Sustainable destination development
Studies within the project
Marije Poort explores how innovation can foster sustainable destination development on Gotland. Read more about Marije's research.
Fie Broker-Bulling studies how the development of nature-based tourism in rural areas can contribute to strengthening the overall sustainability of a destination. Find out more about Fie's project.
Gurbet Peker researches how sustainability is narrated and practiced in the everyday life on the Gotlandic countryside. Read more about Gurbet's work.
About the project
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.
Supervisors
- Ulrika Persson-Fischier, Department of Women's and Children's Health
- Doris Rusch, Professor at the Department of Game Design
PhD student at the Department of Women's and Children's Health; Centre for Health and Sustainability
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.
About 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.
Supervisors
- Camilla Asplund Ingemark, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
- Fredrik Nilsson, Professor, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Culture, History and Philosophy (Åbo Akademi)
