IJE is soliciting unpublished, original manuscripts for its first volume to be published in August of 2019 (theory, research, and applications) addressing the following areas, topics, and themes:

 

General (ongoing)

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I. How can/does the science or the application of scientific ecology inform issues of human estrangement or alienation from natural spaces?

II. How can/do the social and behavioral sciences inform issues of human estrangement or alienation from natural spaces?

III. How can/does evolutionary science (psychology) inform issues of human estrangement or alienation from natural spaces?

IV. What are the evidence-based social and behavioral sciences underpinnings of human estrangement or alienation from natural spaces?

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Specific (Nature: Real or Projected?) *  Volume 1, 2019

 

A. Examining Constructs

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1a. Is “nature” a projection?

2a. How is “nature” a singular entity? (What defines “nature” as a singular entity?)

3a. What aspects of “nature” are said to be objectively real?

4a. Is the “real” measurable where the projected may not be?

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B. Implications

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1b. If “ecopsychology” is a scientific enterprise fusing (or being informed by) two scientific fields in order to better understand how humans come to have either reverence for or dismissal of natural processes (“nature”), then how are the constructs “self” and “system” parallel, complementary, antagonistic, or not at all related? By way of further analysis: If the concept of “self” is flawed to begin with, and notions of “system” are evidently non-ecological, to what extent can one reconcile the tag “ecopsychology”?

2b. If “ecopsychology” is a scientific enterprise which aims to clarify and correct issues of nature alienation or estrangement toward the optimal goal of “nature connection,” what are the empirical bases for objectively demonstrating this achievement?

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C. Special Issues

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We welcome your ideas about co-editing special issues and themes, and/or about publishing conference proceedings.

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SUBMISSIONS

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Please, in an email, write a short description of  your work and then attach a fully APA formatted manuscript as a Word.doc Send submissions to "Manuscript/Editor-in-Chief" in the subject line: intljournalecopsychology@gmail.com