Hållbar destinationsutveckling
Studier inom projektet
Marije Poort studerar hur innovationer kan skapa hållbara turistmål på Gotland. Mer om Marijes forskning.
Fie Broker-Bulling utforskar hur naturbaserad turism på landsbygden kan bidra till att öka en destinations hållbarhet. Mer om Fies forskning.
Gurbet Peker forskar om hur hållbarhet berättas om och praktiseras på den gotländska landsbygden. Mer om Gurbets forskning.
Om projektet
The graduate project in Sustainable Destination Development is focused on investigating how the development of a destination can contribute to increased sustainable development. The project will deviate from previous research by widening the scope of tourism development to increase the understanding of how the development of this sector can strengthen the sustainability of regions as a whole.
The project will examine three areas of Sustainable Destination Development; tourism, cultural heritage, entrepreneurship. We will explore how these areas are designed, negotiated and practiced and how they work towards a more sustainable future within and outside of the tourism industry.
Marije Poort
The aim of my PhD research is to understand how innovation can foster sustainable destination development on Gotland, by rethinking the understanding of innovation and simultaneously fostering it. I do this by placing my research in current narratives on regeneration and degrowth. I take on a transdisciplinary approach, which I translate into practice by setting up a co-creation Lab.
My goal is to (re-)create concepts and theory and to develop sustainable innovations which can be practically implemented by tourism actors on Gotland.
Handledare
- Ulrika Persson-Fischier, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa
- Patrik Rönnbäck, Institutionen för geovetenskaper (NRHU)
Marije Poort
Doktorand vid Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Centrum för hållbarhet
Fie Broker-Bulling
The focus of my Ph.D. studies will be on the opportunities and challenges related to allemansrätten and the development of nature-based tourism in Sweden. This project aims to understand how destinations can strengthen sustainability by exploring their cultural connections to nature, and how these connections impact the sustainable development and management of nature-based tourism in an increasingly globalized world. My research will be conducted using a strong sustainability perspective and will utilize benchmarking to gain a deeper understanding of public access rights within and outside of the EU. This insight will then be used to help local actors understand how to strengthen the sustainability of their destination through the sustainable development of nature-based tourism.
Om Fie
My name is Fie and I am from Denmark and the USA. Before starting my Ph.D., I completed an M.Sc. in Sustainable Destination Development at Uppsala University and a B.A. in Recreation Management and Leadership at Western Washington University. Outside of academia, I have worked as a nature-based tourism guide for trekking, kayaking, biking, and skiing companies and volunteered for numerous youth outdoor education programs. Recreation, outdoor education, and nature-based tourism have played a very important role in my life, both inside and outside of academia, and I am very excited to continue exploring a topic that is so dear to my heart!
Handledare
- Patrik Rönnbäck, Institutionen för geovetenskaper (NRHU)
- Wiebren Boonstra, Institutionen för geovetenskaper (NRHU)
- Brian Danley, Institutionen för geovetenskaper (NRHU)
- Ulrika Persson-Fischier, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa
Doktorand vid Institutionen för geovetenskaper, Naturresurser och Hållbar utveckling
Gurbet Peker
My PhD project focuses on how sustainability is narrated and practiced in the everyday life on the Gotlandic countryside. The project touches on the interplay between tourism, cultural heritage and islandness.
My research interests also include human-nonhuman relationships, identity and belonging, urban and rural relationships, migration and materiality.
Om Gurbet
My name is Gurbet Peker and I´m a PhD candidate in Ethnology, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology and one of three PhD candidates within the Sustainable Destination Development project.
Handledare
- Camilla Asplund Ingemark, Institutionen för kulturentropologi och etnologi
- Owe Ronström, Institutionen för kulturentropologi och etnologi
- Brian Danley, Institutionen för geovetenskaper
