Aims & Scope

Aims

Global South & Sustainable Development (GSSD) is a gold open access, peer-reviewed academic outlet with a mission to establish a unique and inclusive discussion forum on the Global South (GS) developmental issues from the perspective of long-term sustainability challenge. 

Global South & Sustainable Development (GSSD) aims to foster scientific exploration and generation of knowledge in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while being focused on applicability and feasibility of such economic growth concept to the Global South countries led by their Emerging economies. 

GSSD’s purpose is to enhance inclusion of Low-and-Middle-Income countries in science diplomacy and world affairs. We aim to facilitate joining of GS societies’ rich capacities and legacy to the mainstream of contemporary science and economic development. Following decades of gradually rising prosperity and living standards in the Global South, we believe that sustainable economic growth will further foster innovation, open-up employment opportunities and increase welfare. The Green Agenda and its fiscal mechanisms should be part of the efforts to cope with the climate change. Global warming’s huge toll will be primarily felt alongside the coastal lines of densely populated Southern and Eastern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Establishment of GSSD as the prime forum for free exchange of brand-new knowledge will facilitate translational impact of applied science into tangible innovations and solutions that improve lives of the people. It should contribute to the creation of healthy environments and economic integration of the Global South countries alongside South-South and North South axis. We firmly hope for convergence of traditional world economic order and stability where science diplomacy will serve primarily for the benefit of mankind and the global community of shared future.

Scope

Specifically, we aim to receive and publish manuscripts dealing with the Global South unmet development needs, sustainability concept and economic growth including but not limiting to:

  • The Global South – Economics, Science and Diplomacy
  • Sustainable Finance and Investment in the Global South
  • International relations in South-South and North-South diplomacy and trade;
  • United Nations 2030 Agenda & Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Urban Sustainability and Resilience in the Global South
  • Climate Change and Global Warming Phenomenon
  • The Green Economy and Fiscal sustainability
  • UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol
  • UNFCCC and The Paris Agreement
  • Emerging economies and their alliances (BRICS+, Belt and Road Initiative, ASEAN etc)
  • Mineral Resource Blessing hypothesis
  • Perception of Globalization as Neocolonialism
  • The Role of Multinational Corporations
  • Heterodox economics and critical political economy;
  • Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies for sustainable development
  • Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development
  • Urban green architecture, biodiversity, ecosystem services
  • UN Habitat’s New Urban Agenda
  • Development studies;
  • Decision-making in governance for sustainable development
  • Utilization of land, water, air and biological resources
  • Global public health- consequences of sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Transnational Climate Litigation
  • National policies and international treaties
  • Environmental concerns
  • Justice and climate justice
  • Interrelationship of various SDGs to urban sustainability
  • Race, class and ethnicity studies;
  • Historical and sociocultural research
  • Evidence-informed practices
  • Cultural diversity and traditions, social systems,
  • Globalization, immigration and settlement
  • Ethical and philosophical aspects of sustainable development
  • Education and sustainability
  • Impact of SD on safety, security, and disaster management
  • Policy and laws affecting sustainability
  • The ethics of sustainability in emerging technologies
  • Climate-induced migration and displacement
  • Urban ecology and urban social-ecological systems
  • Environmental and social inequality
  • Rural and development of neglected communities
  • Different worldviews of SD including sacred and spiritual connections

Article formats:

Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Perspectives, Opinions, Brief Reports, Letters to the Editor, Editorials, Mini Reviews, Case reports (A certain narrow-focused description of a sustainability challenge in a particular country, territory, jurisdiction, or in a particular sphere of environmental science/ecosystem), Commentaries, Errata/Corrigendum, Ph.D. Thesis Abstracts, Communication, Editorial, Expert review, News, Opinion, Short Communication, Survey/Review Study. It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.