Discern, the International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, invites contributions of original research articles, reviews, and short papers. Submissions can include conceptual, theoretical, and empirical research articles, as well as interdisciplinary and diverse knowledge related to the research and practice of design for social change, sustainable innovation, and entrepreneurship, from an open, global, and multidisciplinary perspective.

Discern is dedicated to promoting open-access research that advances the field of social design. All accepted manuscripts are published online and are accessible globally, ensuring the published submissions reach a broad audience.

Key Features
• Immediate, unrestricted open-access publication
• Thorough double-anonymised peer review conducted by our international editorial board
• Indexing in major databases such as DOAJ, EBSCO, and Google Scholar
• No publication fees

Submission Process
Please note that the deadline for submissions for the autumn 2025 issue of Discern is 1st October 2025. For detailed author guidelines, kindly visit https://www.designforsocialchange.org/journal/index.php/DISCERN-J/about/submissions

We look forward to your valuable contributions.

Editors-in-chief
Dr Nicos Souleles, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Dr Ana Margarida Ferreira, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal