Our goal for a fairer society

We are passionate about working with researchers globally to deliver a fairer, more inclusive society. This perhaps has never been more important than in today’s divided world.

So, our goal as a leading publisher of impactful research is to help create a society that is just, inclusive and embracing of all without any barriers to participation based on sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, ethnicity, age, class or ability, where there is access to healthcare and education, technology, justice, strong institutions, peace and security, social protection, decent work and housing. 

Jen McCall, Publishing Development Manager, Fairer society

Our goals: Fairer society | Healthier lives | Responsible management | Quality education for all
 

If you're an author or researcher, or someone who cares as much as we do, we would love to work with you, and help your research make real change happen towards a fairer, more inclusive society. Get in touch.

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Our goal to achieve a fairer society

We champion research towards creating a society that’s fair & inclusive, where there’s access to healthcare, education, technology, justice, social protection, work, good housing & peace.

Mission

Digital inclusion & the digital divide

Staying connected during COVID-19 has been essential; unfortunately, not everyone has access to the technology or skills, which has led to increased inequality for both young and old. Read/watch our latest research and blog/videos.

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case writing competition

The Case for Women

In partnership with The Case for Women, Forté, and MBA Roundtable, we have launched a case study competition focused on the female case protagonist.

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Our missions

We have collated a range of resources into themes relating to the UN SDG goals.

Digital access & the digital divide

Staying digitally connected during COVID-19 has been essential, unfortunately, not everyone has...

06/07/2021
Women & the pandemic

Can we imagine a more inclusive, resilient, gender-equal sustainable society post-pandemic?

13/04/2021
Future of work

Coming in 2021

01/05/2021

Related journal articles

A selection of our fairer society articles.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on autistic adults – a survey

Presents the results of a survey of autistic people conducted by a specialist team.

24/02/2021
Regulation in the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic times...

Day-watchman tackling the novel coronavirus.

16/11/2020
Gendered experiences of leading and managing through COVID-19...

Patriarchy and precarity.

23/10/2020
Mindfulness, remote engagement and employee morale...

Conceptual analysis to address the “new normal”.

04/03/2021
Covid-19 created a gender gap in perceived work productivity and job satisfaction

Implications for dual-career parents working from home.

07/09/2020
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Calls for papers

Browse the latest calls for papers in the area of fairer society.

Domestic Abuse and Family Violence in the UK: The Impact of COVID-19
Guest Editors: Dr Roxanne Khan, University of Central Lancashire, UK [email protected]  Dr Emma Katz, Liverpool Hope University, UK [email protected]    Focus: The Journal of Aggression, Conflict…
Deconstructing Whiteness, Reconstructing Anti-Racism: Approaches to Redressing Racism in Critical Studies of Literacy
Submission window opens on ScholarOne (do not submit before this date): 1st December 2021 Submission deadline: 1st March 2022   Guest Editors Laura Taylor, Rhodes College [email protected] Michiko…
Call for abstracts: Disclosure of climate change strategies in the sustainability reports of tourism and leisure companies worldwide
Overview of special issue Tourism and leisure businesses create a large carbon footprint (Lenzen et al., 2018; Scott et al, 2019). The operation of tourism businesses requires large amounts of fossil…
Call for abstracts: Migration as a strategy to cope with climate change and droughts
The International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM) invites interested teams of authors to submit a paper to the special issue titled "Migration as a strategy to cope with…
Call for abstracts: Management: Climate change impacts on ecosystems and agricultural productivity
The International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM) invites interested teams of authors to submit a paper to the special issue titled "Management: Climate change impacts on…
Designing Enabling Technologies for Marginalised Groups
Guest Editors: Dr Marc Fabri and Dr Nigel Newbutt   This special issue of the Journal of Enabling Technologies will focus on the design of technologies to remove barriers and improve outcomes for…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sport Marketing
Guest Editors Dr. Antonio S. Williams, Indiana University – Bloomington ([email protected]) Dr. Ann Pegoraro, University of Guelph ([email protected]) Dr. Natasha Brison, Texas A&M University (…
Economics of Climate Change Adaptation
Guest Editor: Dr Taoyuan Wei ([email protected]), CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Norway The International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM)…
Gender, Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Submissions Open: 1 January 2022 Submission Deadline: 23 April 2022 Topicality In developing and developed economies, the family business plays an important financial role. Its stability, continuity…
Sustainable solutions for Tropical Asian Cities: The nexus between architecture, technology and heritage
Guest editors Dr. Keith Kay Hin TAN, Taylor’s University Email: [email protected]  Associate Professor Dr. Johannes Widodo, National University of Singapore Email: [email protected] …
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Related books

A selection of our recent fairer society titles all with sample chapters available at the Emerald Bookstore. 

The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development

Critically examines issues relating to crime and justice in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for...

18/11/2020
Disability and Other Human Questions

Argues that disability invites great insight into the wider project of understanding the human...

04/11/2020
The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health

Covers many of the classic mental health/developmental areas but also looks at inequalities, racism...

08/06/2020
Concise Guides To The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: series

Provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from an economic, social, environmental and cultural...

03/03/2021
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Fairer society gateway

This gateway sits on our open access platform, Emerald Open Research. All research published within the gateway is freely available to read, download and share.

About this gateway

This gateway focuses on the creation of a just, inclusive society without any barriers to participation.

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Opinions & blogs

We welcome contributions from academics, policymakers and professionals about key issues in their area of work. If you have a blog you would like to share, let us know.

Fairer society

Women in peer review

Despite the essential role of women in the publication process in general, they remain low in representation within the scholarly community compared to men.

16/09/2021
Fairer society

Mind the gap

Given the persistent and unconscious nature of gender bias in the publication process, the underrepresentation of women is a problem that will not solve itself.

16/09/2021
Fairer society

How to encourage early career researchers to engage with peer review

One of the bugbears of our role as journal editors is the difficulties encountered when attempting to process papers through the review system in a timely and satisfactory manner.

16/09/2021
Fairer society

Autism & academic publishing

It is important that research is relevant to autistic persons themselves, with the potential to make improvements in their lives through a participatory approach .

16/09/2021
Fairer society

How to involve early career researchers in peer review & why

Seeing the peer review process as an integral part of the academic journey made us understand that ECRs have a vital role to play in the production and verification of scientific knowledge to which peer review makes such an important contribution.

16/09/2021
Fairer society

A publisher’s view

When we consider government representation, or the makeup of corporate (or editorial boards), we want the makeup of those to both represent us as individuals, but also to be as diverse as possible.

16/09/2021
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News & press

Below we have a collection of news articles centred around aspects of a fairer society.

Real impact
Fairer society

Emerald changes peer review terminology to be more inclusive for all

From September, we're updating all our author guidelines and journal homepages on our peer review policies. In line with recent updates from fellow publishers, we'll endeavour to no longer include the term(s) ‘single blind’ or ‘double blind’ in our guidance and will instead use ‘single anonymous’ or ‘double anonymous’.

17/09/2021
Fairer society

Emerald Publishing shortlisted for the Independent Publishers Guild Alison Morrison Diversity Award

We’re honoured to have been shortlisted for the 2021 Independent Publishing Awards, Alison Morrison Diversity Award, which recognises efforts being made to make our industry more diverse and inclusive, both internally, and through the content that is published.

16/08/2021
Fairer society

Tackling the issue of under-representation of women in teaching cases

Emerald Publishing has launched a second global case writing competition in partnership with The Case For Women, Forté and MBA Roundtable, in a mission to address the serious issue of gender inequality in the teaching material that is currently available to business schools throughout the world.

20/05/2021
Fairer society

Emerald Publishing steps up to tackle decline in research output from women in research during Covid pandemic

To mark International Women’s Day, Emerald Publishing has launched a support network through its Engage platform to help women in research overcome the challenges in conducting research that have been exacerbated through the Covid pandemic.

08/03/2021
Fairer society

Gender equality: progress has slowed for women academics

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Jennifer Charlson, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, calls attention to how the Covid-19 pandemic has uniquely affected women, and specifically women academics. On a hopeful note, she shares her efforts as an Athena Swan Lead to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research.

22/02/2021
Fairer society

Happy International Women's Day 2021: women in supply chain management

The idea of an International Women’s day was first introduced at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1910. Back then, the discussion had a substantial and close connection to revolutionary activities and therefore also to class

18/02/2021
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Other resources

Browse our other offerings below.

Case studies

Global teaching materials to engage and inspire. Students can test their assumptions and decision-making skills about real world problems.

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Expert Briefings

We've teamed up with Oxford Analytica to deliver Expert Briefings through Emerald Insight. Read unbiased analyses on world events and their potential political, social and economic effects here.

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Emerald Engage

Join thought leaders in your field to share views, exchange ideas, get advice and make connections.

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ScienceOpen Collection

We've partnered with ScienceOpen to create a fairer society collection that will be updated regularly to reflect our latest mission-related content. 

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Your publishing development team

Jen McCall

I’m the Publishing Development Manager for A Fairer Society, working across Emerald’s publishing programs for SDG-related research focussed on building a just and inclusive society. I am also responsible for Emerald’s Open Research Gateway for The Digital World.  

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Dr Wendy M Purcell Phd FRSA – Goal advisor

Dr Wendy Purcell is an Academic Research Scholar with Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University since 2016. Her purpose lies in transforming lives through education and research in pursuit of social equity, the knowledge economy and sustainable development. She leads research on global leadership and governance for sustainable transformation in higher education and in various business sectors, directs the Sustainable Development Solutions Group and is Lead Faculty of ENVR-118c Pursuing Sustainability. Wendy is an Emeritus Professor and was President Vice-Chancellor of a UK university (2007–2015), taking it to the top 1% of world universities and 1st 'green' UK university. She is a Council Member of the United Nations University, Governing Board Member EELISA of the European University and Member of the Association of American Universities and Colleges. Wendy has authored over 100-publications and is busy writing books on sustainability and the SDGs and the role of higher education in advancing a world where no one is left behind.