JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education

In the context of changes in the welfare state, with growing individual responsibility, increasing financialisation and persistent social inequalities, financial literacy has gained significant importance in socio-political and educational policy in many countries. In both research and practice, financial literacy is often approached in a reductive way. It is primarily understood as an individual competence for rational participation in markets, while social, political, and institutional contexts receive insufficient attention. In short, the focus is frequently placed on individual behaviour rather than on structural conditions.

This special issue responds to this tendency by aiming to situate financial literacy within a multidisciplinary social science framework, thereby positioning it as a core component of social science education. Understood in this way, might be better described as financial education. Drawing on key didactic principles of social science education, such as problem orientation, learner- and situation-oriented approaches, critical and reflective perspectives, as well as design-oriented learning, the special issue brings together both theoretical and empirical contributions.

Submission deadline: October 1, 2026