Space Hospitality: Theories, Frameworks, and Experiences Beyond Earth

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Space Hospitality: Theories, Frameworks, and Experiences Beyond Earth

Journal: International Journal of Hospitality Management
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission Deadline: 30 November 2026

Overview

International Journal of Hospitality Management (Impact Factor: 8.3, CiteScore: 20.7), a leading Elsevier journal, calls for papers for this special issue to establish space hospitality as an academic field. It focuses on reimagining hospitality principles—service, care, experience design, well-being—for space under scarcity, confinement, microgravity, and extreme conditions, beyond tourism motivations. Contributions from hospitality, engineering, psychology, medicine, and policy are welcome to build interdisciplinary theories, models, and frameworks for spacecraft, habitats, and long-duration missions.

Guest Editors:
Dr. Manuel Rivera (University of Central Florida Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, United States)
Dr. Amy Gregory (University of Central Florida Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, United States)
Dr. Sergio Alvarez (University of Central Florida Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, United States)
Dr. Michelle L.D. Hanlon (University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, United States)
Dr. Alain Berinstain (University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States)
Dr. Yajaira Sierra Sastre (Blue Origin, Reston, Virginia, United States)
Dr. Melissa Patton (Space Grove Ventures, Merritt Island, Florida, United States)

Core Themes and Topics

• Spacescapes, environments, scarcity/service models for food, water, oxygen.

• Guest/crew well-being, psychological readiness, hospitality technologies (AI, robotics).

• Training, workforce, sustainability, circular systems, experience design (rituals, dining).

• Policy/governance, emotion/meaning-making, leadership, co-creation, risk management.

• Wellness/inclusion, resilient economics, physiological demands, cultural dynamics.

Key Dates

Submission Guidelines

• Submit via https://submit.elsevier.com/HOSMAN, selecting "VSI: Space Hospitality."

• Follow guide: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-hospitality-management/publish/guide-for-authors.

• Original papers using conceptual, empirical, qualitative/quantitative methods; peer-reviewed.

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