Approaches to Global Social Challenges by Early Career Researchers in the Global South and Diasporas: An open call for abstracts
Global Social Challenges Journal is a not-for-profit, open access journal with a mission to address urgent global social issues through interdisciplinary research.
We invite Early Career Researchers (who we define as either prior to or within three years of completing PhD studies) from the Global South and diasporas to propose either full length articles (up to 8500 words excluding references) or ’interventions’ addressing any contemporary global social challenge. ‘Interventions’ are our shorter (3500 word) format, offering lively and timely interjections on a particular global challenge.
They are written in highly accessible language, engaging practically and intellectually beyond a narrowly conceived academy, and often include a call for action. They fall into three categories: policy and practice, provocations and debates. Learn more about interventions.
We publish on sixteen main challenges, but we encourage scholars to propose fresh formulations if they wish. The challenges are:
- Cities and communities
- Climate change, energy and sustainability
- Conflict, security and peace
- Democracy, power and governance
- Education and Learning
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- The future of work, finance and the economy
- Health and wellbeing
- Hunger, food, water and shelter
- Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches
- Justice, law and human rights
- Life stages and intergenerationality
- Migration, mobilities and movement
- Poverty, inequality and social justice
- Society, culture and arts
- Technology, data and society
We will be looking for a clear sense of the global social challenge, its location within a broader scholarly literature, and an attempt to engage plausible ways ahead to address the challenge meaningfully.
There is lots more info in our instructions for authors – or just drop me a line on sarah.bird@bristol.ac.uk if you’re interested in submitting something.
