Celebrating 2024 journals now published by AOSIS and aligned with SDGs

Advances in Corporate Governance (No APCs on qualifying works, Ts & Cs apply)

The journal, in terms of its focus and scope, and, by extension, by the articles that are published in it, aims to respond to the following SDGs:

• SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all: Equitable quality education and lifelong learning is at the heart of Advances in Corporate Governance (ACG), as information is established and disseminated creating awareness and providing solutions for improved governance in the education.
• SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls: ACG strives to drive conscious corporate leadership – ACG will welcome research that examines gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and the role corporate governance can play in uplifting the marginalised.
• SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all: At the heart of ACG is goal 8 – the need to ensure safe and equitable workplace allows for economic growth that empowers and ensures decent work for all. Research in this area aligns with ACG – its drive for conscious corporate leadership.
• SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels: ACG strives to drive conscious corporate leadership, meaningful discussion and research in the field of corporate governance, innovation in business. Climate competent leadership forms the basis of ACG.
• SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development: ACG will provide a platform for the coming together of researchers and practitioners locally and internationally establishing partnerships for the realisation of sustainable development.

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African Journal of Biodiversity Conservation (No APCs on qualifying works, Ts & Cs apply)

The journal, in terms of its focus and scope, and, by extension, by the articles that are published in it, aims to respond to the following SDGs:

• SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
• SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
• SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
• SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
• SDG 15: Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

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African Journal of Creative Economy (No APCs on qualifying works, Ts & Cs apply)

An important aim of the African Journal of Creative Economy (AJCE) is to publish research that contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The protection and promotion of culture is an important development goal in its own right, but it is also an enabler that contributes to the effectiveness of other SDGs.

The UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture provides an innovative methodology for making culture’s impact on the SDGs visible. Culture contributes transversally to many SDGs, including:

• SDG 3: Good health and well-being
• SDG 4: Quality education
• SDG 5: Gender equality
• SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
• SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
• SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
• SDG 13: Climate action
• SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions.

The Culture|2030 indicators are arranged around 4 themes, each of which includes several of the SDG Goals and targets:

• Environment and Resilience;
• Prosperity and Livelihoods;
• Knowledge and Skills; and
• Inclusion and Participation.

Some of the themes and indicators link to quantitative, macroeconomic measures (such as, culture in GDP; household expenditure; and cultural participation), while others link to qualitative targets and policy initiatives (such as, culture for social cohesion; sustainable management of heritage; artistic freedom).

However, it is also acknowledged that many traditional African production processes in the creative economy have always practised sustainability and respect for the environment. By grounding research in the African context as the starting point, journal articles can offer a counterpoint to Western definitions of sustainable development.

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Journal of Interdisciplinary Ethical Research (No APCs on qualifying works, Ts & Cs apply)

The journal, in terms of its focus and scope, and, by extension, by the articles that are published in it, aims to respond to the following SDGs:

• SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
• SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
• SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
• SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
• SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
• SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
• SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
• SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.
• SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
• SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
• SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
• SDG 15: Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
• SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
• SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

SDGs must be problematised from an ethical perspective – in other words, critiques against the way that development is defined and socially constructed, must be unpacked.

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Journal of Public Health in Africa

The journal, in terms of its focus and scope, and, by extension, by the articles that are published in it, aims to respond to the following SDGs:

• SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture: Food security and improved nutrition of people will contribute to greater public health outcomes. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in the provision of healthy and constant food supply, especially to young children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, across various regions as well as the maintenance of biodiversity and respect for indigenous knowledge systems around the nutrition provision value chain.
• SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages: This SDG is at the heart of public health in Africa. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in all areas of public health, ranging from disease prevention, detection, and treatment to epidemic and pandemic preparedness and from improved measures against substance abuse and aid for those suffering it to reducing mortality and improved family planning.
• SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls: Providing greater access to healthcare and related services than is being provided to women and girls. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in health-related areas where women and girls are left behind, for example, the provision of education around their bodies and the health rights that come with it, sanitary products, psychosocial support, and education and destigmatisation of stigmatised physical and mental conditions and states lived and experienced by women and girls in order to improve their public health outcomes.
• SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all: Clean drinking water and proper sanitation are essential in the maintenance of public health, specifically when it comes to the spread of water-borne infections. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in the improved and equitable provision of sufficient clean drinking water as well as enough water for other uses that are conducive to clean and healthy environments.
• SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation: Developing and maintaining infrastructure for effective health services provision as well as public health education and messaging are essential in improving public health outcomes in African. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure that can aid in public health service provision and public health education and messaging, for example, in the equitable provision of technologies that support such efforts.
• SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable: More inclusive, safer, cleaner, and more resilient cities and settlements are contributors to improved public health outcomes. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in adequate and safe housing provision for all people as well as safe and the establishment of effective transport between areas.
• SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns: Sustainable consumption and production patterns are crucial in the long-term maintenance of healthy populations. Research that contributes to this SDG should be able to inform policy on and practice in safer, sustainable production and improved waste management.

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