Sandro Carnicelli
Biographic Data
| ID | 1449310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandro Carnicelli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Carnicelli |
| SIGNATURE | CARNICELLI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of Scotland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1629-1343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 147 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Power and Governance
Governance structures in tourism destinations are often influenced by power dynamics. This research explores the interplay of power dynamics in shaping the governance during the inception of a tourist route – a unique format of tourism that brings together diverse stakeholders from across the Southern Region of Brazil. The focus of this research is to examine the planning, design, and implementation processes of the “Rota dos Capitéis”, an initia…
Planning for sustainable development and tourism in biosphere reserves
Biosphere Reserves can be incubators for innovative approaches that foster sustainable tourism and destination resilience. Yet, research focusing on management and planning at Biospheres Reserves is limited and fragmented. In particular, it fails to address how the overarching Biosphere Reserve programme and the UN-SDGs framing influence Biosphere Reserve at the site level. The aim of this study is to analyse tourism-relevant policies and regulat…
Redefining heritage
The struggle against identity loss has driven Indigenous Algerians (Arabs and Amazigh) to reclaim their heritage and explore the boundaries of their freedom following post-colonial reforms (after colonial ruling ended). This study examines the shifts in tourism as Algeria transitioned from a colony to an independent nation, focusing on tourism’s role as a means of understanding freedom and fostering connections to cultural heritage. Through semi-…
Letter to All Leisure Friends
Leisure and the University
A welcome letter to all leisure friends
Covid-19, leisure, and inequalities
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsSandro CarnicelliSandro Carnicelli is a Professor of Tourism and Leisure Studies at the University of the West of Scotland and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport, and Events. Sandro has been developing research and working in the fields of Tourism, Leisure, and Events for over 15 years. His main research…
Leisure, inequalities, and the Global South
Beyond marginalisation
The aim of our analysis is to give voice to young change agents in tourism host communities. Drawing on a braided narrative analysis, we present the narratives of three young people engaged in advocacy work in three different countries. Our analysis is emergent from research with rather than on young people across three countries on three different continents (Canada, Australia, and Scotland). Our analysis explores the nexus between two foundatio…
Embedding Child Rights Principles and Practises in Mega Sport Event Planning
Recently, there has been growing concern about the lack of intentionality of mega sport event (MSE) organisers in ensuring that child rights are adequately respected, protected and promoted before, during, and after the events take place. In the context of the summer Olympic Games, reported child rights infringements have been on the rise, both in relation to abuse in sport itself and the negative consequences associated with planning and deliver…
Making the connection using Action Research
Among the many different types of heritage activities, railways have been drawing interest from researchers over recent years with the focus ranging from volunteering to sustainability. This paper considers the value of Action Research (AR) to the wider field of leisure through the prism of Serious Leisure (Stebbins, R. A. 1992. Amateurs, professionals and serious leisure. McGill-Queen’s University Press) participants in the heritage railway sect…
Tourism for the emancipation of the oppressed
Degrowing tourism
Concerns with growth have steadily advanced since the Limits to Growth report due particularly to human impacts on the natural environment. Since that time, neoliberal capitalism has become increasingly reliant on growth exacerbating these problems. The destructive outcomes of these strategies has led to a growing interest in degrowth. Analysts are examining how we can create economies that eschew a growth imperative while still supporting human …
Reclaiming the ‘L’ word
Leisure is a major sphere of both private and public life. It is thus of concern that the identity and profile of Leisure Studies in the Higher Education curricula of the United Kingdom have declined in prominence over the past decade. This trend is not peculiar to Leisure Studies; the social sciences as a whole are threatened by a neoliberal economic discourse which increasingly informs Higher Education strategic management. The aim of this arti…
Digital Leisure Cultures
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Introduction
Due to the large number of high-quality papers received for the Special Issue on Sporting and Cultural Events: Contested Legacies, the Issue had to be split into two. The second segment, like the f
Sporting and cultural events
Whereas the language of legacy has dominated sport and cultural event narratives over the last two decades, in recent years there has been a greater recognition that the outcomes of these events do
The Emotional Life of Adventure Guides
Leisure and the Internet
It seems clear that in developing countries, personal and social barriers affect equal opportunities for accessing new technologies in the leisure area, especially when focusing on the elderly. The purpose of this study was to identify changes in mood states among a sample of elderly people during their first leisure time Internet access. The LEA-RI (Revised and Illustrated Mood State List) instrument and a survey were used to gather before-and-a…
Rafting Guides
The division between work and leisure has long been a point of significant discussion in a variety of academic disciplines. This paper analyses the relationship between work and leisure for rafting guides, linking these topics with an overarching concept of lifestyle. This paper is based on six weeks of fieldwork conducted in Queenstown, New Zealand, where the researcher had in‐depth contact with 26 rafting guides, following their workdays and le…
Fear and adventure tourism in Brazil
Degrowing tourism
Concerns with growth have steadily advanced since the Limits to Growth report due particularly to human impacts on the natural environment. Since that time, neoliberal capitalism has become increasingly reliant on growth exacerbating these problems. The destructive outcomes of these strategies has led to a growing interest in degrowth. Analysts are examining how we can create economies that eschew a growth imperative while still supporting human …
Fear and adventure tourism in Brazil
The Emotional Life of Adventure Guides
Digital Leisure Cultures
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Tourism for the emancipation of the oppressed
Rafting Guides
The division between work and leisure has long been a point of significant discussion in a variety of academic disciplines. This paper analyses the relationship between work and leisure for rafting guides, linking these topics with an overarching concept of lifestyle. This paper is based on six weeks of fieldwork conducted in Queenstown, New Zealand, where the researcher had in‐depth contact with 26 rafting guides, following their workdays and le…
Reclaiming the ‘L’ word
Leisure is a major sphere of both private and public life. It is thus of concern that the identity and profile of Leisure Studies in the Higher Education curricula of the United Kingdom have declined in prominence over the past decade. This trend is not peculiar to Leisure Studies; the social sciences as a whole are threatened by a neoliberal economic discourse which increasingly informs Higher Education strategic management. The aim of this arti…
A welcome letter to all leisure friends
Beyond marginalisation
The aim of our analysis is to give voice to young change agents in tourism host communities. Drawing on a braided narrative analysis, we present the narratives of three young people engaged in advocacy work in three different countries. Our analysis is emergent from research with rather than on young people across three countries on three different continents (Canada, Australia, and Scotland). Our analysis explores the nexus between two foundatio…
Making the connection using Action Research
Among the many different types of heritage activities, railways have been drawing interest from researchers over recent years with the focus ranging from volunteering to sustainability. This paper considers the value of Action Research (AR) to the wider field of leisure through the prism of Serious Leisure (Stebbins, R. A. 1992. Amateurs, professionals and serious leisure. McGill-Queen’s University Press) participants in the heritage railway sect…
Leisure, inequalities, and the Global South
Sporting and cultural events
Whereas the language of legacy has dominated sport and cultural event narratives over the last two decades, in recent years there has been a greater recognition that the outcomes of these events do
Covid-19, leisure, and inequalities
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsSandro CarnicelliSandro Carnicelli is a Professor of Tourism and Leisure Studies at the University of the West of Scotland and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport, and Events. Sandro has been developing research and working in the fields of Tourism, Leisure, and Events for over 15 years. His main research…
Embedding Child Rights Principles and Practises in Mega Sport Event Planning
Recently, there has been growing concern about the lack of intentionality of mega sport event (MSE) organisers in ensuring that child rights are adequately respected, protected and promoted before, during, and after the events take place. In the context of the summer Olympic Games, reported child rights infringements have been on the rise, both in relation to abuse in sport itself and the negative consequences associated with planning and deliver…
Leisure and the Internet
It seems clear that in developing countries, personal and social barriers affect equal opportunities for accessing new technologies in the leisure area, especially when focusing on the elderly. The purpose of this study was to identify changes in mood states among a sample of elderly people during their first leisure time Internet access. The LEA-RI (Revised and Illustrated Mood State List) instrument and a survey were used to gather before-and-a…
Rafting Guides
The division between work and leisure has long been a point of significant discussion in a variety of academic disciplines. This paper analyses the relationship between work and leisure for rafting guides, linking these topics with an overarching concept of lifestyle. This paper is based on six weeks of fieldwork conducted in Queenstown, New Zealand, where the researcher had in‐depth contact with 26 rafting guides, following their workdays and le…
Fear and adventure tourism in Brazil
The Emotional Life of Adventure Guides
Sporting and cultural events
Whereas the language of legacy has dominated sport and cultural event narratives over the last two decades, in recent years there has been a greater recognition that the outcomes of these events do
Digital Leisure Cultures
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Introduction
Due to the large number of high-quality papers received for the Special Issue on Sporting and Cultural Events: Contested Legacies, the Issue had to be split into two. The second segment, like the f
Reclaiming the ‘L’ word
Leisure is a major sphere of both private and public life. It is thus of concern that the identity and profile of Leisure Studies in the Higher Education curricula of the United Kingdom have declined in prominence over the past decade. This trend is not peculiar to Leisure Studies; the social sciences as a whole are threatened by a neoliberal economic discourse which increasingly informs Higher Education strategic management. The aim of this arti…
Tourism for the emancipation of the oppressed
Degrowing tourism
Concerns with growth have steadily advanced since the Limits to Growth report due particularly to human impacts on the natural environment. Since that time, neoliberal capitalism has become increasingly reliant on growth exacerbating these problems. The destructive outcomes of these strategies has led to a growing interest in degrowth. Analysts are examining how we can create economies that eschew a growth imperative while still supporting human …
Making the connection using Action Research
Among the many different types of heritage activities, railways have been drawing interest from researchers over recent years with the focus ranging from volunteering to sustainability. This paper considers the value of Action Research (AR) to the wider field of leisure through the prism of Serious Leisure (Stebbins, R. A. 1992. Amateurs, professionals and serious leisure. McGill-Queen’s University Press) participants in the heritage railway sect…
Embedding Child Rights Principles and Practises in Mega Sport Event Planning
Recently, there has been growing concern about the lack of intentionality of mega sport event (MSE) organisers in ensuring that child rights are adequately respected, protected and promoted before, during, and after the events take place. In the context of the summer Olympic Games, reported child rights infringements have been on the rise, both in relation to abuse in sport itself and the negative consequences associated with planning and deliver…
Leisure and the University
A welcome letter to all leisure friends
Covid-19, leisure, and inequalities
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsSandro CarnicelliSandro Carnicelli is a Professor of Tourism and Leisure Studies at the University of the West of Scotland and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport, and Events. Sandro has been developing research and working in the fields of Tourism, Leisure, and Events for over 15 years. His main research…
Leisure, inequalities, and the Global South
Beyond marginalisation
The aim of our analysis is to give voice to young change agents in tourism host communities. Drawing on a braided narrative analysis, we present the narratives of three young people engaged in advocacy work in three different countries. Our analysis is emergent from research with rather than on young people across three countries on three different continents (Canada, Australia, and Scotland). Our analysis explores the nexus between two foundatio…
Letter to All Leisure Friends
Planning for sustainable development and tourism in biosphere reserves
Biosphere Reserves can be incubators for innovative approaches that foster sustainable tourism and destination resilience. Yet, research focusing on management and planning at Biospheres Reserves is limited and fragmented. In particular, it fails to address how the overarching Biosphere Reserve programme and the UN-SDGs framing influence Biosphere Reserve at the site level. The aim of this study is to analyse tourism-relevant policies and regulat…
Redefining heritage
The struggle against identity loss has driven Indigenous Algerians (Arabs and Amazigh) to reclaim their heritage and explore the boundaries of their freedom following post-colonial reforms (after colonial ruling ended). This study examines the shifts in tourism as Algeria transitioned from a colony to an independent nation, focusing on tourism’s role as a means of understanding freedom and fostering connections to cultural heritage. Through semi-…
Power and Governance
Governance structures in tourism destinations are often influenced by power dynamics. This research explores the interplay of power dynamics in shaping the governance during the inception of a tourist route – a unique format of tourism that brings together diverse stakeholders from across the Southern Region of Brazil. The focus of this research is to examine the planning, design, and implementation processes of the “Rota dos Capitéis”, an initia…
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (12 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 works) · Tourism (10 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 works)