Rate My Professor Stu Hayes

Hayes' research interests centre on higher tourism education and its transformative potential, the intersection of tourism, recreation, and natural resource management, technology's role in tourism, and social tourism's feasibility in New Zealand for inclusive communities. He teaches postgraduate courses in events management and 'business for good', and undergraduate papers in event management and ecotourism. Hayes contributes to academia through editorial advisory board memberships for Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, and SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education. His achievements include the Best Professional Practice Fellow award at the 2020 Otago Business School Awards, Outstanding Early Career Researcher in 2022, and Excellence in Teaching in 2023. Key publications include McKeeman, H., Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2026). Problematising inclusivity in regenerative tourism planning. Journal of Sustainable Tourism; Tunjungsari, K. R., Hayes, S., & Carr, N. (2025). Critical reflections on performing the dramaturgy in research interviews. Qualitative Research; Hayes, S., Holmes, G., & Snyders, K. (2025). Exploring the potential of arts-based learning and assessment in tourism education. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education; Hayes, S., Lovelock, B., & Carr, A. (2025). 'They sure do have a pretty colour palette!': The problematic promotion of invasive species as tourism icons. Tourism Recreation Research.