Focus and Scope

 

Aim. The Journal of Discrimination and Injustice aims to advance scientific research on various forms of discrimination and injustice that affect individuals and groups based on legal status, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other social factors. The journal seeks to create a robust academic space for analyzing structural inequalities and exclusionary practices that emerge in contemporary societies, with particular emphasis on Southeast Asia a region characterized by significant social, cultural, religious, and legal diversity that produces complex and distinctive patterns of injustice. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the journal promotes the production of scholarly knowledge that can support evidence-based policymaking, strengthen global dialogue on human rights, and reinforce international commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Subject Category. This journal operates within the academic fields of Human Rights Studies, Social Sciences, Law and Society Studies, Gender Studies, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, and Political Science and Public Policy. Its thematic focus includes issues of discrimination, structural injustice, human rights, gender equality, multiculturalism, ethnic and religious diversity, social justice theory, and public policy analysis. With this broad and interdisciplinary subject orientation, the journal positions itself as a comprehensive scholarly forum for understanding, critically examining, and proposing scientific solutions to various forms of injustice at local, regional, and global levels.

Scope. The journal encompasses research that examines various forms of discrimination, inequality, and marginalization rooted in race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, legal status, disability, and socioeconomic or political factors. Its scope includes studies on stereotypes, patriarchy, power relations, symbolic violence, social processes that produce injustice, and cultural or legal dynamics that influence access to fundamental rights. The journal places particular emphasis on studies related to Southeast Asia, recognizing the region's demographic complexity and plural legal systems that generate unique patterns of injustice requiring rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry. Accepted works may include qualitative or quantitative empirical research, normative legal analysis, policy critiques, theoretical explorations, and cross-country or cross-cultural comparative studies.

Focus:

  1. Discrimination and Injustice in Southeast Asia. Focused studies on forms of discrimination and injustice that are distinctive to the Southeast Asian context, including pluralism, legal diversity, gender dynamics, rapid urbanization, and socio-cultural transformation.
  2. Global Comparative Studies of Injustice. Research conducting cross-national or cross-regional comparisons of discrimination and injustice, including analyses of converging or diverging patterns across different global contexts.
  3. Racial and Ethnic Discrimination. Research examining the patterns, structures, and impacts of discrimination against racial and ethnic groups, including intergroup relations, social exclusion, and identity-based conflict and reconciliation.
  4. Religious and Belief Discrimination. Studies addressing intolerance, restrictions on religious freedom, belief-based conflict, and the legal and social mechanisms that shape religious life within pluralistic societies.
  5. Gender Inequality and Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Analyses of gender bias, patriarchal structures, unequal access to resources, social representation, and the marginalization of LGBTQ+individuals, along with their implications for social and economic systems.
  6. Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities. Research investigating structural barriers, accessibility issues, social stigma, and forms of inequality experienced by individuals with physical or mental disabilities, including evaluations of inclusive policy frameworks.
  7. Political Injustice. Studies focusing on political exclusion, abuses of power, unequal representation, and violations of political rights affecting individuals or minority groups.
  8. Economic Injustice. Research on income inequality, labor exploitation, unequal economic opportunities, and power relations that generate social vulnerability or systemic disadvantage.
  9. Legal Injustice. Analyses of discriminatory legal practices, bias in law enforcement, unequal access to justice, and legal structures that perpetuate inequality and social exclusion.
  10. Marginalization of Indigenous and Minority Communities. Studies exploring the political, social, or economic marginalization of indigenous peoples and minority groups, including the loss of cultural rights, land, identity, and sovereignty.
  11. Stereotypes, Stigma, and Power Relations. Research addressing the formation and reproduction of stereotypes, processes of stigmatization, and power dynamics that create or reinforce discriminatory practices within social structures.