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Lena Eskilsson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Service Studies at Lund University's School of Economics and Management. She also serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor in University Management and is an Affiliated Researcher at the Centre for Retail Research at Lund University. Her academic career spans multiple roles in research, teaching, and university administration.
Her research focuses on human geography and economic geography with specialization in place development and urban marketing. Her main research interests include urban planning, transport geography, and mediatized tourism. She has contributed significantly to research related to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in social sciences domains.
Lena's research output demonstrates strong thematic consistency across her publications, primarily focusing on the intersection of tourism, media, and urban development. Her work shows increasing emphasis on sustainable urban tourism development, with a particular focus on addressing challenges posed by over-tourism in contemporary urban environments.
Lena leads the major research project 'Rethinking urban tourism development: Dealing with sustainability in the age of over-tourism,' funded by Formas (2019-2023). She has been actively involved in multiple research projects including the ongoing 'Urban Arena' initiative and several completed projects related to tourism development and information dissemination.
Her academic activities include participation in conferences and organization of public lectures, particularly on topics related to sustainable urban tourism and the university's role in future city development. She has contributed to collaborative research efforts across multiple disciplines, demonstrating engagement with both theoretical and practical aspects of urban development.
