Educational Research For Social Change

Educational Research for Social Change (ERSC) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal founded by the Nelson Mandela University School of Education in South Africa in 2012. This journal is dedicated to publishing empirical research that utilizes participatory research methods and methodologies, such as Art Based Research (ABR), Community Based Participation Research (CBPR), Participatory Action Research (PAR), Participatory Action Learning and Action Research (PALAR), Participatory Visual Research (PVR/PVM), Self Research (SSR), and others, as well as those located in critical and transformative paradigms that are seen as key to educational research and the transformation of education itself.

The publishing language of ERSC is English, and it is published twice a year in May and October, with occasional special issues. This journal follows the principles of open access (OA), where users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles, and the authors retain unrestricted publishing rights. ERSC adopts a non-commercial Creative Commons License, allowing users to read, download, distribute, use, mix, and build on text while acknowledging the author and journal.