📝 Essay: Dairy Farming & Serious Leisure

This Leisure Sciences essay explores dairy farming as agrileisure, showing how grit sustains long-term engagement and meaning in hybrid work–leisure contexts.

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A new article examines how Thai young adults negotiate leisure identity between relaxation, choice, and social pressure—challenging Western leisure theory through a hybrid leisure model.
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💦 New Leisure Sciences research explores how Korean middle-aged women find belonging & friendship through sauna bathing — turning leisure into community.
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🧠 New Leisure Sciences study links attachment theory & leisure — showing how emotional patterns shape the shift from stressful exercise to fulfilling leisure.
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☀️ Starting the week with new reading! Leisure Sciences Vol. 47, Issue 8 (2025) is out now — exploring leisure, culture, equity & wellbeing across the globe.
Read the issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ulsc20/4...

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💬 What if sport was a place for undoing—not reinforcing—gender?

A new open access article in Leisure Sciences explores how narratives of love & care in sport and play can challenge dominant masculinities.

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Happy Labor Day from Leisure Sciences!

This weekend reminds us why the study of leisure matters—not just for fun, but for equity, recovery, and human flourishing.

Here's to time well spent.

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🚶💭 Why do some people avoid movement—even when they want to be active?

A new open access article in Leisure Sciences dives into experiential avoidance: how negative past experiences shape lifelong physical activity habits.

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Want to publish in Leisure Sciences?

We accept research articles, reflections, and even short “Parting Thoughts” essays based on imagery + leisure. 🎓

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Leisure is more than “fun.”

It’s a reflection of our values, choices, and systems.
🧠 Leisure Sciences publishes research on leisure + society, culture, health, space, and more.

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Leisure and Methodology We challenge investigators to use large datasets to engage in a deeper, and richer, analyses of social issues in the context of leisure.

⏳ Abstracts due July 15, 2025 for our Methodology & Leisure issue.
Using large datasets (Census, GSS, BRFSS)? We want to hear from you.
📄 9,000-word papers invited.
Details and submission info: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Also in this issue: a powerful essay on leisure, race, and father-son bonding.
Read online: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ulsc20/4...
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🎰 How does casino work impact leisure and well-being?
New in Leisure Sciences:
Casino dealers in Macao face job stress that limits leisure and affects performance.
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🖋 Wan, Chan, & Del Rosario
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📢 Just released: Leisure Sciences, Vol. 47, Issue 5 (2025)!
This issue explores leisure through the lenses of virtual experience, destination image, relationships, and more.
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🌍 How are tourism, corruption, and CO₂ emissions interconnected in BRI countries?
In the newest issue of Leisure Sciences, this study explores their dynamic relationship and impact on economic growth.
#TourismEconomics #Sustainability #LeisureResearch

📸 How do customers perceive café environments?
In the newest issue of Leisure Sciences, researchers utilize computer vision to analyze social media photos of cafés in China.
#ComputerVision #LeisureResearch #CaféDesign