Plenary Session, Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 19-21 June 2024
Conference Dinner, Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 19-21 June 2024
Emerging Scholars, Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 19-21 June 2024
Case Study, Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 19-21 June 2024

Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

  • Tourism, Leisure and Change: Transforming People and Places
  • 19-21 June 2024
  • Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK + Online

Research Network Chairs

Ana Isabel Polo-Peña

Ana Isabel Polo-Peña

Full Professor of Marketing and Market Research, University of Granada, Spain

Esmeralda Crespo Almendros

Esmeralda Crespo Almendros

Full professor at the Department of Marketing and Market Research, University of Granada, Spain

Local Conference Chairs

Hazel Andrews

Hazel Andrews

Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Aggelos Panayiotopoulos

Aggelos Panayiotopoulos

Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Plenary Speakers

The Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Donna Chambers

Donna Chambers

Professor, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

"The silencing of Black women in tourism and leisure: from history to the present"

Macià Blázquez-Salom

Macià Blázquez-Salom

Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

"Majorca "à gogo". The agency of the ruling class in the social production of Spain as a mass tourist destination"

Szilvia Gyimóthy​

Szilvia Gyimóthy​

Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark


“Waste Pathways in Tourism: Responsibilizing Childlike Consumers in the Anthropocene”

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Ken Tianyuan Ge

Ken Tianyuan Ge

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

(In-Person)

Jamil Khazri

Jamil Khazri

Liverpool John Moores University, UK

(In-Person)

Micheal Makary

Micheal Makary

University of Tours, France

(In-Person)

Mireya Yadranka Morgana Orellana

Mireya Yadranka Morgana Orellana

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

(In-Person)

Jaime Blazquez Valeron

Jaime Blazquez Valeron

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain

(In-Person)

Bayaz Mammadova

Bayaz Mammadova

University of Bath, UK

(In-Person)

Chris Christou

Chris Christou

Universidad de la Tierra (Oaxaca), Mexico

(Online Only)

Sitaram Dahal

Sitaram Dahal

Nepal Tourism Board, Nepal

(Online Only)

Mihika Banerjee

Mihika Banerjee

University of California, Los Angeles, USA

(Online Only)

Sayed Ahmed

Sayed Ahmed

PhD Student, geography and planning, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

Assistant Professor (on study leave), Department of Architecture, Leading University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

(Online Only)

Maria Teresa N. Bernabe

Maria Teresa N. Bernabe

Baliuag University, Philippines

(Online Only)

Lara J. Mertens

Lara J. Mertens

Lara J. Mertens

(Online Only)

Helen Bhola-Paul

Helen Bhola-Paul

St. George's University, Grenada

(Online Only

Sylvester Ilo

Sylvester Ilo

University of Pretoria, South Africa

(Online Only)

Conference & Network Partners