BARIS CAYLI MESSINA, PhD
EDITORIAL ROLES
I hold significant editorial leadership positions at major international scholarly outlets, reflecting my commitment to advancing interdisciplinary research and shaping critical conversations in sociology, politics, history, criminology, and the social sciences.
I am the founding editor of Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society (Temple University Press) and Editor-in-Chief of the International Social Science Journal (Wiley). I also serve on the editorial boards of The Sociological Review, Sociology, and I.S. Med. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean
Book Series Editor of
Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society
I founded and serve as editor of Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society to address a critical gap in our understanding of how empires, states, organizations, sects, and groups have used criminalisation both in legal and extra-legal forms to consolidate power across time and space.
The book series promotes both theoretical and methodological advances in understanding criminalisation and its patterns at local, national, and global levels throughout modern and contemporary history. Guided by the conviction that issues surrounding criminalisation reflect not only the form of society and polity but also reveal how hierarchical power relationships and entrenched social practices have evolved over time, the series examines how injustice has occurred and how social and political forces have shaped the destinies of individuals and communities across diverse geographies and historical periods. Clarifying these complex processes is essential for illuminating the most pressing challenges we face today.
Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society provides a platform for emerging and established scholars to address these critical issues, pioneer interdisciplinary approaches, and advance rigorous scholarly debate.
For submissions and more information, please visit the Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society website.
Editor-in-Chief of International Social Science Journal
I serve as Editor-in-Chief of the International Social Science Journal, working with a team of associate editors and an international editorial board to bring cutting-edge scholarship across social science disciplines to the forefront of scholarly discussion.
Publishing for more than 75 years, the International Social Science Journal bridges social science communities across disciplines and continents, sharing information and debate with the widest possible audience. Founded by UNESCO in 1949, the ISSJ has evolved into a forum for innovative review, reflection, and discussion informed by recent and ongoing international social science research. The journal provides a home for work that asks questions in new ways, employs original methods to address classic problems, and generates insights with implications across disciplines and beyond the academy.
The ISSJ has a particular focus on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work that pushes the boundaries of current approaches, welcoming both applied and theoretical research. As a free-format journal, we allow authors to format manuscripts and references in their preferred style, provided consistency is maintained throughout.
For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please visit the ISSJ website.
Editorial Board Member of
The Sociological Review
The Sociological Review is one of the world's foremost peer-reviewed academic journals for sociological inquiry across all traditions. Founded in 1908, The Sociological Review is the UK's oldest sociology journal. International and interdisciplinary in focus, it showcases theoretically advanced and methodologically rigorous studies that examine issues of the social world through the lens of sociological imagination.
Editorial Board Member of
Sociology
Sociology is the flagship journal of the British Sociological Association (BSA), acknowledged as one of the leading journals in its field. For more than six decades, the journal has made a major contribution to the debates that have shaped the discipline and has earned an undisputed international reputation for publishing original research of the highest academic standard.
Editorial Board Member of
I.S.MED
Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean
I.S. Med. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean addresses a significant gap in research by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue about the Mediterranean in modern and contemporary eras. The Mediterranean is understood as a geo-cultural space spanning national borders and expressed through humanities, social studies, art, media, popular culture, socio-linguistics, and creative writing.