Stefan Gössling, born 1970, is a Professor Professor of Tourism at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University

Linnaeus University

Linnaeus University is a public university in the Småland region of Sweden. It has two campuses, one in Växjö and one in Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University and Kalmar University College , and has been named in honour of Carl Linnaeus.-...

, Kalmar, Sweden. Dr. Gössling previously served as Professor of Human Ecology, Lund University

Lund University

Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

 (Sweden) and as Research Coordinator for the Centre for Sustainable Tourism at the Western Norway Research Institute.

He is on the editorial board of Journal of Sustainable Tourism. and several other advisory or editorial boards.

He has published or co-authored a number of academic works, and co-edited the book "Climate Change and Aviation: Issues, Challenges and Solutions" (2009). With three co-authors he wrote the chapter on hypermobility

Hypermobility (travel)

The term hypermobility in regard to travelers arose around 1980 and is a concept that has increased in useage since the early 1990s: Damette ; Hepworth and Ducatel ; Whitelegg ; Lowe ; van der Stoep ; Shields ; Cox ; Adams ; Khisty and Zeitler ; Gössling et al. ; and Mander & Randles...

in the book.