Lusine Margaryan

Lektor, biträdande|Lektor, biträdande

  • Professional title: Lektor, biträdande
  • Other title: Universitetslektor/Assistant Professor
  • Area of responsibility: Head of Master's Programme in Tourism Studies
  • Subjects: Environmental Science, Human and Economic Geography, Tourism Studies
  • Department: Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism (EJT)
  • Telephone: 010-142 80 75
  • Email: lusine.margaryan@miun.se
  • Visitor address: Kunskapens väg 4
  • Room number: K325

My name is Lusine and I am an Assistant Professor at Mid Sweden University, Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism (EJT). I am also part of the European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR), based in Östersund. In addition, I coordinate Master's programme in Tourism Studies.

Background

My academic background includes Postdoctoral position at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Norway; PhD in Tourism Studies from Mid Sweden University (MIUN); MSc. in Leisure, Tourism and Environment (minor in Environmental Policy) from the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands; MSc. in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the Central European University in Budapest Hungary; as well as Specialist Diploma in Social-Cultural Service and Tourism from the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University in Yerevan, Armenia.

Area of interest

My research interests pursue bringing together environmental and social sciences perspectives with a focus on nature-based tourism and outdoor recreation.

Publications

Articles in journals
Articles, book reviews
Chapters in books
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Reports

Articles in journals

Margaryan, L. , Prince, S. , Ioannides, D. & Röslmaier, M. (2018). Dancing with Cranes : A humanist perspective of cultural ecosystem services of wetlands. Tourism Geographies,    

Godtman Kling, K. , Margaryan, L. & Fuchs, M. (2018). (In) equality in the outdoors : gender perspective on recreation and tourism media in the Swedish mountains. Current Issues in Tourism,    

Margaryan, L. (2018). Nature as a commercial setting : the case of nature-based tourism providers in Sweden. Current Issues in Tourism, vol. 21: 16, pp. 1893-1911.  

Margaryan, L. & Fredman, P. (2017). Bridging outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism in a commercial context : Insights from the Swedish service providers. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, vol. 17: March 2017, pp. 84-92.  

Margaryan, L. & Wall-Reinius, S. (2017). Commercializing the Unpredictable : Perspectives From Wildlife Watching Tourism Entrepreneurs in Sweden. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, vol. 22: 5, pp. 406-421.  

Margaryan, L. & Fredman, P. (2017). Natural amenities and the regional distribution of nature-based tourism supply in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, vol. 17: 2, pp. 145-159.      

Margaryan, L. & Stensland, S. (2017). Sustainable by nature? The case of (non)adoption of eco-certification among the nature-based tourism companies in Scandinavia. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 162, pp. 559-567.  

Articles, book reviews

Margaryan, L. (2018). A review of: Heritage, Conservation and Communities. Engagement, Participation and Capacity Building, edited by Gill Chitty. Tourism Geographies, vol. 20: 3, pp. 575-577.    

Margaryan, L. (2018). A Review of “Tourism and oil: Preparing for the challenge” by Susanne Becken. Journal of Tourism Futures, vol. 4: 1, pp. 115-116.    

Margaryan, L. (2016). A Review of “Tourism and the Anthropocene”. Tourism Geographies, vol. 18: 4, pp. 458-459.  

Chapters in books

Laven, D. , Chekalina, T. , Fuchs, M. , Margaryan, L. , Varley, P. & Taylor, S. (2019). Building the slow adventure brand in the northern periphery. In The Nordic Wave in Place Branding : Poetics, Practices, Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 76-90.  

Conference papers

Margaryan, L. & Wall-Reinius, S. (2017). Commercializing the unpredictable : Perspectives from wildlife watching tourism entrepreneurs in Sweden. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), June 19-22, 2017, Umeå, Sweden  

Margaryan, L. & Fredman, P. (2014). The Supply of Nature-based Tourism in Sweden : A National Inventory of Service Providers. Paper presented at the The 7th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Local community and outdoor recreation. Tallinn, Estonia, August 20-23    

Fredman, P. & Margaryan, L. (2013). Exploring the Supply of Nature-Based Tourism in Sweden. In Innovation and value creation in experience‐based tourism : Book of proceedings.. pp. 113-  

Chekalina, T. , Fuchs, M. , Lexhagen, M. & Margaryan, L. (2013). Measuring Customer-Based Brand Equity for Tourism Destinations - Understanding Missing Value Patterns for Tangible Destination Resources. Paper presented at the The 6th International Conference on Services Management – Managing Services across Continents, 23-25 June, Cyprus

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Margaryan, L. (2017). Commercialization of nature through tourism. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University, 2017 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 271)  

Reports

Fredman, P. & Margaryan, L. (2014). The Supply of Nature-based Tourism in Sweden : A National Inventory of Service Providers. Östersund : (Rapportserien / European Tourism Research Institute 2014:1).