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Vu Thi Thao HSLU W

Dr. Thi Thao Vu Thi Thao Vu

Lecturer

Vu Thi Thao HSLU W

Lucerne School of Business

Room R209
Rösslimatte 48
Postfach 2940
6002 Luzern


Institute of Tourism (ITW)

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+41 41 228 42 21

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Biography

Dr. phil. Thao Thi Vu studied Human Geography at University of Copenhagen and Tourism at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Before she joins the Competence Center for Mobility at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, she worked as research associate at the University of Copenhagen, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), and the Center for Agricultural Research and Ecological Studies (CARES), Vietnam.

2008-2011, PhD in Human Geography, 2011, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2014-2016, MSc in Business Administration, Major in Tourism, Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, Switzerland

2005-2007, MSc in Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

1998-2002, BSc in Economics, National Economics University, Vietnam

Subjects
  • How to turn your research into publication (PhD)
  • Basics in Mobility (Master)
Professional competencies
  • Public Transport Reforms
  • Travel Behaviour
  • Multilocality
  • Space, Place, and Belonging
  • Labour Migration and Gender Studies

Projects

Research projects

  • PROJECT TITTLE: Mobility Ecosystem for Low-carbon and INnovative moDal shift in the Alps
  • Digital lives in coworking spaces: do mobile lifestyles reduce rural-urban disparities?
  • Grand Train Tour of Switzerland
  • Hochschule Luzern – Technik & Architektur (Horw) – Campuserweiterung; Ermittlung von 2000-Watt-Areal-Kriterien für die Nutzung „Hochschule“
  • Folgen für die Verkehrsplanung bei Siedlungsverdichtung
  • Internationaler Personenverkehr Bahn / Bus
  • Standorteffekte des Mobility Car Sharings auf den Energieverbrauch gemäss SIA MB 2039
  • VeSPA: Einflüsse von Mensch und Gesellschaft auf das Strassenunfallgeschehen / Massnahmen und Potenziale im Bereich Verkehrsteilnehmende

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Juschten, Maria; Ohnmacht, Timo; Vu, Thi Thao; Gerike, Regine & Hössinger, Reinhard (2019). Carsharing in Switzerland: identifying new markets by predicting membership based on data on supply and demand. Transportation, 46(4), 1171-1194. doi: 10.1007/s11116-017-9818-7
  • von Arx, Widar; Vu, Thi Thao; Wegelin, Philipp; Maarfield, Simon & Frölicher, Jonas (2018). The development of international passenger rail services from 2007 to 2016: The case of Switzerland. Research in Transportation Economics, in Press, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2018.07.020
  • Ohnmacht, Timo; Vu, Thi Thao; Schaffner, Dorothea & Weibel, Christian (2018). How to postpone purchases of a new mobile phone? Pointers for interventions based on socio-psychological factors and a phase model of behavioural change. Journal of Cleaner Production, 200, 809-818. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.292
  • Vu, Thi Thao; Wegelin, Philipp & von Arx, Widar (2017). Are Statutory Passenger Watchdogs Effective in Representing Passenger Interests in Public Transport? Transport Policy, (58), 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.04.008
  • Vu, Thi Thao (2013). Making a Living in Rural Vietnam from (im)mobile Livelihoods: A Case of Women’s Migration. Population, Space and Place, 19(1), 87-102. doi: 10.1002/psp.1706
  • Vu, Thi Thao & Agergaard, Jytte (2012). “Doing Family”: Female Migrants and Family Transition in Rural Vietnam. Asian Population Studies, 8(1), 103-119. doi: 10.1080/17441730.2012.646845
  • Vu, Thi Thao & Agergaard, Jytte (2012). ‘White cranes fly over black cranes’: The Longue Durée of Rural-Urban Migration in Vietnam. Geoforum, 43(6), 1088-1098.
  • Agergaard, Jytte & Vu, Thi Thao (2011). Mobile, Flexible, and Adaptable: Female Migrants in Hanoi’s Informal Sector. Population, Space and Place, 17(3), 407-420. doi: 10.1002/psp.622

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Vu, Thi Thao; Wozniak, Thomas & Liebrich, Andreas (2017). Customer Engagement in Facebook Brand Communities: Measurement and Best Practices from the Airline Industry. In Roland Schegg; Brigitte Stangl (Hrsg.), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017 (S. 683-696). Cham: Springer.
  • Vu, Thi Thao (2015). Chapter 5 - When the Pillar of the Home Shaking: Female Labor Migration and Stay-at-home Fathers in Vietnam. In Inhorn M. C., Chavkin W., and Navarro J. A. (Eds.) (Hrsg.), Globalized Fatherhood (S. 129-151). Oxford: Berghahn books.

Publications and presentations - Report/working paper

  • Vu, Thi Thao; Endrissat, Nada; Ohnmacht, Timo & Von Arx, W. (2019). “Local Office With Soul” - Business Model Innovation of Coworking Spaces in Switzerland (Bericht).
  • Bubenhofer, Jonas; Hengsberger, Jürgen; Hool, Anna; Stahel, Alex; Ohnmacht, Timo; Vu, Thi Thao; Kielinger, Thomas & Roth, Pascal (2018). Folgen der Innenentwicklung für den Verkehr und die Planungsprozesse (Schweizerische Vereinigung der Verkehrsingenieure und Verkehrsexperten No. SVI 2015/003).

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Vu, Thi Thao; Endrissat, Nada; Ohnmacht, Timo & von Arx, Widar (04.12.2018). Digital Lives in Coworking Spaces: Do Mobile Lifestyles Reduce Rural-Urban Disparities? Digital Futures Network Day, Habitat Research Center, the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Vu, Thi Thao; von Arx, Widar & Frölicher, Jonas (27.08.2018). Swiss Way of Cooperation in the Leisure Travel and Tourism Industry: Long-lasting Relationships. The 68th AIEST Conference on Co-creating Tourism Experiences: Chances, Frontiers and Limitations, Treviso, Italy.
  • von Arx, Widar; Vu, Thi Thao & Wegelin, Philipp (31.08.2017). Weather Myths: How Bad is Bad Weather for Day Visits to Outdoor Recreation Destinations? The International Conference on Tourism and Business, Lucerne.
  • von Arx, Widar; Maarfield, Simon ; Vu, Thi Thao; Wegelin, Philipp & Frölicher, Jonas (14.08.2017). An analysis of international passenger train services development from and to Switzerland from 2007 to 2016. 15th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo Conference), Stockholms, Sweden.
  • Vu, Thi Thao; Wozniak, Thomas & Liebrich, Andreas (24.01.2017). Customer Engagement in Facebook Brand Communities: Measurement and Best Practices from the Airline Industry. ENTER 2017 Conference "eTourism: Sustaining Culture and Creativity", Rom.
  • Vu, Thi Thao (13.04.2012). When the Pillar of the Home Shaking: Female Labor Migration and Stay-at-home Fathers in Vietnam, International Conference on Globalized Fatherhood, Yale University, USA.
  • Vu, Thi Thao & Agergaard, Jytte (11.11.2010). ‘Doing Family’: Female Migrants and Family Transition in Rural Vietnam, International Conference on Asian Diversity in a Global Context, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Vu, Thi Thao (16.06.2010). Shifting Gender Boundaries: Female Migration and Family Transition in Rural Vietnam, International Conference on Changing Family in a Changing World, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Vu, Thi Thao (28.05.2009). Female Migration and Social Transformation in Rural Vietnam, the 3rd Gendering Asia Network Conference on Gender, Mobility and Citizenship, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Achievements

Achievements - Commissions, memberships and external activities

  • Vu, Thi Thao. Reviewtätigkeiten. (15.01.2019). Asia Pacific Viewpoint.
  • Vu, Thi Thao. Reviewtätigkeiten. (1.12.2017). Case Studies on Transport Policy.