Research Seminars
ETOUR hosts a seminar series. These seminars are designed to share the latest thinking where researchers have the opportunity to present and discuss their research with other scientists
2023
Friday 12 May, 13:15-15:00
Planning seminar
Samudika Weliweriyage, Mid Sweden university
Room O212, Campus Östersund and Zoom (passcode:269604)
Thursday 2 March, 15:15-16:30
ETOUR seminar
Nam Dang, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Room B312 and Zoom, (passcode 380108)
Title: Predicting visitor's attachment and pro-environmental behaviors in nature-based tourism: cross-country research in Vietnam and Italy
Wednesday 8 February, 13:15-14:45
Seminar
Brita Hermelin, Linköpings universitet
Room O213, Campus Östersund and Zoom (Passcode: 761852)
Title: Decentraliserad regional utvecklingspolitik med mål om hållbar regional utveckling
2022
Friday 9/12, 10:15-13:00
Dissertation
Sign up here for Jack Shepherds dissertation >>
Jack Shepherd, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Professor Dorina-Maria Buda, Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain
Friday 25/11, 15:00-16:00
ETOUR-seminar
María E. Medina-Chavarria, Research Group on Territorial Analysis and Tourism Studies, Geography
Department, Rovira i Virgili University
Room: G3358
"Visitors Management in Natural Protected Areas in the face of the pandemic: A multi-scale analysis"
Fredag 25/11, 10:15-13:00
Dissertation
Sign up here for Martin Wallstams dissertation >>
Martin Wallstam, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: docent Martin Robertsson, Napier University Business School, Edinburgh
Torsdag 10/11, 13:15-16:00
Dissertation
Sign up here for Kai Kronenbergs dissertation >>
Room: O213
Kai Kronenberg, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Professor Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde
Friday 23/9, 13:15-15:00, O212 and Zoom
Half time seminar
Axel Eriksson, Mid Sweden University
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/64633705720?pwd=RzdDTkpjZlpJcStQSkdod0E0ODZmdz09
Passcode: 802771
Monday 13/6, 13:15-15:00, K403 and Zoom
Half time seminar (in Borlänge)
Beatrice Waleghwa, Mid Sweden University
Zoom: https://du-se.zoom.us/j/61924907856
Thursday 2/6, 13:15-15:00, Zoom and O213
Final seminar
Martin Wallstam, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Reidar Mykletun
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/62220240405?pwd=YVRvSUpSeDZoSkhzTXZWdUF3MHBOQT09
Passcode: 682893
Torsdag 19/5, 12:15-13:00, Zoom och K403
ETOUR lunch seminar
Myrthe van Galen
"Mindful tourism in heritage sites"
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/62192750014?pwd=a0tLcG9jNEU2VGRtYXRXUXZkei9VQT09
Passcode: 672619
Thursday 12/5, 12:15-13:00, Zoom and K403
ETOUR lunch seminar
Tatiana Chekalina och Maria Lexhagen, Mittuniversitetet
"Popular culture chapter manuscript work in progress: image, involvement and violent TV drama in a heritage destination setting"
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/66580594629?pwd=b0UvOEd1eUlFcThYZW1oUmNWN2xTQT09
Passcode: 292001
Tuesday 10/5, 13:15-15:00, O213 and Zoom
Half time seminar
Marie Nowak, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Tatiana Chekalina, Mid Sweden University
Second opponent: Jack Shepherd, Mid Sweden University
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/67614949976?pwd=ZnlvTmllRkozQngyWEVNV2Jwc2FzQT09
Passcode: 264369
Monday 21/3, 8:30-10:30, Zoom and F229
Final seminar
Jack Shepherd, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Lisa Strömbom, Lund University
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/61308857857?pwd=K3U4NVNqSDBwK1dmN0J1TFdWNE53dz09
Passcode: 102980
Fredag 18/3, 13:15-15:00, Zoom och O212
Final seminar
Kai Kronenberg, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Anna Munar
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/61086846951?pwd=aklsbGZ5a1FiL1dzTWVGWmpXcVRxQT09
Passcode: 250533
Thursday 17/3, 12:15-13:00, Zoom och K403
ETOUR lunch seminar
Jack Shepherd, PhD student, Mid Sweden University
"A lesson from my grandfather: seeing peace as process in the Israel-Palestine and Flanders Fields"
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/66580594629?pwd=b0UvOEd1eUlFcThYZW1oUmNWN2xTQT09
Passcode: 292001
Torsdag 3/3, 12:15-13:00, Zoom och K403
ETOUR lunch seminar with Maria Lexhagen, Associate Professor, Mid Sweden University
”Ungdomars digifysiska upplevelser: Fastighetsutveckling, handel och turism”
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/66580594629?pwd=b0UvOEd1eUlFcThYZW1oUmNWN2xTQT09
Passcode: 292001
Thursday 10/2, 12:15-13:00
ETOUR lunch seminar with professor Peter Fredman
Nordic Perspectives on Nature-based tourism: From place-based resources to value added experiences.
A summary of five years of research with a Norwegian outlook.
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/66580594629?pwd=b0UvOEd1eUlFcThYZW1oUmNWN2xTQT09
Passcode: 292001
Friday 14/1, 10:15-12:00
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Disputation
Kristin Godtman Kling, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Professor Kjell Overvåg, Universitetet i Agder, Norge
2021
Friday 8/10, 11:00-12:00, Zoom och K403
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/62204363046?pwd=N0c4NzJ4NHdIMk01ZTZTSUw0aFBmZz09
Passcode: 399568
Title: ”Fear of missing out” – insights from master thesis and future plans for PhD thesis
Sabrina Belhoula
Thursday 9/9, 9:15-11:00, Zoom och O213
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/s/68329834557
Planning seminar
Axel Eriksson, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Peter Fredman
Second opponent: Martin Wallstam
Thursday 10/6, 13:00-16:30, Zoom
Conference: Naturen – tillgänglig och inkluderande för vem?
Sign up here (no later than 1st of June): https://www.miun.se/Forskning/forskningsprojekt/pagaende-forskningsprojekt/tillgangliga-och-inkluderande-naturmiljoer/konferens/
Contact: sandra.wall-reinius@miun.se
Friday 28/5, 13:00-15:00, Zoom
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/67576644447
Slutseminarium
Kristin Godtman Kling, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Carina Ren, Aalborg universitet
Wednesday 19/5, 13:15-15:00, Zoom
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Half time seminar
Jennie Gelter, Mittuniversitetet
Opponent: Solene Prince, Mid Sweden University
Second opponent: Kristin Godtman Kling, Mid Sweden university
2020
Friday 27/11, 10:15-12:00, Zoom
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Planning seminar
Beatrice Waleghwa, Mid Sweden University
Friday 20/11, 10:00-12:00, Zoom and F234
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Defence of Doctoral Thesis (via link)
Jonathan Yachin, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Associate Professor Szilvia Gyimóthy, Copenhagen Business School
Wednesday 11/11, 13:15-15:00, Zoom and O212
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Planning seminar
Marie Nowak, Mid Sweden University
Friday 23/10, 10:00-12:00, Zoom and O213
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
ETOUR-seminar
Jonathan Yachin, Mid Sweden University
Wednesday 14/10, 13:15-14:30, Zoom and O213
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
ETOUR-seminar
David Thurfjell, Södertörns högskola
Monday 15/6, 13:15-15:00, Zoom
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Final seminar
Jonathan Yachin, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Linda Lundmark, Umeå University
Tuesday 5/5, 13:15-15:00, Östersund O212
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Half time seminar
Eugenio Conti, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Lusine Margaryan, Mid Sweden University
Friday 24/4, 10:15-12:00, Östersund O213
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Half time seminar
Jack Shepherd, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Erika Andersson Cederholm, Lunds universitet
Wednesday 1/4, 13:15-15:00, Östersund O213
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Half time seminar
Martin Wallstam, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Erik Lundberg, Göteborgs universitet
Thursday 27/2, 13:15 – 14.30, Östersund O213
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
ETOUR seminar
Heather Mackay, Mid Sweden University
Food, farming and health in secondary Ugandan cities
Monday 3/2, 13:15 – 14.30, Östersund P2517
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
ETOUR seminar
Cecilia de Bernardi, Högskolan i Dalarna
The question of authenticity in Sámi torism: the role(s) of labels and marketing
2019
Thursday 28/11, 13:15 – 14.30, Östersund K403
ETOUR seminar
David Albarrán, University of Madrid
Territorial Heritage and Tourism: Issues and Strategies of Planning and Management
Monday 11/11, 10:00 – 11.00, Östersund K403 och Zoom
ETOUR seminar
Dr. Macià Blázquez Salom, Universitat de led Illes Balears
Tourism territorial planning towards growth contention and degrowth in Spain
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/227166926
Friday 8/11, 12:00 – 14.00, Östersund G1352
ETOUR Lic seminar
Kai Kronenberg, Mid Sweden University
Title: A quantity-quality framework for measuring the regional socio-economic impact of tourism – the case of Jämtland Härjedalen
Opponent: Dieter Müller, Umeå universitet.
Thursday 26/9, 13:15-15:00, Östersund, O213
ETOUR seminar
Alon Gelbman, Kinneret College, Israel
Title: Tourism along the Geopolitical Barrier: Implications of the Holy Land Fence
Thursday 12/9, 14:15–15.30, Östersund O212
ETOUR seminar
Keith Debbage, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Title: Aviation Carbon Emissions, Route Choice and Tourist Destinations: Are Non-Stop Routes a Remedy?
Thursday 13/6, 13:15 – 15.30, Östersund P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR seminar
Daniela Chimirri, Aalborg University, Copenhagen
Title: Community collaboration as potential resource for developing tourism in Greenland
Tuesday 11/6, 13.15 – 15.30, Östersund P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR seminar
Marianna Strzelecka, Linnéuniversitetet
Title: From empowerment to perception of justice: on how tourism shapes ruralities in Poland
Thursday 9/5, 13.15 – 15.30, Östersund P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR Seminar
Dr. Eleni Mavragani, International Hellenic University
Title: Trends in Google and Tourists’ Arrivals: Emerging biases and proposed corrections
Monday 18/3, 13.00 – 14.30, Östersund Q221 and video conference in Sundsvall, M104
ETOUR seminar
Dr. Yael Ram, Ashkelon University
Friday 1/3, 13.15 – 14.30, G1353
Guest lecture Swedish sex buyers in the Thai tourism industry
Joakim Medin, freelance journalist, author and photographer
www.joakimmedin.se
Friday 1/2, 13.15 – 15.00, P2517 (Bävern)
Planning seminar
Eugenio Conti with opponent Sandra Wall Reinius
Friday 18/1, 10.15 – 12.00, G1352
Licentiate seminar
Kristin Godtman Kling
2018
Onsdag 5/9, 13.15 – 15.00, P2517 (Bävern)
Planning seminar
Jennie Gelter with opponent Daniel Laven
Onsdag 29/8, 13.15 – 15.00, P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR seminar
"Tour Guides and Hidden Tourism Imaginaries of Sustainability on the island of Gotland, Sweden"
Consuelo Griggio, Campus Gotland
Torsdag 7/6, 13.15 – 15.00, P2517 (Bävern)
Planning seminar
Michael Röslmaier with opponent Solene Prince
Onsdag 30/5, 13.15 – 14.00, P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR seminar
Hezi Israeli, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee
Måndag 21/5, 13.15 – 14.30, P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR seminar
"How do cultural factors influence interpretation, implementation and outcome of strategies aiming at sustainable growth in Northern peripheral regions? Comparing Kainuu (Finland) and Jämtland (Sweden)"
Jakob Donner-Amnell, University of Eastern Finland
Tisdag 8/5, 13.15 – 14.00, P2517 (Bävern)
ETOUR seminar
Uzi Feinstein, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee
Torsdag 26/4, 13.15 – 15.00, P2517 (Bävern)
"Avslutade projekt – med fokus på forskningskommunikation"
Sandra Wall Reinius och Maria Lexhagen, Mittuniversitetet
Måndag 23/4, 13.00-15.00, P2517 (Bävern)
Halvtidsseminarium
Jonathan Yachin, Mittuniversitetet
Opponent: Anna Sörensson, Mittuniversitetet
Fredag 13/4, 10.00 – 12.00, P2517 (Bävern)
Planning seminar
Jack Shepherd, Mittuniversitetet
Opponent: Dimitri Ioannides, Mittuniversitetet
Tuesday 10/4, 14.00 – 15.30, P2517 (Bävern)
"Creativity and Tourism Networks – A Contribution to a Post-Mechanistic Economic Theory"
Matthias Fuchs, Mittuniversitetet
Wednesday 5/2, 13.15 – 14.30, P2517 (Bävern)
"Imagining the Alpha male of the tourism tribe – statistics, indicators and reflections on the gender gap in the tourism academy"
Mia Larson och Richard Ek, Lunds universitet