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The <em><strong>Journal of Sustainable Social Change</strong></em> welcomes manuscripts focusing on interdisciplinary research that examines current and future sustainability elements from many fields, including social, economic and environmental, and levels of analysis--from macro to micro-- in order to advance the human experience and condition and move individuals, groups, organizations, cultures, and society toward a more positive, sustainable, and just future. <p>Publications in the journal must include clear linkages for systemic change in the manuscript’s abstract.</p> <p>Examples of desirable submissions include, but are not limited to the following:<br> <ul> <li>Extension, validation, or refutation of existing theories of social change, sustainability or sustainable systems and social development within the context of their relevance and applicability in organizational or social fields <li>Attempts to build grounded theories of sustainable social change based on applied research or field investigation <li>Research that employs social-change theories in designing or redesigning social-change initiatives, policies, plans, or efforts <li>Studies on the application of theory-based interventions from another field that result in important systemic social-change outcomes and insights in a new field <li>Critical reviews of social-change and sustainability research, programs, or theories that generate new insights for research and practice <li>Translation of social-change theories from one disciplinary field or context to another</ul></li></p> <p>Scholars, practitioners, and graduate students are invited to submit their manuscripts for publication. 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They are: <ul> <li><strong>Full-length empirical articles</strong>: comprehensive reports of findings from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-design research studies <li><strong>Brief empirical articles</strong>: succinct summaries of findings from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-design research studies of minimal scope (e.g., pilot studies) <li><strong>Comprehensive literature reviews</strong>: articles providing summary and analysis of the body of existing research on a topic <li><strong>Book reviews</strong>: reviews of books relevant to the disciplines <li><strong>Student research</strong>: empirical articles or literature reviews for which the first author is currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program </ul></li></p> <p><strong>A Message to New Authors:</strong> If you are planning to submit a manuscript based on your doctoral capstone research, you are encouraged to read our FAQ: <em><a 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