Syneris – Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science is open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research across the full spectrum of the social sciences. The journal provides a forum for critical, theoretically informed, and empirically grounded dialogue at the intersection of diverse social science disciplines, including sociology, psychology, political science, economics, anthropology, education, communication studies, law, history, philosophy, social policy, human geography, international relations, criminology, demography, gender studies, cultural studies, and related fields.

Established with the vision of fostering intellectual synergy, SYNERIS is committed to advancing interdisciplinary social science as a field in which diverse methodological approaches, theoretical frameworks, and empirical investigations mutually inform one another. The journal encourages contributions that examine fundamental questions concerning social life, human behavior, institutions, culture, and policy while engaging critically with contemporary developments across the social sciences.

SYNERIS publishes original research articles, theoretical essays and reviews, hypothesis and theory papers, methodological notes, commentaries, book reviews, letters to the editor, and other scholarly contributions that advance understanding of interdisciplinary social science questions.

The journal particularly welcomes work that connects empirical findings with theoretical analysis, develops new conceptual frameworks, critically evaluates established theories, explores the policy implications of social science research, or addresses pressing global challenges from a multi-perspective lens.

Sociology and Social Theory

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between social structures, institutions, culture, and human behavior. Topics include social stratification, inequality, class, race, ethnicity, gender, social movements, urbanization, globalization, social change, and the relationship between individual agency and social structure.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including critical theory, poststructuralism, actor-network theory, practice theory, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, and theories concerning the digital transformation of society.

Research may also address the relationship between social theory and empirical research, the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of science, and the role of social institutions in shaping human experience. Questions concerning identity, identity formation, social construction, and the relationship between structure and agency are considered within the broader investigation of social life. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in other social science disciplines challenge, refine, or extend traditional sociological conceptions.

Psychology and Cognitive Science

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between psychology, cognitive science, and social behavior. Topics include cognition, emotion, motivation, learning, memory, perception, language, development, social cognition, personality, psychopathology, and the relationship between psychological processes and social context.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including social cognitive theory, cultural psychology, critical psychology, developmental systems theory, ecological approaches to cognition, and theories concerning the relationship between mind, brain, and behavior. Research may also address the relationship between psychology and other social science disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics. Questions concerning consciousness, agency, identity, and the relationship between individual and social processes are considered within the broader investigation of human psychology. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in psychology inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Political Science and International Relations

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between politics, power, governance, and social life. Topics include political institutions, democracy, authoritarianism, political behavior, public opinion, political communication, international relations, conflict, security, global governance, and the relationship between political processes and economic, social, and cultural factors.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including comparative politics, political economy, critical theory, postcolonial theory, feminist political theory, and theories concerning the transformation of the state in the context of globalization. Research may also address the relationship between political science and other disciplines, including sociology, economics, anthropology, geography, and law. Questions concerning power, justice, legitimacy, and the relationship between politics and ethics are considered within the broader investigation of political life. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in political science inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Economics and Political Economy

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between economic processes, social structures, and political institutions. Topics include economic inequality, labor markets, financial systems, development, international political economy, behavioral economics, institutional economics, and the relationship between economic and social policy.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including feminist economics, ecological economics, critical political economy, post-Keynesian economics, and theories concerning the relationship between capitalism and social welfare. Research may also address the relationship between economics and other disciplines, including sociology, political science, anthropology, geography, and law.

Questions concerning justice, efficiency, sustainability, and the relationship between economic and social well-being are considered within the broader investigation of economic life. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in economics inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Anthropology and Cultural Studies

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between culture, society, and human experience. Topics include cultural identity, ritual, symbolism, kinship, religion, material culture, globalization, postcolonial studies, cultural hybridity, and the relationship between local and global cultural processes.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including postcolonial theory, subaltern studies, cultural materialism, interpretive anthropology, and theories concerning the relationship between culture and power.

Research may also address the relationship between anthropology and other disciplines, including sociology, history, philosophy, geography, and political science. Questions concerning cultural diversity, cultural change, and the relationship between culture and identity are considered within the broader investigation of human cultural life. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in anthropology inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Education, Learning, and Socialization

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between education, learning, and social development. Topics include educational institutions, pedagogy, curriculum, educational policy, lifelong learning, informal education, the relationship between education and inequality, and the role of education in social reproduction and transformation.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including critical pedagogy, sociocultural theory, situated learning, educational psychology, and theories concerning the relationship between education and democracy. Research may also address the relationship between education and other disciplines, including sociology, psychology, philosophy, economics, and political science.

Questions concerning knowledge, power, and the relationship between education and social change are considered within the broader investigation of educational processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in education studies inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Law, Justice, and Social Regulation

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between law, justice, and social order. Topics include legal institutions, legal theory, criminal justice, human rights, legal pluralism, the relationship between law and social change, and the role of law in regulating social life.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including critical legal studies, law and society, sociolegal studies, feminist legal theory, and theories concerning the relationship between law and power. Research may also address the relationship between law and other disciplines, including sociology, political science, philosophy, economics, and criminology.

Questions concerning justice, rights, and the relationship between law and social inequality are considered within the broader investigation of legal and regulatory processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in legal studies inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

History, Memory, and Social Change

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between historical processes, collective memory, and social transformation. Topics include historiography, social history, historical sociology, public history, memory studies, historical consciousness, and the relationship between historical narratives and contemporary social identities.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including postcolonial history, feminist history, microhistory, global history, and theories concerning the relationship between history and power. Research may also address the relationship between history and other disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, philosophy, geography, and political science.

Questions concerning historical interpretation, historical truth, and the relationship between history and social justice are considered within the broader investigation of historical processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in historical studies inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Philosophy, Ethics, and Social Thought

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between philosophical reflection, social thought, and social life. Topics include social and political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of social science, critical theory, hermeneutics, phenomenology, pragmatism, and the relationship between philosophical inquiry and empirical social research.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including analytical philosophy, continental philosophy, feminist philosophy, postcolonial philosophy, and theories concerning the relationship between philosophy and social critique. Research may also address the relationship between philosophy and other disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, and law. Questions concerning justice, freedom, equality, and the relationship between philosophy and social change are considered within the broader investigation of philosophical and social thought. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in philosophy inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Social Policy, Public Administration, and Social Welfare

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between social policy, governance, and social welfare. Topics include welfare state development, social security, health policy, housing policy, education policy, labor policy, migration policy, and the relationship between social policy and social inequality.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including comparative social policy, policy analysis, public administration theory, and theories concerning the relationship between policy and social change. Research may also address the relationship between social policy and other disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, law, and social work.

Questions concerning social justice, social rights, and the relationship between policy and social outcomes are considered within the broader investigation of social policy processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in social policy research inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Human Geography and Urban Studies

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between space, place, and social life. Topics include urban geography, spatial analysis, urban planning, human-environment interaction, migration, globalization, regional development, and the relationship between spatial and social processes.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including critical geography, feminist geography, postcolonial geography, urban political ecology, and theories concerning the relationship between space and power. Research may also address the relationship between geography and other disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, and urban studies. Questions concerning space, place, identity, and the relationship between geography and social justice are considered within the broader investigation of spatial and social processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in human geography inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Criminology, Social Deviance, and Social Control

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between crime, deviance, and social control. Topics include criminological theory, criminal justice, punishment, victimization, cybersecurity, organized crime, corruption, and the relationship between crime and social inequality.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including critical criminology, feminist criminology, cultural criminology, restorative justice, and theories concerning the relationship between crime and social structure. Research may also address the relationship between criminology and other disciplines, including sociology, law, political science, psychology, and public policy. Questions concerning justice, punishment, and the relationship between crime and social order are considered within the broader investigation of deviance and social control. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in criminology inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Demography, Migration, and Population Studies

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between population dynamics, migration, and social change. Topics include fertility, mortality, migration, population aging, demographic transition, urbanization, and the relationship between demographic processes and social, economic, and political outcomes.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including migration studies, population policy, and theories concerning the relationship between demography and social change. Research may also address the relationship between demography and other disciplines, including sociology, economics, geography, public health, and public policy. Questions concerning population dynamics, migration, and the relationship between demography and social justice are considered within the broader investigation of population processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in demography inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between gender, sexuality, and social life. Topics include gender inequality, gender identity, sexuality, feminism, intersectionality, LGBTQ+ studies, masculinity studies, and the relationship between gender and other social categories.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including intersectional theory, poststructuralist feminism, queer theory, and theories concerning the relationship between gender and power. Research may also address the relationship between gender studies and other disciplines, including sociology, political science, law, history, and cultural studies. Questions concerning gender, sexuality, justice, and the relationship between gender and social change are considered within the broader investigation of gender and sexual processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in gender studies inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Communication, Media, and Digital Society

SYNERIS welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing the relationship between communication, media, and social life. Topics include media studies, digital media, social media, journalism, communication theory, public opinion, misinformation, digital inequality, and the relationship between media and social change.

The journal is particularly interested in contemporary approaches including critical media studies, digital sociology, platform studies, and theories concerning the relationship between media and power. Research may also address the relationship between media studies and other disciplines, including sociology, political science, psychology, law, and cultural studies. Questions concerning communication, media, democracy, and the relationship between media and social justice are considered within the broader investigation of media and communication processes. SYNERIS also welcomes interdisciplinary work examining how developments in communication studies inform, challenge, or extend traditional social science conceptions.

Additional and Emerging Topics

The scope of SYNERIS is intentionally interdisciplinary and remains open to emerging questions at the boundaries of the social sciences. The journal welcomes contributions that introduce new theoretical frameworks, challenge established assumptions, integrate previously separate areas of inquiry, or identify emerging social questions arising from scientific, technological, and social developments.

Potentially relevant areas include, but are not limited to:

• Digital transformation and society

• Environmental and climate social science

• Health and medical sociology

• Science and technology studies

• Social epistemology

• Digital humanities

• Social network analysis

• Big data and computational social science

• Behavioral economics and decision science

• Political psychology and political behavior

• Sociology of emotions

• Cultural sociology and cultural theory

• Economic sociology and social economics

• Urban and regional studies

• Social movements and collective action

• Peace and conflict studies

• Migration and refugee studies

• Globalization and transnational studies

• Social justice and human rights

• Diversity and inclusion studies

• Postcolonial and decolonial studies

• Critical race and ethnic studies

• Disability studies

• Aging and the life course

• Family and intimate relationships

• Work, labor, and organizations

• Consumption and consumer culture

• Risk, uncertainty, and disaster studies

• Social memory and heritage studies

• Public sociology and engaged scholarship

• Social theory and theoretical sociology

• Methodology and research ethics

Interdisciplinary Orientation

The distinctive character of SYNERIS – Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science lies in its commitment to meaningful dialogue across disciplinary boundaries. SYNERIS does not regard social science disciplines as isolated domains; rather, it considers them complementary perspectives through which fundamental questions concerning social life, human behavior, institutions, culture, and policy can be investigated.

The journal therefore encourages submissions that move beyond disciplinary silos and establish substantive connections between empirical evidence, theoretical analysis, and policy relevance. SYNERIS particularly values contributions that are conceptually precise, methodologically transparent, empirically grounded, philosophically rigorous, and capable of stimulating further interdisciplinary research.

Through this broad yet focused scope, SYNERIS aims to serve as an international platform for scholars investigating one of the most fundamental questions in contemporary social science: how to understand and address the complex social challenges of our time through integrated, interdisciplinary approaches.

SYNERIS – Where Disciplines Converge, Knowledge Synergizes.