Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Teaching
I mainly teach the following courses
- Platsutveckling för besöksnäringen (2nd year bachelors)
- Introduction to Tourism (1st semester masters)
- Destination Development and Marketing (2nd semester masters)
I generally supervise bachelor and masters theses. I currently supervise two doctoral students.
Research
Research interests
- Tourism geography
- Mobility, transports och tourism
- Urban tourism and sustainability
- The history of tourism and hospitality
Research projects
- Managing increasing flows of tourists in urban contexts. With Lena Eskilsson and Josefine Östrup Backe. Part of "Rethinking urban tourism: managing sustainability in the age of overtourism" (financed by Formas).
- Urban tourism, ecosystem services, and green infrastructure. Tillsammans med Michael Johansson. Part of "Rethinking urban tourism: managing sustainability in the age of overtourism" (financed by Formas).
- Guiding and guided tours in the plattform economy. With Malin Zillinger.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Social Sciences
- Social and Economic Geography
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Collaborations the last five years
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Rethinking overtourism as a context-specific phenomenon: Insights from the Nordics
Nilsson, J.-H. & Cassinger, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Overtourism in Cities and Small Islands. Briguglio, L. (ed.). Taylor & Francis/RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Upplevelsens hållbara mikrogeografier: Att utveckla stadsrummet för att främja klimatanpassning och utveckling av urbana upplevelser
Johansson, M. & Nilsson, J.-H., 2024 Jan 26, Department of Service Studies, Lund University. 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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Phygital time geography, or: what about technology in tourists' space-time behaviour?
Mieli, M., Zillinger, M. & Nilsson, J.-H., 2024, In: Tourism Geographies. 26, 3, p. 389-406 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Urban Tourism
Nilsson, J. H., 2024, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism, Second Edition. 2 ed. Wiley, p. 428-443 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Placemaking in green infrastructure
Nilsson, J.-H., 2023 Oct 19.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Open AccessFile18 Downloads (Pure)
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Attraktiva och resilienta städer
Nilsson, J.-H. (Researcher) & Hultman, J. (Researcher)
2025/09/08 → 2029/12/01
Project: Research
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Det nya kompetenslandskapet
Nilsson, J.-H. (Researcher) & Zillinger, M. (Researcher)
2024/01/01 → 2027/01/01
Project: Research
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Service Studies Tourism
Andersson Cederholm, E. (Researcher), Nilsson, J.-H. (Researcher), Eldh, C. (Researcher), Mieli, M. (Researcher), Pumputis, A. (Researcher), Zillinger, M. (Researcher), Östrup Backe, J. (Researcher) & Persson, A. (Administrator)
2023/01/01 → …
Project: Other
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Life above water -when framing and scaling the crisis in Swedish Baltic Sea fisheries
Wingren, I. (Researcher), Nilsson, J.-H. (Supervisor), Ek, R. (Assistant supervisor) & Johnsen, J. P. (Assistant supervisor)
2014/01/01 → …
Project: Dissertation
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Rethinking urban tourism development: Dealing with sustainability in the age of over-tourism
Eksell, J. (PI), Månsson, M. (PI), Östrup Backe, J. (Researcher), Cassinger, C. (Researcher), Eskilsson, L. (Researcher), Johansson, M. (Researcher), Nilsson, J.-H. (Researcher) & Porzionato, M. (Researcher)
FORMAS, The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
2018/12/03 → 2023/11/30
Project: Research
Activities
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IGU Tourism Commission Pre-Meeting, Galway, Ireland
Nilsson, J.-H. (Role not specified)
2024 Aug 22 → 2024 Aug 24Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association
Nilsson, J.-H. (Presenter)
2023 Oct 19Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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31st Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research
Nilsson, J.-H. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2023 Sept 21Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Addressing increasing tourist congestion in urban destinations; food as a means for destination resilience.
Östrup Backe, J. (Presenter) & Nilsson, J.-H. (Contributor)
2023 Sept 20Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Transformation of time-space ontology through technology: Phygital time geography
Mieli, M. (Presenter), Zillinger, M. (Presenter) & Nilsson, J.-H. (Presenter)
2023 Sept 20Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation