Harmonizing Global Trade and Peace – Pathways to Sustainable Business Models in Conflict Resolution and Development
This special issue will focus on the pathways to achieving collective wellbeing involving a multidisciplinary approach. It includes, but is not limited to, leveraging technology and regulations to create economic opportunities, fostering innovation in marginalized communities and immigrant or displaced populations, encouraging corporate sustainability and a circular economy.
The issue will also welcome case studies of businesses that have succeeded in conflict zones, highlighting the strategies that enabled them to contribute to peacebuilding efforts while maintaining a thriving business. Moreover, the publication will address the challenges of operating in areas marred by conflict, such as navigating political instability, managing the movement of displaced populations, ensuring the safety of employees, and building trust with local communities. It will also examine the role of international organizations and governments in creating an environment where businesses can thrive while contributing to peace, development, gender equality, and the support of migrants and refugees.
List of Topic Areas
- Innovative, climate-resilient business models and emerging technologies for sustainable development and peacebuilding
- Inclusive economic policies and governance frameworks that promote social cohesion and peace
- Responsible corporate practices in fragile and conflict-affected regions
- Sustainable solutions to food loss and waste that foster cooperation across divided territories
- Gender-responsive and inclusive climate and peace financing mechanisms
- Corporate resilience and ethical leadership in times of geopolitical instability
- Trade agreements and CSR as tools for promoting peace and economic justice
- Strategic contracting to support inclusive business development in conflict zones
- Participatory, community-based business models for equity and sustainable peace
- Digital innovation to empower marginalized communities in conflict-affected areas
Submissions Information
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Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see here for Author Guidelines!
Authors should select (from the drop-down menu) the special issue title at the appropriate step in the submission process, i.e. in response to ““Please select the issue you are submitting to”. Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.
Key Deadlines
Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 22nd of September 2025
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31st of December 2025
Guest Editors
Aikaterini Argyrou,
Associate Professor Sustainable Business Law and Entrepreneurship,
Nyenrode Business University, Netherlands,
a.argyrou2@nyenrode.nl
Idoya Ferrero Ferrero,
Professor in Financial Economics and Accounting,
University Jaume I, Spain,
ferrero@uji.es
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