Scope and Mission

Aim

AHSS seeks to provide a dependable academic forum for research that advances understanding of human society, institutions, culture, governance and related fields. The journal encourages work that can enrich scholarship, teaching, professional discussion and evidence-based policy thinking.

Scope

The journal's principal coverage is social sciences, with appropriate contributions from arts and humanities where they offer meaningful insight into social-science questions.

• Social sciences and interdisciplinary social research
• Sociology and contemporary social issues
• History, culture and heritage studies
• Sustainability and SDG-related research

A submission may be considered outside the journal when its subject has no meaningful connection with the stated fields, lacks a credible scholarly contribution, is primarily promotional or unsupported opinion, or fails essential academic and ethical requirements.

Mission

AHSS aims to encourage responsible scholarship, widen access to social-science research, facilitate international academic exchange and provide readers with credible research on issues of contemporary and enduring importance.