About the Journal

Asia in Focus is a peer-reviwed journal published online twice a year by NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. NIAS is a Nordic research and service institute focusing on Asia’s modern transformations. The focal point of the journal is the modern Asian societies viewed from the standpoints of social sciences and humanities. The geographical focus is the Asian countries from Central Asia to Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand. Asia in Focus was initiated by NIAS to provide Master and PhD students with a widely accessible and transnational forum to publish their findings. The journal is open to students from all European institutions of higher education. We aim at a high academic level in a concise, focused and readable form, and publish both academic essays and academic articles.

In 2023, Asia in Focus has moved to the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University, who has taken over stewardship for the journal from issue 9 onwards.  New issues of the journal will henceforth be found on its new address https://journals.lub.lu.se/asiainfocus/ while older issues (1-9) will still be available here at Tidsskrift.dk.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.