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Impact of Social Media on Health and Well-Being
edited by Lauren Walker and Robert Portman
submission deadline 18 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5278
Keywords: social media; health; well-being; health decision making; social identity; health outcomes; social media interventions; online communities
Conducive Contexts and Vulnerabilities to Domestic Abuse
edited by Emmaleena Käkelä
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open
Keywords: domestic abuse; gender-based violence; intersectionality; conducive context; COVID-19 pandemic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Studies)
Disinformation in the Public Media in the Internet Society
edited by , Talia Rodríguez-Martelo and Isaac Maroto-González
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 30302 | Submission Open
Keywords: disinformation; internet; public service media; tv; fact-checking; public value
Immigration, Ethnic Residential Segregation or (vs.) Socioeconomic Integration in Urban Areas submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17631 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
Disparities in Criminal Justice, Race, Place and Police Violence
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 16352 | Submission Open
Keywords: arrest; fatal shooting; violence; police violence; criminal justice; disparities; race; place
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Stratification and Inequality)
Contemporary Digital Journalism: Issues and Challenges
edited by Dolors Palau-Sampio and Pilar Sánchez-García
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16201 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital journalism; professional skills; AI; ethics; innovation; funding & business models; quality journalism; audiences
Childhood and Rights in a Global World
edited by Ana Castro Zubizarreta and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11501 | Submission Open
Keywords: childhood; children's rights; educational innovation; participation; global citizenship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Comparative Political Economy in Europe
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8868 | Submission Open
Keywords: capitalism; comparative political economy; economic crisis; economic growth; Euro; European Union; eurozone; fiscal integration; governance; member states; institutions; institutional change; monetary integration; political economy; political stability; politics; varieties of capitalism
(This special issue belongs to the Section International Relations)
Promoting Health Equity: An Intersectional Analysis of Social Determinants, Coping Mechanisms, and Well-Being among Immigrant Women
edited by Venera Bekteshi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5462 | Submission Open
Keywords: health equity; social determinants; coping mechanisms; intersectionality and global perspective; identifying solutions; immigrant women
(This special issue belongs to the Section International Migration)
Advanced Approaches to Prevent and Intervene with Victims and Offenders of Gender-Based and Domestic Violence
edited by and Anita Santos
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4527 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender-based violence; domestic violence; victims; offenders; prevention; intervention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Studies)
Connecting Older Adults to the Digital World submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3847 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital inclusion; older adults; healthy ageing; emerging technologies; age-friendly marketplaces; ageing in place
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
Activism for LGBTQI+ Rights and Equalities
edited by Tangela Roberts
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3032 | Submission Open
Keywords: LGBTQI+ rights; activism; social justice; intersectionality; transnational advocacy; media representation; legal reforms; inclusivity; digital activism; educational initiatives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender Studies)
Intersections Between Work–Life Balance and Gender Policies: Equality and Sustainability for Caring and Family Transition
edited by and Elena Macchioni
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3009 | Submission Open
Keywords: work– family balance; gender policies; caring; equality; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Work, Employment and the Labor Market)
Improving Integration of Formal Education and Work-Based Learning
edited by Christian Harteis and Inge Timoštšuk
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1950 | Submission Open
Keywords: workplace learning; experiential learning; formal education; acknowledgement of learning; learning ecology; subject integration; individual learning paths
Parental Participation in Child Protection
edited by Andy Bilson and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open
Keywords: child protection; parent participation; parent advocacy; child welfare; co-production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Social Sciences Teaching in the Face of the Global Challenges of the 21st Century—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 949 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDG); climate change; relevant social problems; education for democratic citizenship; end-purposes of social sciences teaching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
Towards a Sustainable Future: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Intergenerational Solidarity
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open
Keywords: age-friendly cities and communities; co-creation; COVID-19; intergenerational relationships; public policy; social innovation; social policy; sustainability; universal design; welfare state
Play and Its Contribution to Education in a Sustainable Development-Based World Framework
edited by and Jesús Guzmán-Mora
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open
Keywords: play; playful learning; play-based assessment; sustainable human development; developmentally appropriate practices; competent citizens; early childhood education; primary education; secondary education; higher education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Exploring the Nexus of Food, Poverty, and Social Policy
edited by Edward T. Scanlon and Maryah Stella Fram
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: food insecurity; hunger; nutrition insecurity; poverty; material hardship; social policy; public policy; health policy; dietary needs; sustainability
Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice submission deadline 1 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2905 | Submission Open
Keywords: community-engaged research; participatory research; citizen science; community science; environmental justice; environmental racism; climate justice; decolonization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
Understanding Marriage in the Twenty-First Century
edited by Chris Wienke
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5882 | Submission Open
Keywords: marriage; remarriage; same-sex marriage; marital relations; marital status; attitudes toward marriage; social institutions; deinstitutionalization; social norms; social change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Studies)
Youth Violence, Crime and Juvenile Justice
edited by Sara Zedaker
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 46882 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth violence; juvenile justice; peer influence; crime; juvenile delinquency; adolescent(ce); youth; violence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crime and Justice)
Disasters, Social Movements, Policy Responses and Sociocultural Evolution
edited by Christopher K. Chase-Dunn
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7779 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Contemporary Politics and Society)
Online Safety among Children and Adolescents: Aiming towards More Tailored Delivery and Support
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1928 | Submission Open
Keywords: online risks and harms; online safety education; problematic internet use; cyberbullying and victimisation; mental health; digital resilience; online safety laws and policies; vulnerable children
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Towards Equity: Services for Disabled Children and Youth
edited by and Kathryn Underwood
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1885 | Submission Open
Keywords: disabled children and youth; transnational services; service experiences; community interventions; intersectional interpretations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Gender Knowledges and Cultures of Equalities in Global Contexts
edited by Suzanne Clisby and Mark Johnson
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1622 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; knowledge; equality; cultural contexts; social justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender Studies)
Lost Dads: The Fathers and Family Breakdown, Separation, and Divorce Project
edited by Ben Hine
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 934 | Submission Open
Keywords: fatherhood; separation; divorce; family breakdown; abuse; suicide; co-parenting; family court
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Studies)
Promoting the Digital Resilience of Youth
edited by Pamela Wisniewski and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital youth; adolescent online safety; digital well-being; digital resilience; social media and youth; youth-centered AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Assessment and Intervention with Victims and Offenders
edited by , Ana Cristina Neves, Andreia Matias, Cristina Soeiro, and Susana Monteiro
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open
Keywords: risk assessment and management; victims and offenders; forensic and psychological assessment intervention; justice professional skills and training
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crime and Justice)
Building Community Resilience to Disasters
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open
Keywords: community resilience; disaster preparedness; community engagement; risk management; risk communication; resilience planning; vulnerability; climate adaptation; social capital
Selected Papers from the 21st Roundtable of the International Network (INET) on School, Family, and Community Partnerships
edited by Joyce L. Epstein, Yolanda Abel and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: parent involvement; leadership for partnership programs; home and school collaboration; student roles and results of family engagement; parent roles and results of family engagement; teacher education (preservice/inservice) in family engagement; school programs of family and community engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Studies)
Contact between Parents and Children in Child Welfare Care
edited by Hilde Anette Aamodt and Nicole Hennum
submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 845 | Submission Open
Keywords: child welfare; foster child; visitation parents; foster parents; birth family; contact; visits; parenthood
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Exploring Social Work Interventions in Health, Education, and Social Care to Promote Community and Individual Wellbeing
edited by Joanna Fox, Debbie Amas and Petra Videmšek
submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open
Keywords: community wellbeing; individual wellbeing; child safeguarding; adult safeguarding; international social work; multi-disciplinary interventions; diversity and inclusion; social justice and empowerment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
Narrative Practices, Stories, Storytelling, Clinical and Community Work: An Intersectional Analysis
edited by Hugo A. Kamya
submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: narrative practices; story and storytelling; indigenous voices; decolonization; democratization of knowledge; marginalized communities; intersectionality; social (in)justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
Democracy, Politics and Innovation, and Social Integration in the Contemporary World
edited by David F. J. Campbell
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 28011 | Submission Open
Keywords: cohesion; global challenges; governance of knowledge and innovation; innovation democracy; interdisciplinarity; knowledge democracy; quality of democracy; radicality; sustainable development; transdisciplinarity; transformation; transition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Contemporary Politics and Society)
Between Criminalization and Care: Reimagining Social Work's Role in the Carceral State
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6870 | Submission Open
Keywords: social work; social services; criminalized women; carceral state; social justice; transformative practice; intersectionality; systemic barriers; feminist criminology; anti-carceral social work
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crime and Justice)
Technology, Digital Transformation and Society
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4640 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital transformation; societal impact; artificial intelligence; social equity; privacy and ethics; cultural dynamics; inclusivity in digital age; sustainability and technology; policy implications; future directions
Health and Migration Challenges for Forced Migrants
edited by , Sonja Novak-Zezula and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 1242 | Submission Open
Keywords: forced migration; forced displacement; migrant health; refugees; asylum seekers; internally displaced people; health challenges; health services; human rights; practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section International Migration)
Impact of Rape and Sexual Violence on the Relationships of Survivors
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 740 | Submission Open
Keywords: rape; sexual violence; survivors; relationship challenges; victim blaming; social stigma; shame
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crime and Justice)
A Comparative Assessment of Migrant Integration in Asian Countries and Regions
edited by In-jin Yoon
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open
Keywords: migrant integration; international migration; migrant workers; international marriage; international marriage migrants; social integration; immigration policy; multicultural family
(This special issue belongs to the Section International Migration)
Equity Interventions To Promote The Sexual Health Of Young Adults submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth; diversity; sexual health; equity; policies
Rethinking the Education-to-Work Transition for Young People
edited by Josje van der Linden, Greetje Timmerman and Cuthbert Tukundane
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open
Keywords: education– work transition; education trajectories; internships; youth employment; youth entrepreneurship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Elderly People: The Forgotten Loneliness
edited by Philip Tyson, Daniel Bowers, Klara Price and Alexis Jones
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open
Keywords: elderly; aged populations; loneliness; mental health; well-being
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Stratification and Inequality)
Community Health and Social Justice
edited by Thistle I. Elias and Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: health disparities; health equity; community engaged; social justice; qualitative; mixed methods; marginalized communities; vulnerable populations; social determinants of health; evaluation
Preventing Gang Violence
edited by and Jennifer Roark
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: gang; gang violence; prevention; at-risk youth; evidence-based; conflict
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crime and Justice)
Understanding Societal Resilience
edited by Martin Endress and Alexandra Busch
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: societal resilience; communities; socio-historical processes; individuals; multi-level dynamics
Digital Competence of Educators: Opportunities and Challenges submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital competence; teachers; initial training; lifelong learning; education policy; classroom practice
Disinformation and Misinformation in the New Media Landscape
edited by
submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24530 | Submission Open
Keywords: misinformation; disinformation; social media
Community Engagement and Community-Based Social Work Practices and Evaluations submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1668 | Submission Open
Keywords: community; partnerships; society; mutual care; social work; evaluation; practice; storytelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
The Social and Emotional Wellbeing of LGBTQ+ Young People
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open
Keywords: LGBTQ+; wellbeing; young people; emerging adults; gender; identity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender Studies)
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