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About the journal
Social Development Issues (SDI: ISSN 0147-1473, eISSN 2372-014X) is an international refereed journal that serves as a forum for achieving linkages between multiple disciplines, nations and cultures. SDI is committed to the advancement of social development, social work, and related disciplines. The journal’s purpose in social development is the promotion and consideration of issues that affect social justice, and the development and well-being of individuals and their communities. The journal seeks to publish scholarship that addresses social, cultural, political, and economic issues and their interrelationships in the global context. This includes theory, policy, practice, and research, as well as manuscripts that involve participatory action, organizing, locality development, and social change.
Social Development Issues is a refereed journal of the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD). It was first published in 1977 and has been in publication continuously ever since. It is published three times a year in spring, summer, and fall. SDI is an open-access academic journal that offers free reading and professional use to download, copy, disseminate and link to its published articles with due acknowledgements.
About social development
Social development processes aim to bring about economic and social improvement in the lives of people through capacity building. Often this involves institution-building, locality development, and social change. Social development approaches seek to develop conceptual frameworks and effective intervention strategies to create peaceful and equitable solutions to problems at the local, national and global levels. Social development scholars and practitioners seek to:
- Develop capacity of individuals and communities
- Create participatory and action-oriented efforts focused on social change
- Build partnerships with communities, organizations, institutions and governments
- Promote world peace and social justice
- Improve access to adequate health care and education
- Overcome discrimination against the most vulnerable populations
- Create sustainable income and economic structures for all
- Promote and achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
About the International Consortium for Social Development
The International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD) is an organization of scholars, practitioners, and students working in social development arenas around the world. The Consortium was created in the 1970s by a group of social work educators to respond to pressing human concerns from an international, interdisciplinary perspective. Today, the ICSD is a well-established and widely recognized international catalyst for sharing ideas among many nations and across many cultures. Among its numerous functions, the ICSD serves as a clearinghouse for information on international social development. The Consortium fosters collaboration among personnel of organizations such as the United Nations, World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF as well as among professional associations in the human services and institutions of higher learning. The Consortium organizes a biennial international conference with the most recent conference held in Kochi, India in January 2025. More information about the ICSD can be found at https://www.socialdevelopment.net/
Journal contact information
All queries regarding manuscripts, reviewing, and special issues should be directed to:
- Philip Hong, PhD, Editor, Social Development Issues. Email: sdijournal@uga.edu
- Alice K. Butterfield, Chair, SDI Board of Managers and Treasurer. Email: akj@uic.edu