Global Social Challenges Journal

We’re looking for papers that apply political theory to stakeholder clashes over African #ClimatePolicy
Read our CFP on the politics of climate resilience in Africa bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
#Polisky #PoliticalTheory #PolicyImplementation

PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems (CASDS) We hereby invite applications for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science. The successful candidate will work on the project “Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems,” funded…

PhD position in political theory #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 Master’s degree in political science or practical or political philosophy
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How does political ideology shape (or sabotage) #ClimateAction in African communities?
If you are researching this question, submit a paper to our special issue on the politics of #ClimateResilience in Africa

I am so thrilled about this! @gscjournal.bsky.social publishes a broad range of multi and interdisciplinary work, providing a single space to find solutions for global social challenges. Its work is getting read and cited 👏🎉 #diamondopenaccess #globalchallenges #journalpublishing #makingadifference

Global Social Challenges Journal: 1st Impact Factor: 3.6. Rankings: 7/68 in Social Issues (top quartile) 70/191 in Environmental Studies Consumption and Society: 1st Impact Factor: 3.0 Rankings: 22/219 in Social Issues (top quartile) 71/191 in Environmental Studies

We are proud to share our 2024 citation metrics!
11 journals are now in the 1st or 2nd quartile for their JCR categories!

We also had some truly fantastic 1st Impact Factors for @gscjournal.bsky.social & Consumption & Society
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Our 1st Impact Factor is in. We got an IF of 3.6, putting us in Q1 for social issues! 🥳
We are delighted by this result. Thank you to our brilliant authors, editorial team, reviewers and readers for making this possible ❤️

Global Social Challenges Journal "Global Social Challenges Journal" published on by Bristol University Press.

Working on the politics of #ClimateResilience in Africa? We want to hear from you!
Submit an abstract to our upcoming special issue on the topic by 15 July
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#PoliSci #polisky #ClimatePolicy

Insightful work by Sam Lawton @gscjournal.bsky.social
Beyond inclusive masculinity: masculinity studies
and global patriarchy in the 21st century bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/downloadpdf/...

Read 'Reframing socio–environmental relations in coastal Mumbai and Kutch, India' with open access!
#CoProduction #participatoryMethods

📣Call for papers 📣
Politics of Climate Change Resilience in Africa: The Intersection between Communities, Unions & Institutions

⭐Special collection edited by Thokozani Chilenga-Butao
📆Abstract deadline 15/7 #ClimatePolicy
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#PoliSci #polisky

📚How can we rethink conferencing for #sustainability? @blaneharvey.bsky.social, Ying Syuan Huang, Bruce Goldstein & Nick Graham explore multi-sited dialogues as an alternative, offering principles for more inclusive, low-impact gatherings
📖 Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...

Our fabulous consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social is hosting the third Creative Research Methods conference! Join Helen and many of the Journal of Creative Research Methods friends, editorial board, and authors this September in Manchester! lnkd.in/ej4BXVpt

For all these reasons, substantive ID and TD approaches do not appeal to everyone, particularly in relation to the urgency of tackling problems and spending project funds within a specific financial year. Many professionals and elected representatives accustomed to exercising professional or political authority baulk at the prospect – and reality – of having to sit at the table with a wide range of stakeholders, some of whom may lack any or substantial formal education or professional credentials – and treat and be treated as somehow equals, with or without specialist facilitation.

From the latest blog by GSCJ Co-Editor in Chief @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social and guest editor Bianca Vienni-Baptista, exploring #Interdisciplinary and #Transdisciplinary Approaches www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/04/30/r...

Special Collection: Transformative Inter- and Transdisciplinary Methods for Global Societal Challenges. Edited by David Simon and Bianca Vienni-Baptista. Global Social Challenges Journal. Non-profit Open Access Publishing for Change. Open acess logo. Bristol University Press logo.

Taking a break from #BritSoc25 sessions? Discover how inter- and transdisciplinary approaches can transform research and help create impact. 🌐 Read our special collection with #openaccess: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...

🧵🧪”Paying taxes can feel like money lost. In truth, it is money shared. When we fund the NIH, we are betting on ourselves and on one another. We are saying that every American life is worth saving, whether that life sits next door or across the country.”

VI RISE-SASE 2025 - SASE Call for Papers  VI RISE-SASE 2025 Connecting the dots between digitalization, environmental challenges, and social inequalities in Latin America 20-22 November 2025 Universidade Federal Fluminense, N...

📣 Submissions are open for RISE-SASE 2025 — a regional SASE event focused on Latin America 🌎 (separate from the annual conference in Montreal!)

📍 Niterói, Brazil
🗓️ Nov 20–22, 2025
📝 Submit by July 15

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Discover our Global Social Challenges Journal at #uaa2025. This #openaccess non-profit journal addresses the world’s key challenges, including those facing our #Cities. Find out more:
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Advancing just and sustainable urban transitions: strengthening the role(s) of African universities

Our final honourable mention goes to:
‘Advancing just and sustainable urban transitions: strengthening the role(s) of African universities’ by Zarina Patel
doi.org/10.1332/2752...

Our next honourable mention goes to:
‘Human #migration in a new era of mobility: intersectional and transnational approaches’ by Alison Mountz & @shivasmohan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/RFXW...

Our first honourable mention goes to:
‘Grounding drones in #PoliticalEcology: understanding the complexities and power relations of drone use in conservation’ by Brock Bersaglio, @charisenns.bsky.social, Mara Goldman, Libby Lunstrum & @naomimillner.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/HNEK...

The prize was created in honour of Julie Thompson Klein and recognises the best research article using inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to one or more global societal challenges. We’d also like to share some honourable mentions

The prize-winning paper offers a reflexive analysis of 4 comparative boundary space contexts in Sweden that builds on long experience in the use of diverse transdisciplinary co-design/co-production approaches.

The situatedness of dilemmas in boundary spaces: uncovering paradoxical conditions for increasing effectiveness through transdisciplinary research approaches Authors: Henrietta Palmer, Merritt Polk, and Elena Raviola. Global Societal Challenges Journal. Non-profit, open access publishing for change. Open access logo. Bristol University Press logo

We are delighted to announce that the winners of the inaugural Julie Thompson Klein Prize for inter- and transdisciplinary research are Henrietta Palmer, Merritt Polk and Elena Raviola
Read their award-winning paper here
doi.org/10.1332/2752...

Naming the crime in Gaza: The systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure - Transforming Society In early 2025, Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system was exposed as 'medelacide', the deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure.

Jason C. Mueller explores how in early 2025 Israel’s ongoing destruction of #Gaza’s #Healthcare system was exposed as 'medelacide', the deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure: buff.ly/aBaHMTc

This collection is dedicated to the memory of the late Julie Thompson-Klein, a pioneer of interdisciplinary research & education, & a founding Co-Editor in @gscjournal.bsky.social
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Global Social Challenges Journal. Non-profit Open Access Publishing for Change. Special collection: Transformative Inter- and Transdisciplinary Methods for Global Societal Challenges. Guest Edited by David Simon and Bianca Vienni-Baptista Open access logo. Bristol University Press logo

We’re proud to share this new special collection:
Transformative Inter- and Transdisciplinary Methods for Global Societal Challenges.
Edited by @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social and Bianca Vienni-Baptista (@usyseth.bsky.social)
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
#Interdisciplinary

Such an important piece.
You can learn more about the intentional destruction of healthcare infrastructure in Gaza in the author's research article on Medelacide.
doi.org/10.1332/2752...
Available #OpenAccess #Medelacide

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Help us drive open research for real-world impact. 🌍✨
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