Jean Miczka, SNSF post-doc

My research focuses on transformations in mountain territories, particularly the relationships between tourism and sport practices, the environment, climate change and governance. I am particularly interested in less-developed mountain areas, where environmental and tourism transformations raise questions about access, uses and forms of territorial regulation.

My main research areas are:

• Less-developed mountains and mountain huts: I study mountain huts and shelters as observatories of transformations in tourism practices, environments and forms of mountain regulation.

• Access to nature and outdoor sports: I examine the social, legal and territorial conditions governing access to natural areas for outdoor activities, in the context of increasing use conflicts, access restrictions related to environmental protection, growing climate-related hazards and the intensification of outdoor sports.

• Tourism governance: I analyse how tourism policies are implemented across territories through multilevel, comparative and legal-geographical approaches.

My main research areas are the Alps, Scandinavia and the Middle East.

My research methodology follows a transdisciplinary approach at the intersection of geography, tourism studies and political science, with particular attention to collaboration between researchers and territorial stakeholders in order to co-produce research outcomes.