Nordia Geographical Publications

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Nordia Geographical Publications (NGP) is an open access non-profit journal published by the Geographical Society of Northern Finland and the Geography Research Unit at the University of Oulu. NGP publishes yearly theme issues and the doctoral theses of the research unit.

The scope of the journal covers empirical and theoretical interventions from any branch of geography. NGP particularly welcomes research that is committed to northern dimensions of human, physical and applied geography.

Open access NGP publications are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) license which ensures that authors retain full copyright to their work. The journal follows the peer review standards set by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) and it is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Scopus.

Announcements

Call for Papers - Fieldwork in geography and geographies of fieldwork

2025-03-27

The Geographical Society of Northern Finland and the Geography Research Unit at the University of Oulu are pleased to announce a call for papers for Nordia Geographical Publications' Theme Issue on "Fieldwork in geography and geographies of fieldwork".

This theme issue aims to bring together research and discussions about fieldwork, which is a topic that connects geographers and geographically oriented scholarship across (sub)disciplines.

Deadline for he preliminary title and abstract is 30th of April, 2025 and the manuscript submission deadline is 30th of September, 2025.

Call for Papers - Addressing global change in northern environments: insights from spatial data and analysis

2023-11-22

(CFP) - Political geographies of the far-right: The environment, space and resistance (deadline closed)

2022-01-14

Current Issue

Vol. 54 No. 7 (2025): Tourism, Resilience, and Gender Relations: The Role of Tourism in Socio-Political Transformation in Iran

This thesis examines tourism’s potential to foster socio-political transformation in theocratic and authoritarian contexts. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork on Qeshm and Hormuz islands, Iran, it explores how tourism contests state ideology that regulates bodies, gender, and mobility. Using evolutionary economic geography and resilience thinking, the study shows how tourism contributes to reconfiguring vertical (state–society) and horizontal (community) power relations. Tourism creates spaces where women gain visibility, economic independence, and social legitimacy, subtly challenging patriarchal norms. The thesis conceptualizes path inclusivity and transformative resilience, reframing tourism as a politically embedded process of adaptation and cultural redefinition in restrictive settings.

Published: 2025-11-07