Leisure, Consumption and and Everyday Life amid Global Crises

The contemporary world is marked by multiple and overlapping crises—economic instability, climate change, pandemics, armed conflicts, technological disruptions, and growing social inequalities. These crises have profoundly transformed the ways people work, consume, interact, and experience leisure. Far from being peripheral aspects of social life, leisure and consumption have become critical sites through which individuals negotiate uncertainty, construct identities, seek well-being, and imagine futures.

This thematic session invites scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students to explore how global crises are reshaping everyday life across diverse social and cultural contexts. We welcome theoretical, empirical, comparative, and interdisciplinary contributions that examine the changing dynamics of leisure, consumption, digital cultures, mobility, sustainability, and social resilience.