Axel Eriksson
Doktorand|Doctoral Student
- Professional title: Doctoral Student
- Academic title: Doctoral Student
- Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428911
- Email: axel.eriksson@miun.se
- Visitor address: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=WxzgUHQAAAAJ&hl=sv
- Room number: A326
- Location: Östersund
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- Employed at the subject:
- Tourism Studies
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- Research centers:
- ETOUR
The main focus for my tourism research is on events and their physical impact on nature, with a particular interest in nature-based events such as trail running and mountain biking. While tourism and event research has highlighted an acceptance of these events' impact, there is still little explanation of the mechanisms behind this acceptance. In my thesis, I have examined the mechanisms that lead to the acceptance of physical impacts on nature, relating this to the Anthropocene debate.
In my upcoming research, I also explore lifestyle migration and digital nomads. Tourism is expanding its scope, and we are seeing new ways of living in different countries. I investigate how these individuals use their mobility and how they affect and change the places where they settle.
My intrest in tourism research is to examine the relationship between hosts and guests, and how these relationships create new cultures, encounters and change. I take a critical approach to what development means for nature and culture in these places. I enjoy using theories and applying them in different contexts by drawing inspiration from various parts of the world. For example, in my thesis, I adopt a post-development perspective on places in a Swedish context. This allows us to see new perspectives on already researched locations. I also take an interdisciplinary approach to tourism research, drawing inspiration from other research disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and geography.
Publications
Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Reports
Articles in journals
Eriksson, A. , Prince, S. & Clausen, H. B. (2025). Informal strategies in transnational mobilities and their implications for European lifestyle migration. Mobilities,
Eriksson, A. (2025). Sight (Un)seen : learning experiences from fieldwork using qualitative visual methods. Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality,
Eriksson, A. & Balslev Clausen, H. (2024). Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, vol. 45
Eriksson, A. , Pettersson, R. & Wall-Reinius, S. (2023). Environmental concerns in nature-based events : the permit process for organised outdoor recreation and sport. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, vol. 23: 2-3, pp. 176-194.
Eriksson, A. (2023). ‘If they touch our cloudberries, that means war’ : Rural liveability and acceptance of environmental impacts from event tourism. Tourist Studies, vol. 23: 4, pp. 335-351.
Chapters in books
Eriksson, A. (2024). Autoethnographic Accounts from 13 Years of Tourism Development in Lisbon. In Anthropology of Tourism : Exploring the Social and Cultural Intersection. New York : Apple Academic Press (Tourism, Hospitality and Events). pp. 1-20.
Margaryan, L. & Eriksson, A. (2023). ‘Invisible’ impacts and hybrid spaces of nature-based events : The case of a trail running marathon Fjällmaraton in Sweden. In Cases for Event Management and Event Tourism. Goodfellow Publishers.
Doctoral theses
Eriksson, A. (2024). Acceptance of Local Environmental Impacts from Event Tourism. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University, 2024 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 414)
Reports
Pettersson, R. , Eriksson, A. & Lanzendorf, T. (2023). En guide till miljömässiga effekter av evenemang. Mid Sweden University (Populärvetenskapliga serien / European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) 2023:2).