Dr. Anja Pabel
PhD Tourism, BBus (Hons I)Senior Lecturer, Manager & Academic Lead - Leadership & Innovation Courses
School of Business and Law
Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains
Level 3 Cairns City Square - CQUniversity Australia
Cnr Abbott and Shields Streets, Cairns QLD 4870
Anja Pabel PhD, BBus (Hons I) is the Manager and Academic Lead of CQUniversity’s hyperflexible online Leadership and Innovation Courses, and the Head of Course of the MBA (Leadership). In her role, Anja leads the development and monitoring of the leadership and innovation courses, particularly emphasising course performance and improvement, student support, and maintenance of educational standards consistent with university policy. Anja has achieved Senior Fellowship with Advance HE (SFHEA), recognising her leadership in teaching and learning, mentoring of colleagues, and contributions to curriculum development. Her research interests include tourist behaviour, sustainable tourism, and student experience in higher education. She has a demonstrated track record in publishing and disseminating her research activity, with more than 50 publications. She has received awards for her commitment to learning and teaching.
Background
Anja completed a Bachelor of Business with first class honours in 2009 at James Cook University (JCU). In 2015, she completed her PhD in tourism at JCU.
Awards
2024 - Finalist in the 2024 RUN Learning and Teaching Awards (https://www.run.edu.au/events/run-learning-and-teaching-awards/2024-run-learning-and-teaching-awards/)
2023 – MBA (Leadership) was a Finalist in the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards in the Teaching & Learning Excellence Award category
2023 – MBA (Leadership) Team received a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Innovative Practice (highly commended) for Best Practice in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education)
2020 - Student Voice Award for Educators of the Year (TOUR20022)
2019 - School of Business and Law Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research for Outstanding Early-Career Researcher
2019 - CQU Publication Recognition Award for Level B Academic
2019 - Student Voice Commendation for Educators of the Year (TOUR20020)
2018 - School of Business and Law Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research for Outstanding Early-Career Researcher
Media Citations
Print ‘Teaching and Learning Excellence - Central Queensland University MBA Leadership’ – The Australian Financial Review (Sian Powell), 23 August 2023
Print ‘Loved to death’ – Be Magazine (Mary Bolling), Issue 31, 2020
Print ‘Event’s a funny story’ – Cairns Post (Andrea Falvo), 03 February 2018
Radio ‘Australasian Humour Studies Network conference’ - ABC Far North Queensland (Adam Stephen), 02 February 2018
Print ‘Giant boomerang to return big gain’ - Cairns Post (Daniel Bateman), 25 January 2017
Print ‘Cultural tourism loses its appeal: Indigenous providers advised to start reinventing their attractions’ – Cairns Post (Daniel Bateman), 19 January 2017
Print ‘Laughing matters say tourism academics’ - Tropic Now (Sam Davis), 22 November 2016
Radio ‘New data which will change how the Tropical North Queensland tourism industry operates’ – ABC Far North (Kier Shorey), 21 November 2016
Print ‘Tourism Talk’ - Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette (General News), 26 November 2015
Professional Memberships
Industry Reports
Prideaux, B., Carmody, J., & Pabel, A. (2017). Long term implication of the 2016 and 2017 Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching events on the tourism industry and tourism dependent coastal communities. Report prepared for the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (RRRC). Centre for Tourism and Regional Opportunities, CQUniversity: Cairns (95pp.).
Prideaux, B., Pabel, A., & Thompson, M. (2016). Whitsunday Capacity Study. Report prepared for the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators Pty Ltd (AMPTO). CQUniversity & RRRC: Cairns (52pp.).
Student Voice Award - Educator of the Year 2020
Grant: Scholarly activity (Ineligible)
Funding Schemes: CQU Internal Learning and Teaching Awards 2020
Total Funding: N/A
The road less travelled. Opening the door to the leisure travel experience for people living with dementia
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 1: Aust Competitive Grant)
Funding Schemes: Dementia Grants Program Round 1 2019 - Dementia Australia Research Foundation
Total Funding: $50,000.00
Tourists' adoption of social media: a human-computer interaction perspective
Grant: Unknown (Not Specified )
Funding Schemes: 2017 Centre for Tourism and Regional Opportunties (CTRO) - CQU Research Funding
Total Funding: N/A
Towards a better understanding of the sleep literacy of tourism workers
Grant: Unknown (Not Specified )
Funding Schemes: 2017 Centre for Tourism and Regional Opportunties (CTRO) - CQU Research Funding
Total Funding: $4,990.00
Regional perceptions of the GBR post bleaching
Grant: Contract Research (Category 3)
Funding Schemes: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre
Total Funding: N/A
Challenges faced by Indigenous Stakeholders in Far North Queensland, Australia
Grant: Competitive Grant (Not Specified )
Funding Schemes: 2016 CTRO Internal Research Grant
Total Funding: N/A
Research tourism surveys: Visitors' perceptions of crowding in Whitsundays tourism locations
Grant: Contract Research (Category 3)
Funding Schemes: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre
Total Funding: $45,415.53
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3508 Tourism
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Other Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services - Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified
Tourism - Impacts of Tourism
Tourism - Tourism Management
Tourism - Tourist Behaviour and Visitor Experience
