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Public defence: Lena Dalheim Wistveen

The doctoral candidate Lena Dalheim Wistveen defends her PhD thesis publically for the PhD programme Innovation in Services in the Public and Private Sectors at University of Inland Norway, on June 22 2026.

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The title of the thesis is: «From Tourism Volume to Resident Value: Co-Creation to Achieve Social Sustainability in Rural Tourism Development»

  • Place: Auditorium G, campus Lillehammer. The public defense will be streamed on zoom: https://inn.zoom.us/j/62117565367?pwd=pDTs2SkfXYCRTwdqCulfbcHa2EoPq0.1 

    Webinar ID: 62117565367. Passord: 145414

  • The trial lecture starts 08:15 AM with the theme: «An integrated framework for studying social sustainability in rural tourism: Linking co-creation, co-destruction, governance and social innovation»
  • The public defense starts 09:45 AM

The evaluation committee:

  • First opponent: Associate professor Georgette Leah Burns, Griffith University, Australia
  • Second opponent: Associate professor Sara Heidenreich, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • Chair of the evaluation committee: Professor Atle Hauge, University of Inland Norway

Chair of the public defense: Vice Dean for research Mass Soldal Lund, University of Inland Norway

Main supervisor: Professor Monica Breiby, University of Inland Norway

Co-supervisor: Associate professor Xiang Mei, University of Inland Norway

Any opponents ex auditorio must sign up during the break between first and second opponent. Please notify the chair during the break. Opponent ex auditorio may present the contribution after the second opponent. Such contributions must be well prepared and precisely formulated and be submitted within a time frame of a maximum of 10 minutes.

The Public defense is streamed via Zoom Webinar. To download, follow this link (free of charge). Select "Zoom Client for Meetings" in the drop-down menu "Download for IT Admin" at the top of the page.

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Published May 20, 2026 9:30 AM - Last modified June 8, 2026 2:28 PM