Special Interest Tourism

• Show understanding of contemporary tourism-related issues after a review of world leading research.
• Discuss the processes and practices of research.

• Search for and engage with current leading research in tourism.
• Discuss current issues from a perspective informed by research.
• Identify and communicate current issues, discussions and arguments from tourism discourse.
• Formulate research questions.

• Evaluate contemporary tourism-related research and how it can be applied to wider societal issues.
• Discuss the research-process and its application in contemporary tourism-related issues.

This course addresses the relationship between current tourism related and societal issues and current world leading tourism research. The focus of the course is on examining the process of research practice. Seminars and workshops with different researchers enable students to acquire knowledge about different research methods and give them the opportunity to discuss questions such as, ‘How do we address contemporary tourism issues through research?’ and ‘How do we evaluate the potential relevance of a study?’. The course provides opportunity for students to involve themselves in current tourism research and to learn about the different fields of tourism research and research methods. The course introduces a wide range of research subjects across social science disciplines and exemplifies how research focuses on specific problems and deeper analysis of relevant societal issues.

Written assignment (5.5 credits)

Oral presentation (2 credits)

The Swedish grades A–F.