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Max Koch. Foto: Johan Persson.

Max Koch

FD och habilitation i sociologi från Freie Universität Berlin | Professor

Max Koch. Foto: Johan Persson.

Flight-intensive practices and wellbeing: current evidence and future research

Författare

  • Monica Guillen-Royo
  • Kimberly Nicholas
  • Tanja Ellingsen
  • Max Koch
  • Tom Erik Julsrud

Summary, in English

This article draws on social practice theory and wellbeing perspectives to outline a research framework for the study of flight-intensive practices. The framework is then used to discuss, through a non-systematic review, the social science air travel literature and to propose avenues for future research. We study both the work and leisure domains, with sub-cases for travel in academia and visiting family and friends. We find insights of a complex relationship between flight-intensive practices and wellbeing. On one hand, currently flight-intensive practices are linked to human need fulfilment, particularly in the family and social domains. Leisure-related air travel often enhances subjective wellbeing, as it contributes to positive moods and life satisfaction, but may not be sustained in the long term. On the other hand, flying, particularly frequent flying, hinders wellbeing by increasing levels of stress and health-related issues, and by straining work/life balance. Overall, the study suggests that policies to reduce the demand for air travel may not significantly compromise wellbeing if accompanied by infrastructural and sociocultural changes that support specific groups to still meet their needs for relatedness, participation, or understanding through low carbon transport, videoconferencing, or reducing the total amount of travel. We identify avenues for future research, both to consolidate our understanding of the practice elements that will support a shift away from flight-intensive practices, and to understand their direct effects on wellbeing.

Avdelning/ar

  • Socialhögskolan
  • Socialpolitik och hållbarhet
  • LUCSUS

Publiceringsår

2024-08-24

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

374-394

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Consumption and Society

Volym

3

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Bristol University Press

Ämne

  • Human Geography

Nyckelord

  • air travel
  • wellbeing
  • social practices
  • flying less
  • literature review

Aktiv

Published

Projekt

  • FlyWell: how to reduce air travel and at the same time maintain a high quality of life.

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2752-8499