📣 We're hiring! We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate to contribute to a critical understanding of how tourism intersects with slavery and colonial heritage in the context of increasing cultural memory politics. For more information and how to apply: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

At our Tourism Career Day, our BSc Tourism & MSc Tourism, Society and Environment (MTO) students received a workshop on Soft Skills and Identity Resources from Eva Erdmenger. Cheryl van Adrichem & Maartje Roelofsen shared their experiences on studying on the MTO programme and doing a Tourism PhD.

#PhDVacancy 📣 We're hiring! We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate to research at the interface of behavioral science, cultural geography, biodiversity and agriculture, combining behavioral, perceptual, socioeconomic, and systemic perspectives. ➡️ Info www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Always a proud moment to graduate a PhD. This dr. Tom Rowe defended his excellent thesis from our @culturalgeography.bsky.social thesis on hope, privilege and climate change research.wur.nl/en/publicati...

📣 New Publication | Tourism Diversification in Antarctica and New Zealand/Aotearoa’s Sub-Antarctic Islands: Practices as Expressions of Values by Yousra Makanse Interested to find out more? The chapter can be accessed (open access) here: www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10....

📣 Upcoming event | Wageningen Geography Lecture - Prof. Hayden Lorimer: "In This Here Place: Matters of Local and Global Interest in a Public Library" 📅 Date: Thursday 27 March ⏰ Time: 13:30 -15:00 📍 Location: Lumen 1 + online 💻 Online link: tinyurl.com/2w76a7ub

Upcoming PhD Defence | Eugenie van Heijgen of the Cultural Geography Group will be defending her PhD thesis titled “Hunting Landscapes: a multispecies approach to the present, past and future of hunting in the Netherlands” on Thursday, March 28, 2025, at 10:30 AM. 🎓🎉

Upcoming PhD Defence | Tom Rowe of the Cultural Geography Group will be defending his PhD thesis titled “𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲? 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀” on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen. 🎓🌍

📣 Upcoming event with Prof. @jennypickerill.bsky.social "'How do we carry on?’ Political activism in an era of uncertainty" | Thursday 20 March 2025 | 12:30 - 17:30 | Location: Thuis Wageningen (Stationsstraat 32, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Info ⬇️ centreforspaceplacesociety.com/2025/03/03/e...

❄️ Dr. Jennifer C. Veilleux at the Cultural Geography group went on her first European winter break in the Swiss Alps. Looking for a break from the torrent of bad news coming from her home country (the USA), she found cause for further distress in the Alps. Read more here: www.wur.nl/en/research-...

The MSc Tourism, Society and Environment (MTO) programme is characterised by a unique international environment. Many of our students and staff come from different parts of the world! Huixin (Connie) Hu’s perspective on being an (international) MTO student: www.wur.nl/en/education...

At the Film Festival of Blind Walls Gallery in Breda (Netherlands) Bachelor of Tourism students gained inspiration for leisure and tourism activities which thematise controversial art, societal conflicts and protests, as well as hidden (hi)stories. More info on the BSc Tourism: www.bsctourism.com

Are you a Wageningen University student interested in critically analyzing the intersections of personal, community, and socio-political experiences with narratives and practices of freedom? Join our Capita Selecta Course: Transdisciplinary Pilot Tour Co-Creation for Freedom Tours Wageningen!

Op 11 maart (20:00-21:30) brengt Martijn Duineveld ‘klimaatobstructie’ in kaart en laat zien dat niet alleen bedrijven, maar ook universiteiten er onbewust aan meedoen. Filosoof Mario Veen (Hogeschool Utrecht) vertelt hoe subtiel klimaatdesinformatie eigenlijk is. Meer info: sg.uu.nl/agenda/2025/...

In the newly published book Postcapitalist Countrysides, Chizu Sato @csato.bsky.social (GEO), Nanako Nakamura and Jozelin María Soto Alarcón contributed a chapter on “Rural women’s business-led commoning in Mexico and Japan: A transnational feminist analysis” (OA) uclpress.co.uk/book/postcap...

In a newly published chapter Karolina Doughty (GEO) argues that a sense of stillness plays a significant role in how and why certain landscapes are understood and practised as ‘therapeutic’. Read all about it in the new book Designing Therapeutic Environments: www.routledge.com/Desining-The...

Samen met verschillende partners organiseert Karin Peters (GEO) op 17 maart (14:00-17:00) een dialoog over de versnelling van de transitie naar een fossielvrije kledingindustrie. Meer informatie over het evenement en aanmelden kan via de website van Fibershed: fibershed.nl/fibershed-ag...

Freedom Tours Wageningen has launched! The tour routes are developed and led by Wageningen residents with diverse backgrounds, and promote awareness of the complexities of freedom and how these are negotiated. More information in the thread below and here: sites.google.com/view/freedom...

Congratulations to GEO's chair Edward Huijbens for being appointed member of the National Parks Advisory Committee in the Netherlands. Edward will contribute to shaping a vision for preserving national parks and fostering balance between nature & human activities: www.eerstekamer.nl/overig/20230...

On Saturday 8 February 10:00 (CET) a SCoT webinar will take a look at recent protests against tourism in the Canary Islands. GEO member Eva Erdmenger will share some insights from her research during the webinar. Details can be found on the following website: scotwebinars.org/events/volum...

Dutch news channel RTL interviewed Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong (GEO) last week to discuss dark tourism to/in war zones like the Ukraine and Syria. Here is a link to the article (in Dutch) with several quotes from Emmanuel: www.rtl.nl/nieuws/artik...

On the 4th of February, Wageningen University students are more than welcome to join the supervisors of the Cultural Geography Group for a drink and chat about thesis topics in tourism, landscape, planning, design, urban studies, and much more! Information in the image below:

Are you working on a PhD in tourism? Consider joining our Critical Tourism Studies PhD Spring School from 3 - 11 April 2025 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. More information and registration on this website: www.wur.nl/en/activity/...

Please join our upcoming Wageningen Geography Lecture 'Connection and Purpose: the incredible journey of Camille Seaman' on Thursday 23 January 2025 (15:30 - 17:00). The event will be held online and at Gaia 2, Wageningen University Campus, the Netherlands. More info below.

On 3 December the Wageningen University and Research "Gender+ Equality Plan 2024-2028" was officially launched. We congratulate GEO’s Chizu Sato @csato.bsky.social, Marrit van den Berg and Joshua Wambugu on winning the The Gender+ Equality Award! More info about here: www.wur.nl/en/article/w...

We are looking forward to the upcoming screening of the film documentary made by GEO’s Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong based on his research project that was funded by the NWO Veni grant. After the documentary screening there will be a moderated discussion with the audience. Info in the image below ⬇️

The Cultural Geography Group proudly announces that two of our courses coordinated by @csato.bsky.social have been nominated for the WUR Excellent Education Prize! More information about the the minor Gender and Diversity for Sustainable Worlds can be found here: studyhandbook.wur.nl/studies/WUGD...

📣 Upcoming event - Lunch Lecture on Anti-colonial resistance by GEO's Jennifer Veilleux, Ph.D. 🗓️ Monday 2 December 2024 🕧 12:30 - 13:45 📍 Wageningen Campus, Forum Building Room B0404 More info: www.otherwisewageningen.org Co-organized w/ OtherWise Wageningen+Centre for Space, Place and Society

#Jobalert We are hiring! Come and join us in the Cultural Geography Group at Wageningen University. We are seeking 3 PhD candidates to research the generative tensions of slavery and colonial heritage tourism on the FRICTIONS project team, funded by the ERC Starting grant: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/t...

📣 The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies has been published and includes two new additions written by GEO-members @sharingspaces.bsky.social (‘Digital Tourism Geographies’) and Edward Huijbens (titled ‘Geographies of Tourism and the Anthropocene’). Link to the book ⬇️

🎓🎉 GEO member Rucitarahma Ristiawan (Awang) will be defending his PhD thesis on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, between 15:30 - 17:00 at the Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen Campus, in the Netherlands. Details about the thesis and possibilities for joining this exciting event ⬇️ www.wur.nl/en/activity/...

Wageningen University & Breda University for Applied Sciences jointly offer a BSc programme in Tourism. First-year students visited Utrecht and met with representatives of Destinatie Nederland and Utrecht Marketing to learn about managing tourism sustainably. www.bsctourism.com

We had an amazing turnout for the Mindmapping Climate Change and Research Intersections Symposium with Jennifer Veilleux who recently joined GEO. Jennifer' work centers climate change, water, communities, & art based on her previous research and work experiences: www.wur.nl/en/research-...

Publication alert! MSc Tourism, Society and Environmental Alumna Simone Berg and GEO’s Emmanuel have co-written an article on the spatial narratives and representations of slavery and colonial heritage on guided tours in Amsterdam. Link to full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Publication alert! Chih-Chen Trista Lin & @sharingspaces.bsky.social (Maartje Roelofsen) provide an overview of feminist analyses of tourism that have been published in journal Tourism Geographies since 1999. 🔎 Link to the publication (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Students of the 'Tourism & Sustainable Development' course went on a 'Tour that Matters' through Amsterdam yesterday. These tours are designed by professional researchers to provide historical depth and an educational experience of places, whilst connecting them to contemporary issues. Links below ⬇️

📣 Symposium by Jennifer Veilleux, Ph.D. | Mindmapping the intersections of climate change and cultural geography through water and art. 🗓 Tuesday, 24 September 2024 🕐 13:00 - 14:00 📍 Lumen 1, Gaia Building, Wageningen Campus, the Netherlands

📣 Lecture by Roy van Beek | Dwelling Mounds in the Dutch Delta: Terps as soil archives of ancient landscapes and water management (500BCE-1900CE) 🗓 Wednesday 18 September 2024 🕛 12:15 - 13:00 📍 World Soil Museum, Wageningen Campus Gaia building, the Netherlands

Exciting news! GEO’s Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for his 5-year research project called FRICTIONS to study how tourism transforms the past of slavery and colonial heritage and the frictions generated. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

GEO members were quite present at this year's International Geographical Congress in Dublin, Ireland! Cheryl van Adrichem, Chih-Chen Trista Lin, Maartje Roelofsen & Martijn Duineveld presented their latest research on Stranded Assets Risk, Housekeeping Work, Virtual Reality, and Climate Obstruction!

Science and activism: Focus Radio talks with scholars Efraim Hart, Yolande Jansen, Erik van Sebille and GEO's @tijnduin.bsky.social about science activism in relation to care, plastic pollution, Palestine and climate change [in Dutch] www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen...

🌍 ☀️The 2024 Critical Tourism Studies Summer School has kicked off at Wageningen University! In the upcoming week 10 PhD researchers from around the world will unravel the multiple relations surrounding tourism and its development in a range of settings and apply this to their own research. 🌍☀️

Join GEO on Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 20:00 for an evening about climate obstruction! What are the tactics and strategies that frustrate the transitions to a low-emission society and climate justice? With Martine Doppen and Martijn Duineveld. More info: www.wur.nl/en/education...

Climate Obstruction is hot and happening. Check out a new book chapter on climate obstruction in the Netherlands by GEO’s Martijn Duineveld in the edited volume "Climate Obstruction Across Europe" published by Oxford University Press. Free for download here: cssn.org/news-researc...

Upcoming 📢 a Wageningen Geography lecture with Giovanna Di Chiro and Wendy Harcourt: ‘Entanglements of toxicity, bodies and territories’ Thursday, 6 June 2024 between 16:00 – 18:00 on the Gaia Plateau, 1st floor (in-person only) @ Wageningen University, the Netherlands.

Ana Aceska and Karolina Doughty at GEO have a new publication out in Urban Geography. They show how sound functions as a lens to explore senses of separation and togetherness among city dwellers in a divided city, using calls to prayer & church bells as examples: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Throughout May and June the Rural Wageningen Foundation organizes a course on Intersectional Feminisms which consists of various sessions that explore connections between oppressions and the importance of diversity and social justice. You can follow all or a single session. Check the QR code below 👇

Anouk Haamans from the MSc Programme in Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering and GEO’s Karin Peters have published a new article, based on Anouk's MSc thesis, titled: 'Place Identities of Transforming Port-City Areas. The Case of the Stockholm Royal Seaport' 👉 portusplus.org/index.php/pp...

You are cordially invited to the Wageningen Geography Lecture by Sarah Besky, titled 'After the Country: On the Economy of Retreat in the Indian Himalaya' 🗓 Monday, 8 April 2024 🕓 16:00 – 17:30 CET 📍 Gaia 1, Wageningen University, Netherlands  More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/cultur...

Join us on March 14, from 12:00 - 13:30 (CET) for a lunch lecture and Q&A by Cultural Geography colleague Dr. Alexandra Rijke. Location: Forum, room B0759, Wageningen Campus, the Netherlands. The event is co-organised by Wageningen for Palestine & OtherWise Wageningen. Inquiries [email protected]