About LSA

The Leisure Studies Association (LSA) was founded in 1975 in response to the wave of interest in leisure by an independent body of planners, researchers, policy-makers, administrators and practitioners who saw the need to address leisure issues for a broad range of academic disciplines and in industry, commerce and government. They observed the many ways in which leisure represents the state of society and the effects of social change. The establishment of the LSA created an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to come together to exchange opinions and experience, disseminate information and establish areas for further enquiry in leisure studies areas. LSA’s audience includes scholars in sociology, geography, psychology, economics, planning, architecture, ecological sciences, physical education, recreation management, media studies, cultural studies, local and national government, tourism, and events.

Through its annual conferences, one day events, and through the publication of the book series by Taylor and Francis, the Association has improved communications between the disparate professional interests.

The LSA is the only body which addresses itself so widely in leisure. It has a UK and international membership of people with professional and personal interests in the study of leisure.

We have partnerships with ANZALS and TALS which further establishes our international connections.

 

 

The Executive Committee

Chair 

Bailey Ashton Adie       

bailey.adie@imtlucca.it / University of Oulu

 

Treasurer

Briony Sharp   

Briony.Sharp@uws.ac.uk / University of the West of Scotland

 

Digital Communications

Aaron Pooley   

awpooley@outlook.kr / Soonchunhyang University

 

Membership

David Scott      

d.scott@abertay.ac.uk / Abertay University Dundee

 

Secretary

Onna Rageth   

Onna.rageth@fhgr.ch / University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons

 

Research & Enterprise

Rhiannon Lord                 

R.Lord@abertay.ac.uk / Abertay University Dundee

 

Student Representatives

Brian Komyathy              

komyathy@gmail.com / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

Tom Critchley 

tomcritchley21@hotmail.com / University of London

 

Ordinary Members

Jeff Crittenden                

jcritte@uwo.ca / Western University Canada

Clare Hearn     

C.Hearn@exeter.ac.uk / University of Exeter

Alexander Bond              

A.J.Bond@leedsbeckett.ac.uk / Leeds Beckett University

Fiona McCormack        

fiona.mccormack@bnu.ac.uk / Buckinghamshire New University

I-Shuo Chen    

i-shuo.chen@aru.ac.uk / Anglia Ruskin University

Steven Cock    

s.cock@yorksj.ac.uk / York St. John University

Utsa Mukherjee              

Utsa.Mukherjee@brunel.ac.uk / Brunel University London

Caroline Scarles           

c.scarles@surrey.ac.uk / University of Surrey

 

Lifetime Honorary Members

Robert Stebbins

Ken Roberts

Myrene McFee

Jonathan Long

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