IMPACT (International Modern Perspectives on Academia and Community Today) is an online peer-reviewed open access journal, founded in June 2019 at Queen’s University Belfast and published biannually. As an open-access journal, IMPACT is committed to the dissemination and accessibility of knowledge, to a global readership and enhancement of the dialogue between different academic disciplines and between academia and all sections of the community. The journal aims to initiate conversations which will lead to innovative research ideas and partnerships for providing solutions to real-world problems.