International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (IJDSJ)

About the Journal

The International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (IJDSJ) is a new international and interdisciplinary journal in the field of Disability Studies, providing an outlet for scholars and academic-activists. Launching in 2021, the Journal will be of interest and use to the broader community of disabled people and their allies, who are working to challenge injustices and build inclusive societies. The Journal and its companion Digest (an open-access publication published alongside with summaries of articles) will publish cutting-edge scholarship and research by authors concerned with challenging injustices related to disability.

Aims & Scope

IJDSJ understand Disability Studies to include Critical Disability Studies, Ability Studies and Studies in Ableism. The Journal recognise the connections between Disability Studies and allied fields including Deaf Studies, Mad Studies and Critical Autism Studies. Authors from these fields are warmly invited authors to submit to and engage with the Journal.

Given the Journal’s focus on social justice, many contributions will draw upon ideas developed in the broad fields of:

• Socio-Legal Studies and Human Rights
• Critical Sociologies
• Political Science
• Social and Public Policy
• Philosophy/Ethics/Theology
• Radical/Critical Social Work, Health and Psy- Sciences
• Inclusive Education
• Critical Management/Business Studies
• Inclusive Design

Journal Information

The Journal will initially be published 3-4 times per year.

Editor-in-Chief & Chair of Editorial Executive

• Angharad E. Beckett (University of Leeds, UK)

Editorial Assistant

• Christian J. Harrison (University of Leeds, UK)

Executive Editors

• David Abbott (University of Bristol, UK)
• Beverley Clough (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Frederic Fovet (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
• Miro Griffiths (University of Leeds, UK)
• Chrissie Rogers (University of Kent, UK)
• Simon T.M. Ng  *Reviews Editor* (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong) 

International Advisors

• Peter Blanck (Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University)
• Theresia Degener (Evangelische Hochschule Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe, Germany)
• Arlene Kanter (Syracuse University)
• Gerard Quinn (UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
• Karen Soldatic (Western Sydney University)
• Michael Ashley Stein (Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Harvard University, USA)

Editorial Board

• Nazmi Abdel-Salam Al-Masri (Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine)
• Steven Allen (Validity Foundation, Hungary)
• Shilpaa Anand (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)
• Anna Arnstein-Kerslake (Universities of Galway and Melbourne, Ireland and Australia)
• Julia Bahner (Lund University, Sweden)
• Maria Berghs (De Montfort University, England)
• Leah Burch (Liverpool Hope University, England)
• Dikmen Bezmez (Koç University, Türkiye)
• Nicola Burns (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
• Bronagh Byrne (Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• Tom Campbell (University of Leeds, England)
• Paula Campos Pinto (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
• Heng-hao Chang (National Taipei University, Taiwan)
• Edmund Coleman-Fountain (Northumbria University, England)
• Pedro Encarnação (Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal)
• Deborah Fenney (Kings Fund, UK)
• Janos Fiala-Butora (University of Galway, Ireland)
• Debbie Foster (Cardiff University, Wales)
• Piers Gooding (La Trobe Law School, Australia)
• Dan Goodley (University of Sheffield, England)
• Robert Gould (University of Illinois Chicago, USA)
• Shaun Grech (Critical Institute, University of Cape Town and CBM, Malta and South Africa)
• Rune Halvorsen (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)
• Rosie Harding (University of Birmingham, England)
• Paul Harpur (University of Queensland, Australia)
• Katharina Heyer (University of Hawaii, USA)
• Raymond Holt (University of Leeds, England)
• David Howe (Western University, Canada)
• Harvey Humphrey (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
• Esther Ignagni (Ryerson University, Canada)
• Laverne Jacobs (University of Windsor, Canada)
• Sanjay Jain (ILS Law College, Pune, India)
• Kelley Johnson (University of New South Wales, Australia)
• Emily Kakoullis (Cardiff University, Wales)
• Hisayo Katsui (Helsinki University, Finland)
• Anna Lawson (University of Leeds, UK)
• Rebecca Lawthom (University of Sheffield, England)
• Oliver Lewis (Doughty Street Chambers, England)
• Kirsty Liddiard (University of Sheffield, England)
• Ravi Malhotra (University of Ottawa, Canada)
• Janice McLaughlin (Newcastle University, England)
• David T. Mitchell (The George Washington University, USA)
• Teodor Mladenov (Dundee University, Scotland)
• Hannah Morgan (University of Leeds, England)
• Belaynesh Tefera Nidaw (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
• Charles O’Mahoney (University of Galway, Ireland)
• Nagase Osamu (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) 
• Shivaun Quinlivan (NUI Galway, Ireland)
• Sana Rizvi (Liverpool John Moores University, England)
• Eric Rosenthal (Disability Rights International, USA)
• Katherine Runswick-Cole (University of Sheffield, England)
• Jonas Ruškus (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
• Sara Ryan (Manchester Metropolitan University, England)
• Precious Nonye Sango (University of Bedfordshire, UK and International School of Disability Studies, Nigeria)
• Lucy Series (Cardiff University, Wales)
• Maha Shuayb (University of Cambridge and Lebanese American University, UK and Lebanon)
• Roger Slee (University of Leeds, England)
• Simoni Symeonidou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
• Filippo Trevisan (American University in Washington, DC, USA)
• Maria Pia Venturiello (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Lisa Waddington (Maastricht University, Netherlands) 
• Jörg Weber (CBM, Critical Institute and University of Cape Town, South Africa)
• Felix Welti (University of Kassel, Germany)
• Shirli Werner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
• Gregor Wolbring (University of Calgary, Canada)
• Kuansong Victor Zhuang (Princeton University, USA and Nanyang Technical University, Singapore)

Reviews Sub-Editors

• Andrew David King (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
• Burgandi Rakoska (University of Leeds, England)
• Amy Redhead (University of Leeds, England)

Contact Information

The Journal's Editorial Executive: IJDSJContact@gmail.com

Publisher Pluto Journals: Eve Kanram <evek@plutoeducationaltrust.org>

We ask authors to please read our Journal Ethics Statement and Guidance for Authors documents (under DOWNLOADS below) when preparing their manuscripts and before submitting to the journal. The Guidance for Authors also includes information on journal style.

Both documents have been written by the Journal’s Executive Committee, assisted by and in consultation with the Journal’s Editorial Board. 

Authors may also wish to read the template Permissions Form, supplied by Pluto Journals (under DOWNLOADS below). When an article is accepted for IJDSJ, authors will be required to sign this form prior to publication. It explains their rights.

IJDSJ will strive to make decisions on submissions within 4 months but should there be delays, authors will be kept informed.

How to submit

Submissions should be sent to the I.J.D.S.J. Executive Editors via email: IJDSJContact@gmail.com 

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