Lovisa Ulrica Molin (Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA)) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Besøk i grenseland: relasjonelle perspektiver på turisme i verneområder" mandag den 4. august, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
"Borderline visits: changing tourism relations with protected areas"
Norwegian title of thesis
"Besøk i grenseland: relasjonelle perspektiver på turisme i verneområder"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“Visitor planning with protected area nature and the more-than-human others”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Monday 4 August 2025, at 12.15 at Gullvepsen, Bikuben
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/66787963905
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 Janne Liburd (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Second opponent: Professor Thomas H. Beery (Kristianstad University, Sweden)
Committee coordinator: Dr. Rani Lill Anjum (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Øystein Aas (MINA/NMBU)
Co-supervisor: Professor Peter Fredman (MINA/NMBU)
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. The email subject line must be marked with "Lovisa Molin" (exact wording).
NB! This offer is before the defense only. After, the thesis will be available via NMBU's library.