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Logistics and supply chain management (L/SCM) have advanced through analytical rigor and empirical refinement. However, the contemporary landscape, shaped by geopolitical shifts, digital transformation, climate pressures, and evolving societal expectations, requires more than incremental extensions of existing models. It calls for a reconsideration of the assumptions, values, and conceptual boundaries that underpin the field. Many of the most pressing challenges in L/SCM today are not only empirical, but also normative, philosophical, and inherently interdisciplinary.

Essay Frontiers: A Call for Bold Ideas, New Voices, and New Directions in Logistics and SCM invites contributions that engage with this broader intellectual horizon. This special issue seeks essays that move beyond established paradigms and offer reflective, provocative, and conceptually grounded perspectives that offer new lenses and open new directions for research and practice. The objective is to complement empirical work by fostering ideas that challenge, reframe, and extend our understanding of L/SCM (Queiroz, Fritz, & Gammelgaard, 2026).

We encourage submissions that combine intellectual ambition with conceptual clarity.
Essays should articulate a coherent argument, engage with relevant scholarly conversations, and demonstrate originality, while remaining open to alternative forms of reasoning and expression. Contributions may draw on theory, practice, or lived experience, but should aim to question dominant assumptions, surface overlooked tensions, or propose new ways of thinking.

This call explicitly welcomes cross-disciplinary engagement. L/SCM intersects with organization studies, strategy, international business, human resource management, and entrepreneurship, among other fields. Engaging with these perspectives enables richer understandings of issues such as power, governance, labor, innovation, and institutional complexity in L/SCM.

This is an invitation to think differently. We seek essays that are rigorous, reflective, and bold, capable of not only interpreting the field’s evolution but also actively shaping its future.

Reference:
Queiroz, M., Fritz, M., & Gammelgaard, B. (2026). Essay Frontiers–a new section in the International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM). The International Journal of Logistics Management, 37(2), 257-265. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-03-2026-785

List of Topic Areas

The following topics are examples to inspire submissions. We welcome other bold and unconventional ideas aligned with the spirit of Essay Frontiers.

  • Algorithmic management and the reconfiguration of work in logistics.
  • Supply chains as political and strategic infrastructures.
  • Entrepreneurial supply chains in contexts of institutional fragility.
  • Efficiency versus dignity: ethical boundaries of automation.
  • Decolonizing supply chain theory and practice.
  • Beyond resilience: strategic adaptation, transformation, and fragility.
  • Platformization and ecosystem competition in logistics.
  • Invisible labor and precarity in digitally mediated supply chains.
  • Sustainability, legitimacy, and organizational narratives.
  • The role of human resources in supply chain management.
  • Temporal trade-offs: speed, flexibility, and human well-being.
  • Culture, identity, and coordination in global supply networks.
  • Human–AI collaboration and decision authority in SCM.
  • Moral responsibility and accountability in complex supply networks.
  • Business model innovation in circular and regenerative supply chains.
  • Reimagining SCM theory: integration, borrowing, or paradigm shift?

Guest Editors

Maciel Queiroz, FGV EAESP, Brazil, maciel.queiroz@fgv.br

Morgane Fritz, Excelia Business School, France, fritzm@excelia-group.com

Britta Gammelgaard, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, blg@iti.sdu.dk

Submissions Information

This is a two-step submission process.

Step 1: Submit abstracts via email to the guest editors’ team. (max 300 words, see the main requirements of the essay proposal structure in Queiroz, M., Fritz, M., & Gammelgaard, B. (2026)).

Step 2: Submit the full essay (for accepted abstracts) via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijlm

Submit via ScholarOne

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 “Essay Frontiers: A Call for Bold Ideas, New Voices, and New Directions in Logistics and SCM”.

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 abstract submissions: 21/05/2026

Closing date for abstract submissions: 30/09/2026

Email for abstract submissions: maciel.queiroz@fgv.brfritzm@excelia-group.comblg@iti.sdu.dk

Opening date for manuscript submissions: 31/11/2026

Closing date for manuscript submissions: 30/04/2027 

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Scopus Journal Call for paper: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Reimagining Accounting for Inclusive Capitalism ) https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-accounting-auditing-accountability-journal-reimagining-accounting-for-inclusive-capitalism/ https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-accounting-auditing-accountability-journal-reimagining-accounting-for-inclusive-capitalism/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:17:48 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46638 Capitalism remains the dominant framework for organising global economic life, yet its promises of prosperity and inclusion have increasingly come under scrutiny. Over the past few decades, the richest 1% have captured more than half of global wealth, while environmental degradation has accelerated at an alarming rate, threatening planetary boundaries. These outcomes have prompted growing […]

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Capitalism remains the dominant framework for organising global economic life, yet its promises of prosperity and inclusion have increasingly come under scrutiny. Over the past few decades, the richest 1% have captured more than half of global wealth, while environmental degradation has accelerated at an alarming rate, threatening planetary boundaries. These outcomes have prompted growing calls for more inclusive and sustainable forms of capitalism (Piketty, 2014; Stiglitz, 2019), leading to the emergence of the concept of Inclusive Capitalism. Inclusive Capitalism seeks to reconcile profit-making with broader societal goals such as environmental stewardship, social justice and economic inclusion (Tweedie, 2024). However, its very emergence implies a failure of traditional neoliberal capitalism to deliver on its promises of inclusivity and prosperity. Indeed, many people regard the very concept of Inclusive Capitalism as an oxymoron. The push for Inclusive Capitalism thus reflects a growing recognition of capitalism’s contradictions and the need to rethink how value is defined, measured and distributed.

Accounting is central to this rethinking, as it plays a central role in shaping capitalist systems. Financial accounting information serves as the backbone of capital markets, providing standardised, timely data that investors and other stakeholders rely on to evaluate firm performance and risk, and ultimately to determine share prices (Nichols & Wahlen, 2023). Accounting defines what counts, what gets measured and what gets valued, and in doing so, it legitimises organisational behaviour (Hopwood, 1992; Hopwood, 2009; Miller & Power, 2013). However, far from being a neutral technical practice (Carnegie et al., 2021), accounting reflects and reproduces the logics of capitalism. It privileges financial capital while marginalising other forms of value such as social, human, intellectual and natural capitals (Halari et al., 2024). Accounting practices are deeply embedded in power structures, legitimising the interests of some while silencing the interests of others (Andrew & Baker, 2020; Cooper, 2015; Tinker, 1985).

Critical accounting scholarship has highlighted how accounting can both reproduce and challenge dominant logics (Deegan, 2002; Gray, 2002; O’Dwyer et al., 2005; Tinker, 1985) and has attempted to theorise how the deep-seated structures underpinning accounting practices work (Modell, 2020). Scholars and practitioners have sought to imagine how accounting might steer capitalism to more inclusive ends. Developments such as ESG investing, impact investing, stakeholder capitalism, B-Corps and Circular Economy models offer new spaces for reimagining the role of accounting and accountants (Halari and Baric, 2023). More radical approaches such as counter-accounting initiatives and dialogic approaches have promoted participatory and inclusive forms of accountability through challenging capitalism’s core logic (Brown, 2009; Dillard and Vinnari, 2019). These initiatives highlight both the potential and limitations of accounting in supporting alternative forms of capitalism in an increasingly uncertain and polarised world.

This Special Issue invites contributions that critically and constructively examine how accounting may contribute to reimagining capitalism for a more inclusive future. We welcome interdisciplinary perspectives from accounting, finance, economics, law, sociology, political theory, linguistics, history, media studies, and natural sciences. Submissions may adopt critical, interpretive, or mainstream approaches, and may be theoretical, empirical, conceptual, or methodological in nature.

Potential Research Avenues

We encourage submissions that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:

1. Historical and Conceptual Foundations: How has capitalism been historically conceptualised and what role has accounting played in shaping the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion in capitalist systems?

2. Accounting and the Language of Inclusion: How is capitalism linguistically constructed in corporate reports, policy documents, and the media? Why and how has the term ‘capital’ become associated more with financial capital than other forms of capital (natural, social, human, intellectual) and what are the implications of this? How do metaphors (e.g., “capitalism with a conscience”) and anthropomorphic representations (e.g., “capitalism cares”) influence perceptions of accounting’s role?

3. Accounting and Technology: How are emerging technologies shaping accounting practices that either widen or narrow inclusion? How might they entrench exclusion, concentrate power, or reinforce surveillance logics within capitalist systems? How is capitalism represented and contested in digital platforms and social media? What role do accounting narratives play in shaping online debates around corporate responsibility, and more inclusive forms of capitalism?

4. Critical Perspectives: How do accounting practices reflect and reproduce capitalist logics? What are the tensions between accountability, transparency, and inclusion in capitalist enterprises? Can alternative frameworks (e.g., feminist, indigenous, or social accounting) challenge dominant paradigms?

5. Institutional and Policy Dimensions: How can governments, regulators, and standard-setters use accounting to promote more inclusive and responsible capitalism? What are the implications of developments such as integrated reporting, sustainability standards, and ESG metrics? How can accounting revalue resources, labour practices, or informal sectors? What role do impact investing, stakeholder capitalism, and B-Corps play in reimagining capitalism through accounting practices?

6. Religion, Culture and Norms: How do religious organisations, cultural traditions and societal norms shape accounting practices and in what way do these practices create pathways that can support financial and social inclusion, or, conversely, undermine such goals?

7. Management Accounting Practices: How can management accounting systems incorporate multi-capital perspectives? What role do incentive structures and performance measurement play? How do managers change the way they think and act to reflect more integrated and inclusive ways of thinking about value creation?

Submissions Information

Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Author guidelines must be strictly followed.

Submit via ScholarOne

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.

Workshop

A dedicated Workshop is scheduled for July 7th 2026, in Bergamo, Italy.

The workshop is hosted by the University of Bergamo and sponsored by the University of Auckland research centre Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism. Juncture treats inclusive capitalism as a systems challenge rather than a people problem, advancing thinking about institutional design, legal imagination, and cultural legitimacy.

The workshop is free of charge for participants.

Workshop Submission Details:

  • Abstract Deadline: 20th May 2026
  • Notification of Acceptance: 5th June 2026
  • Length: 300–500 words
  • Submit to: anwar.halari@open.ac.uk

Please note that participation in the workshop is not required to submit a manuscript for consideration in the AAAJ Special Issue. Additionally, participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance of a submission into the AAAJ Special Issue.

Workshop Organisers: 
Ruth Dimesruth.dimes@open.ac.uk

Matteo Molinarimatteo.molinari@unibg.itTahmineh Beheshti, Valeria Zanotti 

Key Deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 1st November 2026

Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31st January 2027

Journal Information: Scopus Journal Q1, H-Index 136

Guest Editors

Charl de Villiers, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Ruth Dimes, The Open University, UK

Anwar Halari, The Open University, UK

Matteo Molinari, University of Bergamo, Italy

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Scopus Journal Call for paper: Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing (Emerging Perspectives on Technology Enabled Global Operations and Supply Chain Resilience) https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-journal-of-global-operations-and-strategic-sourcing-emerging-perspectives-on-technology-enabled-global-operations-and-supply-chain-resilience/ https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-journal-of-global-operations-and-strategic-sourcing-emerging-perspectives-on-technology-enabled-global-operations-and-supply-chain-resilience/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:04:08 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46635 Global operations and supply chains are undergoing profound transformation driven by rapid advances in digital technologies, data ecosystems, and automation. Organizations across industries now rely on artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, cloud platforms, blockchain, and cyber-physical systems to enhance transparency, efficiency, and responsiveness. At the same time, escalating geopolitical tensions, tariff conflicts, climate-induced disruptions, logistics bottlenecks, […]

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Global operations and supply chains are undergoing profound transformation driven by rapid advances in digital technologies, data ecosystems, and automation. Organizations across industries now rely on artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, cloud platforms, blockchain, and cyber-physical systems to enhance transparency, efficiency, and responsiveness. At the same time, escalating geopolitical tensions, tariff conflicts, climate-induced disruptions, logistics bottlenecks, and supplier vulnerabilities continue to expose weaknesses in traditional global sourcing and operational models. These concurrent forces have intensified scholarly and managerial interest in understanding how technology-enabled approaches can support resilient, sustainable, and high-performing global operations.

Despite substantial growth in research on digital transformation, resilience, and global sourcing, the existing literature often treats these areas independently. Studies tend to examine technologies in isolation or focus narrowly on operational outcomes without integrating broader issues of risk mitigation, sustainability, and strategic sourcing. Consequently, a comprehensive understanding of how technological capabilities interact with supply chain resilience mechanisms, adaptive sourcing strategies, and sustainability goals remains limited.

This Special Issue addresses these gaps by offering an integrated platform for conceptual, empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented contributions. It seeks to advance theory and practice at the intersection of technology-enabled operations, global sourcing strategy, and supply chain resilience.

List of Topic Areas

The Special Issue encourages submissions that explore:

  • New theoretical frameworks explaining how digital capabilities shape global operations and resilience.
  • Empirical studies using qualitative, quantitative, simulation, or mixed methods to examine technology-enabled sourcing and supply networks.
  • Industry-focused analyses demonstrating how organizations navigate disruptions through advanced data-driven decision-making.
  • Insights into sustainability, ethical sourcing, circularity, and environmental performance enabled by digital systems.
  • Comparative perspectives across industries, countries, or regions to understand cross-sector differences in technology-enabled resilience.

This Special Issue aligns with global policy and societal priorities, making direct contributions to multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

By addressing major contemporary challenges such as climate risk, geopolitical instability, and resource pressures, the Special Issue will offer actionable insights for academics, policymakers, and industry leaders.

Ultimately, this Special Issue aims to consolidate emerging perspectives that explain how digitalization, sustainability, and strategic resilience intersect to shape the future of global operations and sourcing. Through rigorous peer-reviewed contributions, the issue will advance scholarly knowledge, strengthen managerial practice, and guide organizations seeking to build adaptive and sustainable global supply chains.

Guest Editors

Dr. Aamir Rashid, City University of New York, USA, arashid6@york.cuny.edu

Dr. Rizwana Rasheed, City University of New York, USA, rizwana.rasheed@csi.cuny.edu

Submissions Information

Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Author guidelines must be strictly followed.

Submit via ScholarOne

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.

Journal Information: Scopus Journal Q2, H-Index 39

Key Deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 1st March 2026

Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31st August 2026

For more details refer here

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Call for paper: Environmental Geotechnics (Sustainable Recycling and Repurposing of Geo-Waste to Adapt Future Cities) https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-paper-environmental-geotechnics-sustainable-recycling-and-repurposing-of-geo-waste-to-adapt-future-cities/ https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-paper-environmental-geotechnics-sustainable-recycling-and-repurposing-of-geo-waste-to-adapt-future-cities/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:57:28 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46630 This special issue aims to bridge geotechnical engineering and environmental sustainability by exploring innovative strategies for recycling and repurposing geo-waste (defined as mineral-dominated solid waste or byproducts that exhibit geotechnical behaviours and potential environmental risk, e.g., contaminated soils, sludge, slag) into multifunctional and nature-inclusive geo-materials that enhance urban climate resilience and adapt to nature-inclusive cities. […]

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This special issue aims to bridge geotechnical engineering and environmental sustainability by exploring innovative strategies for recycling and repurposing geo-waste (defined as mineral-dominated solid waste or byproducts that exhibit geotechnical behaviours and potential environmental risk, e.g., contaminated soils, sludge, slag) into multifunctional and nature-inclusive geo-materials that enhance urban climate resilience and adapt to nature-inclusive cities.

The special issue uniquely integrates geo-waste recycling with future urban redevelopment, addressing both soil environmental remediation and infrastructure resilience. Unlike prior works focusing solely on geo-waste reuse, it emphasises functionalisation (e.g., nanomaterials, biochar) to achieve multiple benefits, e.g., pollutant removal, carbon sequestration, or temperature adaptability, and to realise its high-value reuse in geo-infrastructure redevelopment. The guest editors’ pioneering projects—such as carbon-negative geo-structures funded by Horizon Europe and thermo-active geo-infrastructure funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering—will provide fresh insights, filling gaps in existing literature. By merging geotechnical innovation with circular economy principles, the issue will set a new agenda for sustainable urban redevelopment.

List of topic areas

The issue will cover research focused on the following topics.

  • Advancing the recycling and functionalisation of geo-wastes (such as transforming them into new nanomaterials, graphene nanosheets, biochar, or geopolymers) to address current pollution challenges;
  • Developing thermo-active, self-healing, or carbon-negative geo-structures by utilising recycled or functionalised geo-waste to adapt to future green and energy-efficient cities;
  • Promoting engineering-based and nature-based solutions for the proper application of recycled or functionalised geo-waste in urban environmental redevelopment processes.

Submission Information

Submit your abstract here

Author guidelines must be followed

Submissions are made using River Valley. Registration and access are available at: https://ice-review.rivervalley.io/journal/jenge
Once you have registered, navigate to the journal that you wish to submit to. Choose article type “Special Issue” and then the specific name from the drop-down menu on screen.

Key deadlines

Abstract deadline: 30 June 2026
Full submission deadline: 1 December 2026

For more details refer here

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Scopus Journal Call for paper: Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology (Human-Centric Construction Systems: Ethical Governance, Workforce Development, and Wellbeing) https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-journal-of-engineering-design-and-technology-human-centric-construction-systems-ethical-governance-workforce-development-and-wellbeing/ https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-journal-of-engineering-design-and-technology-human-centric-construction-systems-ethical-governance-workforce-development-and-wellbeing/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:56:45 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46566 The construction and infrastructure sector is undergoing significant transformation driven by evolving workforce expectations, increasing regulatory scrutiny, and the growing need for ethical and responsible organisational practices. Despite advances in technology and project management, persistent challenges remain in relation to workforce development, competence management, working conditions, and governance mechanisms. These challenges are further compounded by […]

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The construction and infrastructure sector is undergoing significant transformation driven by evolving workforce expectations, increasing regulatory scrutiny, and the growing need for ethical and responsible organisational practices. Despite advances in technology and project management, persistent challenges remain in relation to workforce development, competence management, working conditions, and governance mechanisms. These challenges are further compounded by complex project structures, multi-tier subcontracting arrangements, and the dynamic nature of construction work environments, which collectively influence workforce outcomes and organisational performance.

Traditionally, research in construction has examined workforce development, wellbeing, and governance as largely separate domains. However, there is increasing recognition that these dimensions are deeply interconnected and must be understood within a broader, system-level perspective.
This Special Issue aims to advance understanding of human-centric construction systems by examining ethical governance, workforce development, and wellbeing as interconnected   and strategic elements of contemporary construction practice. The aims will be met by publishing high-quality empirical, review and case-based studies that investigate organisational, project, and governance mechanisms influencing workforce outcomes, supported by rigorous methodologies, and practice-oriented insights relevant to industry and policy

Existing literature consistently highlights persistent challenges in construction related to ethical governance, workforce development, competence management, and wellbeing ( Karakhan et al., 2023; Lukhele, Botha and Mbanga, 2023; Hasan, Mishra and Kamardeen, 2024), yet these issues are often examined in isolation. Research documents ongoing skills shortages (Maqbool et al., 2023), fragmented training and competence assessment, and high workforce turnover, alongside the sector’s continued exposure to high accident rates and increasing psychosocial risks such as stress, fatigue, and burnout (Howe et al., 2024; Zong et al., 2024).

At the same time, complex project structures, multi-tier subcontracting, and the growing use of digital monitoring technologies have intensified ethical and governance concerns, including accountability gaps, labour exploitation, data privacy, and uneven enforcement of standards (Halder and Batra, 2024; Oladinrin, Aghimien and Goodhew, 2025). Although organisational culture, leadership, and project management practices are widely recognised as critical enablers of workforce outcomes (Rehan, Thorpe and Heravi, 2024; Zada et al., 2024), evidence remains dispersed, limiting integrated understanding and practical application. Recent industry events on worker wellbeing such as Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) report on mental health in the built environment (Barnett, 2025) underscore the need for a focused, system-level scholarly response. This Special Issue addresses these gaps by consolidating review, empirical, and case-based research to advance integrated, human-centric perspectives on construction systems with clear implications for practice, policy, and education.

List of Topic Areas

​​​1. Project and organisational management practices enabling human-centric construction systems: This theme will address issues such as integration of human-centric principles into project management, organisational alignment with workforce wellbeing, coordination across project structures, decision-making affecting workforce performance, and effectiveness of risk management, communication, and reporting systems in supporting ethical and productive construction environments.

2. Organisational culture, ethical leadership, and responsible construction practices: Issues to be addressed under this theme include the role of organisational culture in shaping ethical behaviour, leadership approaches influencing workforce wellbeing, promotion of responsible practices, alignment of values and conduct, and mechanisms for fostering accountability, trust, and integrity within construction organisations.

3. Strategic and ethical stakeholder engagement in construction projects: Issues to be addressed under this theme include distinguishing features of strategic and ethical engagement, organisational mechanisms for implementation, reconciling strategic and ethical approaches through theoretical and empirical insights, managing power asymmetries and transparency, and assessing long-term implications for stakeholders and project outcomes.

4.  Human-centric construction systems and their role in advancing social sustainability: Issues include conceptualising and operationalising social sustainability within human-centric construction systems, identifying key success factors, embedding relevant theoretical perspectives, examining leadership for socially sustainable practices, and evaluating impacts on workforce inclusivity, working conditions, and long-term project outcomes.

5. Ethical challenges in workforce management, labour practices, and employment relations: This theme will focus on issues such as fairness in employment practices, labour conditions and worker dignity, ethical implications of subcontracting arrangements, managing power asymmetries, and addressing challenges related to equity, transparency, and responsible workforce management in construction projects.

6. Workforce development, competence management, and skills formation in construction systems: Issues include approaches to workforce planning, skill development, upskilling and reskilling, competence assessment, alignment of training with industry needs, and the role of organisations in building and sustaining workforce capabilities in evolving construction environments.

7. Education, training practices, and the impact of digital technologies on workforce capabilities: Issues include innovation in construction education and training, integration of digital tools and platforms, effectiveness of technology-enabled learning, alignment with industry skill requirements, and the role of digitalisation in enhancing workforce adaptability and competence development.

8. Governance and organisational mechanisms for workforce wellbeing and psychosocial risk management in construction systems: Issues include governance frameworks for workforce wellbeing, regulation and accountability mechanisms, management of psychosocial risks such as stress, fatigue, and burnout, organisational policies and practices supporting mental health, and evaluation of interventions to improve workforce wellbeing in construction environments.

Submissions Information

Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Registration and access are available at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jedt

Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jedt#jlp_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.

Journal Information: Scopus Journal Q1, H-Index 47

Key Deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 01/07/2026 
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 11/11/2026 

For more details refer here

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Call for paper: Organizing diversity, diversity in organizations (Submission deadline: May 31, 2026) https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-paper-organizing-diversity-diversity-in-organizations-submission-deadline-may-31-2026/ https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-paper-organizing-diversity-diversity-in-organizations-submission-deadline-may-31-2026/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:55:35 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46543 Guest editor(s) Bernard Fusulier, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Humberto Reis dos Santos-Souza, Pedro Jaime, Valéry Psyché Timeline Special Issue launch: October 2, 2025 Full paper submission deadline: May 31, 2026 First review decision: July 30, 2026 Second round revisions due to: October 31, 2026 Final decision: January 31, 2027   For further information, click here We would like to inform you that, for […]

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Guest editor(s)

Bernard Fusulier, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Humberto Reis dos Santos-Souza, Pedro Jaime, Valéry Psyché

Timeline

Special Issue launch: October 2, 2025
Full paper submission deadline: May 31, 2026
First review decision: July 30, 2026
Second round revisions due to: October 31, 2026
Final decision: January 31, 2027

 

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We would like to inform you that, for this call for papers, we are only accepting manuscripts written in English.

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Scopus Journal Call for paper: International Journal of Conflict Management (Conflict Management in Indian sub-continent) https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-international-journal-of-conflict-management-conflict-management-in-indian-sub-continent/ https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-international-journal-of-conflict-management-conflict-management-in-indian-sub-continent/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:46:35 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46539 The Indian sub-continent represents one of the most dynamic socio-economic regions in the world, shaped by deep-rooted cultural traditions, rapid economic transformations, demographic diversity, and persistent geopolitical tensions. These layered contexts create distinctive patterns of conflict across workplaces, organizations, communities, and institutions. As economies in the region continue to globalize and digitize while simultaneously grappling […]

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The Indian sub-continent represents one of the most dynamic socio-economic regions in the world, shaped by deep-rooted cultural traditions, rapid economic transformations, demographic diversity, and persistent geopolitical tensions. These layered contexts create distinctive patterns of conflict across workplaces, organizations, communities, and institutions. As economies in the region continue to globalize and digitize while simultaneously grappling with informality, inequality, and social stratification, conflict management emerges as a critical scholarly and practical concern.

Conflict in the Indian sub-continent cannot be fully understood through frameworks developed primarily in Western organizational contexts. Family-owned enterprises, informal labor arrangements, gender, caste, regional identities, and collectivistic value systems profoundly influence how conflicts emerge, escalates, and addressed. The evolving realities demand context-sensitive theorizing and empirically grounded insights that reflect the lived experiences of individuals and organizations in the region.

This special issue seeks to advance scholarship on conflict management by foregrounding the unique institutional, cultural, and structural characteristics of the Indian sub-continent. It invites contributions that explore conflict at intra-, inter-personal, organizational, and societal level. We particularly encourage research that examines culturally embedded conflict resolution practices, indigenous negotiation styles, and hybrid mechanisms that blend formal legal frameworks with informal social norms.

Aligning with the goals of UN SDG, this special issue also aims to highlight the broader implications of conflict management for employee well-being, organizational sustainability, and social cohesion.

Bringing diverse theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches, and empirical contexts together, this special issue aspires to enrich global conflict management literature while amplifying voices and insights rooted in the Indian sub-continent. In doing so, it seeks to contribute not only to academic debates but also to more inclusive, equitable, and effective conflict management practices in organizations and societies.

 

List of topic areas

Potential    topics    include,    but    are    not    limited    to:

  • Conflict   management   in   family-owned   businesses   and   SMEs.
  • Precarious work, informal labor, and their relationship with organizational conflict.
  • Negotiation styles and dispute resolution mechanisms unique to the subcontinent/ Legal and    Institutional    Mechanisms    of    Conflict    Resolution.
  • Cross-border conflicts and their impact on multinational operations in the region.
  • Digitalization,  remote  work,  and  emerging  forms  of  workplace  conflict.
  • Culturally embedded conflict resolution practices in South Asian workplaces.
  • Conflict in workplace and Well-being.
  • Identity, Diversity, and Workplace Conflict.
  • Gendered Dimensions of Conflict.
  • Conflict in Gig and Unionized Work.

 

Submissions Information

Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Registration and access are available at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijcma

Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ijcma

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.

Journal Information: Scopus Journal Q1, H-index 72

Key deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 01/04/2026
Closing date for manuscript submission: 31/11/2026

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Scopus Journal Call for paper: Journal of Criminal Psychology (New Directions in Behavioural Investigative Advice) https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-journal-of-criminal-psychology-new-directions-in-behavioural-investigative-advice/ https://knowledgesteez.com/scopus-journal-call-for-paper-journal-of-criminal-psychology-new-directions-in-behavioural-investigative-advice/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:36:02 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46536 This special edition of the Journal of Criminal Psychology (JCP) focuses on the contribution of behavioural and social science (BaSS) in directly support law enforcement investigative practice. This goes beyond conceptual or theoretical support for investigators to real-world practical outputs with immediate strategic, tactical or operational gains. The role of BaSS and Investigative Psychology continues […]

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This special edition of the Journal of Criminal Psychology (JCP) focuses on the contribution of behavioural and social science (BaSS) in directly support law enforcement investigative practice. This goes beyond conceptual or theoretical support for investigators to real-world practical outputs with immediate strategic, tactical or operational gains.

The role of BaSS and Investigative Psychology continues to be recognised within law enforcement, but the research literature is often dominated by more conceptual or theoretical contributions which lack real world impact. The core aim of this special edition is to bring together cutting-edge research which has clear and immediate application to current practice.

Whilst often characterised by out-dated perceptions of ‘offender profiling’, Behavioural Investigative Advice continues to evolve and we are looking to collate the latest cutting edge research focussed on applying existing methods to new and emerging crime types (such as cybercrime) or the development of new methods to tackle existing problems (e.g., violence against women and girls).

Papers can be empirical with quantitative and/or qualitative research designs or more reflective critiques relating to practice or policy – the key is to move the discipline forward within a research to practice paradigm.

International contributions as well as multidisciplinary papers are welcomed and we actively encourage joint submissions from academics, researchers, and practitioners. We are responsive to initial enquiries to ensure suitability for the journal and happy to support identification and approach to potential co-authors to maximise the practitioner/researcher collaboration.

All papers will be peer-reviewed.

List of Topic Areas
  • Behavioural science,
  • Behavioural investigative advice,
  • Investigative psychology,
  • Profiling
Submissions Information

Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Registration and access are available here: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcrimp
Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see here: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jcp
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.

Journal Information: Scopus Journal Q1, H-Index 20

Key Deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 01/05/2026 
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 30/09/2026

For more details refer here

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Antarctic Tourism Futures https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-antarctic-tourism-futures/ https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-antarctic-tourism-futures/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:58:45 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46490 Antarctic tourism stands at a critical juncture. As one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth, Antarctica evokes both fascination and responsibility, drawing travellers, scientists, and policymakers into complex debates about access, preservation, and the future of tourism on the continent. Tourism to Antarctica has grown steadily over the past two decades, fuelled by […]

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Antarctic tourism stands at a critical juncture. As one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth, Antarctica evokes both fascination and responsibility, drawing travellers, scientists, and policymakers into complex debates about access, preservation, and the future of tourism on the continent. Tourism to Antarctica has grown steadily over the past two decades, fuelled by advancements in expedition cruising, greater global interest in extreme environments, and the marketing of Antarctica as a once-in-a-lifetime destination. This growth raises urgent questions about sustainability, resilience, and long-term stewardship.

At the same time, Antarctica is undergoing profound transformation due to climate change, including glacial retreat, shifting sea-ice dynamics, and ecosystem vulnerability. These changes affect not only the physical environment but also operational safety, navigability, and the visitor experience. Combined with evolving international governance under the Antarctic Treaty System, emerging technologies such as autonomous vessels and remote sensing, and shifting geopolitical interests in polar regions, the future of Antarctic tourism is increasingly uncertain.

This Special Issue seeks to bring futures-oriented thinking to these challenges, applying approaches such as futures literacy, strategic foresight, scenario planning, horizon scanning, and forecasting. By exploring multiple possible, probable, and preferable futures, contributors can help expand the collective capacity to anticipate change, reflect critically on assumptions, and shape robust long-term strategies. The aim is not merely to predict but also to provoke imagination so to contribute to preparedness and support decision-making for sustainable tourism pathways. We invite work that analyses emerging trends, examines systemic interdependencies, and challenges dominant narratives about Antarctic tourism. This Special Issue aims to foster transdisciplinary dialogue and provide a platform for innovative and empirically grounded scholarship that can inform Antarctic tourism governance, practice, and research.

Rationale

Tourism in Antarctica presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. As one of the world’s last relatively untouched regions, Antarctica provides a compelling context for understanding and critically reviewing tourism development, management and governance as well as applying futures literacy, strategic foresight, scenario planning, and forecasting methodologies. This Special Issue aims to advance theoretical, methodological, and practical understanding of how futures thinking can inform sustainable, responsible, and resilient Antarctic tourism pathways. The special issue will appear in the lead up the fifth International Polar Year, and coincides with the horizon scan of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, making the question of Antarctic futures all the more salient at this point.

Scope and Topics

We welcome a diverse range of conceptual, empirical, methodological, and practice-based contributions. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Futures literacy for Antarctic tourism
  • Strategic foresight and long-term planning for Antarctic tourism
  • Scenario planning for Antarctic tourism futures
  • Forecasting models related to Antarctic tourism
  • Innovations shaping the future of Antarctic tourism
  • Governance, regulation, and treaty-system futures for Antarctic tourism
  • Future workforce needs, challenges, and opportunities for Antarctic tourism
  • Forecasting for safety in a changing climate
  • Ethical, environmental, and cultural considerations in Antarctic tourism futures
  • The role of technology (AI, remote sensing, autonomous systems) in shaping Antarctic tourism futures
  • Post-growth, degrowth, or regenerative futures for Antarctic tourism
  • Methodological advances in futures-oriented Antarctic tourism research
  • Visions of Antarctic tourism through the IPY 5 and beyond

Submission Types

  • Full research papers (conceptual, empirical, or methodological) – 6000-8000 words
  • Viewpoint point papers  (explorative, agenda setting) – 1500-2000 words
  • Industry papers (new type since 2026): Practice-based contributions involving industry or policy perspectives – 1500-2000 words

Important Dates

  • JTF submission window opens: May 2026
  • JTF submission window closes: April 2027
  • Expected publication: June 2027

Guest Editors

  • Dr. Stefan Hartman, European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI), NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences (Stefan.hartman@nhlstenden.com)
  • Dr. Christy Hehir, University of Surrey
  • Dr. Hanne Nielsen, University of Tasmania, Australia
  • Prof. Pat Maher, Nipissing University, Canada

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts should follow the Journal of Tourism Futures author guidelines, available on the JTF website: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jtf . All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review in accordance with journal policies.

Submit your paper here!

Contact

For inquiries, please contact the guest editorial team at: Stefan.hartman@nhlstenden.com

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Call for Interns: iDEX is hiring interns https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-interns-idex-is-hiring-interns/ https://knowledgesteez.com/call-for-interns-idex-is-hiring-interns/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:45:10 +0000 https://knowledgesteez.com/?p=46488 iDEX is hiring intern Apply now for the most sought-after iDEX Defence Exploration and Learning (hashtag#iDEAL) Internship 2026. 🎓Open to final-year & recently graduated students* 💼Stipend-based program ⏳Last date: 30 April 26 | 5 PM To know more visit: http://idex.gov.in/career For more details refer here Brochure

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iDEX is hiring intern

Apply now for the most sought-after iDEX Defence Exploration and Learning (hashtagiDEAL) Internship 2026.

🎓Open to final-year & recently graduated students*
💼Stipend-based program
⏳Last date: 30 April 26 | 5 PM

To know more visit: http://idex.gov.in/career

For more details refer here

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