Aims & Scope

About JEDL

The Journal of Education and Development Lab (JEDL) is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to advancing knowledge and critical scholarship across the interconnected fields of education, development, humanities, social sciences, culture, and related interdisciplinary studies.

JEDL provides a scholarly platform for researchers, educators, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and independent scholars to share original research, theoretical perspectives, critical analyses, innovative practices, and evidence-based insights addressing contemporary educational, social, cultural, and developmental challenges.

The journal encourages research that connects academic inquiry with real-world issues and contributes to meaningful improvements in education, society, culture, and human development.

Aims

JEDL aims to:

  1. Promote high-quality scholarly research that contributes original knowledge to education, development, humanities, social sciences, and related fields.

  2. Encourage interdisciplinary research that brings together different academic perspectives, methodologies, and areas of expertise.

  3. Advance educational knowledge and practice by publishing research addressing teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, educational technology, teacher development, educational leadership, and related issues.

  4. Explore contemporary development challenges affecting individuals, communities, institutions, and societies at local, national, regional, and global levels.

  5. Support research in humanities and cultural studies, including history, literature, language, culture, heritage, identity, and related areas of scholarly inquiry.

  6. Provide a platform for emerging and established scholars to communicate research findings and engage with the international academic community.

  7. Encourage evidence-based and theoretically informed scholarship that contributes to academic debate, professional practice, policy development, and social progress.

  8. Promote responsible and ethical research based on principles of academic integrity, transparency, research ethics, and respect for participants and communities.

  9. Facilitate knowledge exchange among researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, institutions, and other stakeholders.

  10. Contribute to sustainable human and social development through research that addresses emerging challenges and opportunities in education, culture, society, and development.

Scope

JEDL welcomes original and significant scholarly contributions across a broad range of disciplines and interdisciplinary areas, including but not limited to:

1. Education and Pedagogy

  • Teaching and learning

  • Curriculum and instruction

  • Educational assessment and evaluation

  • Teacher education and professional development

  • Educational leadership and management

  • Educational psychology

  • Inclusive and special education

  • Early childhood education

  • Primary and secondary education

  • Higher education

  • Lifelong and continuing education

  • Comparative and international education

  • Educational policy and reform

  • Classroom research

  • Learning sciences

2. Educational Technology and Digital Learning

  • Educational technology

  • Digital education

  • Online and blended learning

  • E-learning and mobile learning

  • Artificial intelligence in education

  • Learning analytics

  • Educational data science

  • Virtual and augmented reality

  • Metaverse and immersive learning

  • Digital literacy and competencies

  • Technology-enhanced teaching and learning

  • Digital transformation in education

  • Emerging technologies and future learning

3. Development Studies

  • Human development

  • Sustainable development

  • Community development

  • Social development

  • Economic and educational development

  • Rural and urban development

  • Poverty and inequality

  • Gender and development

  • Youth development

  • Social inclusion

  • Development policy and planning

  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  • Local and global development challenges

4. Humanities

  • History

  • Literature

  • Language and linguistics

  • Philosophy

  • Cultural studies

  • Heritage studies

  • Folklore

  • Art and aesthetics

  • Religion and civilization studies

  • Intellectual and social history

  • Comparative humanities

  • Interdisciplinary humanities

5. Culture and Society

  • Cultural identity

  • Cultural heritage

  • Social change

  • Community and society

  • Migration and diaspora studies

  • Cultural diversity

  • Social inclusion

  • Youth and society

  • Media and popular culture

  • Contemporary cultural issues

  • Globalization and cultural transformation

6. Social Sciences

  • Sociology

  • Social psychology

  • Political and governance studies

  • Public policy

  • Development economics

  • Information and communication studies

  • Library and information science

  • Social research

  • Community studies

  • Organizational and institutional studies

7. Emerging and Interdisciplinary Issues

JEDL particularly welcomes interdisciplinary research addressing emerging issues at the intersection of education, technology, society, culture, and development, including:

  • Artificial intelligence and society

  • Digital transformation

  • Future of education

  • Digital citizenship

  • Information and media literacy

  • Technology and human development

  • Education for sustainable development

  • Climate change and education

  • Resilient education systems

  • Innovation and entrepreneurship in education

  • Digital inequality and inclusion

  • Ethics of emerging technologies

  • Human-centered technology

  • Global educational challenges

  • Education and the Sustainable Development Goals

Types of Contributions

JEDL considers a range of scholarly contributions, including:

  • Original research articles

  • Review articles

  • Systematic literature reviews

  • Meta-analyses

  • Theoretical and conceptual papers

  • Case studies

  • Qualitative and quantitative studies

  • Mixed-methods research

  • Methodological papers

  • Policy and practice-oriented research

  • Short research communications

  • Book reviews, where invited or accepted by the editorial team

All submissions must meet the journal's requirements for academic quality, originality, ethical conduct, methodological rigor, and scholarly relevance.

Interdisciplinary Orientation

JEDL particularly values research that crosses conventional disciplinary boundaries. Studies may combine perspectives from education, humanities, social sciences, technology, development studies, cultural studies, and other relevant fields when such integration provides meaningful insight into a research problem.

The journal encourages scholarship that connects theory, evidence, practice, policy, and societal needs.

Geographic and Global Perspective

JEDL welcomes scholarly contributions from Bangladesh and all regions of the world.

The journal encourages both context-specific and comparative research, including studies addressing local, national, regional, and global issues. Research focusing on a particular country, community, institution, or cultural context is welcome when it demonstrates clear scholarly significance and contributes to broader academic understanding.

What JEDL Does Not Primarily Publish

JEDL generally does not prioritize submissions that:

  • Lack a clear research question or scholarly contribution;

  • Are purely descriptive without sufficient academic analysis;

  • Fall substantially outside the journal's academic scope;

  • Contain substantial plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct;

  • Lack appropriate methodological or theoretical foundations;

  • Present previously published material without legitimate justification;

  • Are primarily promotional, commercial, or non-scholarly in nature.

The editorial team reserves the right to determine whether a submission is appropriate for the journal's scope and editorial standards.

Commitment to Scholarly Quality

All submissions are subject to an initial editorial assessment and, where appropriate, peer review in accordance with JEDL's Peer Review Policy.

JEDL is committed to maintaining academic integrity, editorial independence, transparency, fairness, and ethical standards throughout the publication process.

The journal seeks to publish research that not only advances academic knowledge but also contributes to better education, sustainable development, cultural understanding, social progress, and human well-being.

Journal of Education and Development Lab (JEDL)
International • Multidisciplinary • Peer-Reviewed • Open Access