Focus and Scope

Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that explores the discourse and practice of citizenship in diverse contexts. It publishes theoretical, empirical, and methodological work that advances citizenship studies and civic education in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the wider world, and connects research with education, policy, and public life.

Focus

The journal focuses on citizenship as a status, an identity, and a practice, and on how citizens are formed through education. It particularly welcomes research that:

  • brings perspectives from Indonesia and the Global South into dialogue with international scholarship;
  • engages critically with theory, including Western, Global South, and religious (e.g., Islamic) perspectives on citizenship;
  • links research on citizenship with civic education practice and public policy;
  • uses rigorous qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, or systematic review designs.

Scope

Topics include, but are not limited to:

◉Cultural Diversity
Multicultural and intercultural citizenship; identity, minorities, and belonging; religion and citizenship; indigenous peoples and local wisdom.
⚖Gender Equality and Social Justice
Gender and citizenship; inclusion and exclusion; human rights; citizenship of women, children, people with disabilities, and other marginalised groups.
✎Education and Learning for Citizenship
Pancasila and civic education curricula, pedagogy, and assessment; teacher education; digital and global citizenship education; character and moral education in schools, universities, and communities.
★Politics of Citizenship
Civic participation and engagement; civil society and social movements; democracy and democratisation; migration, statelessness, and transnational citizenship.
☺Morals and Civic Virtue
Civic ethics, values, and character in public life; civility, tolerance, and responsibility.
☰Political Education and Literacy
Political socialisation; youth participation; media, digital, and information literacy; voter and electoral education.
⚙Law and Citizen Awareness
Constitutional awareness; legal literacy; rights and obligations of citizens; the rule of law and public accountability.
⌂National and Global Ideologies
Pancasila as a national ideology; nationalism and national identity; cosmopolitanism and global citizenship.

Article Types

Original Research Articles · 5,000–8,000 words Systematic Literature Reviews · PRISMA 2020 Book Reviews · 1,000–1,500 words
Outside the scope. Manuscripts that do not engage with citizenship or civic education; purely descriptive reports without theoretical framing or analysis; narrative literature reviews without a systematic method; and opinion pieces.
All manuscripts must be written in English and submitted using the journal’s templates. See the Author Guidelines and Types of Manuscript for details.