Doris A. Carson is based in the Department of Geography and Economic History at Umeå University, Sweden. She has conducted research into how tourism sectors in peripheral destinations in Australia, Scotland, Canada, and Sweden can act as ‘systems of innovation’.Dean B. Carson is a Professor based at the Arctic Research Centre, Umeå University, Sweden. He specialises in researching the impact of migration and mobility on the human geography of sparsely populated areas.Linda Lundmark is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Economic History at Umeå University, Sweden. She has researched issues around tourism and labour migration, nature-based tourism, and post-productive change and regional development in rural Sweden.