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Jan Henrik Nilsson.
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Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Senior lecturer, associate professor

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Jan Henrik Nilsson.
Contact details
  • Email: jan-henrik [dot] nilsson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se
  • Phone: +46 42 35 66 37
Organisation
  • Department of Service Studies
  • Room number: E 333
Webpage
Other affiliations
  • Associate professor
    Department of Service Studies

I am an associate professor in economic geography. I have worked at the department since 2000. I wrote my doctoral thesis in 2004 about the integration process in The Baltic Sea Region after the end of the Cold War. The thesis had a transport geography perspective and was based on data from aviation.  Since then, my research and publication have mainly targeted areas with relevance for tourism and hospitality, often in a structural perspective looking at societal, geographic and historical driving forces and development patterns. I was appointed reader (docent) in Human Geography in 2012. In recent years, my research has increasingly focused on urban issues, often connected to tourism geography and sustainability. I have written about issues like urban transport, overtourism, tourist guiding, connections between the development of the knowledge economy and urban tourism (science driven mobility) urban food tourism and urban ecosystem services

Research interests

  • Tourism geography
  • Mobility, transports och tourism
  • Urban tourism and sustainability
  • Urban ecosystem services
  • 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.

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 one doctoral student.

Appointments

  • Member of the pedagogical academy (appointed excellent teaching professional)
  • Centre for European Studies, board member

 

Publications

Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.

Last updated: 20 Oct 2025 | webmaster [at] ism [dot] lu [dot] se