About the Journal

The Asia Pacific Journal of Social Innovation (APJSI) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, diamond open-access journal published by Mindanao State Universityโ€“Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Philippines. The journal advances scholarship on social innovation, inclusive development, institutional and organizational transformation, sustainability, resilience, and socially meaningful change, with particular relevance to the Asia-Pacific region and comparable contexts worldwide.

APJSI welcomes theoretically informed, methodologically rigorous, and context-sensitive research that connects knowledge, policy, practice, organizations, institutions, and communities. It provides a scholarly platform for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and development stakeholders examining innovative responses to complex social, economic, environmental, technological, and governance challenges.

APJSI builds on a scholarly publishing tradition dating to 1982. The journal traces its publication heritage to The Technician, which subsequently evolved into The Mindanao Forum, a multidisciplinary scholarly publication of MSU-IIT. Its transformation into the Asia Pacific Journal of Social Innovation reflects a renewed and more focused commitment to advancing interdisciplinary scholarship that addresses contemporary societal challenges, connects locally grounded knowledge with wider regional and global conversations, and contributes to meaningful social transformation.

APJSI operates through double-anonymized peer review, provides immediate open access to all published content, and charges no submission or article processing fees.

Announcements

๐ŸŽ‰ A New Milestone for APJSI!

07-09-2026

We are pleased to announce that the ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—”๐—ฃ๐—๐—ฆ๐—œ), formerly The Mindanao Forum, is now officially indexed in the ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜… (๐—”๐—š๐—ฃ๐—–๐—œ). This milestone marks another important step in ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—๐—ฆ๐—œโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜. It strengthens our commitment to providing a credible platform for research that advances social innovation, community development, and meaningful change across the Asia-Pacific region.

We extend our sincere appreciation to our authors, reviewers, editorial board members, institutional partners, and readers whose contributions and support continue to move the journal forward. One milestone at a time, we continue building a stronger and more internationally visible APJSI.

Congratulations to the entire APJSI community! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ“šโœจ

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Vol. 38 No. 2 (2026): Asia Pacific Journal of Social Innovation
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ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL INNOVATION (formerly The Mindanao Forum) is a refereed, semi-annual journal devoted to a scholarly discussion of subjects in the arts, humanities, sciences, and technology. The views and opinions expressed in its pages are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of MSU-IIT or the Editorial Board. Materials published here may not be reproduced without the permission of the authors and the publisher.

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Editor in Chief:

Jupert Jasser G. Abellana

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Editorial Board Members:

Oona Thommes Paredes - University of California, Los Angeles

Primitivo III Cabanes Ragandang, Mindanao State University-Iligan

Ma Yuchen - Peking University

Clarence M. Batan - University of Santo Tomas

Marjorie Joy S. Almario-Magdadaro, Mindanao State University-Iligan

Sandeep Poddar- Lincoln University College-Malaysia

Janet Alexis De Los Santos - Visayas State University

Amabelle A. Embornas, Mindanao State University-Iligan

Vicente Villan - University of the Philippines Diliman

Retchell Morales - De La Salle University

Ringgold Atienza - De La Salle University

Chokchai Yuenyong - Khon Kaen University

Daisy R. Palompon - Cebu Normal University

Laurence Garcia - Cebu Normal University

Julienne Ivan Soberano - University of the Philippines Manila

Eko Yuliyanto - University of Muhammadiyah Semarang

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Managing Editor:

Rholaisa B. Mamailao

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Production/Circulation Manager:

Cherly S. Adlawan

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Published: 01-08-2026

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