Granite is the first postgraduate interdisciplinary journal of Aberdeen University. The journal has been established by students for students.

This open access journal is designed to give postgraduate students of the University of Aberdeen a place to publish their work and to provide them with experience of the publishing process.

The members of the editorial team will have the opportunity to organize symposiums and become active on the review and editorial levels of Granite journal.

Any postgraduate student who wish to submit a paper or be a member of the editorial board will make a substantial contribution to the development and success of the journal. Interested participants should email the Journal editor through granite@abdn.ac.uk.

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Call for Papers

Well-being and Health of People and Places

Granite Journal is an interdisciplinary, postgraduate and peer-reviewed journal, published open access (twice annually) by the University of Aberdeen. The Editorial Board is pleased to invite graduate students (Masters and PhD) to submit papers for consideration in our upcoming journal issue on the theme of Well-Being and Health of People and Places.

Well-being is challenging to define in a single word, but we can summon a long list of contributing factors: health, happiness, diversity, inclusivity, sustainability, fairness, accessibility, harmony, creativity… the list goes on. The state of wellness is interdisciplinary by its very nature. We welcome submissions from all disciplines and encourage interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Promoting good health and well-being
• Environment and biodiversity
• Transport and health
• History of medicine, emotions and mental health
• Environmental policy and law
• Identities and well-being
• Energy transition
• Digital health and machine learning
• Spiritual well-being
• Global conflict and migration
• Health, work and well-being
• Food policy and global health

Granite Journal accepts original research articles, commentaries/letters to the editor and book reviews. Original research articles must be between 2000-4000 words and this includes all text, including figures, tables and references. Abstracts should not exceed 200 words. Articles applying a qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods approach will be considered. Commentaries/letters to the editor must be 1500-2000 words and book reviews can be up to 1000 words.

All work must be original and unpublished. All eligible articles will be peer-reviewed prior to publication. Collaborative submissions, including papers exploring the theme from multiple perspectives, are encouraged.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2022

Email the Journal co-editors a granite@abdn.ac.uk to express interest and obtain the journal’s template.

Please get in touch if you have any additional questions.