Vacant PhD Position on Concepts of Arctic nature from East Asian perspectives

The position is organised within the Department of Tourism and Northern Studies, with Alta as the place of work and office location. Institute for Tourism and Northern studies currently has approx. 25 scientific positions, head of department and office manager. The candidate will be a part of the project Sustainable Arctic Tourism.

This PhD aims to:

• better understand the East Asian notion of nature in the context of Arctic nature
  • may delve deeper into the East Asian notion of harmony
• present a comparative analysis of East Asian notion of Arctic nature in relation to Scandinavian notion of Arctic nature
• present the areas of application in the Arctic tourism setting driven from the study findings

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