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AI in the Built Environment: Opportunities, Risks, and Future Directions

Deadline 2026-09-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Building Research & Information

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the built environment sector, transforming how we plan, design, construct, manage, and operate buildings and infrastructure. From construction to property and real estate, facilities management, and urban planning, AI technologies, including generative AI, computer vision, and natural language processing, alongside predictive modelling, simulations and optimisation t…

Decarbonisation: cross cutting enablers for a net-zero carbon built environment

Deadline 2026-09-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Building Research & Information

While significant progress has been made in areas such as low-carbon materials, building technologies, and operational energy efficiency, current approaches often remain fragmented. Too often, decarbonisation efforts are limited to individual phases of the building process, overlooking the need for a holistic, lifecycle perspective. In particular, building design plays a critical role not only in shaping emissions d…

The Trend of Hybrid and Virtual Dining Experiences

Deadline 2026-09-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC C

Journal: Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Dining experiences have undergone significant changes due to the catering industry’s operational demands, changing consumer preferences, and enhanced technology (Han et al. , 2026). While satisfying customers with flexibility and new experiences, technology-driven hybrid and virtual dining help restaurants stay viable, effective, and competitive in a turbulent market. Whereas virtual eating focuses on delivery-focus…

‘We are what we eat, we travel how we eat': Identities, territories and experiences on the plate

Deadline 2026-09-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC C

Journal: Journal of Foodservice Business Research

This special issue is intended for authors from the ATLAS SIG Gastronomy and Tourism Meeting 2026 on the theme “We are what we eat, we travel how we eat: Identities, territories and experiences on the plate”.

Just sustainability transitions in tourism

Deadline 2026-09-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 3ABDC A*

Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism

The tourism sector stands at a critical crossroads. Amid accelerating climate crises, deepening socio-economic inequalities, biodiversity loss, enduring structural marginalisation, and regional conflicts, calls for systemic transformation have become increasingly pressing and unavoidable (Magnusson et al., 2024; Mzembe & Filimonau, 2024; Rastegar & Ruhanen, 2023). While initiatives such as green transitions and the…

Next Generation Maritime Transformation: Policies, Technologies, and Practices

Deadline 2026-10-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B

Journal: Maritime Policy & Management

Overview: The global maritime industry is experiencing unprecedented transformation, shaped by technological innovation, environmental imperatives, and shifting geopolitical dynamics. This transition extends beyond regulatory adaptation, encompassing national strategic initiatives, corporate business model innovation, and fundamental shifts in how maritime value chains operate. Leading maritime nations are deploying…

The Role of AI in Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality

Deadline 2026-12-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B

Journal: Anatolia

The Role of AI in Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality This special issue seeks to provide a comprehensive collection of manuscripts offering new perspectives on traditional paradigms, approaches, and methods, as well as the latest advances in research methodology in artificial intelligence and sustainability in hospitality and tourism. The main objective of this special issue is to bring together research on t…

A Decade (2015-2025) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Trends, Reflections, and Realignments in Hospitality and Tourism Research

Deadline 2026-12-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Current Issues in Tourism

September 2025 marked the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global blueprint for achieving peace, prosperity, and planetary wellbeing (Guterres, 2025). Over the past decade, the hospitality and tourism industries and destination communities have emerged as powerful platforms for advancing (and at times, contesting) these goals (Crabolu et al., 2024; Miller & Torres-Delgad…

Tourism and the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Current Issues in Tourism

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, is scheduled to be held in June and July 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Jointly hosted by sixteen North American cities, eleven in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle), three in Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey),…

Tourism and the 2026 Middle East Crisis: International and Regional Implications

Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Current Issues in Tourism

The crisis in the Middle East marked by the Israeli and United States attacks on Iran, Israel attacks on Lebanon and Palestine, and attacks by Iran and their proxies on Israel and Middle East and Gulf states represents the greatest crisis for international tourism since COVID-19. The direct effects of the war on tourism in the Middle East and Gulf states is clearly substantial however it is also having broader effec…

New Technologies Reshaping Tourist Experiences in China

Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B

Journal: Journal of China Tourism Research

Journal of China Tourism Research (JCTR) publishes the latest research on tourism related to China and its citizens and encourages interdisciplinary scholarship and commentary. It provides a rich forum for the exchange of fresh information and ideas among academics and practitioners; fosters and enhances cutting-edge research activities that advance tourism knowledge, and discusses the relevance of tourism to the Ch…

Family and Early Years Leisure

Deadline 2027-01-04Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Leisure Studies

The central question this special issue seeks to address is: What is the purpose and meaning of leisure for children and their families in the early years? Leisure in the early years represents a critical yet underexplored dimension of family life, wellbeing, and child development. This period, typically from birth to five years of age, is foundational for the development of social, emotional, and physical competenc…

Re-Indigenising Leisure: Reclaiming Spaces, Practices, and Futures

Deadline 2027-01-25Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B

Journal: Annals of Leisure Research

This special issue invites scholarship that centres Indigenous knowledge systems, sovereignty, and wellbeing to interrogate the foundations of leisure research to date and explore futures of leisure studies. Leisure has long been framed through Western, individualised, and marketised paradigms. In contrast, Indigenous worldviews foreground collective relations, responsibilities to lands and waters, intergenerational…

Ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in service industries: Addressing algorithmic bias, opacity and unclear accountability mechanisms

Deadline 2027-01-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B

Journal: The Service Industries Journal

Overview Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies are transforming service industries, including finance, healthcare, hospitality, retail, education, public services and digital platforms. While algorithmic decision-making systems, service robots, chatbots, predictive analytics and automated workflows offer enhanced efficiencies, personalization possibilities and scalability potential, these technolo…

Leisure as an Infrastructure of Care and Belonging in Contexts of Migration and Displacement

Deadline 2027-02-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B

Journal: Annals of Leisure Research

Global migration, forced displacement, and transnational mobility are reshaping societies worldwide. In these contexts, questions of belonging, wellbeing, and inclusion are becoming central to public policy and scholarly debate (Minca et al., 2022; Phillimore, 2024). A substantial body of research shows that leisure can support psychosocial wellbeing, cultural continuity, identity expression, and social connection a…

Reimagining China’s Inbound Tourism: Policy Innovations, Digital Landscapes, and Contemporary Experiences

Deadline 2027-02-28Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B

Journal: Journal of China Tourism Research

Journal of China Tourism Research (JCTR) publishes the latest research on tourism related to China and its citizens and encourages interdisciplinary scholarship and commentary. It provides a rich forum for the exchange of fresh information and ideas among academics and practitioners; fosters and enhances cutting-edge research activities that advance tourism knowledge, and discusses the relevance of tourism to the Ch…

Global Trends, Homegrown Systems: Developing Global South-First Frameworks for Managing the Sport Ecosystem

Deadline 2027-04-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B

Journal: Managing Sport and Leisure

The global sport industry has, for much of its modern history, been theorised, governed, and commercially organised through frameworks originating in the Global North - specifically from Western European, North American and Australasian academic and institutional traditions (Henne & Pappe, 2018). These frameworks, while analytically sophisticated, are often poorly calibrated for the structural, institutional and soc…

Intelligent Transformation of Tourism Development in Asia-Pacific

Deadline 2027-05-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Tourism Planning & Development

Tourism is entering a new phase of intelligent transformation in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly shapes how destinations are imagined, planned, governed, experienced, and developed. AI technologies, such as generative AI, predictive analytics, recommendation algorithms, digital twins, autonomous systems, and agentic AI, are no longer peripheral innovations. These innovations increasingly mediate tour…

Sustainable Luxury Tourism: Opportunities, Tensions, and Impacts

Deadline 2027-05-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 3ABDC A*

Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Luxury tourism is expected to grow faster than any other industry segment (Fortune Business Insights, 2023; McKinsey, 2024). In this vein, and although scholarship on luxury tourism has expanded in recent years (e.g., Luna-Cortés et al., 2022), much of this work focuses on its economic dimensions, often overlooking its broader sustainable, social and ethical implications. The relationship between sustainability and…

Artificial Intelligence for Maritime Safety Management: Applications of Large Language Models, Intelligent Agents, and Data-Driven Decision Support in Shipping

Deadline 2027-07-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B

Journal: Maritime Policy & Management

We invite original research papers, review articles, conceptual papers, and policy-oriented studies addressing AI-enabled maritime safety management. Topics may include, but are not limited to: LLMs and Generative AI in Maritime Safety Large language models for maritime accident analysis and causal inference LLM-assisted extraction of safety knowledge from accident reports, inspection reports, and incident narrative…

Oceans of Opportunity: Navigating a New Course for Coastal Tourism Planning and Development in Africa and Beyond

Deadline 2027-09-20Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A

Journal: Tourism Planning & Development

Rationale and Context Although Africa comprises 38 coastal nations and possesses extensive marine biodiversity, coastal tourism in the region remains markedly underrepresented in global research. Baltranaitė et al. (2025) find that discourse is dominated by studies on Europe, Asia, and North America, leaving African coastal communities among the least represented globally. The prevalence of global academic scholarsh…

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