About the Journal

Digital worlds. Decolonial questions.

Decolonial Digital Social Sciences (DDSS) is an independent, English-language, open-access journal examining how digital technologies shape knowledge, power, culture, and social life. We welcome scholarship that questions colonial hierarchies and takes situated ways of knowing seriously.

Focus and scope

DDSS brings decolonial inquiry into conversation with the social sciences and critical digital research. Contributions may address:

  • Digital colonialism, platforms, and infrastructures
  • Artificial intelligence, data, and the politics of knowledge
  • Communication, media, culture, and representation
  • Digital labour, inequality, governance, and resistance
  • Research methods, epistemic justice, and situated knowledge

We welcome theoretical, empirical, methodological, and critical contributions. Authors should explain their intervention clearly and engage responsibly with the people, communities, and contexts discussed.

Editorial assessment

DDSS uses editorial assessment rather than external peer review. Editors assess submissions for fit, originality, conceptual and methodological clarity, ethical transparency, and contribution to the field. Revisions may be requested. Publication does not imply that a work has undergone external peer review.

Publication model and fees

Submissions are welcome throughout the year. Accepted work is prepared for continuous publication. Reading, submitting, and publishing are free of charge: DDSS charges no submission or article processing fees.

Open access and copyright

Authors retain copyright. Articles are published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Sharing and adaptation, including commercial use, are permitted with appropriate attribution, a license link, and an indication of changes.

Research and publication ethics

Authors must submit original work, cite sources accurately, obtain necessary permissions, and disclose funding and conflicts of interest. Research involving people must describe relevant consent, confidentiality, and ethics approval or explain why approval was not required. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and undisclosed duplicate publication are unacceptable.

Concerns, corrections, or appeals may be sent to the principal contact. Please identify the work and provide supporting information. Editors will assess concerns and, when warranted, seek clarification and issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction. Appeals should explain the grounds for reconsideration; acceptance is not guaranteed.

AI transparency

Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI in research, analysis, images, or writing, naming the tool and describing its purpose. AI tools cannot be authors. Human authors remain responsible for accuracy, originality, citations, permissions, and ethical compliance. Confidential or identifiable research material must not be uploaded to AI services without appropriate authorization.

Contact

Principal contact: Özgür Yılmaz
ozguryilmaz955@gmail.com