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Policy Perspectives, Disability & Workers Justice

Read new research from Policy Perspectives,  Journal of Disability and Social Justice, and Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice is now on the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Fantastic achievement for a journal launched in 2021!

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African Journals Initiative- New Issue Out!

At the African Journals Initiative, we reinforce our commitment to internationalising African social science and humanities journals. Last year we onboarded six journals from Somaliland, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Tanzania. View journals here.

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