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  USUI Rie
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Sustainability and Tourism
   Position   Associate Professor
■ Education
1. 〔Doctorial Course (2nd Semester)〕, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University
2. 〔Doctorial Course (2nd Semester)〕, Hiroshima University, Completed,
■ Academic and professional experience
1. 2019/04~2021/09 Assistant Professor
2. 2021/10~2023/03 Lecturer
■ Current specialized field
Human geography, Tourism studies 
■ Books and theses
1. 2024 Article Building resilience in primate tourism: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic and future directions Primates  (Collaboration)  Link
2. 2024 Article Tourism, animals & the vacant niche: A scoping review and pedagogical agenda Current Issues in Tourism  (Collaboration)  Link
3. 2024 Book Human-Wildlife Interaction   (Collaboration)  Link
4. 2024 Book Sustainable Management of Invasive Alien Species in Protected Areas?
The Future Design Dilemma of ‘Rabbit Island’, Japan  pp.91-104 (Collaboration) 
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5. 2024 Book Travelling to Feed Animals: Identifying Motivations of Tourists on ‘Rabbit Island’, Japan  pp.5-20 (Collaboration)  Link
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■ Academic or professional association memberships
1. Japan Institute of Tourism Research
2. Primate Society of Japan
3. Society for the Study of Human Animal Relations
4. The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences
5. Wildlife Tourism Australia
■ Conference presentations
1. 2024/09/04 Co-management or conflict of interest? Investigating the new “Ōkunoshima Miraizukuri Supporter System” for managing tourist-rabbit interactions in Japan (MMV12)
2. 2024/08/28 Getting off the overtourism train? A retrospective review of visitor impacts linked to the Snowdon Mountain Railway (35th International Geographical Congress 2024)
3. 2024/08/28 Restricting, enabling or encouraging access to nature on World Heritage islands? A comparative study of ecotour guide strategies in Yakushima and Amami-Oshima Islands (35th International Geographical Congress 2024)
4. 2023/12/03 A multispecies perspective in tourism research: A state of the art (Aia Pacific Conference 2023)
5. 2023/10/13 Detoxicating a former chemical factory with tourism: The Paradox of Leisure and Pain (Toxic and Explosive Legacies: Living with War Pollution Across the Globe)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2023~2025  Evaluating the Convivial Conservation paradigm in Japan and the UK  (Key Word : )
2. 2023~2026  Tourism Transformation at Island Communities in East Asia  (Key Word : )
3. 2022/04~2023/03  Hiroshima Metropolitan Area Regional Contribution Human Resource Development Support Project  (Key Word : )
4. 2022/04~2023/03  Modelling a resilience framework for wildlife tourism destinations: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic  (Key Word : )
5. 2020~2023  Factors Enhancing the Resilience of Complex Tourism Systems in Japan's Island Regions  (Key Word : )
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■ Professional contribution to Society
1. 2023/04 Animals and Tourism
2. 2022/11 The rabbits of Ōkunoshima that have become a tourism resource
3. 2019/11 Shinichi Hatori Morning Show: "Popular Rabbit Island Faces Unusual Changes – Surge in Conflicts"
4. 2019/10 Unusual Changes on the Rabbit Island!?
5. 2019/05 "Usa-katsu": The Growing Trend of Giving Water to Rabbits
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■ Committee and society
1. 2024/04/01~ Saiki Tourism Community Development Project Promotion Committee Committee member
2. 2020/04/01~ The Kure City Planning Council Member
3. 2019/04/01~ Editorial Committee of the Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences Member
4. 2019/04/01~2024/03/31 The SCOPUS Indexing Support Committee of the Association of Geographical Sciences Vice-chair
■ JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
50850153
■ Researchmap researcher code
B000371833
■ External Researcher ID
orcID 0000-0002-5918-0478