Societal Challenges, Opportunities and Achievement
A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 September 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: community empowerment; technology governance; disability studies; ability studies; ethics; sustainability; health systems; ecohealth
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2. Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Interests: food anthropology; food heritage and traditional knowledge; food and rural development; globalization and innovation in food systems; restaurants and food entrepreneurship
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is a Special Issue of the 1st International Online Conference on Societies, which will be hosted online by the open access MDPI journal Societies (ISSN: 2075-4698; IF 1.6).
The conference has the following streams:
S1. The Social Nature of Health and Well-Being;
S2. Disabled People/People with Disabilities (Non-Medical Coverage);
S3. Sport/Leisure/Recreation/Tourism;
S4. Equity/Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion;
S5. Science and Technology.
The conference brings together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines to engage in meaningful dialogue and exchange innovative ideas on issues central to societies in all their dimensions. On behalf of the organizing committee of the conference I invite conference and non-conference participants to submit an article to this Special Issue. We in particular invite young scientists entering the world of investigating the social to submit an article.
Contributions have to follow one of the three categories of papers (article, conceptual paper or review) of the journal and address the topic of the Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Gregor Wolbring
Dr. Michele Fontefrancesco
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as conceptual papers are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Societies is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- social aspects of health
- wellbeing
- leisure
- recreation
- tourism
- equity
- diversity and inclusion
- science and technology
- disabled people
- people with disabilities
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