@kelseymjohansen
Research Scientist at Natural Resource Institute of Finland (Luke) working on the EU-funded @verneproject.bsky.social. Adjunct Professor @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social #Tourism | #OutdoorRecreation | #Trails #DigitalNature | #Wellbeing | #Landscapes
Absolutely fantastic final day at #WLC2025! Great sessions on 1) virtual reality use in leisure, 2) nature experiences and 3) the restorative effects of nature and a fantastic keynote on VR & AR in Leisure.
#PostdocLife #LeisureStudies #LeisureScholar #RestoratativeLandscapes #NatureImmersion
Toured the BUas #ExperienceLab what technologies they are using and innovating, and the types of theoretical and applied research being conducted there. Very inspiring to discuss my research with other academics working at the nexus of #tourism, #leisure, #DigitalExperienceDesign, and #technology.
Unbelievable Day 3 of #WLC2025: CETHL hosted an Industry day with a talk from the national DMO, case studies in community engagement for #TourismDevelopment, and workshops on the future of tourism and #Storytelling through #TourismRoutes
#PostdocLife #Placemaking #ExperienceDesign #CollectiveImpact
Great second day of #WLC2025 at BUas including a keynote on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a debate on social and ecological sustainability at leisure destinations, and the beginning of the week's plenary sessions.
#WorldLeisureCongress2025 #PostdocLife #LeisureStudies #WorldLeisureOrganization
Fabulous kick-off to #WLC2025 at the Grote Kerk - truly inspiring keynotes on Leisure and Cultural Heritage from Ilja Simons and Bert Smit discussing stories, stages and the soul of the City and Van Gogh's legacy respectively.
#PostdocLife #LeisureStudies #WorldLeisureCongress2025
Looking forward to #WLC2025 this week at Breda UAS in the Netherlands and presenting the findings of my @uniuef.bsky.social #Postdoc on #Restoratative #VirtualNature #DigitialExperienceDesign.
Day 1 of the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium hosted by @sportainable.bsky.social at @unileipzig.bsky.social is underway!
#SustainableOutdoorSport #OutdoorSport #PostdocLife
Next stop #Leipzig for the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium hosted by Universität Leipzig and @sportainable.bsky.social!
#SustainableOutdoorSport #PostdocLife
New article accepted for publication in Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism on #Fatbiking and #ClimateChange. Huge thank you to my co-author Harvey Lemelin from @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social for the collaboration!
#FatBiking #ORVAs #ClimateChange #AdaptiveStrategies
All set for the first day of #ATLAS2025 in Vila-seca, Spain!
#AcademicMobility #ConferenceTravel
Looking forward to sharing my paper on 'Fascinating Landscapes and Nature Based Recreation and Tourism Design' and to Chairing two sessions of Special Track 10 – Ecosystem Services and the Impacts of Nature-Based and Adventure Tourism on Tourism Destinations at a Crossroads while at #Atlas2025!
Thank you to #Liikesivistysrahasto, the Finnish Foundation for Economic Education for making this possible through their generous travel grant.
#TravelGrant #PostdocLife
Living the Quiet Car dream aboard VR Finland. 🚅
Next stop Helsinki, where I'm overnighting before heading to #ATLAS2025 in Villa-Seca Spain!
#AcademicMobility #PostdocLife #ConferenceTravel
At tomorrow's Tourism Industry Day at the #UEFSenseLab we'll be sharing how the Lab can be used for teaching, learning and research and discuss opportunities for tourism stakeholders to collaborate with the Tourism Research Group.
#TourismResearch
#ExperienceDesign #VirtualTourism #VirtualNature
I'm speaking at Synergies in Forest Bioeconomy Research, a collab b/wn @uniuef.bsky.social and the European Forest Institute. Join us June 5th, 2025 from 14:00 - 17:00 in AU110. Presentation and registration details below.
#UEFTourismBusiness #TourismResearch #BioEconomyResearch #LandscapeResearch
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 30th, 2025 at 5pm!!
Join us IN-PERSON June 4th, 2025 from 13:30 to 16:00 @uniuef.bsky.social's Joensuu Campus for the Tourism Industry Day co-hosted by UEF Business School's Tourism Business Research Group and UEF Water.
RSVP: link.webropol.com/ep/tourismin...
This week, I led the En Bloc Field Trips for HRF Rottenburg exploring sustainable regional development, conservation, and human-nature connection through water and forest based outdoor sport in the Franconian Lake District.
#OutdoorSport #SustainableRegionalDevelopment
#AcademicMobility
After, students will write reflection papers on their experiential learning case study activities. Then, during an end-of-term online reflection day we'll bring it all together to consider the implications for professional practice as students prepare to enter the workforce in their chosen fields.
I'm in #Germany teaching 'Nature & Outdoor Sport' for HRF Rottenburg. Last week, students did theory presentations. Next week, we will explore Franconian Lake District case studies.
#FlippedClassrooms #ExperientialLearning #BlendedLearning #FieldCourses #OutdoorSport #TeachingMobility
Join @uniuef.bsky.social's Tourism Business Research Group June 4th 2025 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm at the #UEFSenseLab for a Tourism Industry Day!
Register at: link.webropol.com/ep/tourismin...
Great to be in #TheSix for two weeks writing and spending time with the #FamJam.
You can read the #OpenAccess co-authored article that today's talk was based on here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This week, I've been lecturing as part of my Research and Teaching Stay at @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social. Each year I visit my #AlmaMatter in my role as Adjunct External Professor of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism to present my @uniuef.bsky.social work to their undergraduate ORPT students.
Lovely evening on #LakePyhäselkä recording #soundscapes and taking #360DegreePhotos with my #Insta360X4 for the next round of my #UEFSenseLab Experiments exploring the impact of the #LookingListeningCongruence of #TherapeuticLandscapes on #Restoration, #SubjectiveVitality and #VisitIntention.
Faciliating today's @uniuef.bsky.social TMM Masters Thesis Seminar: The Philosophy of Science, Research Problems and Research Ethics. Looking forward to a great day in the classroom!
#ThesisSupervision #MastersThesisSeminars #UEFTMM #TeachingPedagogy #TeachingPraxis #ScaffoldedLearning
Great day yesterday testing out my new #Insta360X4 at #Koli National Park! Looking forward to using the #360DegreePhotos in my next round of #UEFSenseLab #TourismLandscape and ##TourismSoundscape #Experiments!
#TherapeuticLandscapes #RestorativeSoundscapes #ExperimentalDesign
Exciting News: I will be presenting a paper 'Considering the Restorative Potential of Multi-Component Landscapes - Looking Beyond Blue & Green Spaces' at the #18thWorldLeisureCongress August 25 - 28 2025 at @bredauniversityas.bsky.social!
#TourismLandscapes #RestorativeLandscapes #TourismResearch
Lovely to host Rose Keller from NINA - Norweigian Institute for Nature Research at the #UEFSenseLab today to discuss collaborations on #multisensory #tourism #landscape and #soundscape #research - a great follow up from yesterday's #SustainingNature Webinar.
#TourismResearch #Soundscapes
Learn more about the #LivingLab here: tourismus.hm.edu/aktuelles/ne...
Last week, I visited the Faculty of Tourism at Hochschule München. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet with Dr. Elisabeth Bartl, incoming Operations Manager of the Faculty's Living Lab in Tourism, Sustainability and Quality of Life and discuss collaboration opportunities with the UEF SenseLab.