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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Absolutely fantastic final day at #WLC2025! Great sessions on 1) virtual reality use in leisure, 2) nature experiences and 3) the restorative effects of nature and a fantastic keynote on VR & AR in Leisure.

#PostdocLife #LeisureStudies #LeisureScholar #RestoratativeLandscapes #NatureImmersion

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Toured the BUas #ExperienceLab what technologies they are using and innovating, and the types of theoretical and applied research being conducted there. Very inspiring to discuss my research with other academics working at the nexus of #tourism, #leisure, #DigitalExperienceDesign, and #technology.

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Unbelievable Day 3 of #WLC2025: CETHL hosted an Industry day with a talk from the national DMO, case studies in community engagement for #TourismDevelopment, and workshops on the future of tourism and #Storytelling through #TourismRoutes

#PostdocLife #Placemaking #ExperienceDesign #CollectiveImpact

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great second day of #WLC2025 at BUas including a keynote on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a debate on social and ecological sustainability at leisure destinations, and the beginning of the week's plenary sessions.

#WorldLeisureCongress2025 #PostdocLife #LeisureStudies #WorldLeisureOrganization

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fabulous kick-off to #WLC2025 at the Grote Kerk - truly inspiring keynotes on Leisure and Cultural Heritage from Ilja Simons and Bert Smit discussing stories, stages and the soul of the City and Van Gogh's legacy respectively.

#PostdocLife #LeisureStudies #WorldLeisureCongress2025

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Looking forward to #WLC2025 this week at Breda UAS in the Netherlands and presenting the findings of my @uniuef.bsky.social #Postdoc on #Restoratative #VirtualNature #DigitialExperienceDesign.

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jul 1

Day 1 of the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium hosted by @sportainable.bsky.social at @unileipzig.bsky.social is underway!

#SustainableOutdoorSport #OutdoorSport #PostdocLife

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next stop #Leipzig for the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium hosted by Universität Leipzig and @sportainable.bsky.social!

#SustainableOutdoorSport #PostdocLife

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 19

New article accepted for publication in Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism on #Fatbiking and #ClimateChange. Huge thank you to my co-author Harvey Lemelin from @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social for the collaboration!

#FatBiking #ORVAs #ClimateChange #AdaptiveStrategies

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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 18

All set for the first day of #ATLAS2025 in Vila-seca, Spain!

#AcademicMobility #ConferenceTravel

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Looking forward to sharing my paper on 'Fascinating Landscapes and Nature Based Recreation and Tourism Design' and to Chairing two sessions of Special Track 10 – Ecosystem Services and the Impacts of Nature-Based and Adventure Tourism on Tourism Destinations at a Crossroads while at #Atlas2025!

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you to #Liikesivistysrahasto, the Finnish Foundation for Economic Education for making this possible through their generous travel grant.

#TravelGrant #PostdocLife

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 13

Living the Quiet Car dream aboard VR Finland. 🚅

Next stop Helsinki, where I'm overnighting before heading to #ATLAS2025 in Villa-Seca Spain!

#AcademicMobility #PostdocLife #ConferenceTravel

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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Jun 3

At tomorrow's Tourism Industry Day at the #UEFSenseLab we'll be sharing how the Lab can be used for teaching, learning and research and discuss opportunities for tourism stakeholders to collaborate with the Tourism Research Group.

#TourismResearch
#ExperienceDesign #VirtualTourism #VirtualNature

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · May 28

I'm speaking at Synergies in Forest Bioeconomy Research, a collab b/wn @uniuef.bsky.social and the European Forest Institute. Join us June 5th, 2025 from 14:00 - 17:00 in AU110. Presentation and registration details below.

#UEFTourismBusiness #TourismResearch #BioEconomyResearch #LandscapeResearch

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · May 28

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 30th, 2025 at 5pm!!

Join us IN-PERSON June 4th, 2025 from 13:30 to 16:00 @uniuef.bsky.social's Joensuu Campus for the Tourism Industry Day co-hosted by UEF Business School's Tourism Business Research Group and UEF Water.

RSVP: link.webropol.com/ep/tourismin...

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · May 23

This week, I led the En Bloc Field Trips for HRF Rottenburg exploring sustainable regional development, conservation, and human-nature connection through water and forest based outdoor sport in the Franconian Lake District.

#OutdoorSport #SustainableRegionalDevelopment
#AcademicMobility

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · May 18

After, students will write reflection papers on their experiential learning case study activities. Then, during an end-of-term online reflection day we'll bring it all together to consider the implications for professional practice as students prepare to enter the workforce in their chosen fields.

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · May 18

I'm in #Germany teaching 'Nature & Outdoor Sport' for HRF Rottenburg. Last week, students did theory presentations. Next week, we will explore Franconian Lake District case studies.

#FlippedClassrooms #ExperientialLearning #BlendedLearning #FieldCourses #OutdoorSport #TeachingMobility

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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join @uniuef.bsky.social's Tourism Business Research Group June 4th 2025 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm at the #UEFSenseLab for a Tourism Industry Day!

Register at: link.webropol.com/ep/tourismin...

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Mar 24

Great to be in #TheSix for two weeks writing and spending time with the #FamJam.

Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Mar 20

You can read the #OpenAccess co-authored article that today's talk was based on here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Designing transformative nature-based wellbeing tourism experiences: a case study from the Finnish Lakeland Region

Customer insights are essential to the tourism co-design process. However, diverse processes can be employed to gather them. Responding to the scarcity of research on facilitators’ roles in the co-...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Mar 20

This week, I've been lecturing as part of my Research and Teaching Stay at @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social. Each year I visit my #AlmaMatter in my role as Adjunct External Professor of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism to present my @uniuef.bsky.social work to their undergraduate ORPT students.

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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Mar 12

Lovely evening on #LakePyhäselkä recording #soundscapes and taking #360DegreePhotos with my #Insta360X4 for the next round of my #UEFSenseLab Experiments exploring the impact of the #LookingListeningCongruence of #TherapeuticLandscapes on #Restoration, #SubjectiveVitality and #VisitIntention.

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Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social · Mar 12

Faciliating today's @uniuef.bsky.social TMM Masters Thesis Seminar: The Philosophy of Science, Research Problems and Research Ethics. Looking forward to a great day in the classroom!

#ThesisSupervision #MastersThesisSeminars #UEFTMM #TeachingPedagogy #TeachingPraxis #ScaffoldedLearning