PhD position, tourism studies: managing hybridity in cultural heritage
About this role
The department conducts research and education in the subjects: business administration, law, economics, statistics, geography and tourism studies.
It also hosts the European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR).
We are pleased to announce a challenging PhD position that examines managing hybridisation in cultural heritage and tourism as part of a MSCA-Doctoral Network Fellowship project titled “https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226351 - Enhancing collaborative synergies between Cultural HERItage and TOURism”.
About Mittuniversitetet
HERITOUR, examines how the cultural heritage and tourism sectors can collaborate more effectively to address shared challenges and reduce the negative impacts. The project provides interdisciplinary training and focuses on hybridisation, sustainability, resilience, and democratisation. 10 PhD vacancies are available in six universities. For more information, check the individual vacancy pages of the universities listed on the https://heritour.eu/. About the research project This position (DC-2) is focused on examining hybridisation (WP1) (e.g. the digital-physical spectrum and cultural/institutional hybridisation) for intersectoral collaboration in cultural heritage (e.g. culture, popular culture) and tourism. Specifically, exploring interrelated practices in local (e.g. actors, destinations), hybrid and online spaces (e.g. digital/media platforms, communities), for cultural heritage and tourism management, development, and protection. It seeks to understand stakeholders, networks and relationships focusing on challenges and opportunities for competitiveness, commercialization/commoditization, marketing, authenticity and innovation, inclusivity and longevity. The candidate will be supervised by Professor Dr. Maria Lexhagen (MIUN), and co-supervised by Professor Dr. Christine Lundberg (UiS). Job description Independent third-cycle studies with 100% research including a dissertation that involve conducting, publishing and pres