Sexual Harassment in Tourism and Hospitality: Using the past and present to inform the future
This interdisciplinary project took an intersectional approach to address concerns about the lack of prevention and intervention strategies within the tourism and hospitality sectors in the Nordic countries. The project utilised practice-based research activities in collaboration with working life actors in Iceland, Norway and Sweden to try and answer three research questions:
- How have working life actors worked on prevention of sexual harassment in tourism and hospitality workplaces
- What are definitions of sexual harassment in the tourism and hospitality sector across different Nordic contexts
- How can understanding past/current trans-Nordic approaches to sexual harassment provide opportunities that lead to active prevention strategies for sexual harassment in tourism and hospitality workspaces?
Through close examination of industry documents (reports, policies, campaign and marketing materials) and collaborative workshops with working life actors, this project aimed to provided the Nordic tourism and hospitality sector with relevant, current knowledge that aims to inform future industry preventative and interventional activities.
- Status: Completed
- Funded by: Nordic Research Initiative Sexual Harassment
- Granted year: 2021
- Category: Sexual harassment
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Cooperation partners:
Tara Duncan, School of Culture & Society, Dalarna University, Sweden
Maria Thulemark, School of Culture & Society, Dalarna University, Sweden
Eleonora Rossi, School of Culture & Society, Dalarna University, Sweden
Tone Linge, The Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
Olga Gjerald, The Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
Åse Helene Bakkevig Dagsland, The Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
Kai Victor Hansen, The Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
Trude Furunes, The Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority, Norway
Magnfríður Júlíusdóttir, Faculty of Life & Environmental Science, University of Iceland, Iceland
Grant:
673 000 DKK
Contact:
Tara Duncan, tdu@du.se