Nataliia Godis
Doktorand|Doctoral Student
- Professional title: Doctoral Student
- Telephone: +46 (0)10-1427802
- Email: nataliia.godis@miun.se
- Visitor address: Hus A, Kunskapens väg 4, Östersund, 831 56
- Room number: A316
- Location: Östersund
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- Employed at the subject:
- Tourism Studies
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- Research centers:
- ETOUR
Background
I am a doctoral student in Tourism Studies at Mid-Sweden University. Before starting my PhD, I worked for ten years in hospitality, primarily as a sommelier and briefly as a guide, with significant experience at two cruise companies. I hold a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Sociology from Kyiv National Aviation University in Ukraine, my home country, and a Master’s degree in Service Management in Tourism from Lund University, Sweden. I have traveled extensively for work and education, living for extended periods in Italy, Sweden, and the USA. Additionally, I hold a WSET Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits.
Area of interest
- Forms of Tourism: VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives), memory tourism, diaspora travel, wine and gastronomy tourism, cruise tourism.
- Theoretical Field: social practice theory, tourism as work and practice, knowing-in-practice
Research
My PhD project, titled "Knowing-in-Practice in Tourism and Hospitality," is a four-year thesis-by-article. I focus on how tourism workers and practitioners generate knowledge through practice, with fieldwork conducted in organizational contexts (cruise ships) and regional settings (wine regions).
Publications
Articles in journals
Conference papers
Conference proceedings (editor)
Articles in journals
Godis, N. (2016). Commentary : Global Ukrainians. Ambiguities and social capital.. Baltic Worlds, vol. ix: 1-2, pp. 101-103.
Godis, N. & Nilsson, J. H. (2016). Memory tourism in a contested landscape : exploring identity discourses in Lviv, Ukraine. Current Issues in Tourism, vol. 21: 15, pp. 1690-1709.
Conference papers
Godis, N. (2025). Visby-Åre: Reciprocal mobility patterns and tourism skill flow between seasonal destinations. Paper presented at the Regional labour markets in times of shrinking populations: challenges, social inequalities and ways ahead, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, 25 - 28 March, 2025
Conference proceedings (editor)
Peters, A. (ed.) , Hübner, A. (ed.) , Godis, N. (ed.) , Setoodegan, P. (ed.) , Weliweriyage, S. (ed.) & Chekalina, T. (ed.) (2023). 31st Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research – Book of Abstracts. Östersund : Mid Sweden University (Rapportserien / European Tourism Research Institute 2023:1).