Mission

One of the main ideas behind Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences is bringing scholars from different continents closer together by showing their different approaches of the same research material, especially human rights and public goods. Many scholars from developing countries, paradoxically, have utopian ideas that they pursue, whereas progressive US scholars, for example, are more engaged in criticism. Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences aims at bridging this gap. But there is more to it: Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences also aims at breaking down the walls between the disciplines of Social Sciences, Human Rights (as formulated in the international standards of the UN-related organizations), Environmental Sciences, and the Humanities. Next to the work of scholars, Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences includes articles by activists, teachers, and practitioners who understand the importance of collaborative efforts to affect and study change, for the dissemination of knowledge, and for case-based prototypes.