I am delighted to see this special edition of Social Work Education: the international journal, through publication, having acted as guest editor before my appointment co-Editor-in-Chief ...

Climate change is a pressing phenomenon with huge potential ethical, legal and social policy implications. Climate change gives rise to intricate moral and policy issues as it involves contested science, uncertainty and risk. In order to come to scientifically and morally justified, as well as feasible, policies, targeting climate change requires an interdisciplinary approach. This special issu...

We were very honoured and excited to be approached to edit this special edition of Seizure, which marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the UK patient organisation, Epilepsy Action (EA, formerly The British Epilepsy Association). We have both been involved with the work of EA over what is now a considerable period of time – as research funding recipients, research collaborators, members...

This special edition results from the first face-to-face conference of South African Missiological Society (SAMS), held at University Stellenbosch, after identified case COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns its different levels protocols in Africa. The COVID pandemic revealed society's dire economic, social, political challenges that government could not address adequately. nature Church, during h...

by Jason L. Taylor Editor’s Note: This edition features current research, practice, and policy related to the Joyce Foundation’s Shifting Gears initiative beginning with an interview with Whitney Smith, Manager of the Employment Program at the Joyce Foundation. Julie Strawn, Center for Law and Social Policy, presents a national perspective of basic skills reform efforts similar to Shifting Gear...

This article introduces a special issue of Complexity dedicated to the increasingly important element of complexity science that engages with social policy. We introduce and frame an emerging research agenda that seeks to enhance social policy by working at the interface between the social sciences and the physical sciences (including mathematics and computer science), and term this research ar...