Centre for Social Sciences

This center works under the organizational chart of Deputy for Human Sciences. The center addresses socioeconomic challenges in Afghanistan by conducting scientific research in various fields including history, economics, law and political science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and journalism. The Center for Social Science has the following organizational chart:

  • The Director of the Center
  • Academic Secretariat
  • Institute of History and Ethnography
  • Institute of Economics
  • Institute of Law and Political Science
  • Institute of Psychology and Education
  • Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
  • Institute of Journalism

The scientific members of this center are involved in conducting research, publishing academic articles and presenting conferences based on their majors and specializations.  The research articles of its scholars are mainly published in two academic journals which work under the management of this center. The academic Journals working under the umbrella of this center have the following organizational charts:

  • Aryana Journal has an editor-in-chief and one co-editor
  • Afghanistan Journal has an editor-in-chief, only.

Each Journal has five editorial board members which are selected from the scientific members of the aforementioned institutes. The editorial board of the journals are responsible for editing and proofreading the academic articles submitted by scholars from Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan and other academic institutions of the country.

The Center for Social Sciences has an executive board which consist of the director of the center, academic secretariat of the center, the heads of the mentioned institutes and academicians of the center. The Executive Board holds meetings as per the requirement of the center to ensure that the research projects are in line with regulation of the organization and follow the academic norms of the institution. The board is also responsible to make decision on the arising challenges related to the research projects the scientific members of the center face with.  Each institute of the center, has an academic board which consist of the head of institute and head of its departments.