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Youth Violence, Crime and Juvenile Justice
edited by Sara Zedaker
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 49052 | 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)
Lost Dads: The Fathers and Family Breakdown, Separation, and Divorce Project
edited by Ben Hine
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2637 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1312 | 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 671 | 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 316 | 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 262 | 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 914 | 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 504 | 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 183 | 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 31099 | 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 7677 | 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 6008 | 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 1303 | 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 802 | 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 687 | 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)
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 460 | Submission Open
Keywords: education– work transition; education trajectories; internships; youth employment; youth entrepreneurship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Equity Interventions To Promote The Sexual Health Of Young Adults submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth; diversity; sexual health; equity; policies
Conducive Contexts and Vulnerabilities to Domestic Abuse
edited by Emmaleena Käkelä
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open
Keywords: domestic abuse; gender-based violence; intersectionality; conducive context; COVID-19 pandemic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family 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 353 | 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 281 | 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 219 | 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 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: societal resilience; communities; socio-historical processes; individuals; multi-level dynamics
Towards Equity: Services for Disabled Children and Youth
edited by and Kathryn Underwood
submission deadline 3 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2269 | 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)
Digital Competence of Educators: Opportunities and Challenges submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 267 | 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 26949 | 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 1924 | 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 919 | Submission Open
Keywords: LGBTQ+; wellbeing; young people; emerging adults; gender; identity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender Studies)
Cultural Capital and Digital Platforms
edited by Sharon Jeannotte
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 814 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital platforms; cultural capital; cultural production; cultural consumption; cultural policy; media content; creative labor markets; educational credentials
International Perspectives on Secure Childcare
edited by Caroline Andow, Rachel Dunn, Stefan Kleipoedszus, Nicola Wake, Raymond Arthur and Adeela ahmed Shafi
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 581 | Submission Open
Keywords: secure care; secure alternatives; deprivation of liberty; residential childcare; vulnerable children voice of the child
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Women’s Voices in the Media
edited by Kathryn Shine
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open
Keywords: news media; women in the news; gender; gender equality; news sources; news representation; diversity; journalism practice; interviewing; journalism education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender Studies)
Social Policies in the Digital World
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open
Keywords: digitalization; social policy; welfare state; automation; datafication; artificial intelligence; big data; digital governance; social equity; privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Policy and Welfare)
Educational Technology for a Multimodal Society submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: education; educational technology; digital competence
Active Aging Across the Life Course
edited by Lili Xie
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open
Keywords: active aging; lifespan; older adults; lived experiences; social engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Family Studies)
Revisiting School Violence: Safety for Children in Schools
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open
Keywords: school violence; physical violence; psychological violence; gender-based violence; bullying; cyberbullying; children in armed conflicts; child protection; anti-bullying strategies; children’ s rights
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Advancing the Wellbeing of Marginalized Communities: Stigma and Health Service Access and Utilization among People Living with AIDS
edited by Margaret Lombe and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; stigma; discrimination; healthcare services; access; utilization; PLWA; global; best practices; wellbeing; marginalized communities
Empowering Through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: diversity; equity; inclusion; belonging
Nurturing Bridges: Embracing Growth and Connecting Life for Children
edited by Chi Hung Leung
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: child development; emotional well-being; educational practices; holistic growth; nurturing environments; social connections; innovative approaches; evidence-based practices; community engagement; supporting relationships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Childhood and Youth Studies)
Environmental Economics in Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Democracy: Innovation and Higher Education Governance and Policies for Environmental Guiding
edited by David F. J. Campbell and
submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open
Keywords: academic firm; democracy; democracy of climate; ecology; environment; environmental economics; environmental management; epistemic governance; governance; higher education; higher education governance; innovation; knowledge democracy; knowledge economy; knowledge society; policy; strategy; quadruple and quintuple helix innovation systems; research; sustainability; sustainable development
Digital Media in Contemporary Conflict
edited by Mulatu Alemayehu Moges and Kristin Skare Orgeret
submission deadline 5 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: conflict; war; crisis; hate speech; disinformation/misinformation; digital media
Thinking about Opinions: Formation, Discourse, Re-examination, and Changing Opinions in the Streaming Era
edited by , Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Chaya Liebeskind and Milana Bolatbek
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open
Keywords: opinion formation; discourse; opinion expression; opinion re-examination; opinion change; sentiment analysis; opinion evaluation; online opinions; opinion-based group membership; opinion polarization; natural language processing; machine learning; opinion framing; computational social science; natural language processing; social media; social movements; computational linguistics; social network analysis; information manipulation; online trust
(This special issue belongs to the Section Contemporary Politics and Society)
The Open Society 2.0: Democracy in the Age of Social Media and Populism
edited by Friedel Weinert and John Ackroyd
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3930 | Submission Open
Keywords: challenges of modern societies; information technology; populism; social media; liberty; the rule of law; migration; civil disobedience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Contemporary Politics and Society)
Civil Society, Migration and Citizenship
edited by Taku Suzuki
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3132 | Submission Open
Keywords: migrants; asylum seekers; refugees; civil society; states; international organizations; non-governmental organizations; citizenship; legality
(This special issue belongs to the Section International Migration)
From Vision to Action: Citizen Commitment to the European Green Deal
edited by Sheila Holz and Denise Esteves
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1614 | Submission Open
Keywords: European Green Deal (EGD); participatory and deliberative methodologies; sustainability; climate change; human– nature relationship
Tackling Educational Inequality: Issues and Solutions
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 773 | Submission Open
Keywords: educational inequality; graduate employment; socioeconomic status; access to education; labour market outcomes; marginalised groups; policy solutions; social mobility; intersectionality; higher education access
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Stratification and Inequality)
Migration, Citizenship and Social Rights
edited by and Kara Cebulko
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 490 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; social rights; citizenship; asylum-seekers; immigration policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section International Migration)
Critical Issues in Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Management
edited by , Andressa Sleiman and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open
Keywords: organizational behavior; organizational behavior management; culture; decision making; feedback; healthcare; public administration; behavioral-based safety; behavioral systems analysis and change strategy
Novel Approaches to Labor Market and Health Research in an Era of Techno-Feudalism and Reconfiguring of Geopolitical Powers
edited by Carles Muntaner and Virginia Gunn
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: precarious employment; labor markets; platform work; gig economy; precariat; NSWA; techno-feudalism; informal employment; part-time work; multiple jobs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Work, Employment and the Labor Market)
Gender Equity in K-12 Education, Academia and Higher Education: A Global Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; equity; education; disparities; global perspectives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Gender Studies)
The Mental Health and Well-Being of Children and Adolescents in the Digital Age
edited by , Philip Mullins, Susan Bray, Claire Gregory and Xun Liu
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: well-being; mental health; suicide prevention; family dynamics; substance use; cyberbullying; social media; online safety; school-based interventions
Planning Inclusive Communities: Applying Transformative Research Methods
edited by Lisa Stafford
submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: inclusive communities and cities; transformative research; social justices; spatial justice; disability; planning; creative methods; place; inclusive methods; practice-based
(This special issue belongs to the Section Community and Urban Sociology)
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