The International Institute of Love Studies (https://love-studies-institute.org/) publishes The Diversity of Love Journal: Knowledge from Research and Practice to share research-based and practice-based knowledge about love with a wide audience of scholars around the world. The journal publishes the review articles reflecting the wisdom, scholarly writings, research findings, and experiences of practitioners.
Victor Karandashev is the journal’s founder, manager, and editor. He also contributed as one of the authors. He is a love researcher with extensive international and cross-cultural experience and interests.
He has conducted research on international and cross-cultural psychology in several European countries, the U.K., and the U.S.A. His primary research interests are the studies of love and culture.
He has published many articles, chapters, and monographs on the topic of love and culture. His recent books, Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts (2017), Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Experience and Expression of Love (2019), Cultural Models of Emotions (2021), Cultural Typologies of Love (2022), and The Varieties of Love as Interpersonal Attraction (2024) are among the most distinguished interdisciplinary contributions to the field.
Victor Karandashev, as the initiator and manager of the journal, is an author who publishes many articles. He also encourages other colleagues to publish their articles in this journal. The journal is a collective effort to compile a valuable collection of international knowledge about the diversity of love that is publicly available worldwide.
Editorial Board
Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Victor de Munck, Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Willie van Peer, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Aaron Ben-Ze’ev, University of Haifa, Israel
Claude-Hélène Mayer, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Victor Karandashev, International Institute of Love Studies, Michigan, USA
Questions, Comments, Proposals?
If you have any questions or comments concerning the journal and articles, or if you want to propose an article for publication in this journal, you may contact the Institute of Love Studies at <love.studies.institute@gmail.com>