Open-Access Academic Journal — Social Sciences Research & Resources
A reflexive examination of the concept of “native anthropology,” questioning the insider/outsider binary in ethnographic fieldwork and exploring how researchers negotiate positionality in their own communities.
Development of a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding social enterprises across different institutional contexts, facilitating systematic comparative research.
A practical comparative guide to social network analysis software tools including UCINET, Pajek, NodeXL, and Gephi, evaluating their features, usability, and suitability for different research applications.
Analysis of social economy organisations in Greece during the economic crisis, examining how cooperatives and social enterprises respond to austerity and social needs.
Decision making in public administration is a fundamental process that shapes policy outcomes, resource allocation, and the delivery of public services. Public administrators face unique challenges that distinguish their decision-making…
Michel Foucault’s work on governmentality and its relationship to neoliberalism remains among the most influential and widely debated contributions to contemporary political theory and social science. Foucault’s lectures at the…
Native anthropology represents a transformative approach to ethnographic research, one in which scholars study their own cultural communities rather than venturing into unfamiliar societies. This paradigm challenges the foundational assumptions…
Social network analysis (SNA) has emerged as one of the most powerful methodological frameworks in the social sciences, enabling researchers to map, measure, and analyse the relationships and flows between…
Social enterprises represent one of the most dynamic and transformative business models of the 21st century. Blending the mission-driven ethos of nonprofits with the revenue-generating strategies of commercial businesses, social…
The International Review of Social Research (IRSR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal that has served the social sciences community since 2011. Originally published by the University of Bucharest, IRSR provides a platform for high-quality research across sociology, anthropology, political science, and related disciplines.
