About this journal

Leisure Studies is a leading international journal that publishes innovative theoretically-informed, methodologically rigorous, empirical, conceptual and applied leisure research within the Social Sciences and Humanities. The journal publishes qualitative and quantitative research which critically analyses both the creation and consumption of leisure, including sport, travel and tourism, hospitality, media (including digital media), events, heritage, and the arts. Articles which examine the inter-relationships between leisure and work, civic engagement, health and wellbeing, major resources of social inequality and forms of social (in)justice are also published. Reflecting the journal's concern with developing culturally diverse and nuanced understandings of leisure, research which examines leisure in the Global South is welcomed alongside studies of leisure in the Global North.

Leisure Studies is the journal of the Leisure Studies Association. A special rate is available to members of the Association and membership details can be obtained from Routledge Customer Services, Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3LP, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 207 017 5544 Email: [email protected] or from the LSA website.

Peer Review Statement

All papers submitted to the journal are screened by the managing editors, and all papers that are subsequently published (whether full papers or research notes) have undergone double anonymized peer review.

Managing Editors

Thomas Fletcher, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

Huimei Liu, Zhejiang University, China

Katherine Dashper, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

Andrew Adams, Bournemouth University, UK

1982 John Haworth, Stan Parker, John Roberts
1984 John Roberts
1985 Alan Tomlinson
1987 John Roberts
1989 Roger Ingham
1992 Jonathan Long
1993 Fred Coalter
1995 Jonathan Long
1996 Margaret Talbot
1999 Mike Stabler
2000 Eileen Green, Sheila Scraton
2003 David Crouch, Sarah Gilroy, Neil Ravenscroft
2008 Tess Kay, John Horne, Beccy Watson
2010 John Horne, Beccy Watson, Scott Fleming
2013 Scott Fleming, Beccy Watson, Jayne Caudwell
2014 Scott Fleming, Jayne Caudwell, Heather Gibson
2016 Jayne Caudwell, Heather Gibson, Michael Silk
2019 Jayne Caudwell, Heather Gibson, Andy Smith, Donna Chambers
2022  Andy Smith, Donna Chambers and Ian Jones
2023  Donna Chambers, Ian Jones, Thomas Fletcher and Huimei Liu

Anna de Jong, University of Glasgow, UK

Journal Administrator

Katherine King, Bournemouth University, UK

Journal Social Media Administrator

Editorial Board

Zaid Alrawadieh , Oxford Brookes University, UK

Sandro Carnicelli , University of the West of Scotland, UK

Heetae Cho , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Nicola de Martini Ugolotti , Bournemouth University, UK

Erwei Dong, Arizona State University, USA

Rebecca Finkel, Queen Margaret University, UK

Wan Kim King Penny , Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao

Yulin Liu , Queensland University of Technology, Australia

David McGillivray, University of West of Scotland, UK

Utsa Mukherjee , Brunel University London, UK

Kate Orton-Johnson, University of Edinburgh, UK

Louise Platt, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Erose Sthapit , Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 

Jun Wen,  Edith Cowan University,  Australia

Issahaku Adam, University of Cape Coast, Ghana (Africa)

Kostas Alexandris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Regional Editor, Southern Europe)

Timothy Lee , Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao SAR (South East Asia)

Damion Sturm, Massey University, New Zealand (Australia and New Zealand)

Ricardo Uvinha, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Regional Editor, South America)

Editorial Advisory Board

Alan Bairner , Loughborough University, UK

Kalyan Bhandari , University of the West of Scotland, Scotland

Jayne Caudwell , Bournemouth University, UK

Donna Chambers, University of  Northumbria, UK

Nicola De Martini Ugolotti , Bournemouth University, UK

Li Ding, Institut Lyfe, France

Michael Duigan , University of Surrey, UK

Clifton Evers , Newcastle University, UK

Scott Fleming, Bishop Grosseteste University, UK

Heather Gibson , University of Florida, USA

Claire Haven-Tang , Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

John Hayton , University of Northumbria, UK

Dewi Jaimangal-Jones , Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Jong-Hyeong Kim , Arizona State University, United States; Hainan University, China

Stefan Lawrence , Leeds Beckett University, UK

Sreetheran Maruthaveeran , Universiti Putra Malaysia

Hazel Maxwell , University of Tasmania, Australia

Catherine Palmer , University of Tasmania, Australia

Michael Silk , Bournemouth University, UK

Toni Liechty , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Brad Millington , University of Bath, UK

Stacey Pope , Durham University, UK

Luke Potwarka , University of Waterloo, Canada

Emma Rich , University of Bath, UK

Ken Roberts, University of Liverpool, UK

Parissa Safai , York University, Canada

Barbara Schaustück de Almeida , Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Andy Smith,   Edge Hill University, UK

Thomas Thurnell-Read , Loughborough University, UK

Dawn Trussell, Brock University, Canada

A.J.Veal, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Phillippa Velija , Solent University, UK

Trudie Walters , University of Otago, New Zealand

Beccy Watson , Leeds Beckett University, UK

In memory of Maureen Harrington:
In her own words: I was born in London, Ontario, Canada and have lived in Queensland, Australia since 1995. I obtained a Ph.D. in Sociology from University of California, Santa Barbara (1988) and am now a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel, and Sport Management at Griffith University. My research areas are volunteerism in leisure events and sport, women’s work, leisure, and active health policy. My present research is in the area of family leisure, children’s sport, healthy lifestyles, and notions of risk. When not studying other people’s leisure, I enjoy working in my herb garden and raising German Roller canaries, which are much sought after by other breeders across Australia.

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• LSA offers two annual awards - undergraduate (Nikki Ventris Memorial Award) and postgraduate (Sue Glyptis Memorial Award)
• Check out the ‘Leisure Society’ podcast!

Leisure Studies is the journal of the Leisure Studies Association.

The Leisure Studies Association provides a unique multi-disciplinary meeting and communication forum open to researchers, practitioners and students in all areas of leisure studies around the world

LSA aims to foster research in Leisure Studies; to promote interest in Leisure Studies and advance education in this field; to encourage debate through publications and the international journal Leisure Studies; to stimulate the exchange of ideas on contemporary leisure issues; and to disseminate knowledge of Leisure Studies to create the conditions for better-informed decisions by policy makers.

Membership

A special subscription rate to the journal is available to members of the Leisure Studies Association, and membership details can be obtained from Routledge Customer Services, Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3LP, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 207 017 5544; Email: [email protected] (Quote YJ08501W) or from the LSA website, along with a full list of other member benefits.

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