Research Committees

RC13 Sociology of Leisure



Objectives

To promote international cooperation in the field of the activities of sociology of leisure; to exchange theoretical and practical information among all countries and experts concerning the results of investigations on leisure; to convene international seminars, symposia, meetings on leisure; to prepare and circulate reports about the development and problems of leisure in different countries and regions; to promote organiseddocumentation on leisure in cooperation with other documentation centers; to identify sociological problems in leisure and organize international research projects.

To know more about the history of RC13, go to Bulletin 32 (1983), pp. 11-15.

Board 2023 - 2027

President Sukant K. CHAUDHURY, Lucknow University, India, sukantkchaudhury@gmail.com
Vice-Presidents Huimei LIU, Zhejiang University, China
Rasul MOWATT, North Carolina State University, USA
Pranjal SARMA, Dibrugarh University, India
Secretary/Treasurer Prem Sagar VIVEK, University of Mumbai, India, psvivek318@gmail.com
Board Members Smita AWACHAR, M. G. M. University, India
Anju BENIWAL, Govt. Meera Girls College, India
Sandip CHAUDHARI, SBES College of Arts and Commerce, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India
Kali Nath JHA, Institutional Affiliation, India
Deepti KAUSHIK, I.N.M.P.G College, India
Dilip R. KHAIRNAR, Deogiri College, India
Wei LIN, Zhejiang University, China 
Pratap PINJANI, Institutional Affiliation, India
Klara TARKO, University of Szeged, Hungary

Program Coordinator for V ISA Forum of Sociology 2025 is:
Huimei Liu, Huimeiliu@zju.edu.cn

Publications

The International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure is the official journal of the RC13. It has been launched in 2018 and is also on Twitter.

Newsletter

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Membership

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