🎥 Leisure Documentary Feature 🎥 / 'My Serious Life' /
...continues w/ EPISODE #2 "Church & Volunteers"
⁉️ Explore serious leisure experiences at one of Calgary's largest churches and volunteer hubs.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RVF...
#leisurestudies #leisure #worship #volunteering
LSA Conference 2026: 🎤 Keynote Panel
Leisure Studies Association (UK)
Welcoming Professor Alan Tomlinson, Professor Donna Chambers, Dr Utsa Mukherjee, and Dr Briony Sharp as the first keynote panel announced for LSA Conference 2026.
#lookingahead
5pm (GMT): Final Deadline (Feb. 14)
🗓️ LSA Conference 2026 🗓️
⚡ Submit via the the following link: lnkd.in/eWdYZD6J
Thank you to all who submitted. Announcements on conference programme as well as information on PGR and other bursaries coming soon!
See you at Brunel this summer!
🗓️ LSA Conference 2026 🗓️
D-1: 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
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! 📢
@drbaileyadie.bsky.social @leisurestudies.bsky.social
🗓️ 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
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! 📢
February Leisure Feature 🎥: My Serious Life -- Documentary
⁉️ Should leisure be taken seriously?
...Enjoy this six-part series starting with...
Episode 1: Introducing the Serious Leisure Perspective - Feat. Robert A. Stebbins
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwrS...
#leisurestudies
Open Access 🌐🔓 [World Leisure Journal]
Curious about new methods in leisure research?
Read:
"Rich picture building: a visual method for future serious leisure studies"
Authors:
Brianna Wyatt, Anna Leask & Paul Barron
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#leisurestudies #worldleisure #leisure
⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED ⏰ #LSA2026
Abstract submission for ***LSA Conference 2026*** @Brunel University London extended until 5pm (GMT) 14 February.
Submit using the following link: lnkd.in/eWdYZD6J
Follow the LSA on BlueSky + LinkedIn and visit [leisurestudies.org] for the latest news.
LSA Member Benefits:
⚡JiscMail⚡
Learn about the latest projects, conferences, podcasts, webinars +++ more +++ and IMPORTANTLY… share YOUR work with a growing international leisure network.
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#leisure
Open Access 🌐 🔓 via LSJ
***Read the latest on animal leisure***
‘Becoming-with in animal leisure: working dog search training as human and nonhuman intra-actions’
Authors: Hanna-Mari Ikonen & Samu Pehkonen
Read/download: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#leisurestudies #LSA #animalleisure
🔍 LSA Conference 2026 @Brunel University London 🔍
More updates slated for release soon including:
… Academic Programme Announcements (this month!)
… PGR & ECR Training Programme Announcement (March)
Keep watch on the LSA website and socials for the latest news.
#LSA2026 #leisurestudies
Monday [*January 12*] is coming soon!
Don't forget to submit & stay on top ov updates on the LSA Website, LinkedIn, and right here on BlueSky.
leisurestudies.org/lsa2026/
!!! 2nd Call for Papers --> LSA Conference 2026 !!!
*January 12*
Full details on the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/lsa2026/
The LSA Research, Enterprise and Education Development Fund
The LSA is pleased to provide a source of funding to promote both the Leisure Studies Association, and the study of Leisure more broadly.
Apply via the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-lsa...
Deadline--30 January 2026
[Project Announcement]
The Event Troubleshooter: LSA + Oxford Brookes University Funded
The Event Troubleshooter is an interactive educational board game designed to support learning in events, tourism and hospitality courses.
Learn more from the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-eve...
Available now: “What is leisure and what is not leisure: Some pesky neighboring conceptions”
Robert A. Stebbins — Leisure Reflections / No. 69
Read on the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/leisure...
About us? Meet the LSA Executive Committee:
leisurestudies.org/about
Learn about the legacy of the LSA and find updates on the LSA Conference 2026 at Brunel!
#LSA2026
[!!!] LSA Conference 2026 [!!!]
@Brunel University London [30 JUNE-JULY 3]
"Creative, Connected Communities of/in/with Leisure: Theoretical & Methodological Advances"
1st Call for Abstracts = October 1
Schedule on the LSA Website: leisurestudies.org/lsa2026
Start Writing!
Watch!
Upcoming six-episode documentary series titled "My Serious Life," from Saulo Neves de Oliveira, Ph.D.Ed., BPE.
This documentary is grounded in the Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP).
The premiere date is set for September 23, 2025.
Find it here: www.youtube.com/@MySeriousLi....
Discover!
Leisure Studies Journal (the journal of the Leisure Studies Association) has an expanding resource of open access articles.
Find it here!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rls...
New Open Access Research Article 🔓
From mobility aid to leisure pursuit: exploring the meaning of disabled people’s participation in skateboarding and wheelchair motocross.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#skateboarding #motorcross #disability
Join us!
Membership rates (£33 for full membership, £18 for students, non-waged, and retired members)
Read about membership benefits on the LSA website:
leisurestudies.org/events/membe...
Introducing! The Crittenden Pilgrimage Bursary
This bursary will provide financial support for those undertaking human-powered pilgrimages — whether walking, cycling, paddling, wheelchairing, and more.
Find out more on the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/news/the-cri...
Reminder! --> 24 July: Webinar
'The Event Troubleshooter: the new educational board game for Event, Tourism'
This project is funded by the Leisure Studies Association and Oxford Brookes University.
Registration: Free
Full details + Registration:
leisurestudies.org/news/the-eve...
New LSA Executive Members:
A warm welcome to...
---Adam Talbot (Research and Enterprise Officer): [UWS]
---Adele Doran (Membership Officer): [Sheffield Hallam]
---Ioana Cerasella Chis (Ordinary Member): [University of Birmingham]
---Alberto Amore (Ordinary Member): [University of Oulu]
LSA Book Prize 2025: Winners!
Living with the Party: How Leisure Shaped a New China
————[by Yifan Shi]
City of Hip Hop: New York City, The Bronx, and a Peace Meeting
————[by Rob Swift & Rasul A. Mowatt]
Read all about it on the LSA website: leisurestudies.org/bookprize2025/
Congratulations!
Upcoming Webinar--> 24 July
'The Event Troubleshooter: the new educational board game for Event, Tourism'
This project is funded by the Leisure Studies Association and Oxford Brookes University.
Registration: Free
Full details + Registration on the LSA website:
leisurestudies.org/news/the-eve...
Ready for LSA Conference 2025?
Read all about the presentations by downloading the book of abstracts here: ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/12....
Stay tuned for a detailed conference schedule--coming soon!
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