Aims and Scope

Economic Resilience Reports (ERR) is an international journal that examines the intersection of economics, resilience, adaptation, recovery, transformation, policy, institutions, business, finance, and society. In particular, ERR focuses on how economic systems respond to shocks and disruptions; how individuals, firms, communities, regions, and national economies develop the capacity to withstand, adapt to, and recover from crises; and how economic systems can transform toward more inclusive, sustainable, innovative, and resilient futures.

Economic Resilience Reports seeks to publish high-quality scholarly research, theoretical contributions, policy analyses, and practical insights that advance understanding of the determinants, mechanisms, measurement, and outcomes of economic resilience. The journal welcomes research from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to economics, finance, business and management, development studies, public policy, public administration, regional science, entrepreneurship, sustainability, environmental studies, information systems, sociology, geography, and Islamic economics.

ERR encourages submissions that focus on:

• Economic resilience and the capacity of economies to anticipate, withstand, adapt to, recover from, and transform in response to economic shocks and disruptions

• Macroeconomic resilience, economic stability, economic recovery, inflation, unemployment, fiscal resilience, monetary policy, and responses to economic crises

• Financial resilience, financial stability, banking systems, financial inclusion, household financial resilience, and responses to financial and market disruptions

• Business and organizational resilience, including firm survival, business continuity, strategic adaptation, organizational flexibility, and transformation

• Entrepreneurship, MSMEs, informal economies, innovation, and entrepreneurial responses to economic shocks and changing market conditions

• Regional, urban, rural, and local economic resilience, including place-based development, regional disparities, local economic systems, and territorial resilience

• Community and socioeconomic resilience, including livelihoods, poverty reduction, social protection, inequality, social capital, and inclusive economic development

• Supply-chain, trade, logistics, and global economic resilience, including economic interdependence, diversification, and responses to international disruptions

• Climate change, environmental risks, natural disasters, energy transitions, food security, and the relationship between environmental challenges and economic resilience

• Digital transformation, technological innovation, artificial intelligence, digital finance, e-commerce, and emerging technologies as drivers of economic adaptation and transformation

• Economic governance, public policy, institutional capacity, crisis management, regulatory responses, and policy instruments for strengthening economic resilience

• Islamic economics and Islamic social finance as approaches to economic and community resilience, including zakat, waqf, Islamic banking, Islamic microfinance, halal economic development, financial inclusion, and Maqasid al-Shariah-oriented approaches to socioeconomic recovery and transformation

• Economic diversification, structural transformation, innovation, productivity, and the development of adaptive and resilient economic institutions

• Measurement, modelling, indicators, indexes, forecasting, and methodological approaches for assessing and comparing economic resilience

• Inclusive, sustainable, and equitable economic growth and the relationship between resilience, human well-being, social justice, and sustainable development

• Comparative, cross-country, longitudinal, spatial, and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding economic resilience across different economic, institutional, and socioeconomic contexts

Within this scope, Economic Resilience Reports welcomes three types of submissions:

1. Original research papers that combine methodological rigor and practical relevance to advance knowledge and evidence on economic resilience, adaptation, recovery, and transformation.

2. Significant theoretical and conceptual contributions that develop, integrate, critically evaluate, or extend theories, frameworks, models, and concepts related to economic resilience and its associated dimensions.

3. Significant practical and policy contributions that present novel evidence, innovative approaches, policy insights, or breakthrough ideas capable of advancing economic resilience in businesses, communities, regions, institutions, and national economies.

Economic Resilience Reports (ERR) particularly welcomes research that bridges academic knowledge and real-world challenges and demonstrates clear implications for policymakers, businesses, financial institutions, development organizations, and communities. The journal aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of not only how economies recover from shocks, but also how they learn, adapt, innovate, and transform to become more resilient in the future.