Student membership

ATLAS Student Membership

Become a member of an established academic and research network.
Correspond with well-known lecturers, tutors and researchers in Tourism.
Attend events and conferences.
Take part in social activities with lecturers, tutors and researchers and other students.

For whom

The ATLAS student package is meant for students with a special interest in tourism and leisure. These could be PhD students, masters students but also graduate students, who would like to get involved with the tourism/leisure research field.

Costs and benefits

The cost of Student Membership is ONLY 50 EUROS per year. For this you will receive the following benefits:

Links to all institutions where ERASMUS or other exchanges are possible with details of the programmes and courses.
An e-network and discussion forum (in JISCMAIL) with other students.
Access to other students’ information (e.g. research interests, thesis topics).
Access to academic experts who can give advice about dissertation research or publications.
A special research seminar during the annual conference.
Access to Special Interest Groups.
Best student thesis prize.
Discounts on and free ATLAS publications.

Erasmus exchange possibilties

Links to all institutions where ERASMUS or other exchanges are possible with details of the programmes and courses.

Information lists and social media

Students will be connected to the other members of ATLAS through the regular ATLAS information list. Via this list announcements of the members are sent to each other. The announcements are about upcoming events, publications, research proposals, etc. Sometimes also some discussion is taking place about issues within tourism and leisure research and education.

Furthermore students will be connected to the special student information list on which the students can raise topics of interest to their fellow students.

On top of that ATLAS makes use of different social media like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and of course students can join the communication platforms.

ATLAS student events

Traditionally ATLAS organised a Winter University once a year. The ATLAS Winter University is an intensive program which has been operating since 1989, and has been held in ten different EU Member States. The basic aim of the program is to examine the consequences of European integration for leisure and tourism consumption and production. This course is a 10 days events for students and is being visited by students from different nationalities and guarantees lifelong friendships. A certificate is being issued to students who took part in the WU. The involved teachers are working at institutions which are also members of ATLAS.

At this moment we are trying to revitalise the ATLAS Winter University again after a couple of years of no such event.

Furthermore prior to the ATLAS annual conferences a PhD students seminar is being organised every year. This event is normally visited by PhD students who can discuss the progress of their research with fellow PhD students and a panel of well known scientists.

ATLAS students will gain a discount when participating at ATLAS events.

Become an ATLAS Student Member

Costs and benefits

The cost of Student Membership is ONLY 50 EUROS per year. For this you will receive the following benefits:

Links to all institutions where ERASMUS or other exchanges are possible with details of the programmes and courses.
An e-network and discussion forum with other students.
Access to other students’ information (e.g. research interests, thesis topics).
Access to academic experts who can give advice about dissertation research or publications.
A special research seminar during the annual conference.
Access to Special Interest Groups.
A regular Winter University.
Best student paper award.
Discounts on ATLAS publications.

Submit this form to join the ATLAS network as a student.