Aim and Scope of Journal

Aim

Open Access Indonesia Journal of Social Sciences is a premier, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge across the social and political sciences. We aim to disseminate rigorous, innovative, and impactful research that addresses contemporary societal challenges and sheds light on the complex dynamics of human interaction, governance, and social transformation. While we provide a specific focus on Indonesia as a critical locus of analysis, we enthusiastically welcome comparative studies and groundbreaking research from across the Global South and the wider global context.

Scope

Our scope is comprehensive and interdisciplinary, inviting scholarship that explores the intricate interplay of policy, culture, technology, and society. We particularly encourage submissions that investigate, but are not limited to, the following key thematic areas:

• Political Dynamics and Governance: Examinations of political behavior, affective polarization, ideological sorting, and post-election landscapes. We welcome studies on civil society, social movements, democratic resilience, and the emergence of new forms of political opposition in the face of state consolidation.

• State, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy: Critical analyses of state power, public administration, and governance in the digital age. This includes research on e-government, algorithmic governance, bureaucratic discretion, and the impact of digital transformation on public service quality.

• Social Stratification and Identity: Sociological investigations into social class, symbolic boundaries, and consumption. We seek studies on identity formation, piety signaling, and the intersection of religion, gender, and market forces, such as the social impact of Halal certification.

• Development, Displacement, and Resistance: In-depth analyses of state-led development projects, such as capital relocations. We invite research on development-induced displacement, social resistance, identity dialectics, and the "fault lines" of modernity as experienced by indigenous and local communities.

• Digital Society and Media: Research on the role of digital media ecosystems in amplifying political cleavages, the use of technology in social contention, and the "digital paradox" of visibility and vulnerability faced by activists.

• Methodological Innovation: The journal is a home for methodological rigor and diversity. We actively publish quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research, including studies employing surveys, hierarchical regression, mediation analysis, ethnography, participant observation, cluster analysis, and Social Network Analysis (SNA).