Dr. Bailey Ashton Adie

🗓️ LSA Conference 2026 🗓️

D-3: Final abstract deadline: 14 February 2026 at 5pm (GMT)

Theme:
Creative and Connected Communities of/in/with Leisure: Theoretical and Methodological Advances
❗ 30th June-3rd July 2026
❗ Brunel University of London

⚡ Submit: lnkd.in/eWdYZD6J

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Call for Chapters: The Politics of World Heritage Tourism | Bailey Ashton Adie My colleague Akbar Keshodkar and I have an open call for book chapters for an edited book on "The Politics of World Heritage Tourism: Contesting and Negotiating Power, Memory, and Belonging in the 21s...

My colleague Akbar Keshodkar & I have an open call for chapters for our new book project - The Politics of #WorldHeritage #Tourism: Contesting and Negotiating #Power, #Memory, and Belonging in the 21st Century. Deadline is 8 December 📚

More info can be found here: www.linkedin.com/posts/bailey...

Waiting in Helsinki airport for my flight to Barcelona for the ATLAS conference in Vila Seca. Long travel day, but looking forward to seeing all my colleagues and hearing about new work! #Tourism #worldheritage #culturalheritage #unesco

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Went to look up an article on place attachment for a lecture I'm giving on #geography of #naturalhazards, and I see the message below. What fresh nonsense is this? I can only assume this is because #Wiley is a US based publisher. Time to protect our knowledge from digital book burning...

Please feel free to message if you would like to learn more about the LSA! We are (I hope) a welcoming organisation 😊

#leisure #leisurestudies #tourism #events #sport #sociology #lifestyle

Also check out our annual conference, hosted by York St. John University, whose theme is "Leisure and social justice in changing and challenging times". This aligns nicely with this year's World Leisure Day focus - Leisure for a Better Society. Conference info here: www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/50th-...

Membership: New & Renewing – Leisure Studies Association Not a member yet? Renewing members: LSA membership starts at just 18 GBP --> sign up using the link here: https://leisurestudies.org/subscription-plan/ Membe

Today is #WorldLeisureDay! And I can't think of a better way to celebrate than signing up for membership of @leisure-studies.bsky.social (LSA for short), which has been promoting leisure research for 50 years! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Find more info about membership here: leisurestudies.org/events/membe...

Grieving the Arctic: From tourism to trauma

Mine and @alixvarnajot.bsky.social research note is out today! Building on the idea of #Arctic as traumascape, we discuss the intersections of #ecological #grief, #place attachment, #nostalgia, and #tourism (mal)adaptation.

Open access article available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The future of leisure studies in six landscapes What is the future of leisure studies? The answer is as undefined as the field’s past. Leisure studies have always lacked a true, unified governing body (e.g. no general assembly) that has establis...

~ 2 years ago representatives of 6 different #leisure orgs got together during the 2023 CCLR to discuss the future of #leisurestudies. While we ended with more questions than answers, our conversation sparked a newly published paper, available open access below.
@leisure-studies.bsky.social

Journal of Heritage Tourism is looking for a Social Media Editor

The Journal of Heritage Tourism is looking for a new Social Media Editor! We are looking to diversify our social media portfolio and are open to new ideas on how to do this! Deadline is April 30. More info here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Brilliant! Hope to see you there!

Or "unique" (pronounced ewe-knee-kay) as my mom always said (and still says tbf) 😅

100% I also think it's really relatable as someone who was a "weird" kid. Bonus points for the end scene with little wonders playing over it. Not going to lie it makes me a bit emotional 🥹

I say this specific part of the movie all the time. This movie is so underrated.

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Very excited to announce that I have taken over as one the new co-Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Heritage Tourism! I'm looking forward to working with my fellow co-EICs Gareth Butler & Clinton van der Merwe, the editorial board, authors, and reviewers 😊 Can't wait to see what we build together!

I fully appreciate that. Academic book prices only get more absurd as the years go on. If you email me at bailey.adie@oulu.fi, I can share the accepted manuscript in pdf. I don't believe there were massive editorial changes after submission (from what I remember).

Handbook on Tourism Governance ‘This comprehensive collection outlines the essential elements of tourism governance while addressing the pressing issue of scale vis-à-vis fostering tourism sustainability. The Handbook of Tourism Go...

Glad to see my chapter "Governing complexity: the UNESCO World Heritage System" finally in print! It was written while staying in the World Heritage site of Visby during a visiting period at Campus Gotland, Uppsala University. A very meta critique of #WorldHeritage #governance 😂 Link below.

Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online? On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears

#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”

Share with us!

If you have a recent project (article/book/chapter)--let us know.

We want to promote more of member work on social media and on the website.

Send to: digicoms@leisurestudies.org

Many ways to present at the LSA Conference + 50th Anniversary Celebration:

15-minute oral presentations.
Academic posters.
Proposals for 45-minute workshops or panel debates.
Documentary format.

Deadline: March 7

Full details on the LSA website:
leisurestudies.org/lsa2025/

Do it! We would love to have you!

Locate the 2nd + Final CfP for LSA Conference 2025 w/templates and instructions on the LSA website:

leisurestudies.org/lsa2025/

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Happy Year of the Snake 🐍! 新年快乐!! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! 새해 복 많이 받으세요!! 🧨🧨🥟🥟🍊🍊 #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #TếtNguyênĐán #yearofthesnake

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If you’ve found one of our books valuable, please consider recommending it to your university library – it really helps us and means we can keep bringing you the best new research in tourism studies!

Info for librarians can be found on our website: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/informa...

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Extended timeline for LSA Conference 2025 Submissions!

7 March 2025: Second date for abstract submission

See the LSA website for full details!

leisurestudies.org/lsa2025/

The Leisure Studies Association is now on Bluesky! Please follow if you research or work in #leisure spaces and feel free to share with anyone you think may be interested! #LSA #academia

LSA Conference 2025 – Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference + 50th Anniversary: 8-10 July 2025 We are delighted to announce the call for papers for the Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Annual Conferenc

Today's the date!

CfP for LSA Conference 2025 is due--full details on the LSA website:
leisurestudies.org/lsa2025/

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Anyone else finding reviewing so much harder recently? I swear almost every other article that I get is either salami sliced or clearly written with AI. The publishing culture has gotten so toxic with the people gaming the system. We can and should do better, otherwise, what is the point? #academia

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Still trying to figure out this platform. I don't think a lot of my previous network is here, but hei to all the new followers! Definitely a different feed with so much archaeology and history content, but I'm enjoying seeing new and always interesting things! Also pre-apologies for all the gifs!

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Happy Finnish Independence Day! 🇫🇮