CHANG TOU CHUANG
Professor CHANG TOU CHUANG
Faculty & Department
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, Canada
Bachelor of Arts Hons Class 1, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bio
Born and raised in Singapore, I completed my BA (Honours) and MA degrees in Geography at the National University of Singapore, before completing my PhD at McGill University (Montreal Canada) in 1996/97. I was Assistant Professor in Geography from 1997-2003, and have been Associate Professor since 2003.
My research interests are focused around tourism and urban geographies. This interest began with my PhD dissertation on heritage tourism and urban redevelopment in Singapore, for which I have extended and expanded over the years. Conceptually, I explore the processes, potentials and tensions of urban tourism through the lenses of globalization, cultural-politics and place-identity. My works are empirically grounded in Asia with a specific focus on Singapore, but also Malaysia and increasingly China.
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I welcome MA students working on topics aligned with my current research interest (on Asian tourism and urbanism; place making; arts, culture and heritage in Asian cities; urban conservation and redevelopment; urban tourism)
My research specializations relate to Asian tourism and urbanism. I have shared my thoughts about critical Asian tourism scholarship at regional conferences with international audiences including keynotes at tourism conferences/workshops in Chiang Mai (2014), Jakarta (2014), Hong Kong (2015, 2017, 2019), Taipei (2016), Yogyakarta (2018) and Bangkok (2023), as well as online conferences organised by the Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Association (2020; based in Dijon, France), the Critical Tourism Studies Asia-Pacific chapter (2021), and the Asia Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (2022). I was promoted to Professor (Social-Cultural Geography) in July 2024.
I am a Professor in Social-Cultural Geography interested in Asian tourism, cities and urbanization, and arts and culture in cities. My focus is mainly on Asia, with a particular interest in Southeast and East Asia.