In this blog post, we explore the tourism encounters between Arctic tourism entrepreneurs and domestic tourists in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. What stories about local culture and everyday life are told to the domestic visitors and how are local communities coping w...

Dette vidensindspark giver et overblik over, hvordan europæiske destinationer har reageret på covid-19: Er vi på vej tilbage til det velkendte hurtigst muligt? Eller ses der bevægelse i retning af nye former for turisme, der tilpasser sig særlige post-pandemiske forhold...

In modern societies, including democracies, substantial gap exists between the public and civic-private spheres[i]. In much more aggravated form, such cleavages remain integral to the daily lives of transnational communities (ethnic groups with persistent transnational ...

Manchester Urban Institute expert comment and analysis pieces on urban areas and COVID19

A mysterious virus, classified by WHO (World Health Organization) as COVID-19, wrecks global health and potentially endangers the global social, political and economic order[i]. In countering the risks and protecting their populations, nations across the world adopt dra...

The ESPON virtual peer-learning workshop focused on land-sea interactionsrelating to tourism and COVID-19 as a potential game changer. Particularemphasis was given to the future of cruise tourism in the Adriatic Sea. The maingoal of the event was to inspire policymaking...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound global consequences. Borders and workplaces have closed, and entire nations have imposed lockdown to slow the rate of transmission. The physical distance between people and handwashing has been prescribed as the primary method to m...

This report describes the participation of two Danish universities, University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University, in the international search engine competition on COVID-19 (the 2020 TREC-COVID Challenge) organised by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Tech...