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Overview

Scott A. Cohen is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a significant focus on sociology and political science.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple subfields, including:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Gender Studies
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Demography

Cohen's research engages with diverse topics, particularly in tourism studies and related social issues. The main areas of their work include:

  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

The scientist has published their work in several venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals:

  • Annals of Tourism Research
  • Current Issues in Tourism
  • Journal of Travel Research
  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Transport Reviews

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott A. Cohen include:

  • The Rich Kids of Instagram: Luxury Travel, Transport Modes, and Desire (2021), Journal of Travel Research
  • Reconfiguring Aviation for a Climate-Safe Future: Are Airlines Sending the Wrong Message? (2021), Journal of Travel Research
  • Climate Change Risk in the Swedish Ski Industry (2021), Current Issues in Tourism
  • All Work and No Play? Autonomous Vehicles and Non-commuting Journeys (2020), Transport Reviews
  • Perceptions of Climate Change Risk and Sustainable Adaptations in the Swedish Ski Industry (2022), Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul Hanna
  • Debbie Hopkins
  • Jessica Scott
  • James Higham
  • Harald Rice

Best Publications

  • Consumer behaviour in tourism: Concepts, influences and opportunities

    Scott A. Cohen;Girish Prayag;Miguel Moital

  • Current sociological theories and issues in tourism

    Erik Cohen;Scott A. Cohen

  • Authentication: Hot and Cool

    Erik Cohen;Scott A. Cohen

  • Lifestyle Mobilities: The Crossroads of Travel, Leisure and Migration

    Scott A. Cohen;Tara Duncan;Maria Thulemark

  • The power of social media storytelling in destination branding.

    Niels Frederik Lund;Scott A. Cohen;Caroline Scarles

  • Lifestyle travellers: Backpacking as a Way of Life

    Scott A. Cohen

  • Binge flying: Behavioural addiction and climate change

    Scott A. Cohen;James E. S. Higham;Christina T. Cavaliere

  • New Directions in the Sociology of Tourism

    Scott A. Cohen;Erik Cohen

  • A darker side of hypermobility

    Scott A Cohen;Stefan Gössling

  • A mobilities approach to tourism from emerging world regions

    Erik Cohen;Scott A. Cohen

  • Are technology myths stalling aviation climate policy

    Paul Peeters;James Higham;Diana Kutzner;Scott Cohen

  • Climate change, tourist air travel and radical emissions reduction

    James Higham;James Higham;Scott A Cohen;Christina T Cavaliere;Arianne Carvalhedo Reis

  • Autonomous vehicles and the future of urban tourism

    Scott A. Cohen;Debbie Hopkins

  • Why sustainable transport policies will fail: EU climate policy in the light of transport taboos

    Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Scott Cohen

  • Canary in the coalmine: Norwegian attitudes towards climate change and extreme long-haul air travel to Aotearoa/New Zealand

    James E.S. Higham;Scott A. Cohen

  • Can we fly less? Evaluating the ‘necessity’ of air travel

    Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Stefan Gössling;Paul Hanna;James Higham;Scott Cohen

  • The Public Face of Zoos: Images of Entertainment, Education and Conservation

    Neil Carr;Scott Cohen

  • Eyes wide shut? UK consumer perceptions on aviation climate impacts and travel decisions to New Zealand

    Scott Allen Cohen;James E.S. Higham

  • Beyond Eurocentrism in tourism: A paradigm shift to mobilities

    Erik Cohen;Scott A. Cohen

  • Climate Change, Discretionary Air Travel, and the “Flyers’ Dilemma”

    James E. S. Higham;Scott A. Cohen;Christina T. Cavaliere

  • Sociological barriers to developing sustainable discretionary air travel behaviour

    Scott A Cohen;James Es Higham;Arianne Carvalhedo Reis

Frequent Co-Authors

James Higham
James Higham University of Otago
Stefan Gössling
Stefan Gössling Linnaeus University
Erik Cohen
Erik Cohen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden University of Cambridge
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott University of Waterloo
Stewart Barr
Stewart Barr University of Exeter
Allan M. Williams
Allan M. Williams University of Surrey
Geoffrey Wall
Geoffrey Wall University of Waterloo
David A. Fennell
David A. Fennell Brock University
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto

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