Aims and Scope

Aims

The journal of Sociological Research in Higher Education (SRHE) is a peer-reviewed, semiannual academic journal published by the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili. The journal is dedicated to advancing sociological knowledge and theory in the field of higher education by providing an interdisciplinary platform for the critical and context-sensitive analysis of higher education systems, institutions, and lived experiences. The primary aim of the journal is to foster original theoretical, empirical, and methodological scholarship that examines the complex and reciprocal relationships between higher education and broader social structures, cultures, and inequalities. By promoting rigorous peer review, theoretical pluralism, and methodological diversity, SRHE seeks to bridge sociological theory and higher education research, offering a forum for dialogue among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers across diverse national and regional contexts. Ultimately, the journal aspires to illuminate how higher education both shapes and is shaped by social forces, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of one of the most dynamic and consequential institutional fields of the modern world.

Scope

The scope of Sociological Research in Higher Education (SRHE) encompasses a wide range of topics situated at the intersection of sociology and higher education studies. The journal welcomes high-quality articles, review essays, and book reviews that address, but are not limited to, the following subject areas:

  • Sociology of Higher Education – theoretical and conceptual developments in the sociological study of higher education

  • Higher Education Systems – comparative, historical, and structural analyses of national and regional higher education systems

  • Social Stratification and Mobility – social class, access, equity, and intergenerational mobility in higher education

  • Institutional Governance – organizational change, academic governance, and the restructuring of universities

  • Academic Professions – the sociology of academic work, professional identities, and labor conditions in higher education

  • Student Cultures and Identities – student life, campus cultures, identities, and everyday experiences

  • Inequality and Social Justice – the intersection of higher education with class, gender, race, ethnicity, migration, and other axes of inequality

  • Higher Education Policy – the relationship between higher education, policy, markets, and contemporary societies

The journal of Sociological Research in Higher Education (SRHE) is committed to publishing scholarship that is theoretically informed, methodologically rigorous, and socially engaged, with the goal of advancing both sociological theory and higher education research.