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Dr. John Dattilo Pennsylvania State University, (USA) – June, 12th. Gentle paces, smiling faces Active walkers, welcome talkers Delicious food, relaxed mood Sips of wine, life is fine  Well behaved pups, coffee in cups Bridges that connect, time to reflect Paddled boats, thoughts to promote  So much art, reluctant to depart Old friends met, newRead more

Dr. Douglas Kleiber WLO Research and Knowledge Transference Committee Chair, Georgia University   – (USA). 12th, June. About all that had changed was to see more people running, and cycling than I remember as well as more on cell phones (as seems to be the case everywhere). But once again I was impressed with how many healthyRead more

Yvonne Klerks WLCE Breda NHTV University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands) June, 7th- 8th. Bilbao is a pleasant and ‘easy’ city in the North of Spain. The inner city has been transformed in a particularly nice area for people to spend their leisure time. The inner city is not too small and not too large,Read more

The LM SIG has used the very successful Leisure Management Commission as the foundation for its shift to the WLO SIGs. The beauty of the WLO’s SIGs is the opportunity address leisure issues on a global scale that can have applications on a local level. The LM SIG provides leisure professionals and scholars the opportunityRead more

Carmen Grace Salazar Salas, Ph.D. is coordinator of Recreation Master´s degree programme at the University of Costa Rica. In one sentence: What does leisure mean to you? Leisure is an emotional disposition that allows people to get involved in activities, such as recreation, and enjoy them. Recreation includes activities performed during free time and helpsRead more

Dr. Clayton J Hawkins is Course Coordinator at Applied BusinessUniversity College, University of Tasmania, and founding member of founding member of the new WLO Leisure Management SIG In one sentence: What does leisure mean to you?  Leisure is the time that I get to choose what I immerse myself in. What leisure projects, research and/orRead more

Traineeships are an opportunity to learn from future leisure professionals and as one more proof of our commitment to the youth, the WLO warmly welcomes Martin Rodriguez Alberdi. He will be collaborating with the events and communication department, and supporting the diferent WLO programmes like the Special Interest Groups. Martín Rodríguez Alberdi is currently studyingRead more

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Traineeships are an opportunity to learn from future leisure professionals, benefitting from their refreshing ideas and ways of doing, while passing on some of our knowledge and training future WLO ambassadors. As one more proof of our commitment to the youth, the WLO warmly welcomes Sandra del Campo, the first trainee to join the scientificRead more

Here we come again with a new Q&A session! In this case, we introduce you to Dr. Basawaraj Gulshetty, a professor and researcher on the sociology of leisure who recently joined the WLO Board of Directors. In one sentence: What does leisure mean to you?  Leisure is what you do in your time free fromRead more