Aims and Scope

The journal aims to serve as an academic platform for faculty members, researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from developing countries to document, develop, and disseminate community service practices that are participatory, needs-based, innovative, measurable, and sustainable.

The journal places special emphasis on community service carried out in the context of societies in developing countries, particularly programs that produce solutions, models, approaches, or practices that can contribute to strengthening community capacity and sustainable development.

Published articles are expected not only to describe the implementation of activities but also to identify community issues and needs, intervention methods, achieved outcomes, evaluations, and the resulting impacts or changes. The journal is open to interdisciplinary contributions as long as the articles have a clear connection to community development and meet the journal’s scientific standards.

Scope

The journal covers studies and practices of community service in the following fields:

• Community Empowerment and Capacity Building: Community empowerment, skills enhancement, development of local potential, strengthening of self-reliance, and capacity building for individuals and community groups.
• Education, Training, and Community Literacy: Community education, skills training, competency enhancement, literacy, and capacity building through nonformal and community-based educational approaches.
• Application of Science, Technology, and Social Innovation: The application of research findings and academic knowledge, appropriate technology, social innovation, and science-based solutions to address societal issues.
• Digital Transformation and Digital Literacy: The use of digital technology, the digitization of public services and community activities, the improvement of digital literacy, and the development of community capacity to navigate digital transformation.
• Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development: Development of entrepreneurship, micro and small businesses, the local economy, capacity building for business owners, product and service innovation, and enhancement of community economic self-reliance.
• Public Health and Well-Being: Health promotion and education, prevention of health problems, improvement of quality of life, and interventions that support public health and well-being.
• Environment, Sustainability, and Community Resilience: Environmental management, conservation, resource management, sustainable development, environmental risk reduction, and strengthening community resilience.
• Institutions, Governance, and Community-Based Development: Strengthening local institutions, community organizations, governance, public participation, stakeholder collaboration, and community-based development.