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 Law and Justice Studies, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
Interests: policing; geographic criminology; place-based evaluations
Interests: policing; geographic criminology; place-based evaluations
Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Interests: crime analysis; prosecutor discretion; criminal sentencing; law and policy impact analysis; quantitative analysis
Interests: crime analysis; prosecutor discretion; criminal sentencing; law and policy impact analysis; quantitative analysis
Department of Political Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100190, China
Interests: political science; comparative politics; international relations; political methodology; causal inference
Interests: political science; comparative politics; international relations; political methodology; causal inference
Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100005, China
Interests: platform studies; digital labor; intelligent technologies; gender and class; media and youth culture; communication theory and methods
Interests: platform studies; digital labor; intelligent technologies; gender and class; media and youth culture; communication theory and methods
International Studies, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, USA
Interests: migrants; asylum seekers; refugees; citizenship; legality; race and ethnicity; transnational migration and globalization; tourism and political activism
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Interests: migrants; asylum seekers; refugees; citizenship; legality; race and ethnicity; transnational migration and globalization; tourism and political activism
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School of Population and Health, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Interests: negative population growth; population aging; population economics
Interests: negative population growth; population aging; population economics
Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Interests: immigration; immigrants in Canada; housing experiences of immigrants; housing in small and mid-sized cities; suburbanization of immigrants; ethnic entrepreneurship; ethnic neighborhoods
Interests: immigration; immigrants in Canada; housing experiences of immigrants; housing in small and mid-sized cities; suburbanization of immigrants; ethnic entrepreneurship; ethnic neighborhoods
1. School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
2. Grace University, Pomona, CA 91768, USA
Interests: law; labor relations; economics
2. Grace University, Pomona, CA 91768, USA
Interests: law; labor relations; economics
Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430, USA
Interests: gender inequality; interracial family formation; assisted reproductive technologies; technology industry; critical race theory; sociology of work; gendered organization theory
Interests: gender inequality; interracial family formation; assisted reproductive technologies; technology industry; critical race theory; sociology of work; gendered organization theory
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: social change and conflict; protest participation; societal polarization; collective action; social movement; diaspora activism; civic participation; drivers of contentious political behavior; contentious political engagement
Interests: social change and conflict; protest participation; societal polarization; collective action; social movement; diaspora activism; civic participation; drivers of contentious political behavior; contentious political engagement
Department of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294-4562, USA
Interests: community engagement; affects of the built environment on people's neighborhoods and crime; police law; computer forensics; investigations; community-led public health
Interests: community engagement; affects of the built environment on people's neighborhoods and crime; police law; computer forensics; investigations; community-led public health
College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: migrant labour; gender studies; land politics
Interests: migrant labour; gender studies; land politics
School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Interests: public diplomacy; belt and road studies; Chinese diplomacy etc.
Interests: public diplomacy; belt and road studies; Chinese diplomacy etc.
Department of Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK
Interests: social work and theorising biopolitics; neoliberalism and social work; community social work; Roma people and migrants; the politics of social work; critique of humanism and more than human studies
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Interests: social work and theorising biopolitics; neoliberalism and social work; community social work; Roma people and migrants; the politics of social work; critique of humanism and more than human studies
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Department of Politics and International Studies, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Interests: democratization; autocratization; crisis of democracy; external democracy promotion; human rights protection; regional organizations; regional security; Latin America
Interests: democratization; autocratization; crisis of democracy; external democracy promotion; human rights protection; regional organizations; regional security; Latin America
School of Social & Political Sciences, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Interests: the use of digital technology and data in social contexts including telehealth, e-policing, e-services, open data, social media data, and big data
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Interests: the use of digital technology and data in social contexts including telehealth, e-policing, e-services, open data, social media data, and big data
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Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TU, UK
Interests: sociological analysis of professional judgement and decision-making with an emphasis on understanding how science, formal knowledge, rhetoric, moral judgement, emotion and subjectivity interact in professional practice, particularly in child health and welfare
Interests: sociological analysis of professional judgement and decision-making with an emphasis on understanding how science, formal knowledge, rhetoric, moral judgement, emotion and subjectivity interact in professional practice, particularly in child health and welfare
School of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M15 6BX, UK
Interests: youth geographies; children's geographies; mobilities; creative methods
Interests: youth geographies; children's geographies; mobilities; creative methods
Centre of Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE), Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Interests: sexual crime; online sexual offending, including sextortion; sexual preoccupation and addiction; antilibidinal medication/medication to manage problematic sexual arousal; circles of support and accountability; young people demonstrating sexually harmful behaviour; prevention of sexual offending; non-offending partners and impact on families of people committing a sexual offence; desistance, reintegration and resettlement; mandatory life sentences (release, reintegration and support for individuals) religion and spirituality
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Interests: sexual crime; online sexual offending, including sextortion; sexual preoccupation and addiction; antilibidinal medication/medication to manage problematic sexual arousal; circles of support and accountability; young people demonstrating sexually harmful behaviour; prevention of sexual offending; non-offending partners and impact on families of people committing a sexual offence; desistance, reintegration and resettlement; mandatory life sentences (release, reintegration and support for individuals) religion and spirituality
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Social and Economic Geography Research Group, Department of Geography, Ghent University, S8 9000 Gent, Belgium
Interests: travel behavior analysis and modeling; travel and land use; sustainable mobility issues; business travel; cross-border mobility
Interests: travel behavior analysis and modeling; travel and land use; sustainable mobility issues; business travel; cross-border mobility
Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: critical geography; urban landscapes; Mexico-US borderlands; Latin America; intersectional feminist and critical race studies; social movements; post-colonial and decolonial studies
Interests: critical geography; urban landscapes; Mexico-US borderlands; Latin America; intersectional feminist and critical race studies; social movements; post-colonial and decolonial studies
School of Business and Law, St Mary’s University, Twickenham TW1 4SX, UK
Interests: comparative and international political economy; development studies; political economy in Latin America, Malaysia, and Singapore; political economy theory; state theory; industrial policy; political theory
Interests: comparative and international political economy; development studies; political economy in Latin America, Malaysia, and Singapore; political economy theory; state theory; industrial policy; political theory
Prof. Dr. Lili Xie
Editorial Board Member
School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Interests: social participation of older adults; quality of life in older adults; age-friendly environments
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Interests: social participation of older adults; quality of life in older adults; age-friendly environments
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Department of Political Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Interests: political economy; social welfare politics and policy; globalization and international political economy; immigration politics and policy; trade opinion; politics and technology
Interests: political economy; social welfare politics and policy; globalization and international political economy; immigration politics and policy; trade opinion; politics and technology
School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Interests: social network analysis; social capital; organizational network; computational sociology
Interests: social network analysis; social capital; organizational network; computational sociology
School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Interests: social governance; public services; economic sociology
Interests: social governance; public services; economic sociology
GRITIM-UPF, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: migration; urban governance; interculturalism; collective memory; diversity; citizenship; migration qualitative research
Interests: migration; urban governance; interculturalism; collective memory; diversity; citizenship; migration qualitative research
Department of Sociology & Criminology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Interests: sociology of health and medicine; race and ethnicity; global/transnational sociology; inequality; decolonial feminist methodologies; Black feminist thought; gender equity and development effectiveness; maternal and child health; sociology of religion
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Interests: sociology of health and medicine; race and ethnicity; global/transnational sociology; inequality; decolonial feminist methodologies; Black feminist thought; gender equity and development effectiveness; maternal and child health; sociology of religion
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Department of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
Interests: comparative social policies; global aging; immigration; sociological teaching
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Interests: comparative social policies; global aging; immigration; sociological teaching
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School of Political Science and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
Interests: international relations; European Union
Interests: international relations; European Union
