HORIZON PILOT (lead: Klarissa Lueg): Corporate heritage museums in the Danish-German borderland.
This HORIZON pilot has been funded with 420.000 Euros and will collaborate with regional stakeholders in order to establish corporate museums (possibly in form of a “micro museum”) in the Sønderjylland-Schlewsig region. Further, an app will be developed that guides tourist to nearby corporate cultural heritage sites.
Part of the HORIZON Innovation Action:
VERNE - The one-stop-shop of accessible circular solutions for sustainable tourism
The European tourism sector plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth, employment, and social development. However, it faces challenges deriving from its predominant reliance on linear models, causing significant environmental impacts and resource depletion. Recognizing the necessity for a paradigm shift, the VERNE project aspires to accelerate the transition of local and regional tourist destinations toward sustainable and circular models across Europe. VERNE aims to provide an integrated framework for analyzing the feasibility and impact of circular interventions in tourism destinations, offering recommendations for authorities, tourism industries, and citizens for the sector's transition into more sustainable business models. In collaboration with public administrations, DMOs, private sector services, industries, citizens and tourists, NGOs, and other stakeholders, VERNE will create and validate a range of systemic, replicable, and scalable solutions, tailored on the real needs and attitudes of these actors. These solutions will encompass diverse approaches and technologies (i.e., digital solutions, improved waste and food waste management, wastewater treatment, use of electric vehicles, etc.) and will cover several sector and services for tourism . The VERNE solutions will be implemented and demonstrated in 5 European representative tourist destinations (VERNE Pilots). The project's outcomes will be incorporated into new business models, providing a quantified demonstration of their effects on the competitiveness and sustainability of existing tourism services. Finally, VERNE will have the ambition to emerge as one-stop-shop for sustainable tourism, serving as a comprehensive hub of expertise, tools, and best practices on sustainable tourism, facilitating the adoption and replication of circular systemic solutions across Europe.
PhD project (Xiaotong Tan / supervisor: Klarissa Lueg):
From Stage to Screen: An Exploratory Sequential Design of the Interaction Between Digital Communication Skills and Career Success for Musicians
This study aims to explore the impact of digitalization on musicians’ career development, focusing on how their experience, career success, and professional identity evolve in the digitalized environment. It investigates how digital communication skills influence musicians’ career and traditional skills. Through narrative interviews with musicians from China, Denmark, and Germany, the study seeks to uncover their adaptations and challenges, particularly in applying digital skills. By examining how musicians define and achieve career success in the digital era, it also provides valuable insights for the education and career development of musicians and similar artists.