The role of pro-environmental volunteer tourism in sustainable destination promotion. The case of Faroe Islands

he case that constitutes the subject for this paper is a voluntourism project organized in the Faroe Islands that has gained worldwide attention. Unskilled volunteers were called to perform maintenance works while popular hiking trails remained closed for regular tourists. The idea turned into a successful marketing campaign for the Faroe Islands. Our study is anchored in theories on tourism desti

Innovators, Copycats, or Pragmatists? Soviet Industrial Espionage and Innovation in the Military Aerospace Sector during the Cold War

The article presents a theoretical framework for analyzing domestic innovative capability in relation to industrial espionage, drawing on material from the Soviet military aerospace sector, 1946–1990. It employs a structured comparative case study of six Soviet aircraft systems, which are compared to their closest Western equivalent. Three ideal types are used to categorize each case: copycat (mos

Dendrokronologisk analys av en mangårdsbyggnad på Ringstena 6:5, Svenljunga kommun

Inventering av lavar i en allé – en jämförelse mellan trädslag

Ecosystem stability at the landscape scale is primarily associated with climatic history

There is an increasing interest in landscape-scale perspectives of ecosystem functioning to inform policy and conservation decisions. However, we need a better understanding of the stability of ecosystem functioning (e.g. plant productivity) at the landscape scale to inform policy around topics such as global food security. We investigate the role of the ecological and environmental context on lan

Only-child status associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors

Dendrokronologisk analys av prover från Sjöbergsplan/Guldfjärdsplan & Kornhamnstorg

Dendrokronologisk analys av regalskeppet Kronan

Towards a treatment for mitochondrial disease : current compounds in clinical development

Primary mitochondrial diseases are a heterogeneous group of rare genetic disorders affecting approximately 125 persons per million. Mutations underlying these diseases give rise to biological changes (including decrease in cellular energy production and increase in reactive oxygen species), leading to organ failure, and commonly early morbidity. Mitochondrial diseases often present in early childh

Searching for traces of fieldwork methods among incomplete archival records

Geography’s three problems seen through the prism of one educational challenge

As the modern society becomes larger and increasingly diverse, its problems become more elusive and solutions far-fetched. This puts pressure on relevant education. Geographical knowledge, whose raison d’être has always been to deal with complexity, should therefore be in high demand, but isn’t. In this presentation we want to investigate why this is the case, by outlining three major problems geo

The Faroese model of (sustainable) destination marketing: Volunteering glorification, staying with locals, and experiencing gratitude

The case that constitutes the subject for this paper is a voluntourism project organized in the Faroe Islands that has gained worldwide attention. Unskilled volunteers were called to perform maintenance works while popular hiking trails remained closed for regular tourists. Thousands applied to build and mark trails in exchange for bed and board, while the idea was a successful marketing campaign

Dendrokronologisk analys av Knista kyrka, Närke, Strängnäs stift

Targets for astrocyte-based treatments of Parkinson's disease (PD)

Cerebral saturation is associated with self-reported habitual physical activity and post-discharge mortality in heart failure patients – The HARVEST-Malmö Study

Dendrokronologisk analys av konstruktion funnet vid Stora kvarn, Skeppsgården, Valdemarsvik

Dendrokronologisk analys av Hill 2, Alingsås

Dendrokronologisk analys av den inre hamnen i Norrköping, Norrköpings kommun

Dendrokronologisk analys av Nöttja kyrka

Dendrokronologisk analys av flera byggnader på Fröreda storegård, Kalmar län