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WLO is kindly inviting you to the upcoming debate to analyse and discuss some of the most relevant topics discussed at MONDIACULT 2022. The invited expert speakers will provide us with their analyses, considerations and reflections about the meeting, its key facets, expected spinoffs and outcomes over various time and space scale. Join us onRead more

The World Leisure Organization would like to announce the new Editorial Board of the World Leisure Journal (WLJ). It is with great excitement that we greet this diverse and truly global Editorial Board with members based in over 20 countries. Members of the Editorial Board undertake a key role in supporting the Editor-in-Chief to maintainRead more

On Friday, November 25th, 2022, the European Network on Cultural Management and Policy (ENCATC) and the World Leisure Organization (WLO) will organize an online debate devoted to analysing, from their own perspectives on culture and leisure, some of the most relevant topics discussed at MONDIACULT 2022. The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and SustainableRead more

You are invited to register to attend an on-line seminar to launch the WLO’s newest Special Interest Group (WLO SIG) on Leisure and Human Rights and to hear about a proposed collaborative research project, ‘Holding nation states to account for leisure rights’. The seminar will include presentations on these two elements and invitations to participantsRead more

By CHAN, Chung-Shing, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Acknowledgement This research project (Project Number: 14607919) is funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) administered by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The research findings on this project are availableRead more

By Katie P. Bernhard, Edwin Sabuhoro, and John Dattilo, Penn State University, USA Researchers from Penn State University, USA, Katie P. Bernhard, Edwin Sabuhoro, and John Dattilo, have a paper accepted for publication in the International Journal of Sociology of Leisure titled “Colonial Influence on Local Conceptions of Leisure and Environment in East Africa: IntersectionsRead more

By John Dattilo, WLO Board member and Professor at Penn State University The debate occurred June 9/10 for approximately an hour as part of the WLO Knowledge Sharing and Networking Experience. World Leisure Organisation (WLO) Chair, Joanne Schroeder, moderated the session with participants, Simone Fullagar from Griffith University in Australia, Joe Pavelka from Mount RoyalRead more

MEASURE LEISURE – STUDY & FUN Course Location: University of Pécs, City of Pécs, Hungary, and its region Date: 21-29 August 2022 Organizing unit: WLCE University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences Organizing team: Dr. Márta Wilhelm (WLCE director) Prof. Dr. Miklós Bánhidi (WLO, Board member) Lecturer Judit Prókai (WLCE secretary) Lecturer Zsuzsanna Gép (WLCE programRead more

World Leisure Congress 2028 – Bid document The World Leisure Organization is pleased to extend to you and your community an exciting opportunity to host the 2028 World Leisure Congress. This international event draws individuals from throughout the world into a dynamic scenery wherein leisure and its influence on social, cultural and economic development canRead more

Yesterday was the official kick-off to the World Leisure Congress 2025 in Breda. Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) organises this great international event together with the World Leisure Organization (WLO) and the city of Rotterdam. Guests from all over the world will visit the Netherlands to meet, talk and exchange knowledge about ‘leisure forRead more