Meng Qu, Ph.D., is the co-convener at Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI), Research Director of the Art Island Center on Naoshima Japan, and an Assistant Professor at the Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Visiting Research Fellow at Wakayama University Center for Tourism Research. He is also an editorial board member at the Event Management Journal, Journal of Responsible Tourism Management (JRTM), and an advisory board member at CREATOUR International. His research draws from a range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, especially from the fields of socially (revitalization) engaged art, creative/tourism geography, rural and island studies, with a focus on East Asia.