
Kelsey Mac Leod Johansen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Kelsey M. Johansen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the UEF Business School (Joensuu Campus). ...
Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
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Dr. Kelsey M Johansen specializes in the amenity, experiential, economic, and societal value of blue spaces and trails for individuals, businesses, communities, and society, particularly from the perspective of recreation, well-being, and tourism. As a broadly trained social scientist, she focuses on projects that activate community assets to develop sustainable recreation and tourism products and engages in knowledge mobilization and translation within and across sectors using a community-centred, service-focused, and solution-oriented lens.
Publications
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Designing transformative nature-based wellbeing tourism experiences: a case study from the Finnish Lakeland Region
Johansen, Kelsey M; Konu, Henna, 2025, Tourism recreation research, [Epub ahead of print 15 Jan 2025], 1-17. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Is winter coming? Outdoor recreation voluntary associations and fat biking in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Minnesota
Johansen, Kelsey M; Lemelin, Raynald Harvey, 2025, Journal of outdoor recreation and tourism, 52, 100914. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research