Astrid Nørfelt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6033295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Astrid Nørfelt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Astrid |
| FAMILY NAME | Nørfelt |
| SIGNATURE | NØRFELT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6223-6663 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The evolved roots of pro-environmental tourism behavior
Understanding pro-environmental behaviors is a research priority for tourism scholars, yet existing research has largely ignored the role of ultimate motives in influencing such behaviors. This research therefore seeks to highlight and analyze the untapped potential of applying evolutionary psychology—a field which focuses on humans' deeply-rooted, evolved motives. Specifically, building on the fundamental motives framework, the paper highlights …
Tourism psychology: Past, present, and future
This narrative review identifies and critically discusses the key research streams which have shaped tourism psychology research. The review finds that cognitive, social, environmental, positive, and evolutionary psychology have significantly contributed to the current developments of tourism psychology. However, tourism research drawing on each of these branches of psychology has not met its full potential. The review identifies four current cha…
Darwin in the classroom: Incorporating an evolutionary perspective into tourism and hospitality education
Researchers are making increasing use of an evolutionary perspective to understand the behaviors of tourists and residents, yet the implications of our evolved psychological mechanisms for classrooms and education remain underexplored. The purpose of this research is therefore to highlight and analyze the vast untapped potential of evolutionary psychology for tourism and hospitality education. The authors provide researchers and educators with a …
Leveraging Evolutionary Psychology for Tourism Research: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges
Evolutionary psychology has led to an increasing number of important and novel findings on tourist and resident attitudes and behaviors. However, in parallel with such advances, several challenges hinder the further application of evolutionary psychology in tourism studies. In this letter to the editor, we therefore identify and address six key challenges to the use of evolutionary psychology in tourism. These challenges are: (1) a difficulty in …
Understanding the Covid-19 tourist psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm
Understanding the Covid-19 tourist psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm
Darwin in the classroom: Incorporating an evolutionary perspective into tourism and hospitality education
Researchers are making increasing use of an evolutionary perspective to understand the behaviors of tourists and residents, yet the implications of our evolved psychological mechanisms for classrooms and education remain underexplored. The purpose of this research is therefore to highlight and analyze the vast untapped potential of evolutionary psychology for tourism and hospitality education. The authors provide researchers and educators with a …
Tourism psychology: Past, present, and future
This narrative review identifies and critically discusses the key research streams which have shaped tourism psychology research. The review finds that cognitive, social, environmental, positive, and evolutionary psychology have significantly contributed to the current developments of tourism psychology. However, tourism research drawing on each of these branches of psychology has not met its full potential. The review identifies four current cha…
Understanding the Covid-19 tourist psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm
Tourism psychology: Past, present, and future
This narrative review identifies and critically discusses the key research streams which have shaped tourism psychology research. The review finds that cognitive, social, environmental, positive, and evolutionary psychology have significantly contributed to the current developments of tourism psychology. However, tourism research drawing on each of these branches of psychology has not met its full potential. The review identifies four current cha…
Darwin in the classroom: Incorporating an evolutionary perspective into tourism and hospitality education
Researchers are making increasing use of an evolutionary perspective to understand the behaviors of tourists and residents, yet the implications of our evolved psychological mechanisms for classrooms and education remain underexplored. The purpose of this research is therefore to highlight and analyze the vast untapped potential of evolutionary psychology for tourism and hospitality education. The authors provide researchers and educators with a …
Leveraging Evolutionary Psychology for Tourism Research: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges
Evolutionary psychology has led to an increasing number of important and novel findings on tourist and resident attitudes and behaviors. However, in parallel with such advances, several challenges hinder the further application of evolutionary psychology in tourism studies. In this letter to the editor, we therefore identify and address six key challenges to the use of evolutionary psychology in tourism. These challenges are: (1) a difficulty in …
The evolved roots of pro-environmental tourism behavior
Understanding pro-environmental behaviors is a research priority for tourism scholars, yet existing research has largely ignored the role of ultimate motives in influencing such behaviors. This research therefore seeks to highlight and analyze the untapped potential of applying evolutionary psychology—a field which focuses on humans' deeply-rooted, evolved motives. Specifically, building on the fundamental motives framework, the paper highlights …
Tourism (5 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (2 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (2 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Evolutionary psychology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)