Handbook of interdisciplinary tourism research with sustainability, law and marketing: A brief overview

Author Identifier (ORCID)

Joshua Aston: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7850-081X

Wei Wang: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-1360

Abstract

Scientific techniques and strategies are ever-evolving and increasingly complex. Interdisciplinary research is one way by which we are pushing our knowledge boundaries across a variety of relevant fields and is the topic of countless papers in the literature (e.g., Thumbumrung et al., 2022; Wen et al., 2025). Tourism has long been regarded as a field of study with an interdisciplinary nature (Tribe, 1997). It is not uncommon to see words such as multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary in tourism literature, illustrating the truly diverse nature of the field (Correia & Kozak, 2022; Kozak & Kozak, 2016; Rosenfield, 1992). Drawing on tourism's foundation from more academically mature fields such as economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and others, Wen et al. (2022a) reflected on the evolution of interdisciplinary research among tourism and other fields. However, while tourism research has traditionally taken inspiration from other academic disciplines, its significance in contemporary society is undergoing a revitalization. As noted by Wen et al. (2022a), tourism has “a product to sell and a story to share” about how tourism impacts everyday life in ways we never previously imagined.

Keywords

Interdisciplinary research, tourism studies, multidisciplinary approaches, transdisciplinary, social sciences integration, tourism development

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

1-1-2026

Publication Title

Interdisciplinary Research Tourism, Sustainability, Law and Marketing

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

School

School of Business and Law

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Aston, J., Kozak, M., Wen, J., & Wang, W. (2026). A brief overview. In J. Aston, M. Kozak, J. Wen, & W. Wang (Eds.), Handbook of interdisciplinary tourism research with sustainability, law and marketing (pp. 1–10). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003500230-1

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10.4324/9781003500230-1