marsden Funding for 'the Land Has Eyes' project

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Regina Aurelia Scheyvens is a New Zealand development academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at Massey University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=700330&_ga=1.95997596.1623600401.1459288890|title=Prof Regina Scheyvens - Professor & Co-Director - Pacific Research and Policy Centre - Massey University|first=Massey University, New|last=Zealand|website=www.massey.ac.nz}} Her research focuses on the relationship between tourism, sustainable development and poverty reduction, and she has conducted fieldwork on these issues in Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Maldives and in Southern Africa.{{Cite journal|last1=Scheyvens|first1=Regina|last2=Russell|first2=Matt|date=February 2012|title=Tourism, Land Tenure and Poverty Alleviation in Fiji|journal=Tourism Geographies|volume=14|issue=1|pages=1–25|doi=10.1080/14616688.2011.593188|s2cid=154694869|issn=1461-6688|doi-access=free}}{{Cite book|last=Scheyvens, Regina.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704275035|title=Tourism and poverty|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-83159-5|location=New York|oclc=704275035}}{{Cite journal|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|date=October 2007|title=Poor cousins no more|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499340700700403|journal=Progress in Development Studies|volume=7|issue=4|pages=307–325|doi=10.1177/146499340700700403|s2cid=154375193|issn=1464-9934}}{{Cite journal|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|date=January 2006|title=Sun, Sand, and BeachFale: Benefiting from Backpackers—the Samoan Way|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2006.11081507|journal=Tourism Recreation Research|volume=31|issue=3|pages=75–86|doi=10.1080/02508281.2006.11081507|s2cid=168139957|issn=0250-8281}}{{Cite journal|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|date=August 2011|title=The challenge of sustainable tourism development in the Maldives: Understanding the social and political dimensions of sustainability|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01447.x|journal=Asia Pacific Viewpoint|volume=52|issue=2|pages=148–164|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01447.x|issn=1360-7456}}{{Cite journal|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|date=January 2002|title=Backpacker tourism and Third World development|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0160-7383(01)00030-5|journal=Annals of Tourism Research|volume=29|issue=1|pages=144–164|doi=10.1016/s0160-7383(01)00030-5|issn=0160-7383}} She is also very interested in gender and development, sustainable livelihood options for small island states, and in theories of empowerment for marginalised peoples.{{Cite web|last=Zealand|first=Massey University, New|title=Prof Regina Scheyvens - Professor & Co-Director - Pacific Research and Policy Centre - Massey University|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=700330|access-date=2020-12-15|website=www.massey.ac.nz|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|date=November 1998|title='Engendering' environmental projects: The case of eco-timber production in the Solomon Islands|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614529853468|journal=Development in Practice|volume=8|issue=4|pages=439–453|doi=10.1080/09614529853468|pmid=12321992|issn=0961-4524}}{{Citation|last1=Scheyvens|first1=Regina|title=Tourism and Poverty Reduction: Issues for Small Island States|date=2020-06-26|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429324253-8|work=Tourism and Sustainable Development Goals|pages=111–129|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-32425-3|access-date=2020-12-15|last2=Momsen|first2=Janet H.|doi=10.1201/9780429324253-8}}{{Cite journal|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|date=June 2000|title=Promoting Women's Empowerment Through Involvement in Ecotourism: Experiences from the Third World|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669580008667360|journal=Journal of Sustainable Tourism|volume=8|issue=3|pages=232–249|doi=10.1080/09669580008667360|s2cid=67786351|issn=0966-9582}}

Academic career

After a 1995 PhD titled 'A quiet revolution: strategies for the empowerment and development of rural women in the Solomon Islands' at Massey University,{{cite thesis |last=Scheyvens |first=Regina |year=1995 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=A quiet revolution : strategies for the empowerment and development of rural women in the Solomon Islands |publisher=Massey Research Online, Massey University |hdl=10179/4114 |url=https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/4114}} Scheyvens joined the staff, rising to full professor.{{Cite web|url=https://greenprophet.com/2012/05/cheap-travellers-backpacking/|title=Cheap Travellers and Surprising $ Stats for Tourism Industries|first=Karin|last=Kloosterman|website=Green Prophet | Impact News for the Middle East|date=22 May 2012}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/can-start-deteriorating-tourist-experience-nz-tourism-industry-wants-move-towards-sustainable-future|title='It can start deteriorating the tourist experience' - NZ tourism industry wants move towards sustainable future|newspaper=TVNZ}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2019/01/over-tourism-a-threat-to-new-zealand-s-authenticity-expert.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704064705/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2019/01/over-tourism-a-threat-to-new-zealand-s-authenticity-expert.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2019|title=Over-tourism a threat to New Zealand's authenticity - expert|newspaper=Newshub|date=24 January 2019|via=www.newshub.co.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12195318|title=New Zealand risks more divided communities if tourism not sustainable|first=Grant Bradley Aviation, tourism and energy writer for the NZ Herald|last=grant.bradley@nzherald.co.nz @gbradleynz|date=24 January 2019|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=7758341D-D782-17A0-CA52-0147D4031E91|title=Winners of 2015 Research Medals - Massey University|first=Massey University, New|last=Zealand|website=www.massey.ac.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.fr/lifestyle/tourisme-de-masse-les-villes-agissent/|title=Tourisme De Masse : Les Villes Agissent|date=29 May 2019|website=Forbes France}}{{Cite web|url=https://nzlifenz.com/nz/20325|title=专家警告：过度旅游威胁到新西兰的真实自然美 | 新西兰生活网_新西兰最大的生活门户网站}}{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/were-in-the-era-of-overtourism-but-there-is-a-more-sustainable-way-forward-108906|title=We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward|first=Regina|last=Scheyvens|website=The Conversation|date=16 January 2019 }} She has published around tourism, community development, customary land and the sustainable development goals,{{Cite journal|date=2020-06-01|title=Business serves society: Successful locally-driven development on customary land in the South Pacific|journal=Geoforum|language=en|volume=112|pages=52–62|doi=10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.03.012|issn=0016-7185|doi-access=free|last1=Scheyvens|first1=Regina|last2=Banks|first2=Glenn|last3=Vunibola|first3=Suliasi|last4=Steven|first4=Hennah|last5=Meo-Sewabu|first5=Litea}}{{Cite journal|last1=Scheyvens|first1=Regina|last2=Laeis|first2=Gabriel|date=2019-10-09|title=Linkages between tourist resorts, local food production and the sustainable development goals|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616688.2019.1674369|journal=Tourism Geographies|volume=23 |issue=4 |language=en|pages=787–809|doi=10.1080/14616688.2019.1674369|s2cid=211440127 |issn=1461-6688}}{{Cite journal|last1=Scheyvens|first1=Regina|last2=Hughes|first2=Emma|date=2019-07-03|title=Can tourism help to "end poverty in all its forms everywhere"? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09669582.2018.1551404|journal=Journal of Sustainable Tourism|language=en|volume=27|issue=7|pages=1061–1079|doi=10.1080/09669582.2018.1551404|s2cid=158506533|issn=0966-9582}}{{Cite journal|last1=Chilufya|first1=Andrew|last2=Hughes|first2=Emma|last3=Scheyvens|first3=Regina|date=2019-10-03|title=Tourists and community development: corporate social responsibility or tourist social responsibility?|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09669582.2019.1643871|journal=Journal of Sustainable Tourism|language=en|volume=27|issue=10|pages=1513–1529|doi=10.1080/09669582.2019.1643871|s2cid=201317275|issn=0966-9582}} with major publications being her Tourism and Poverty and Development fieldwork{{Cite book|last=Scheyvens|first=Regina|url=http://sk.sagepub.com/books/development-fieldwork-a-practical-guide-second-edition|title=Development Field Work: A Practical Guide|date=2014|location=55 City Road, London|doi=10.4135/9781473921801|isbn=9781446254776}} books. Regina has also recently organised the Tourism and the SDGs Conference in Auckland, New Zealand in 2019{{Cite web|title=Tourism and the SDGs|url=https://tourism-sdg.nz/|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Tourism and the SDGs|language=en}} and the DevNet 2020 Conference in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 2020.{{Cite web|date=2018-07-03|title=2020 DevNet Conference|url=https://devnet.org.nz/event/2018-devnet-conference/|access-date=2020-12-15|language=en-US}} She is the recipient of the prestigious James Cook Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand which funds her to undertake her own research in 2021 and 2022.{{Cite web|last=Zealand|first=Massey University, New|title=James Cook Fellowship for research into sustainable tourism in the Pacific - Massey University|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=DBB48A92-DE0E-4090-9DC3-CA797DCEEEC9|access-date=2020-12-15|website=www.massey.ac.nz|language=en}}

Notable doctoral students of Scheyvens' include Trisia Farrelly, professor of social anthropology at Massey.{{Cite thesis |title=Business va'avanua: cultural hybridisation and indigenous entrepreneurship in the Bouma National Heritage Park, Fiji |date=2009 |last=Farrelly |first=Trisia Angela |publisher=Massey Research Online, Massey University |hdl=10179/1166 |type=PhD thesis |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10179/1166}}

Selected works

Scheyvens, Regina. "Ecotourism and the empowerment of local communities." Tourism management 20, no. 2 (1999): 245–249.
Scheyvens, Regina. Tourism for development: Empowering communities. Pearson Education, 2002.
Scheyvens, Regina, ed. Development fieldwork: A practical guide. Sage, 2014.
Scheyvens, Regina. "Backpacker tourism and third world development." Annals of tourism research 29, no. 1 (2002): 144–164.
Scheyvens, Regina. "Exploring the tourism-poverty nexus." Current issues in tourism 10, no. 2-3 (2007): 231–254.
Scheyvens, Regina & Biddulph, Robin, eds. Inclusive Tourism Development. Routledge, 2020.
Scheyvens Regina. Tourism and Poverty. Routledge, 2011.

References

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[https://www.reimaginingsouthpacifictourism.com/ Reimagining South Pacific Tourism], current research

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