Editorial Board
- Gender Studies Section
- Contemporary Politics and Society Section
- Social Economics Section
- Social Policy and Welfare Section
- International Migration Section
- Work, Employment and the Labor Market Section
- Family Studies Section
- Childhood and Youth Studies Section
- Social Stratification and Inequality Section
- International Politics and Relations Section
- Crime and Justice Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: social inequality; violence; substance abuse; incarceration; homelessness; mental illness; ethnic segregation/conflict; HIV; urban anthropology; US inner-city, Central America and the Caribbean
Interests: social inequality; violence; substance abuse; incarceration; homelessness; mental illness; ethnic segregation/conflict; HIV; urban anthropology; US inner-city, Central America and the Caribbean
Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, Italy
Interests: psychological concern for social interactions at different levels (individual, interpersonal, intra- and inter-group, organizational, communitarian, cultural, institutional); the study of argumentation in contexts characterized by a large prevalence of interpersonal interactions; conversation analysis; family socialization and parent-child conflicts; classroom discussions
Interests: psychological concern for social interactions at different levels (individual, interpersonal, intra- and inter-group, organizational, communitarian, cultural, institutional); the study of argumentation in contexts characterized by a large prevalence of interpersonal interactions; conversation analysis; family socialization and parent-child conflicts; classroom discussions
Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5503, USA
Interests: racial/ethnic groups; urbanization; population distribution; social stratification
Interests: racial/ethnic groups; urbanization; population distribution; social stratification
Department of Sociology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29528, USA
Interests: qualitative methodology; chronic health; disability; social psychology; areas of policing; immigration
Interests: qualitative methodology; chronic health; disability; social psychology; areas of policing; immigration
UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London WC1H 0AL, UK
Interests: research methodology (qualitative methods; mixed methods; biographical methods; comparative case analysis); sociology of families; generations; food in families; migration; poverty
Interests: research methodology (qualitative methods; mixed methods; biographical methods; comparative case analysis); sociology of families; generations; food in families; migration; poverty
Distinguished Professor and Dean of the College of General Studies and Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences and Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53188, USA
Interests: folkloristics; ethnology; ethnic studies; material culture; community and environment
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Interests: folkloristics; ethnology; ethnic studies; material culture; community and environment
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Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
Interests: forensic psychology; gender; sexualities; evidence-based policy
Interests: forensic psychology; gender; sexualities; evidence-based policy
Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York, York YO10 4DJ, UK
Interests: biopolitics; sociology and politics of biology and medicine; futures and the sociology of expectation; risk and biotechnology; biopolitics of immunity, immune systems and immunological technologies
Interests: biopolitics; sociology and politics of biology and medicine; futures and the sociology of expectation; risk and biotechnology; biopolitics of immunity, immune systems and immunological technologies
Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
Interests: stigma and discrimination; gender; mental health; disability; health data sciences
Interests: stigma and discrimination; gender; mental health; disability; health data sciences
Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Interests: history; Romania; gender
Interests: history; Romania; gender
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1010, Austria
Interests: comparative political science; quality of democracy; knowledge; knowledge democracy and knowledge economy; higher education systems; innovation; art and arts (artistic research)
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Interests: comparative political science; quality of democracy; knowledge; knowledge democracy and knowledge economy; higher education systems; innovation; art and arts (artistic research)
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Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Av. Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Interests: journalism; political communication; social media; digital journalism; social influence; digital media
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Interests: journalism; political communication; social media; digital journalism; social influence; digital media
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School of Sociology and Anthropology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Interests: suicide prevention; depression
Interests: suicide prevention; depression
Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: disasters; collapses; sociocultural evolution; social movements; collective behavior; world-systems; policy responses; state formation; empires global governance, globalization, democracy and autocracy
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Interests: disasters; collapses; sociocultural evolution; social movements; collective behavior; world-systems; policy responses; state formation; empires global governance, globalization, democracy and autocracy
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School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Interests: digital technology; social media; political communication; government communication; citizen participation
Interests: digital technology; social media; political communication; government communication; citizen participation
Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: economic sociology; organization theory; environmental sociology; institution; corporate social responsibility section included in social sciences: social economics
Interests: economic sociology; organization theory; environmental sociology; institution; corporate social responsibility section included in social sciences: social economics
School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: migrant health; aging and medical sociology; nursing anthropology; interdisciplinary research in medical social sciences; medical humanities education
Interests: migrant health; aging and medical sociology; nursing anthropology; interdisciplinary research in medical social sciences; medical humanities education
School of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Interests: medical sociology; political sociology; social capital; social governance
Interests: medical sociology; political sociology; social capital; social governance
School of Human and Social Sciences, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe HP11 2JZ, UK
Interests: sports masculinities; gender and sport; physical activity and wellbeing; physical activity and disability; qualitative methodologies; creative nonfiction
Interests: sports masculinities; gender and sport; physical activity and wellbeing; physical activity and disability; qualitative methodologies; creative nonfiction
IODE, CNRS, University of Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
Interests: European human rights justice; litigation; NGOs; private foundations; criminology; criminal policies; human rights
* Research Professor
Interests: European human rights justice; litigation; NGOs; private foundations; criminology; criminal policies; human rights
* Research Professor
Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Interests: international law; human rights; sustainability; transitional justice; legal history; rule of law; corruption
Interests: international law; human rights; sustainability; transitional justice; legal history; rule of law; corruption
Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK
Interests: sport and exercise psychology; epilepsy; exercise; physical activity; qualitative research; disability; chronic health; identity
Interests: sport and exercise psychology; epilepsy; exercise; physical activity; qualitative research; disability; chronic health; identity
Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: general sociology
Interests: general sociology
Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, 341 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Interests: economic mobility; job displacement; minimum wages; inequality; employment training; program evaluation; life course events; social security
Interests: economic mobility; job displacement; minimum wages; inequality; employment training; program evaluation; life course events; social security
School of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Interests: criminology; policing; urban safety; public space; restorative justice & socio-legal studies
Interests: criminology; policing; urban safety; public space; restorative justice & socio-legal studies
Division of Education, School of Social Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom (postal address: Gateway House, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK
Interests: qualitative research methods (particularly mobile methodologies and multi-species ethnography); contemporary social and political theory (complexity approaches, feminisms, new materialism, political ecologism, critical posthumanism); sociology of difference and intersectional inequalities; citizenship and education; critical animal studies (companion species, farmed animals, feminist approaches); critical pedagogy (eco pedagogy, new materialism, decolonisation)
Interests: qualitative research methods (particularly mobile methodologies and multi-species ethnography); contemporary social and political theory (complexity approaches, feminisms, new materialism, political ecologism, critical posthumanism); sociology of difference and intersectional inequalities; citizenship and education; critical animal studies (companion species, farmed animals, feminist approaches); critical pedagogy (eco pedagogy, new materialism, decolonisation)
School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Interests: homelessness; affordable housing; social welfare policy; policy analysis research methods; linkage of administrative data for population research
Interests: homelessness; affordable housing; social welfare policy; policy analysis research methods; linkage of administrative data for population research
School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: logistics; transport economics; international trade; supply chain management; distribution; networks
Interests: logistics; transport economics; international trade; supply chain management; distribution; networks
Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Interests: terrorism; race and crime; criminal sentencing; criminal justice policy
Interests: terrorism; race and crime; criminal sentencing; criminal justice policy
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University, Malcanton Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D, 30123 Venice, Italy
Interests: transformations of European welfare systems; comparative analysis; care; ageing; intergenerational relations; qualitative and quantitative methods
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Interests: transformations of European welfare systems; comparative analysis; care; ageing; intergenerational relations; qualitative and quantitative methods
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