The Journal of Interdisciplinary Ethical Research, an open-access journal published by AOSIS, aims to provide a global platform for the dissemination of a wide spectrum of research data and proposed solutions within its stated mandate. Therefore, it will be devoted to the examination of ethical issues that arise in any of the different academic fields of study. Interdisciplinarity requires that researchers within different academic disciplines should launch themselves from a common research springboard, so to speak, from where they can present new knowledge horizons and offer solving perspectives on specific ethical challenges. However, individual researchers can submit interdisciplinary ethical research conducted on their own, although the former is preferred. In other words, both group and individual interdisciplinary ethical research are welcome. The Journal of Interdisciplinary Ethical Research will add academic value, locally and globally, with its different points of departure deeply embedded in justice, truth, accountability, inclusivity, and human dignity.
From a mainly qualitative methodological perspective/approach, this journal will demonstrate that ethics requires analytical thinking and critical scholars who in an existentially and emancipatory way can help make the world a more flourishing, decent, and humane place in which to live. It will challenge conventional boundaries and will respond to and reflect on the rapidly changing global knowledge economy in this regard. The journal’s publication criteria will therefore be based on rigorous research, accountable methodologies and novel findings based on sound ethical standards.
Articles from all academic disciplines within the scope of the journal will be considered. Contributions will not be confined to a specific region or continent, for the aim is to engage with worldwide issues, challenges and problems including possible themes such as poverty; hunger; education; gender equality; inequality and unemployment; climate change; the green economy; violence; art; sexuality; morality; imagination; creativity; consciousness; journalism; medicine; and artificial intelligence.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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:
- Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
- Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
- Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
- Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
- Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
- Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
- Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
- Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.
- Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
- Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
- Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
- Goal 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.
- Goal 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.
- Goal 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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