The journal’s mission is to advance the sociological understanding of contemporary societies by exploring their changes and challenges from an open, public and democratic perspective.

The journal fosters dialogue among different disciplines within the social sciences through calls for proposals and special issues, and encourages submissions from young and early-career researchers.

The journal welcomes proposals that address epistemological issues on the theoretical foundations of social sciences, innovative methodologies of social research, and theoretical contributions on contemporary social transformations.

The Lab’s Quarterly is an open access journal that adheres to the BOAI definition of open access, which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.