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
School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: sociology of education; immigration/immigrant youth; urban education; educational policy studies; racial equity; leadership
Interests: sociology of education; immigration/immigrant youth; urban education; educational policy studies; racial equity; leadership
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: urban studies; housing policy; Japan; South Korea; welfare regimes
Interests: urban studies; housing policy; Japan; South Korea; welfare regimes
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Interests: parenting; parent-child relationships; adolescent autonomy development; family decision-making; overparenting; information management; inductive discipline and parental psychological control
Interests: parenting; parent-child relationships; adolescent autonomy development; family decision-making; overparenting; information management; inductive discipline and parental psychological control
Social Work Advanced Level and Research, Malmö University, 211 19 Malmö, Sweden
Interests: social work and social policy in the areas of poverty, housing, marginality, democracy and participatory strategies
Interests: social work and social policy in the areas of poverty, housing, marginality, democracy and participatory strategies
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, UK
Interests: political economy; social class; ethics; social inequalities; critical realism; moral economy; post-Soviet economies; resistance; social movements; the voluntary sector; regional focus: Central Asia
Interests: political economy; social class; ethics; social inequalities; critical realism; moral economy; post-Soviet economies; resistance; social movements; the voluntary sector; regional focus: Central Asia
Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Interests: globalization; inequality; urban sociology
Interests: globalization; inequality; urban sociology
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: young people, with a particular interest in youth transitions; youth transitions poverty; worklessness; poverty; social class
Interests: young people, with a particular interest in youth transitions; youth transitions poverty; worklessness; poverty; social class
Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5100, USA
Interests: world-system analysis; globalization; urbanization and development; comparative and historical sociology; labor studies; East Asian political economy; global cities and urban systems; Amazon and e-commerce; global supply chains
Interests: world-system analysis; globalization; urbanization and development; comparative and historical sociology; labor studies; East Asian political economy; global cities and urban systems; Amazon and e-commerce; global supply chains
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
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
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
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
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
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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 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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Department of Sociology, School of Humanities, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Interests: ageing study; sociology of morality; qualitative research method
Interests: ageing study; sociology of morality; qualitative research method
Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: organizational sociology; economic sociology; social stratification; comparative and historical studies; work and technology; globalization and development
Interests: organizational sociology; economic sociology; social stratification; comparative and historical studies; work and technology; globalization and development
Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: crime and deviance; sociology of law; gender issues; development and society
Interests: crime and deviance; sociology of law; gender issues; development and society
Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0044, USA
Interests: law; public policy; injury compensation policy; disability rights; mixed-methods
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: law; public policy; injury compensation policy; disability rights; mixed-methods
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Interests: state and local government and politics; state-local and interlocal relations; county government; city-county consolidation; urban government and politics; local government finances; federal aid and intergovernmental fiscal behavior, education, welfare, and housing policy, and policy analysis and program evaluation
Interests: state and local government and politics; state-local and interlocal relations; county government; city-county consolidation; urban government and politics; local government finances; federal aid and intergovernmental fiscal behavior, education, welfare, and housing policy, and policy analysis and program evaluation
Department of War Studies, King's College London, London, UK
Interests: strategy; insurgency and counterinsurgency; information warfare and cyberwar; propaganda; civil-military relations; Russia; hybrid warfare; historic and contemporary theory and practice of fortification
Interests: strategy; insurgency and counterinsurgency; information warfare and cyberwar; propaganda; civil-military relations; Russia; hybrid warfare; historic and contemporary theory and practice of fortification
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
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)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: comparative political science; quality of democracy; knowledge; knowledge democracy and knowledge economy; higher education systems; innovation; art and arts (artistic research)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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
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
York Law School, University of York, York YO10 4DJ, 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
