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The purpose of WLJ is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Between chaos and the cosmos: the imaginary of traditional climbing by Eric Sioji Ito, Soraia Chung Saura & Ana Cristina Zimmermann.

This journal publishes high-quality papers on the sociology of leisure that have a global interest, promote the development of this mature field within international sociology, and go beyond the traditional geographical areas of leisure studies. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sport for a Livelihood and Well-being: From Leisure Activity to Occupational Devotion by Kirstin Hallmann, Laura Bogner, Kathrin Sander, Konrad Reuß (open sccess).

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Roleplaying as two straight bros going to a game’: LGBTQ2S+ spectators’ experiences at NHL arenas by Bridgette M. Desjardins.

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Social capital and health among participants in the cachibol league in Israel by Orna Baron-Epel, Deborah Kadish, Yuval Paldi, Daniel S Moran, Riki Tesler, Shiran Bord, and Edna Guttman (open access).