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
2025
Thursday 22 May, 13:15-14:15
ETOUR seminar
Lanxuan Zhang, MIUN Master’s student in Human Geography, will present the work she has been involved in during her internship at ETOUR
Preliminary Seminar Title: Destination Image of Sweden Among Chinese Tourists
Room A409, Zoomlink, passcode: 180429
Friday 16 May, 9:30-12:00
Dissertation
Beatrice Waleghwa, Mid Sweden University
Title: From peripheral challenges to core solutions: Exploring sustainable mobility in rural tourism
Room F234, Zoomlink, Passcode 943706
Wednesday 16 April, 13:15-15:00
ETOUR seminar
Nick Voogt, PhD student at the University of Iceland
Seminar Title: Empowering visitor management in protected areas: Leveraging citizen science for sustainable recreation and enhanced monitoring practices
Room: A409, Zoomlink, passcode: 223891
Wednesday 19 March, 10:15-12:00
Mid-term seminar
Anna Hübner, Mid Sweden University
Title: Tourism and Climate Change Knowledge Relationships in Coastal Destinations
Supervisors: Prof. Dimitri Ioannides and Dr. Tatiana Chekalina
Opponent: Dr. Lusine Margaryan
Room O213, Zoomlink Passcode: 987266
Thursday 13 March, 15:15-16:30
ETOUR seminar
Estela Ines Farias Torbidoni, Deputy Director of Research, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, Lleida Campus, University of Lleida.
Cristina Torrelles Nadal, Professor and researcher at INEFC, University of Lleida.
Title: Well-being and Outdoor Spaces: Current Research Perspectives from INEFC
Room A409, Zoomlink
Wednesday 12 March, 13:15-15:00
Mid-term seminar
Samudika Weliweriyage, Mid Sweden University
Title: Value-Centric Approach for Promoting Environmentally Friendly Consumption Behaviours among Nature-Based Tourists: Based on a Customer-Dominant Logic Perspective
Supervisors: Prof. Maria Lexhagen and Prof. Dimitri Ioannides
Opponent: Dr. Tatiana Chekalina
Room O212, Zoomlänk, Passcode: 824826
Friday 7 March, 9:30-12:00
Dissertation
Marie Nowak, Mid Sweden University
Title: Pro-sustainable consumer behaviour in tourism and hospitality: drivers, barriers, and effective behavioural intervention design
Room F234, Zoomlink, Passcode 478256
Thursday 6 March, 13:15-14:15
Seminar
Professor Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar from the University of Ljubljana will hold a seminar on
“Pro-environmental behavior of tourists”.
Room A409, Zoomlink, Passcode 599760
Tuesday 25 February, 13:15-15:00
ETOUR seminar
Axel Eriksson
Title: Informal Strategies in Transnational Mobilities and their Implications for European Lifestyle Migration
Room A409
Friday 7 February,13:00-14:00
ETOUR seminar
Anna Hübner, Mid Sweden University
Title: On Academic Safari in Botswana
Room A409, Zoomlink, Passcode: 445866
Monday 3 February, 10:15-12:00
ETOUR seminar
A seminar together with Mistra Sport & Outdoors and the Center for Nature Guidance (CNV) on the theme "Nature Guiding and Interpretation"
Room A409 and on Zoom
Read more about the seminar and see the program here
Måndag 27 January, 9:00-10:30
Planning seminar
Coen van Bendegom, Mid Sweden University
Tentative Title: “Monitoring Spatiotemporal Indicators of Visitor Use and Impact in Swedish Mountain Landscapes”
Opponents: Prof. Maria Lexhagen and Samudika Weliweriyage
Room: F217, Zoomlink, Passcode: 910041
2024
Friday 6 December, 13:15-14:30
ETOUR seminar
Title: Mutual relationship between tourism and arctic foxes – studies from södra Jämtlandsfjällen
Malin Larm, Stockholms Universitet och Länsstyrelsen Jämtland
Room: A409, Zoom-link, Passcode: 294969
Thursday 5 December, 9:30-12:00
Dissertation
Axel Eriksson, Mid Sweden University
Zoom: https://miun-se.zoom.us/j/69042698711
Meeting ID: 690 4269 8711
Room: F234
Monday 2 December, 13:15-15:00
Planning seminar
Elena Pibernik, Mid Sweden University
Room O212, Zoom-link, Passcode: 960711
Tuesday 26 November, 10:00-12:00
Final seminar
Beatrice Waleghwa
Title: From peripheral challenges to core solutions: Exploring sustainable mobility in rural tourism
Opponent: Dr. Roger Marjavaara, Docent i kulturgeografi, Umeå universitet
Room F234, Zoom-link, Passcode: 985342
Friday 8 November, 13:15-14:30
Title: Towards a critical geography of mountain tourism in the inner areas if the Venetian Dolomites.
Valerio Salvini, University of Bologna
Room: A409
Monday 30 September, 13:15-15:00
Planning seminar
Anke Peters, Mid Sweden University
Room: O213
Monday 27 May, 9:30-12:00
Final seminar
Axel Eriksson, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Docent Marianna Strzelecka, Department of Marketing and Tourism, Linnaeus University
Room: F234, Zoom-link, Passcode: 835773
Thursday 23 May, 14:30-16:30
Final seminar
Marie Nowak, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Docent Erik Lundberg
Room: Högskolan Dalarna, Borlänge Campus and Zoom-link
Friday 5 April, 13:15-14:30
Seminar
Dr. Laura Jiménez-Monteagudo, specialist in Adapted Sports from the Catholic University of Valencia
Title: Inclusion of people with disabilities in outdoor activities through the ‘mountain chair’ and ‘directional bars’
Room: O212, Zoom link, passcode 519720
Tuesday 27 February, 12:00-13:00
Lunch seminar
Daniel Wolf-Watz, Mid Sweden University
Title: ‘Using digital workspaces in (distance) teaching’
Room A409, zoom link, passcode 983176
Tuesday 30 January, 10:00-12:00
Planning seminar
Jana Brehmer, Mid Sweden University
Title: “Visitor compliance to funding models for open access tourism products using the case of cross-country skiing in Sweden - A business perspective towards sustainable trail product development”
Supervisors: Peter Fredman, Tobias Heldt
Opponents: Kristin Godtman-Kling, Marie Nowak
Room O212 (Östersund), zoomlink, passcode 154176
2023
Friday 15 December, 10:00-12:00
Planning seminar
Parisa Setoodegan, Mid Sweden University
Title: ‘Immigrants, tourism: bridging the gaps for sustainable outdoors tourism’
Supervisors: Robert Pettersson, Lusine Margaryan
Opponent: Daniel Laven
Room O213, campus Östersund, Zoom-link, Passcode 870784
Wednesday 25 Oktober, 13:00-14:15
Seminar
Aitziber Pousa-Unanue, Nebrija University, Spain
Title: Incorporating carbon footprint in the strategic management and planning of smart destinations
Sal A409, Campus Östersund, Zoom-Link, Passcode: 365078
Friday 8 September
Seminar
Presentation 1
María Antonia Martínez Caldentey, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Title: Exploring the tourism inequality nexus in European tourist territories
Presentation 2
Fátima Santos Izquierdo Bueno, University of Málaga
Title: Tourism in times of crisis: A study of touristification in the historic centre of Malaga
Room A409, Campus Östersund
Tuesday 20 June, 12:00-13:00
Lunch seminar
Anna Hübner, Mid Sweden University
Room O212, Campus Östersund
The presentation will revolve around the Svalbard summer school´s theme ´The Global Arctic - Reaching out to the Third Pole: The role of climate change, geopolitics and resource availability for global sustainability´ and the experiences made at the summer school more broadly.
Thursday 8/6, 13:15-15:00
Planning seminar
Nataliia Godis, Mid Sweden University
Room A409, Campus Östersund,
Thursday 8/6, 9:15-11:00
Planning seminar
Anna Hübner, Mid Sweden University
Room O213, Campus Östersund, Zoom-link, Passcode: 824551
Friday 26/5, 10:15-13:00
Dissertation
Sign up here for Eugenio Contis dissertation in room F229 >>
Eugenio Conti, Mid Sweden University
Opponent: Professor Barbara Neuhofer, Fachhochschule Salzburg - University of Applied Sciences
Friday 12/5, 13:15-15:00
Planning seminar
Samudika Weliweriyage, Mid Sweden University
Room O212, Campus Östersund and Zoom-link, Passcode:269604
Tuesday 2 May, 16:00-19:00
Eurovision Film seminar
Jack Shepherd and Maria Lexhagen, Mid Sweden University
Room G1352, sign up at jack.shepherd@miun.se
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"
Friday 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
Thursday 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
Sign up here: To participate, please sign up here >>
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