Aims and Scope

The Journal of Sustainable Institutional Management (JSIM) aims to advance academic and applied knowledge on how institutions — public, private, or nonprofit — design, implement, and evaluate strategies for sustainability, resilience, and ethical governance. The journal fosters critical inquiry into the mechanisms by which organizations adapt to environmental, social, and political complexity, and how they contribute to long-term institutional legitimacy, accountability, and performance. It promotes interdisciplinary approaches that bridge theory and practice, with a focus on institutional transformation in contexts of uncertainty, crisis, and structural change.

Scope

JSIM welcomes contributions that address sustainability-oriented transformations in institutional environments, focusing on the interaction between governance structures, leadership models, risk management, regulatory compliance, ethics, and innovation. The journal covers a wide range of topics including:

  • Sustainable leadership and institutional governance

  • ESG frameworks and integration into organizational systems

  • Institutional risk management and performance accountability

  • Public sector sustainability strategies and regulatory innovation

  • Institutional responses to crises: conflict, environmental collapse, systemic instability

  • Digital transformation, AI ethics, and transparency mechanisms

  • Education and sustainability governance in academic institutions

  • Interinstitutional cooperation and post-crisis reconstruction

  • Institutional dynamics in emerging economies and fragile states

JSIM encourages both empirical and theoretical submissions, including case studies, conceptual models, systematic reviews, and methodological innovations that contribute to the evolution of sustainable institutional practices.

Target Audience

JSIM is intended for:

  • Scholars and researchers in public administration, organizational studies, sustainability, law, business, and governance

  • Institutional leaders, policymakers, public managers, and civil society actors

  • Professionals involved in ESG integration, compliance, ethics, and risk management

  • Experts working in post-crisis reconstruction, humanitarian governance, and transitional institutions

  • Graduate students and doctoral researchers in related fields

While numerous journals address sustainability, governance, or institutional theory in isolation, JSIM occupies a unique editorial space by:

  • Bridging sustainability and institutional governance in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary manner

  • Focusing explicitly on how institutions respond to complexity, crisis, and transformation, including in post-conflict and fragile environments

  • Offering a platform for context-sensitive, applied research that emphasizes institutional adaptation, continuity and resilience.

By bringing together these perspectives, JSIM provides a distinctive contribution to both academic debates and practical institutional challenges, beyond the traditional boundaries of journals in management, political science, or environmental studies.