Research
Research focus is the interrelationship between development strategies and human relation with "nature" (in terms of landscape, views and practices) especially outdoor recreation, the right of public access and nature based tourism.
Selected publications
Brügge, Britta; Glantz, Matz & Sandell, Klas (red.) 2018 (5e reviderade uppl.). Friluftslivets pedagogik: en miljö- och utomhuspedagogik för kunskap, känsla och livskvalitet. (The pedagogy of outdoor life: outdoor learning for knowledge, affection and quality of life.) Liber, Stockholm.
Dahlberg, Annika; Rodhe, Rick & Sandell, Klas 2010. National Parks and Environmental Justice: Comparing Access Rights and Ideological Legacies in Three countries. -Conservation and Society, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 209-224.
Emmelin, Lars; Fredman, Peter; Lisberg Jensen, Ebba & Sandell, Klas 2010. Planera för friluftsliv: Natur, samhälle, upplevelser (Planning for outdoor recreation: Nature, society, experiences). Carlssons bokförlag, Stockholm.
Fredman, Peter; Stenseke, Marie & Sandell, Klas (red.) 2014. Friluftsliv i förändring: Studier från svenska upplevelselandskap (Outdoor Recreation in Change: Studies from Recreation Landscapes of Sweden). Carlsson bokförlag, Stockholm.
Zachrisson, Anna; Sandell, Klas; Fredman, Peter & Eckerberg, Katarina 2006. Tourism and protected areas: motives, actors and processes. -Int. J. of Biodiversity Science and Management,Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 350-358.
Sandell, Klas 2006c. The Right of Public Access: Potentials and Challenges for Ecotourism. -In: Gössling, Stefan & Hultman, Johan (eds.) Ecotourism in Scandinavia: Lessons in Theory and Practice, CABI, Wallingford, pp. 98-112.
Sandell, Klas 2011a. Allemansrätten och dess framtid: Några samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv. -I: Sandell, Klas & Svenning, Margaretha. Allemansrätten och dess framtid. -Rapport No. 6470, Naturvårdsverket, Stockholm, s. 5-143.
Sandell, Klas 2015c. Naturmöten som en landskapsrelation. -I: Östman, Leif (red.) Naturmötespraktiker och miljömoraliskt lärande, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Studia Didactica Upsaliensia 8, Uppsala, s. 55-90.
Sandell, Klas 2016b. Naturturism och friluftsliv i fjällen: landskapsrelationer i förändring? ETOUR rapport, Östersund. http://www.miun.se/siteassets/forskning/center-och-institut/etour/publikationer/rapport-2016-4-sandell-slutgiltig.pdf
Sandell, Klas 2016c. Ecostrategies: Presentation and Elaboration of a Conceptual Framework of Landscape Perspectives. -Journal TOURISM, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 63-80.
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Sandell, Klas 2016d. Friluftsliv i förändring: Några viktiga teman inför framtiden. -I: Friluftslivet och politiken: Svenskt Friluftslivs friluftspolitiska program 2016, Svenskt Friluftsliv, Stockholm, s 29-39. http://svensktfriluftsliv.se/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bilaga-5-friluftslivet-och-politiken-2016.pdf
Sandell, Klas 2016e. What and Where is Nature in the Anthropocene? Some Notes on Public Environmental Relations at a Time of Climate Change. -In: Tilakasiri, S. L. (ed.), Water, Land and People in Climate Change: Issues, Challanges and Perspectives. A Stamford Lake Publication, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka, pp 53-68.
Sandell, Klas; Öhman, Johan & Östman, Leif. 2003. Miljödidaktik: Naturen, skolan och demokratin. Studentlitteratur, Lund.
Sandell, Klas; Öhman, Johan & Östman, Leif 2005. Education for Sustainable Development: Nature, School and Democracy. Studentlitteratur, Lund.
Sandell, Klas & Sörlin, Sverker (red.) 2008 (2a reviderade uppl.). Friluftshistoria – från `härdande friluftslif´ till ekoturism och miljöpedagogik: Teman i det svenska friluftslivets historia (The history of outdoor recreation – from ’the hardy outdoor life’ to ecotourism and environmental education: Themes in Swedish outdoor history). Carlsson bokförlag, Stockholm.
Sandell, Klas & Öhman, Johan 2010. Educational potentials of encounters with nature: reflections from a Swedish outdoor perspective. - Environmental Education Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 113 - 132.
Sandell, Klas & Fredman, Peter 2010. The Right of Public Access: Opportunity or Obstacle for Nature Tourism in Sweden? - Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 291-309.
Sandell, Klas; Arnegård, Johan & Backman, Erik (red.) 2011. Friluftssport och äventyrsidrott: Utmaningar för lärare, ledare och miljö i en föränderlig värld (Outdoor Sport and Adventure Sport – Challenges for Teachers, Leaders and Environments in a Changing world). Studentlitteratur. Lund.
Sandell, Klas & Öhman, Johan 2013. An Educational Tool for Outdoor Education and Environmental Concern. -Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 13:1, 36-55.
Wolf-Watz, Daniel; Sandell, Klas & Fredman, Peter 2011. Environmentalism and Tourism Preferences: A Study of Outdoor Recreationists in Sweden. -Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, Vol. 11. No. 2, pp. 190-204.
Öhman, Johan & Sandell, Klas 2016. Environmental concerns and outdoor studies: nature as fosterer. -In: Humberstone, Barbara; Prince, Heather & Henderson, Karla A. (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies, Routledge, New York, pp 30-39.
Öhman, Johan; Öhman, Marie & Sandell, Klas 2016. Outdoor Recreation in Exergames: A New Step in the Detachement From Nature. -Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 285-302. DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2016.1147965.