03/2016-03/2020  Doctor of Philosophy,University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

09/2012-07/2015  Master of Science,Peking University, Beijing, China

09/2008-06/2012  Bachelor of Management,Fudan University, Shanghai, China

07/2020-now  Assistant Professor,Department of Tourism, Fudan University

My research interests mainly include two aspects: (1) Research on mobility from a social anthropology perspective, including lifestyle migrants/enterprises; accessible tourism; backpacking and hippie culture, etc. (2) Research on destination development and management from the perspectives of geography and management, including tourism destination image, conservation and regeneration of historical urban quarters, and tourism community development.

Host Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 22YJC790162):Barriers to travel for people with disabilities: From a phenomenology of embodiment perspective. 2022.9-2025.8.

Liu, Y., Li, F., Zhang, G., &Zhang, J.(online). Warm Hearts, Happy Lodgings: How Peer-To-Peer Accommodation Micro-Entrepreneurs Can Foster Sharing Citizenship Behaviour. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research.

Shi, Y., Huang, Z., &Zhang, J.(online). The Formation of Inaccurate Cognitive Destination Image from a Memory Process Perspective.Current Issues in Tourism.

Zhang, J.,& Camargo, B. A. (2024). Guest editorial: IJTC regional review series: People’s Republic of China and Latin America.International Journal of Tourism Cities, 10(2), 377-386.

Bian, F., Yeh, A. G., &Zhang, J.*(2024). Scalar tensions and the missing link crisis in China’s National Trunk Highway System.Asian Geographer, 41(1), 47-67.

Bian, F., Yeh, A.G.O., &Zhang, J.*(2024) Percolating spatial scale effects on the landscape connectivity of urban greenspace network in Beijing, China.Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 20(1), 33-51.

Xue, L.,Zhang, J.,*Han, J. (2023). Rediscovering the neighbourhood: A study of city walk experience in the usual environment[in Chinese].Tourism Tribune, 38(5), 127-136.

Wei, Z. D.,Zhang, J., Huang, X. T., & Qiu, H. Q. (2023). Can gamification improve the virtual reality tourism experience? Analyzing the mediating role of tourism fatigue.Tourism Management, 96, 104715.

Zhang, G., Cheng, M., &Zhang, J.*(2022). A cross-cultural comparison of peer-to-peer accommodation experience: A mixed text mining approach.International Journal of Hospitality Management, 106, 103296.

Zhang, J.(2021). The utopian myth of lifestyle entrepreneurial migrants [in Chinese].Tourism Tribune, 36(10), 7-9.

Huang, X., Li, M.,Zhang, J.*, Zhang, L., Zhang, H., & Yan, S. (2020). Tourists’ spatial-temporal behavior patterns in theme parks: A case study of Ocean Park Hong Kong.Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 15, 100411.

Zhang, J.,Tucker, H., & Albrecht, J. (2020). The reflexive self-project of “Lifestyle entrepreneurial migrants”.Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 37(5), 535-546.

Zhu, H., Tucker, H., Duncan, T., &Zhang, J.* (2020). Young Chinese becoming working holiday makers in New Zealand: A thematic analysis of WHMs’ motivations.Journal of China Tourism Research, 16(3), 406-423.

Zhang, J., Morrison, A. M., Tucker, H., & Wu, B. (2018). Am I a backpacker? Factors indicating the social identity of Chinese backpackers.Journal of Travel Research, 57(4), 525-539.

Zhang, J., Wu, B., Morrison, A. M., Tseng, C., & Chen, Y. C. (2018). How country image affects tourists’ destination evaluations: A moderated mediation approach.Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 24(6), 904-930.

Liu, L.,Zhang, J.*,Wu, B., & Morrison, A. M. (2018). The Destination Choice Behavior of Chinese Backpackers: From a perspective of identity theory [in Chinese].Tourism Tribune, 33(4), 80-89.

Zhang, J., Tucker, H., Morrison, A. M., & Wu, B. (2017). Becoming a backpacker in China: A grounded theory approach to identity construction of backpackers.Annals of Tourism Research, 64, 114-125.

Zhang, J., Ying, G., Wu, B., Morrison, A. M., & Cong, L. (2016). Is destination marketing organization microblogging in China delivering? An empirical analysis of information supply against consumer information needs.Journal of Vacation Marketing, 22(1), 68-85.

Xing, X., &Zhang, J.. (2015). A model of tourist’s perception of referential authenticity in experience economic times [in Chinese].Commercial Times, (22), 118-120.

Tseng, C., Wu, B., Morrison, A. M.,Zhang, J., & Chen, Y. C. (2015). Travel blogs on China as a destination image formation agent: A qualitative analysis using Leximancer.Tourism Management, 46, 347-358.

Zhang, J., Chen, Y. C., Tseng, C., Wu, B., & Morrison, A. M. (2015). An integrative model of destination image in a country context: A case study based on Western tourists in Beijing [in Chinese].Tourism Tribune, 30(3), 13-22.

Zhang, J., Zhang, X., & Wu, B. (2015). A knowledge mapping analysis on curriculum system of recreation studies in USA [in Chinese].Tourism Science, 29(1), 76-87.