Kathrin Stemmer (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis ""Special interest nature-based tourists’ product choices" Thursday 25 September, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
"Special interest nature-based tourists’ product choices"
Norwegian title of thesis
"Produktvalg for naturturister med spesiell interesse"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
"From Tailored Packages to Systemic Change: The Role of Nature-Based Tourism in Driving Sustainable Transformation of Destinations."
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Thursday 25 September 2025 at 09:00, Kornrommet, Vitenparken
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/64530395499
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Professor Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider, (BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria)
Second opponent: Dr. Torvald Tangeland (Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Norway)
Committee coordinator: Professor Sjur Baardsen (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Peter Fredman (MINA/NMBU).
Co-supervisor: Dr. Knut Veisten (Institute of Transport Economics, Norway)
Guidelines for digital attendance:
- Do not use the camera.
- Mute your microphone.
- In Zoom you will first be placed in the waiting room. Please introduce yourself with your name, rather than with your IP address or computer name.
- If anyone has a question and wants to oppose ‘ex auditorio’, please write in the chat window of Zoom (1) “XY (your name) has a question" and (2) the question in brief. The chair of the defense will evaluate whether your question is opportune, and you will be given the word after the two opponents have concluded.
- When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
- We advise you to test your own equipment before attending.
- The chat is not to be used for general discussions.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no.
NB! This offer is before the defense only. After, the thesis will be available via NMBU's library.