PhD and ECR Workshop
Focus and themes
The Bill Faulkner PhD and ECR workshop is held annually and feature targeted parallel sessions which allow PhD scholars and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at different stages to share experiences and explore key challenges.
The Name ‘Bill Faulkner’
CAUTHE proudly offers the PhD and ECR workshop in memory of Bill Faulkner (1945-‐2002), Professor of Tourism and Director, Centre for Tourism & Hotel Management Research at Griffith University, Australia. Professor Faulkner was generally and deservedly regarded as the ‘father of tourism research’ in Australia, having spent 20 years in the field, first within government and then in academia. He was a visionary whose impact on the field extended well beyond Australia. He was known internationally for his numerous publications in research journals and frequent contribution at various conferences around the world. He was also Deputy CEO and Director of Research of Australia’s Centre of Co-operative Research in Sustainable Tourism. In Australia, he was instrumental in the formation of CAUTHE and the development of its annual conference into one of the foremost international tourism and hospitality research conferences.
Key outcomes
The workshop provides research development activities such as managing a PhD research journey, research methodology, research skills, journal publication and grant application-related skills. Personalised mentoring discussions about career development with internationally renowned academics and informal networking with fellow scholars.
Past workshops
2026
The 2026 was held on Monday 9 February at Torrens University Australia, Wakefield Campus, Adelaide City.
2025
The 2025 workshop was held on Monday 10 Feb from 9:00am – 5:00pm at the UQ City Campus, 308 Queen St, Brisbane.
Download 2025 PhD/ECR workshop program
2024
The 2024 workshop was held on Tuesday 6-Feb from 9:00-16:00 at The Hedberg, Hobart, Tasmania.
Download 2024 PhD/ECR workshop program
2023
The 2023 PhD/ECR Workshop was held on Tuesday 7 February 2023 from 9am to 2pm at Murdoch University. For more see 2023 PhD/ECR Workshop.
2022
The workshop was held online prior to the CAUTHE 2022 on Monday 7 February. For more see CAUTHE 2022 PhD/ECR Workshop.
Feedback from the past delegates
Previous attendees’ selected feedback comments include:
- “The activity based exercises were fun and interesting. The metaphors were very suited to the topic and it was good to work with other students.”
- “The fact that it is very different than other usual workshops. Much more engaging.”
- “The small group discussions were really useful. The workshop activity was insightful and provided the opportunity to get to know the other students, their topics, their progress and their challenges.”
- “I enjoyed the Small group Mentoring session, as it is like a sincere and friendly conversation between experienced academic people and us”.
- “I was really impressed with the line–up of experienced academics who attended the workshop to give us the benefit of their research and supervisory expertise.”
- “Collegiate environment with fellow students was encouraging”.
- “… made some new PhD friends to hang out with at the conference…and with whom I will definitely keep in touch.”