GIANG T. PHI, PhD.

Award-winning consultant and researcher with 10+ years of experience advising governments, NGOs, and universities across Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. Proven expertise in policy development, curriculum design, research impact, and sustainable innovation. Track record of securing and managing multimillion-dollar grants, building global partnerships, and delivering high-impact solutions.

· Human Act Prize (2025) - Developed curriculum for a Mini MBA in Sustainable Impact 

· Helvetas Switzerland (2024): Developed policy guidelines and destination branding strategies for tourism sustainable development in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

· Big Idea @VinUni Competition (2022): Organised for all students in Vietnam with the theme of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, generated over 2 million views on tiktok/facebook during its runtime.

· Vietnam TEFI Social Entrepreneurship Walking Workshop (2020): collaborated with the Tourism Colab Australia and CBT Travel Social Entreprise to advance community-benefit tourism, social entrepreneurship & sustainable development in Vietnam.

· The European Commission (2018): Delivered SME digitalisation and sustainability policy recommendations. (Access here)

· Tourism Accommodation Australia (2017): guided policy making on Visitor visas for Asian markets: A comparison between Australia and key competitors (Access here)

· Griffith University (2017): Conducted SDG mapping for undergraduate programs to integrate sustainability learning outcomes across the entire university.

• Grand Winner – Trinity Challenge x MIT Solve (£1M grant funding, 2024) for an international social impact project on AI vetenerary for remote farmers.
• Faculty of the Year, VinUniversity (2022).
• Teaching Excellence Awards, Griffith Business School (2017)
• Biennial Donald Getz Award for Outstanding Research in Planned Events (2017)
• University Medal, Southern Cross University (2011)
• Recipient of 13 research and teaching grants totaling USD $2M.

• International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Band 8.5 (out of 9)
• Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning – Aalborg University, Denmark
• Certificate in Business Innovation using design thinking, IDEO U (Global design & Innovation)
• Certificate of Impact Start-up Mentoring – United Nations Development Programme UNDP
• Advanced Nvivo - Androit Research
• Case-based teaching and writing - Singapore Management University

• International Book Author – 5 books: I have lived an unordinary life (Spiderum, 2025), Destination Management in Vietnam (Vietnam National University, 2025), Services Marketing (Saigonbooks, 2023); Vietnam Tourism: Policies and Practices (CABI, UK 2022); Critical Issues in Tourism Co-Creation (Routledge, US 2021)
• Academic publishing: 18 peer-reviewed SCI journal articles, with 14 in Q1 journals. Google scholar h-index 16
• Blogger – Publish insights on professional development, sustainability, and innovation through LinkedIn and industry blogs, reaching thousands of readers globally. FB page The Unordinary Professor seeks to inspire young Vietnamese with international mindsets and stories from all over the world.