Focus and Scope

Focus

Journal of Sustainable Community Empowerment (JSCE) focuses on publishing community service and engagement activities oriented toward sustainable empowerment, grounded in science, technology, education, and social innovation. The journal emphasizes participatory, collaborative, and community-needs-based approaches aimed at enhancing community capacity, self-reliance, and long-term well-being.

JSCE serves as a platform for disseminating best practices, empowerment models, and the implementation outcomes of community service programs that demonstrate measurable social, economic, educational, and environmental impacts.

Scope

The scope of Journal of Sustainable Community Empowerment includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

Sustainable Community Empowerment

  • Economic empowerment of local communities and MSMEs

  • Community development based on local potential and indigenous knowledge

  • Empowerment of rural, coastal, and remote communities

Education- and Literacy-Based Community Engagement

  • Improving the quality of community education

  • Scientific, digital, and environmental literacy programs

  • Non-formal education and empowerment of vulnerable groups

Social Innovation and Appropriate Technology

  • Application of appropriate technology for community development

  • Social innovation to enhance community welfare

  • Digital transformation of community services and local economies

Environment and Sustainability

  • Community empowerment in environmental management

  • Waste management, renewable energy, and natural resource conservation

  • Community-based climate change mitigation and adaptation

Public Health and Community Well-Being

  • Health promotion and community health education

  • Community empowerment in nutrition and environmental health

  • Community-based health initiatives and disease prevention

Governance, Policy, and Partnerships

  • Community service partnerships among universities, governments, and communities

  • Implementation of public policies supporting community empowerment

  • Strengthening institutional capacity of community organizations