Established in 1970

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 organised documentation on leisure in cooperation with other documentation centers; to identify sociological problems in leisure and organize international research projects.

Statutes

RC13 website

President
Ishwar MODI, University of Rajasthan, India
iiiss2005modi@yahoo.co.in
Vice-Presidents
Alan LAW, Trent University, Canada
Scott NORTH, Osaka University, Japan
Robert STEBBINS, University of Calgary, Canada
Executive Secretary
Veena SHARMA, India, vsharma136@gmail.com
Board members
Gianna CAPPELLO, Italy
Sukant CHAUDHURY, University of Lucknow, India
Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU, Panteion University, Greece
Christianne GOMES, Brazil
Basawaraj GULSHETTY, India
Thomas HENRICKS, USA
Ma HUIDI, Chinese Culture Institute, China
Teunis KAMPHORST, Netherlands
Francis LOBO (Ex-Officio), Edith Cowan University, Australia
Claudia MARTINEZ, South Africa
Gabriella NONES, Venezuela
Inna PISKUNOVA, Russia
Kenneth ROBERTS, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Past Boards

http://rc13leisure.org/newsletter_previous.html

RC13 Young Leisure Scholar Award

  Mapping Leisure Across Borders
Mid-term Conference of Research Committee on Sociology of Leisure, RC13
University of Palermo, Italy
September 29 - October 1, 2011

RC06 Family Research
RC50 International Tourism

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