Disputas Cand.Polit. Kristian Ekeland

Cand. polit. Kristian Ekeland vil offentlig forsvare sin avhandling ph.d. –graden i humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap, studieretning reiseliv med avhandlingen:

“Hot emotions in cold landscapes. Towards spatial-emotional methodologies of interest development. Why research on Arctic winter tourism can ill afford to ignore the emotion of interest”

Bedømmelseskomitéen består av:

• Professor PhD Mike Robinson. University of Birmingham, Ironbrigde International, Institute for Cultural hertitage.
• Associate Professor PhD Katrín Anna Lund, University of Iceland, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science
• Førsteamanuensis PhD Trine Kvidal-Røvik. UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Inst for reiseliv og nordlige studier

Disputasen vil ledes av instituttleder Marcus Buck, ISS

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes den 8. september kl. 10:15, samme sted: (Theo.Hus3.AUD3)
“Emotional landscapes and tourism studies: Theoretical reflections and conceptual clarifications”

English below

Cand. Polit. Kristian Ekeland will be holding public defense for his doctoral thesis in tourism.

“Hot emotions in cold landscapes. Towards spatial-emotional methodologies of interest development. Why research on Arctic winter tourism can ill afford to ignore the emotion of interest”

Defense committee:

• Professor PhD Mike Robinson. University of Birmingham, Ironbrigde International, Institute for Cultural hertitage.
• Associate Professor PhD Katrín Anna Lund, University of Iceland, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science
• Associate Professor PhD Trine Kvidal-Røvik. UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department for tourism and northern studies

Marcus Buck, leader of Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning will be leading the defence.

The trial lecture will be taking place from 10.15 the same day, at the same venue:

“Emotional landscapes and tourism studies: Theoretical reflections and conceptual clarifications”