Research output, publications and media attention
Research output, publications and media attention
Scientific Articles and Book Chapters
Yousra Makanse
In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800624443.0005
Alvarez Ortega, E., Makanse, Y., & Bastmeijer, K.
The Polar Journal 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2425554
[2024] Rights of Nature and the Antarctic: an introduction
Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., & Bastmeijer, K.
The Polar Journal 14(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2425553
Yousra Makanse, Elena-Laura Álvarez Ortega, Erik Molenaar and Kees Bastmeijer
The Yearbook of Polar Law, 15 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_015010012
[2024] Consuming Placelessness: a Geographic Critique of Current Antarctic Tourism Development
Yousra Makanse, Edward Huijbens
Tourism Geographies, 27(5), 1022–1038. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2412554
Yousra Makanse
The Polar Journal, 14(1), 270–313. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342113
[2024] Toward Antarctification? Tourism and Place-making in Antarctica
Alix Varnajot, Yousra Makanse, Edward Huijbens and Machiel Lamers
Polar Geography, 47(1), 49–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2024.2309673
[2018] Residents and visitors perceptions of an event‐experience: An on-site event-experience analysis of Lazarim Carnival (Portugal)
Ana Paula Rodrigues, Isabel Vieira, Didiana Fernandes and Yousra Makanse
ATLAS Tourism and Leisure. Volume 2018 – 1. ISSN 2468 – 6719 (2018)
[2017] XII Fórum Internacional de Turismo – FIT’17 Turismo em 2017 – Tendências e Oportunidades
Yousra Makanse, Lorenzo Bordonaro e Gonçalo Mota.
Pasos. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural. 15(4):1033-1037 (2017)
[2014] Tourism e voluntariado: um estudo sobre a experiência solidária no âmbito do turismo
Yousra Makanse, Marcelo Vilela de Almeida
RITUR - Revista Iberoamericana de Turismo, v. 4 n. 1 (2014)
Policy Papers
ATCM 48, IUCN IP 045 rev,1, Tourism Fees: Global Examples and Lessons Learned.
IUCN [International Union for Conservation of Nature]
Available at: https://www.ats.aq/devAS/Meetings/DocDatabase?lang=e
ATCM 46, SCAR IP 172 rev,1, Antarctic tourism diversification: current state and issues previously discussed by the ATCM.
SCAR [Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research]
Available at: https://www.ats.aq/devAS/Meetings/DocDatabase?lang=e
Editorship
Special Issue - The Polar Journal 14(2), December 2024
Rights of Nature and the Antarctic
Yousra Makanse, Elena-Laura Álvarez Ortega and Kees Bastmeijer
Presentations
NL Polar Day 2026, Amersfoort, Netherlands
21 April 2026
Seminar: Multidisciplinary Research on Antarctic Tourism (with Anisja Obermann, Mylène van der Koogh, Solène Guggisberg & Zdenka Sokolíčková)
18th Polar Law Symposium (PLS), Nuuk, Greenland
22-24 October 2025
Seminar: Governance of Antarctic Air Tourism (with Osamu Inagaki and Kees Bastmeijer)
ProAct Antarctic Tourism Symposium, Utrecht, Netherlands
20-21 June 2024
Seminar and Workshop: Antarctic Tourism Diversification
8th IPTRN Conference and Community Tour, Arctic Sweden
5-9 June 2024
Title: Exploring Antarctic Tourism Diversification
16th Polar Law Symposium (PLS), Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
26-28 October 2023
Seminar: Antarctic Treaty System: Values and Principles and Antarctic Tourism Governance (with Elena-Laura Álvarez Ortega)
SCAR SC-HASS Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
22-24 June 2023
Title: Exploring Tourism Diversification in Antarctica;
Towards 'Antarctification'? Tourism and place-making in Antarctica (with Alix Varnajot)
15th Polar Law Symposium (PLS), Reykjavik, Iceland
12-14 October 2022
Title: Governance of Antarctic Tourism: The Role of ATS Principles and Values (with Elena-Laura Álvarez Ortega)
10th SCAR Open Science Conference, Online
1-10 August 2022
Title: Intrinsic Value in Antarctica – what is intrinsically valuable?” (with Rupert Summerson)
Dutch Polar Symposium, The Hague, Netherlands
19 May 2022
Title: The Role of Fundamental Principles and Values in Regulating Antarctic Tourism (with Elena-Laura Álvarez Ortega)
7th IPTRN Conference and Study Tour, Ushuaia, Argentina
8-13 April 2022
Title: Proactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism
ATLAS Annual Conference 2017 Destinations past, present and future, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
12 - 16 September 2017
Title: Residents and visitors' perceptions of an event‐experience: An on-site event-experience analysis of Lazarim Carnival, Portugal
Royal Geographical Society-IBG Annual International Conference, London, UK
29 August - 1 September 2017
Title: Gendered (in)equalities in the Douro’s tourism labour market
Panel Discussions and Talks
UTAS Antarctica Day, Hobart, Australia
6 December 2024
Panel: Cooperation in Antarctic Tourism
Public Seminar: Changing Antarctic and Challenges Ahead, Kochi, India
20 May 2024
Panel: Our responsibilities and commitment for future Antarctica: Antarctica in global setting, environmental liability, tourism, and safety
Symposium: NL Polar Day, The Hague, Netherlands
23 April 2024
Panel: Polar Tourism
Scientific Symposium: "The Cold is Getting Hot: From Arctic to Antarctic", Monaco
24 - 25 February 2022
Panel: Effects of Polar Changes upon Global Human Societies and Economies
Fundraising Event: Earth Corps Revive, Seattle, United States
5 October 2019
Keynote: Amazon deforestation, wildfires, and environmental conservation.
Media Appearances
'Does this activity belong in Antarctica?'
https://www.resource-online.nl/index.php/2026/05/15/does-this-activity-belong-in-antarctica/?lang=en
Resource
15 May 2026
Toerisme op Antarctica: hoe de unieke wildernis te beschermen?, https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-buitenlandse-zaken/het-werk-van-bz-in-de-praktijk/weblogs/2025/toerisme-op-antarctica
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
8 July 2025
Tourism in Antarctica: How to protect its unique wilderness?, https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/chair-groups/environmental-sciences/cultural-geography-group/show-geo/tourism-in-antarctica-how-to-protect-its-unique-wilderness.htm
Wageningen University and Research
9 July 2025