Cultural Geography Group
The Cultural Geography (GEO) chair group is committed to social theory in all its spatial articulations. The group advances creative, critical-constructive scholarship through exploring the ecological and social challenges facing all life on earth.
Researching space, place and culture, engaging with current, historic and future dynamics of societies globally, the group pays special attention to questions of inequality, exclusion, mobility, plurality along with deploying critical tourism studies to all aspects of social and environmental sciences, unravelling relational complexities in wilderness to urban settings. Thereby the group translates knowledge into practical action in four closely related fields of application. These are: health & care, tourism, nature and landscape.
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The Cultural Geography Group
Atlas member
We are a member of The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research (ATLAS). ATLAS was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational and research initiatives in tourism and leisure and currently has members in about 60 countries. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development.
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Tourism for Good Podcast
A podcast hosted by Meghann Ormond and MTO alumna Alejandro Guijo Bermejo where they explore the development of more sustainable and responsible tourism practices around the world. Listen and follow on Spotify.
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Tourism@WUR
For the urgent challenges within the domain of tourism, there are no clear-cut solutions. However, by executing high-quality scientific research, helping to translate our knowledge into practice worldwide and by training professionals and students, we aim to contribute to sustainable tourism development.
Latest articles in refereed journals
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Five commentaries on ‘Waves Dangerous, Domesticated and Diagnostic’ plus Stefan Helmreich’s response
Maritime Studies (2025), Volume: 24 - ISSN 1872-7859 -
Haunted by hunting : A landscape geneology of the biopolitics, necropolitics, and sovereign power of red deer and wild boar management at the Veluwe
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (2025), Volume: 8, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2514-8486 - p. 431-453. -
The impact of visual fidelity on screen-based virtual reality food choices : A randomized pilot study
PLoS ONE (2025), Volume: 20 - ISSN 1932-6203 -
Feelings at work: A retrospective discussion of emotional geographies of work
Emotion, Space and Society (2025) - ISSN 1755-4586 -
‘Carving space’ for comradeship? Para-legal performance and climate justice in the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space (2025) - ISSN 2399-6544 -
The spatial narratives and representation of slavery and colonial heritage on guided tours in Amsterdam
Journal of Heritage Tourism (2025), Volume: 20, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1743-873X - p. 59-77. -
Disabilities, functionings and capabilities : the capability approach in accessible tourism
Current Issues in Tourism (2025), Volume: 28, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1368-3500 - p. 272-286. -
River co-learning arenas : principles and practices for transdisciplinary knowledge co-creation and multi-scalar (inter)action
Local Environment (2025), Volume: 30, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1354-9839 - p. 58-80. -
Being there : effectiveness of a 360-degree virtual tour for increasing understanding of forest treatments for fire hazard reduction in California, USA
Fire Ecology (2025), Volume: 21 - ISSN 1933-9747 -
Immersive Virtual Reality Dietitian Improves Portion Control Self-Efficacy and Portion Size Estimation Accuracy
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (2025) - ISSN 1499-4046