Penn Press is proud to announce the launch of the first issue of the Journal of Disaster Studies, a new, biannual open-access journal that publishes the work of disaster researchers around the world. The first journal to focus entirely on interdisciplinary disaster studies, the Journal of Disaster Studies looks at how both slow and abrupt disasters have been designated, conceptualized, and politicized.
The journal’s editorial collective includes Kaira Zoe Cañete (International Institute of Social Studies), Ksenia Chmutina (Loughborough University), Kim Fortun (UC Irvine), Jennifer Henderson (Texas Tech University), Rodolfo Hernandez (Texas Tech University), Julia Irwin (Louisiana State University), Scott Gabriel Knowles (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology -KAIST-), Jacob Remes (New York University), and Monica Sanders (Georgetown University).
The aim of the journal is to advance interpretive theory, methods, and empirical research that supports disaster prevention and response. It publishes articles that examine how disasters are anticipated, experienced, governed, and understood, conceptualizing “disaster” expansively to guide analysis of a wide array of hazards, risks, and disruptions—from earthquakes, industrial operations, and extreme weather, to viral pandemics, climate change, migration, and war.
The editorial collective noted that “Disaster Studies is a rapidly growing research area, and it was critical to the development of the field for scholars to have a venue to publish and share their work. We are pleased that the journal provides such a space and invite disaster researchers to read on, spread the word, and consider submitting their work.”
Read “Journal of Disaster Studies: An Inaugural Discussion” here.
The journal is published Diamond Open Access thanks to generous support from KAIST.
With the addition of the Journal of Disaster Studies, five Diamond open-access journals are now published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
