Doris A. Carson

Doris A. Carson is a researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences at Umeå University, Sweden. Her work focuses on rural development, lifestyle migration, Arctic regions, and sustainable community practices.

• Specializes in sparsely populated areas (SPAs) across Arctic Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Scotland
• Engages in interdisciplinary research combining human geography, tourism studies, and sustainable development

Research Themes:

• Examines lifestyle migration and its socio-cultural impacts on rural communities
• Investigates non-commercial food networks and community resilience in northern Sweden
• Analyzes public funding mechanisms in Arctic development and uneven growth patterns

Grants & Collaborations:

• Recipient of funding from Swedish Research Council Formas for projects on rural resource management (2016-2024)
• Collaborated with international networks like Arctic-FROST and Lifestyle Migration Hub
• Contributed to policy discussions on microurbanization and de-growth strategies

Key Projects:

• Landsbygdens resurser i förändring: Studied rural resource dynamics (2011-2018)
• Får pengarna jorden att snurra?: Explored sustainable lifestyles in Arctic contexts (2018)
• Climate Change and Arctic Tourism: Addressed tourism pathway transformations (2018-2022)