About the Journal

The Journal of BRICS Studies is envisioned as an open-access, peer-reviewed non-disciplinary academic journal focused on the critical and intersectoral study of subjects related to the BRICS, the agency of emerging powers and South-South cooperation. BRICS studies require discussion and analysis that go beyond and disrupt the disciplinary lines of knowledge to make possible knowledge-o
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Current Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024)

Published: 12.08.2024

Editorial

BRICS Policy Agenda, Partnership and Cooperation

Siphamandla Zondi
Abstract 233 | PDF Downloads 135

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Articles

Leveraging the BRICS Digital Partnership for Collaborative Digital Governance

Odilile Ayodele, Vhonani Petla
Abstract 263 | PDF Downloads 163

Page 1-7

The Role of the United States in the Formation of BRICS

Rodrigo Ruiz
Abstract 310 | PDF Downloads 218

Page 8-20

Decolonisation and Downshift-Knowledge Reproduction in Africa

Adegbite Simon Aboluwoye
Abstract 79 | PDF Downloads 81

Page 21-26

Modern Diplomacy and the Changing Nature of International Politics in the 21st Century

Marc E. Oosthuizen
Abstract 412 | PDF Downloads 483

Page 27-41

“Your Womb is Our Enemy!”

Muauz Gidey Alemu, Mulugeta Gebrehiwet Berhe
Abstract 1763 | PDF Downloads 1214

Page 42-60

Commentary

Bridging the Digital Divide: Fostering STEM Education for Digital Economy Leadership

James Maisiri, Takaedza Simbarashe Madzikanda
Abstract 166 | PDF Downloads 81

Page 61-67

Assessing the Role of China’s Investment on Youth Empowerment in South Africa

Kenalemang Mokoena
Abstract 163 | PDF Downloads 108

Page 76-84

Book reviews

The West and the Rest of Us?

Masilo Lepuru
Abstract 197 | PDF Downloads 96

Page 85-87

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Call for Papers

 

  1. BRICS and Covid-19

The Journal of BRICS Studies invites submissions on Covid-19 and BRICS countries or the BRICS platform itself. The papers are being commissioned to consider the experiences of individual BRICS countries or several of them or the BRICS institution itself. These may discuss such themes as disease and dis-ease in the context of Covid-19, public policy and health governance, responses of public health regimes, crisis /disaster management, education, livelihoods, science and public policy, technology and digitization, finance and economy, communications and media, state responses, non-state responses, vaccination, building-back-better and post-Covid-19 and others. 

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  1. BRICS and Africa

The Journal also invites submissions on the convergence between BRICS and Africa, covering both the individual relationships and collective relations between the BRICS and the continent of Africa. The subject is occasioned by thematic analysis of such developments as trade, investment, scientific cooperation, technological transfer, external debt, infrastructure development, sustainable development, energy and so forth. Yet, through these discussions, we can understand if there is sufficient convergence of interests between Africa and BRICS for them to cooperate deeply and broadly into the long-term. We need to understand where this convergence lies and where the divergences are in order to recommend ways of harnessing the former and mitigating the latter.

 

Submissions

Submissions will be subjected to peer-review for publication in the inaugural and second volumes of the new open-access online Journal for BRICS Studies. Papers must be between 4000 and 5000 in the case of commentary or debate articles and up to 7000 words in the case of a research article. They must be written in accessible English. Use the Oxford Dictionary spelling. The abstract must be between 200 and 300 words long. Papers must be referenced according to the APA referencing and citation style (author: date). The first page must include the author name, affiliation and email address. Submit all abstracts to bricsology@gmail.com

 

DUE DATES:  3 September 2021

 

Siphamandla Zondi (editor-in-chief).