Istanbul Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Istanbul Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities is a double-blind peer-reviewed, open access research journal. Journal aims to publish interdisciplinary research with a primary focus on original research or reviews in various disciplines of humanities and social sciences.

Articles are welcome in the following categories: education and assessment, English language & literature, media & journalism, politics & governance, psychology, sociology, macroeconomics, international economics, econometrics, tourism, insurance, commerce, marketing, history, political science, philosophy, culturology, aesthetics, ethics, law, spirituality.

Journal audiences are learned readers, including researchers from universities and higher education institutions, policymakers, and administrators.

Articles containing fundamental or applied scientific results in all areas of the social sciences are accepted for consideration.

The editorial board of the Journal includes 8 members and is chaired by Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Marina Vasiljeva.

Frequency of publication: Four issues per year beginning in 2023

Access to all articles on the website is open beginning in 2023; neither registration nor payment is required.

Journal articles are licensed under the CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

The Istanbul Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities maintains electronic versions of all articles. Data safety is ensured by backing up digital data in accordance with internal regulations. Logical and physical data migration are provided, and cloud technologies are applied.

Article Publication Charges

Istanbul Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities is an open access journal with publishing fees of 50 EUR for an accepted paper. All published articles are published in full open - access. They are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). In order to provide free access to readers, and to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management.

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Call for Papers

Special Issue of the Istanbul Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Theme: Living Through Uncertainty: Social Transformations, Human Agency, and Institutional Resilience

Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025

The Istanbul Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities invites contributions for a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary special issue that explores how individuals, groups, and institutions navigate profound and ongoing global uncertainty.

In a world increasingly shaped by crises — from climate change and economic instability to conflict, migration, and digital disruption — this issue seeks to bring together scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to examine how societies adapt, resist, transform, and build resilience in the face of uncertainty.

While Turkey and the broader Middle East region will serve as important reference points, the issue strongly welcomes comparative and global perspectives.

Disciplines invited:

Anthropology – lived experiences, kinship, ritual, ethnography of crisis

Criminology – crime patterns, justice systems under stress, carcerality

Economics – inequality, labor markets, informal economies, resilience economics

Education – access, inequality, educational technology, crisis pedagogy

Geography – urban change, spatial inequality, climate and place

History – historical cycles of disruption and recovery

Law – rule of law, human rights, legal pluralism, transitional justice

Linguistics – language and identity in times of change

Political Science – populism, governance, regional diplomacy

Psychology – trauma, adaptation, mental health

Social Policy – welfare systems, social protection, policy innovation

Social Work – community-based responses, frontline work

Sociology – inequality, social movements, institutions, family

Submission Guidelines:

Original articles in English (6,000–8,000 words)

Double-blind peer review

APA 7th citation style

No article processing charges (APCs) for this issue

Contact and Submission:

Submit via the journal platform: https://social.ist-journals.com

Questions? Contact:

Prof. Dr. Marina Vasiljeva, Editor-in-Chief — editor@social.ist-journals.com

2025-04-14

Editorial Board

Journal Editorial Board members oversee the peer review process for the journal, including evaluating submissions, selecting reviewers and assessing their comments, and making editorial decisions. Together with Advisory Editorial Board Members they are involved in the development of journal policies and ethics standards and work to promote the Journal mission to provide resources, support and advice for early stage researchers in their journey from writing to publishing their scientific papers while at the same time making free public access to scientific research.

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