Editorial Team
The Journal of Sustainable Development and Policy (JSDP) is led by a highly qualified and diverse editorial team comprising experienced researchers, policy analysts, and professionals from across the global academic and development communities. The team brings interdisciplinary expertise and a strong commitment to academic rigor, ethical publishing, and knowledge accessibility in support of the journal’s mission.
The editorial board oversees all aspects of the publication process, from peer review and content selection to editorial policy development and strategic growth. It ensures that each manuscript published in the journal meets high scholarly and ethical standards while contributing meaningfully to the fields of sustainability and public policy.
Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief provides overall direction for the journal, ensuring its alignment with global research priorities in sustainable development and policy studies. Responsibilities include setting editorial standards, overseeing special issues, and managing ethical oversight in line with COPE guidelines. The Editor-in-Chief also serves as the primary liaison with the publisher, advisory board, and external partners.
Associate Editors
The Associate Editors support the Editor-in-Chief in managing the peer review process and ensuring the quality of accepted manuscripts. Each Associate Editor is responsible for specific thematic areas within the journal’s scope, including environmental governance, climate finance, urban sustainability, gender and development, food security, social justice, and inclusive economic growth.
They assess manuscript submissions for subject relevance, recommend suitable reviewers, provide guidance to authors during revision, and contribute to editorial policy development.
Managing Editor
The Managing Editor plays a central role in coordinating editorial operations, ensuring adherence to timelines, formatting standards, and publishing schedules. This role includes overseeing author communication, production workflows, metadata curation, and indexing procedures.
The Managing Editor also works closely with the web development team to maintain the digital infrastructure of the journal, manage DOIs, and ensure long-term digital archiving.
Section Editors
Section Editors manage submissions in their specialized subject domains and provide subject-specific oversight of the review process. Each section editor ensures that peer review is thorough, constructive, and aligned with the journal’s aims. They also make recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief based on reviewer evaluations.
Areas covered by Section Editors include (but are not limited to):
- Environmental and Climate Policy
- Social Equity and Inclusive Development
- Urban Planning and Infrastructure Resilience
- Sustainable Finance and Green Innovation
- Migration, Conflict, and Humanitarian Policy
- Food Systems and Agricultural Sustainability
- Governance and Institutional Reform
International Advisory Board
The journal is further supported by an International Advisory Board composed of senior scholars, development professionals, and policy practitioners. This board provides strategic advice, supports global partnerships, and helps shape the journal’s long-term vision. Members contribute to thematic issue planning, advise on editorial policy, and support reviewer recruitment across regions.
The advisory board plays a crucial role in ensuring that the journal remains globally relevant and responsive to emerging issues in sustainable development and policy.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The editorial team of JSDP is deeply committed to maintaining geographic, gender, and disciplinary diversity. Editors and reviewers are selected with attention to representation from the Global South, marginalized communities, and underrepresented sectors in sustainability research.
The journal actively promotes inclusive authorship, supports early-career researchers, and provides editorial mentorship where needed. This approach strengthens the quality, relevance, and impact of the scholarship we publish.
Opportunities to Contribute
JSDP welcomes expressions of interest from scholars, practitioners, and policy experts who wish to serve as peer reviewers, editorial board members, or guest editors for special issues. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a brief CV and statement of interest to:
editorial@jsdp-journal.org
