Toponymy and toponomastics at the intersection between language contact and historical geography
Deadline 2026-09-15Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection welcomes research on themes related to toponymy and toponomastics at the intersection between language and historical geography.
Generative AI and LLM in financial modelling and applications
Deadline 2026-09-15Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 3ABDC A
Journal: The European Journal of Finance
This special issue aims to explore the specific financial modelling issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) , in particular Generative AI and Large Language models (LLMs) modelling and applications in finance. It seeks to offer new insights in consideration of Generative AI/LLM innovation that brings changes to the traditional finance topics such as asset pricing, financial intermediation, financial markets &…
Contemporary Catholicism(s): global perspectives on belief, power and identity
Deadline 2026-09-18Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to critically examine the political, social and cultural dimensions of Catholicism today, including interdisciplinary perspectives, that explore Catholicism.
In search of happiness: rethinking well-being and the good life
Deadline 2026-09-30Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection is interested in research that explores what contributes to happiness, how it is experienced and measured, and what can be done to promote it at both individual and societal levels.
Reframing artificial intelligence: critical perspectives from AI social science
Deadline 2026-09-30Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
To untangle the links between technological and social forces, this Collection invites social science perspectives to advance the study of AI’s sociotechnical, cultural and political dimensions.
A Decade After Brexit: Navigating the New Age of Barriers in European Finance Issues
Deadline 2026-09-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 3ABDC A
Journal: The European Journal of Finance
Ten years after the Brexit referendum, the financial system is operating in a markedly transformed environment characterised by rising protectionism, heightened geopolitical tensions, and an increasingly fragmented global trading system with constrained financial flows. This special issue examines how the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union both reflects and contributes to a broader shift towards eco…
Indigeneity, Labour, and Equity: Reframing Work through Indigenous Lenses
Deadline 2026-10-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Labour and Industry
Labour and Industry is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing interdisciplinary research on the social, organizational, and institutional dimensions of work and industrial relations. The journal seeks to foster scholarly dialogue, challenge conventional boundaries, and promote innovative thinking by integrating insights from diverse academic disciplines. Special Issue Theme This special edition will foregro…
The politics of museums and national monuments
Deadline 2026-10-05Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that interrogates the politics of museums and national monuments.
Cliometrics (New Economic History)
Deadline 2026-10-05Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: Journal of Applied Economics
Cliometrics has attracted a growing interest among economists and historians. It involves applying advanced quantitative models and methods with the aim of obtaining robust empirical evidence in the field of Economic History. In this collection of articles, we therefore seek to showcase research that, drawing on new historical datasets and/or innovative quantitative methodologies – exploring, for example, the behavi…
Human-animal interactions and relations
Deadline 2026-10-06Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humans’ inter-relation with non-human animals is a ubiquitous feature of contemporary life, whether through the clothes we wear, the food we eat, how we decide what are invaders or pests, and the company we keep. This Humanities and Social Sciences Collection invites scholarship (empirical, theoretical, qualitative and quantitative) that sheds light on these relationships in different contexts and settings and from…
The economics of social mobility
Deadline 2026-10-07Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites research that explores social mobility primarily from the perspective of economics, including labour economics, public finance, development economics, and macroeconomics.
Psychology of racism and prejudice
Deadline 2026-10-08Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection investigates the psychology of racism and prejudice, bringing together insights from cognitive, social, developmental, and cultural psychology, as well as sociology, history, and anthropology.
Buddhism - beliefs, politics and culture
Deadline 2026-10-09Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores Buddhism and its place in the world today. The Collection is interested in the belief, culture and politics of this major religion, welcoming research on the everyday lives of modern Buddhists, the religion's links to politics, and also the cultural imprint of Buddhism on society.
Innovation, AI, and education
Deadline 2026-10-09Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to explore the multifaceted intersections between innovation, artificial intelligence, and education.
Political participation and mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe
Deadline 2026-10-14Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue on political participation and mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe by examining historical trajectories, contemporary practices, and emerging trends.
Translating across cultures: literature, film and other media
Deadline 2026-10-15Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that explores translation as a cultural, aesthetic, and political practice across literature, film, and other media.
Cultures of command: identity, power, and belonging in global militaries
Deadline 2026-10-20Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This collection explores the cultural dimensions of military life across global contexts, with an interest in how armed forces construct and challenge ideas of gender, race, nationalism, professionalism, and sacrifice.
Food politics in the Global South
Deadline 2026-10-22Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection seeks critical, interdisciplinary reflections on the politics of food in the Global South. We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions from political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, history, development studies, environmental studies, and related fields.
Grievances and victimhood in social and political engagement
Deadline 2026-10-27Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores how grievance and victimhood shape political and social engagement, particularly the social and behavioural psychological dimensions of grievance formation, mobilisation, and political expression.
Contemporary dialogues in global critical theory
Deadline 2026-10-28Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to explore social, political, and academic debates that have emerged specifically in the 21st Century and are crucial for the development of our global societies.
Large language models in psychological science
Deadline 2026-10-30Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection specifically aims to explore the value and impact of LLMs in psychological measurement, experimentation, and practice.
Deciphering Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Global Driver of Sustainable Regional Development
Deadline 2026-10-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 3ABDC A
Journal: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
Overview and Motivation Indigenous entrepreneurs worldwide are building ventures that intertwine economic ambition with cultural stewardship, together with sustainability and community well-being. These enterprises often act as engines of sustainable regional development even as they emerge from contexts of profound social, political, and economic marginalization. Many Indigenous communities continue to grapple with…
Arctic exceptionalism amidst emerging global tensions
Deadline 2026-10-31Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the increasing pressure on the cooperative and peaceful shared governance of the Arctic, due to rising global geopolitical tension.
Challenges of Integration and Economic Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe
Deadline 2026-10-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: Eastern European Economics
More than three decades after the start of the post-socialist transition, Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) have become deeply integrated into European and global economic structures. EU accession, foreign direct investment, participation in global value chains, and institutional reforms have contributed to substantial economic transformation and convergence. Yet recent events have revealed important vu…
Nationalism and national identity in contemporary politics and society
Deadline 2026-11-02Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
The aim of this Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection is to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on nationalism and national identity to critically examine their roles in contemporary politics, society, and culture.
The Geo-economics & Geopolitics of Rare Earth Minerals
Deadline 2026-11-02Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: Journal of Applied Economics
Since the establishment of the New International Economic Order (NIEO), adopted at the United Nations General Assembly on May 1 1974, the global competition for natural resources and the need for balanced, responsible, and sustainable sourcing, exploitation, and use of raw materials has been a critical element of debate at the international level. The demands associated with the twin transition - the digital and gre…
Museums and archives as educational institutions
Deadline 2026-11-03Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that examines museums and archives as sites of formal and informal education, exploring their pedagogical strategies, social responsibilities, and transformative potential.
Reflections of the body: media, culture and image perception
Deadline 2026-11-03Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the intersections of body image with cultural norms, power structures and digital media, including within underrepresented or marginalised communities.
Nuclear contamination in the Arctic
Deadline 2026-11-05Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the intersections of nuclear risk, environmental safety policy, and geopolitical contestation in the Arctic. It investigates how contamination is managed, and how affected communities navigate long-term consequences.
Research futures: opportunities, challenges, and competitiveness of doctoral and early-career researchers
Deadline 2026-11-05Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to generate a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the evolving conditions of doctoral and early-career research, including both challenges and opportunities.
Trauma: social and psychological dimensions
Deadline 2026-11-06Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites contributions that explore trauma as a socially embedded, psychologically complex and politically situated phenomenon, with particular attention to its transcultural, transethnic and transgenerational dimensions.
All loved up – exploring love in everyday life
Deadline 2026-11-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection is interested in scholarship that examines love in all its everyday expressions. How is love expressed across different cultures, identities and social positions?
Hinduism – belief, politics and culture
Deadline 2026-11-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection looks to explore Hinduism and its place in the world today, welcoming research on the everyday lives of modern Hindus, the religion's links to politics, and also the cultural imprint of Hinduism on society.
Beyond the classroom: alternative education across contexts
Deadline 2026-11-12Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection examines alternative forms of education and their social, cultural, political, and psychological implications. We invite research that explores alternative educational practices, including community-led learning, informal and non-formal education, experimental pedagogies, digital learning spaces, and decolonial or indigenous knowledge systems.
Crisis and resilience in Latin American politics
Deadline 2026-11-12Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to explore continuity and change in Latin American politics in both historical and contemporary perspectives.
Fiscal policies and energy vulnerability: tackling fuel and energy poverty in a changing global landscape
Deadline 2026-11-13Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to address the urgent and evolving intersection of fiscal policy and energy poverty, a critical issue amid recent international crises, climate transition imperatives, and rising energy costs.
Burnout
Deadline 2026-11-20Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that explores burnout from across the humanities and social sciences.
Pharmaceutical intellectual property
Deadline 2026-11-24Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites submissions addressing the multifaceted legal, economic, ethical, and policy dimensions of pharmaceutical intellectual property from diverse disciplinary perspectives and geographical contexts.
Environmental advocacy: psychological and behavioural dynamics
Deadline 2026-11-25Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the psychological and behavioural dynamics of environmental activism, with a view to understanding how people engage with climate issues - from everyday behaviour to large-scale protest movements.
Arts integration in education
Deadline 2026-11-26Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection examines arts integration in education and its social, cultural, political, cognitive, and affective dimensions. We invite research that explores how artistic processes intersect with curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and institutional structures in formal and informal learning environments.
Decolonising economics: justice, plurality, and inclusivity
Deadline 2026-11-27Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites contributions that engage with the theme of decolonising economics, both theoretically and practically, exploring its implications for economic thought and transformative action.
Living with human enhancement – ethical, social, and psychological dimensions
Deadline 2026-11-27Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to explore and reframe the psychological, sociological, philosophical, ethical, cultural, and political dimensions of human enhancement.
Critical simulation studies
Deadline 2026-11-30Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection invites scholars to explore the empirical growth of simulation across a wide range of domains. There will be a cross-cutting emphasis on the digital aspects of simulation, including algorithms, large language models (GenAI), bots, and technology platforms.
Implementing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Practices
Deadline 2026-11-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A
Journal: Accounting in Europe
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), originally adopted by the European Union in 2022, marked a landmark shift in corporate sustainability disclosure regulation. The intended developments regarding the scope of companies affected, the reference to the future European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) covering environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics, or the adoption of third-part…
Social Movements in Pakistan: Struggles of Identity, Equality, and Justice
Deadline 2026-11-30Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)
Journal: Asian Affairs
The history of civilizations, experiences of colonialism, and modern life all contribute to a complex social situation in Pakistan, marked by conflicts across identities related to class, caste, ethnicity, gender, and religion (Fenech and McLeod 2014). (Hussain 1976; 1979) . For example, the landed elite supported the emerging urban industrial class, infiltrated the political elite, and collaborated with the profess…
Education in the Anthropocene
Deadline 2026-12-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores learning and pedagogy as a backdrop to navigate the barriers of the renewed aspiration of a transition economy.
Global Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges
Deadline 2026-12-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC A
Journal: Applied Economics
Posting CfP on the journal website Email blast of the CfP Advertisement on social media CALL FOR PAPERS APPLIED ECONOMICS SPECIAL ISSUE on Global Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges International Conference, September 29th, 2025 The Journal , Applied Economics will publish a special issue on Global Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges . Monetary policies and their associated challenges have become a focal point o…
Geopolitical Tension and Global Value Chains
Deadline 2026-12-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Economic Systems Research
Geopolitical tensions are reshaping the structure and resilience of global value chains (GVCs). New forms of strategic rivalry, including competition in advanced technologies, export controls on semiconductors and critical minerals, industrial policy interventions, and shifting alliance structures, are exerting persistent pressures on cross-border production networks. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain b…
Enhancing State-Owned Capital: Governance, Ownership, and Strategic Restructuring in China’s State-Owned Enterprises
Deadline 2026-12-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: International Journal of the Economics of Business
Aims and Scope State-owned capital and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a central role in China’s economic system and its distinctive model of state capitalism. They dominate strategic sectors, implement national industrial policies, and serve dual objectives of commercial efficiency and socio-political mandates. As China continues to deepen its market-oriented reforms, SOEs are undergoing significant transformat…
Climate Finance and Justice
Deadline 2026-12-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: Journal of Economic Policy Reform
Climate change represents an existential challenge to humankind; scientists have by now demonstrated unequivocally that climate change has been caused by human activities. Climate change itself brings profound, multiple and complex injustices, bringing deep-seated historic injustices to the surface. For example, whilst most greenhouse gases were produced by the industrialized developed countries, less developed coun…
The Nobel Prize: historical and sociocultural perspectives
Deadline 2026-12-02Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that situates the Nobel Prize within broader historical and cultural frameworks.
Philosophy [in:of:for:and] digital knowledge infrastructures
Deadline 2026-12-04Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection will bring together philosophical contributions concerning digital knowledge infrastructure, broadly construed.
Zombies in culture, society, and thought
Deadline 2026-12-09Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that engages with the zombie as a cultural, philosophical, and social figure.
Continuity and change in Russian politics
Deadline 2026-12-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Explorations of how continuity and change have shaped Russian politics over the last century and what their legacies are today.
Culture in code: intercultural competence in the age of AI and globalisation
Deadline 2026-12-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores complex interactions between cutting-edge technological advancements and the intricate tapestry of cultural interactions.
Discourse studies: theories and methodologies at the crossroads of language and society
Deadline 2026-12-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Contemporary challenges in the broader context of discourse studies from a range of theoretical and methodological vantage points.
Divisive politics, polarisation and democratic decline
Deadline 2026-12-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This collection sets out to take a holistic view of what has been termed ‘nasty politics’ and its implications for society and democracy.
Tourists, go home? Sustainable tourism in popular destinations
Deadline 2026-12-18Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection is dedicated to addressing complex problems arising from tourism in high-demand destinations.
Education for marginalised or displaced populations
Deadline 2026-12-20Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites critical, interdisciplinary contributions that examine the politics, practices, and possibilities of education for marginalised or displaced populations.
Translational humanities
Deadline 2026-12-24Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to explore the conditions of possibility for a translational humanities. It asks how humanities-based knowledge can be made applicable, actionable, and socially engaged.
Gender, democracy and political violence: A feminist perspective
Deadline 2026-12-31Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection brings together interdisciplinary research on feminism and democratic politics. We welcome contributions (theoretical, empirical, historical or comparative) from political science, sociology, gender studies, history, law, philosophy, anthropology, and related fields.
Interdisciplinarity in theory and practice
Deadline 2026-12-31Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This collection is concerned primarily with the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity.
Transdisciplinary research for transformative change: from conceptual insights to societal impact
Deadline 2026-12-31Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This article Collection aims to advance transdisciplinary and transformative conceptual and methodological approaches to societal and global challenges.
Technology-driven Growth in a Changing Global Economic Landscape
Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: China Economic Journal
China Economic Journal (CEJ) invites submissions for a special issue following the 2026 Chinese Economists Society (CES) North American Conference at Emory University and the CES China Annual Conference at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. We welcome submissions on all topics related to China's economy and finance. Submissions are open to papers not presented at these conferences, although papers pre…
Corporate Transformation in a Changing Landscape: Integrating Technology, Institutions, and Governance
Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Contemporary markets are undergoing profound transformations driven by digitalization, intelligentization, institutional change, and shifting patterns of corporate governance. Digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, big data analytics, platform infrastructures, and digital finance, are reshaping the way firms operate, compete, and create value. At the same time, firms across diverse institutional co…
Powering Household Portfolio: Digital Finance, Demographics, and Decisions
Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Households are central to the finance system. Any household decision on consumption, borrowing, entrepreneurship, migrants, education, living habits are ultimately resulting in direct or indirect investments in financial markets. In this way, households become the “representative agent” of modern microfinance theory and practice. In recent years, household finance has attracted widespread attention from policymakers…
War, Conflict, and Socioeconomic Changes: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC C
Journal: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Wars and conflicts have been interwoven throughout human history, playing a pivotal role in shaping both past and contemporary societies (Besley & Persson, 2008; Chen et al., 2023). Conflicts among ethnic groups, religions, nations – as well as civil wars – have influenced the logic of global political, social and economic dynamics (Downing, 1992; Centeno, 2002; Lu et al., 2025). The post-COVID-pandemic era has been…
Trade, Finance and Development in a Changing Global Economy
Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development
· T he Special Editors will attend the INFER AC 2026 and invite the presenters of selected papers to submit them to the SI. · The papers: As special editors - and members of the board/organizing committees for these two events and organizations, we will also invite participants in other INFER Workshops to submit papers that fit with the topics proposed. . T he papers invited by the special editors for consideration…
The crowdfunding of the future and the future of crowdfunding
Deadline 2026-12-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Venture Capital
Promotion in specific international conferences Dissemination thorugh social media Top scholars invited Focus on: · Designing the crowdfunding of the future · The future of crowdfunding · Impact and effects of new technologies on different types of crowdfunding · New venture development and performance in the post crowdfunding campaign phase · Consequences for investors and firms of unsuccessful crowdfunding campaig…
The Olympic Games: Media, representation and cultural politics
Deadline 2027-01-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that critically explores the dynamic interplay between the Olympic and Paralympic Games, media forms, representations, and the cultural politics that shape and are shaped by them.
Expertise in integration and implementation for transformative research
Deadline 2027-01-08Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Collection examining the specialised knowledge, skills, competencies and dispositional attributes required to identify which disciplinary and stakeholder knowledges are relevant, synthesise different perspectives, manage power imbalances and legacies of colonisation in researching problems, and accommodate conflicting values and world views, including across different cultures.
Learning spaces and classroom design
Deadline 2027-01-08Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the ways in which classroom design and learning environments fundamentally shape educational experiences.
Sign Languages: acquisition, application and transmission
Deadline 2027-01-09Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to explore sign languages as linguistic, cultural, and social phenomena.
What should central banks do?
Deadline 2027-01-15Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Review of Political Economy
WHAT SHOULD CENTRAL BANKS DO? A joint symposium between the Review of Political Economy and Economia e Sociedade . Guest editors: Carolina Baltar, Alex Wilhans Antonio Palludeto, Louis-Philippe Rochon, and Sergio Rossi Central banks were first designed or created to deal with financial instability and to give economic and financial support to governments by funding public debt. This was their primary raison d’être .…
Corruption beyond borders: power, crime, and governance
Deadline 2027-01-28Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection seeks scholarship that treats corruption and its counterpart – anti-corruption – as multi-dimensional, global processes. We welcome submissions from political scientists, sociologists, legal scholars, economists, criminologists, development experts, data scientists and others.
Sustainable Finance and Crisis: Resilience, Vulnerabilities, and the Path Forward
Deadline 2027-02-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: Cogent Economics & Finance
The relationship between sustainable finance and crisis is one of paradox, tension, and profound complexity that resists simple narratives and demands rigorous, multidisciplinary investigation. On the one hand, crises destroy: the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the COVID‑19 pandemic exposed the catastrophic failures of conventional, short‑term, shareholder‑centric finance - a model driven by profit maximization, t…
Creative rights, copyright and culture: intellectual property in the arts and humanities
Deadline 2027-02-08Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection welcomes contributions that investigate how copyright and creative rights intersect with humanistic scholarship, cultural heritage, and artistic practice.
Loneliness and social isolation
Deadline 2027-02-09Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites research that sheds light on loneliness, social isolation and related themes, such as what makes people lonely or socially isolated, and what can be done to alleviate negative effects
Business and Financial History of Colonialism
Deadline 2027-02-28Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABDC C
Journal: Economic History of Developing Regions
We invite submissions for a special issue of Economic History of Developing Regions on the Business and Financial History of Colonialism. The special issue examines how colonial and imperial systems mobilised capital, organised production and labour, generated returns, and distributed gains and costs within and between colonies and metropoles. We interpret these themes broadly. Contributions may for example examine…
Economics of AI and its Implications in Emerging Markets
Deadline 2027-02-28Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC C
Journal: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Emerging markets are experiencing a rapid digital transformation, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as a powerful driver of economic growth, productivity gains, and financial inclusion. From AI-powered lending platforms and supply chain optimization to labor market matching and public service delivery, AI applications are reshaping the economic landscape of countries such as China, and other emerging market…
Remembering World War I: archives, history and empire
Deadline 2027-03-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that re-examines World War I through diverse lenses, uncovering overlooked narratives and challenging Eurocentric perspectives.
Digital Economy, Globalization, and Sustainable Development
Deadline 2027-03-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC C
Journal: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Background Globalization has been a major driver of economic growth and integration since the 1990s. However, the global economic landscape has been reshaped by recent disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic , coupled with rising protectionist policies —most notably the tariff hikes imposed during the U.S. Trump Administration—has challenged international trade, cross-border investment, and global cooperation. These shif…
Bridging the Solar Divide: Geographical and Socio-Economic Drivers of Equitable PV Deployment
Deadline 2027-03-05FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Solar photovoltaics (PV) have become one of the most accessible and versatile renewable energy technologies. Their growth, however, is far from uniform. Tech...
Bridging the Solar Divide: Geographical and Socio-Economic Drivers of Equitable PV Deployment
Deadline 2027-03-05FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Solar photovoltaics (PV) have become one of the most accessible and versatile renewable energy technologies. Their growth, however, is far from uniform. Tech...
Race, biopolitics and political violence
Deadline 2027-03-05Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection creates an interdisciplinary space to interrogate the intersections of race, biopolitics, and colonial violence.
Leisure reading and reader engagement
Deadline 2027-03-11Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Leisure reading and reader engagement refer to the voluntary, self-directed practices through which individuals select, interpret, and respond to texts beyond compulsory educational or occupational requirements. Submissions are encouraged from education studies, literacy studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, media and cultural studies, library and information science, publishing studies, and related fields.
Adam Smith and the 250th anniversary of "The Wealth of Nations"
Deadline 2027-03-12Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to provide a forum for rigorous scholarly reflection on the historical, philosophical, and theoretical dimensions of Adam Smith’s writings, as well as on their subsequent reception and reinterpretation across disciplines.
Advancing Microgrid Technologies for Enhanced Smart Grid Integration
Deadline 2027-03-13FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Smart Grids
Microgrids are increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of modern power systems, offering localized generation, storage, and control capabilities that enhanc...
Advancing Microgrid Technologies for Enhanced Smart Grid Integration
Deadline 2027-03-13FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Smart Grids
Microgrids are increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of modern power systems, offering localized generation, storage, and control capabilities that enhanc...
Maritime security: hybrid actors, legal ambiguity, and state security at sea
Deadline 2027-03-15Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection investigates the blurred boundaries between state and non-state actors in maritime contexts, with a particular focus on how legitimacy is constructed, contested, and operationalised in policy and practice.
History of Heterodox Economics Programs
Deadline 2027-03-15Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Review of Political Economy
Recent changes in the landscape of higher education have meant that several economics departments formerly known for their traditions in heterodox economic thought are in decline. Given these changes, it is important to document the origins, development, growth, and dismantlement of heterodox economics programs globally. Lee (2002; 2009) offers some history of heterodox communities in the US and UK, but other schola…
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass and Waste Feedstocks: Advances in Biocrude Production and Process Optimization
Deadline 2027-03-16FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a thermochemical conversion technology that transforms wet biomass, plastic waste, and mixed feedstocks into biocrude unde...
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass and Waste Feedstocks: Advances in Biocrude Production and Process Optimization
Deadline 2027-03-16FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a thermochemical conversion technology that transforms wet biomass, plastic waste, and mixed feedstocks into biocrude unde...
Islam – belief, politics and culture
Deadline 2027-03-16Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection looks to explore Islam and its place in the world today. The Collection is interested in the belief, culture and politics of this major religion, welcoming research on the everyday lives of modern Muslims, the religion's links to politics, and also the cultural imprint of Islam on society.
Children, teenagers and social media
Deadline 2027-03-17Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites contributions that critically explore the relationships between children, teenagers and social media.
Interdisciplinary approaches to antiquity
Deadline 2027-03-18Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection invites interdisciplinary research that deepens understanding of the people, societies, environments, and ideas that shaped the ancient world in all its global variations.
Behavior Change Spillover and the Diffusion of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Social Contexts
Deadline 2027-03-19FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Economics
Mitigating climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions requires not only technological innovation but also demand-side behavioral changes involving con...
Behavior Change Spillover and the Diffusion of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Social Contexts
Deadline 2027-03-19FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Economics
Mitigating climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions requires not only technological innovation but also demand-side behavioral changes involving con...
AI-Driven and IoT-Enabled Energy Management for Resilient Decentralized Power Systems
Deadline 2027-03-20FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Modern power systems are undergoing rapid transformation driven by the integration of renewable energy sources, distributed generation, and increasingly comp...
AI-Driven and IoT-Enabled Energy Management for Resilient Decentralized Power Systems
Deadline 2027-03-20FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Modern power systems are undergoing rapid transformation driven by the integration of renewable energy sources, distributed generation, and increasingly comp...
Oil economies: markets, governance, and global risk
Deadline 2027-03-24Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the economic and political economy dimensions of oil, with particular attention to market behaviour, policy responses, and the financial instruments used to manage uncertainty
Ageism
Deadline 2027-03-25Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that explores ageism in all its forms.
Blockchain for Green Energy Ecosystems: Advancing Sustainability, Fair Trading, and ESG Management
Deadline 2027-03-27FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Blockchain
Traditional energy infrastructure remains highly centralized and dependent on fossil fuels. These aging systems face major challenges, including inefficiency...
Blockchain for Green Energy Ecosystems: Advancing Sustainability, Fair Trading, and ESG Management
Deadline 2027-03-27FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Blockchain
Traditional energy infrastructure remains highly centralized and dependent on fossil fuels. These aging systems face major challenges, including inefficiency...
Enhancing Cybersecurity and Efficiency in Smart Grid Technologies
Deadline 2027-03-27FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Smart Grids
Smart grids are transforming how electricity is generated, distributed, and consumed, integrating renewable energy sources, advanced sensing, and digital com...
Enhancing Cybersecurity and Efficiency in Smart Grid Technologies
Deadline 2027-03-27FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Smart Grids
Smart grids are transforming how electricity is generated, distributed, and consumed, integrating renewable energy sources, advanced sensing, and digital com...
Advanced Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Utilization
Deadline 2027-03-28FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Solar energy technologies rely on a common foundation of functional materials engineered to capture, convert, or manage sunlight, whether for direct electric...
Advanced Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Utilization
Deadline 2027-03-28FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Solar energy technologies rely on a common foundation of functional materials engineered to capture, convert, or manage sunlight, whether for direct electric...
Agricultural Residues and Biomass Waste: Pathways to Renewable Bioenergy
Deadline 2027-03-30FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
This Research Topic addresses the growing need to convert agricultural residues and biomass waste into valuable energy outputs as part of the transition to s...
Agricultural Residues and Biomass Waste: Pathways to Renewable Bioenergy
Deadline 2027-03-30FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
This Research Topic addresses the growing need to convert agricultural residues and biomass waste into valuable energy outputs as part of the transition to s...
Climate Resilience and Reliability Enhancement in Smart Grids and Power Systems
Deadline 2027-03-31FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Modern power systems are undergoing a rapid transition toward renewable-rich, digitalized, and highly interconnected smart grids. The increasing integration ...
Climate Resilience and Reliability Enhancement in Smart Grids and Power Systems
Deadline 2027-03-31FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Modern power systems are undergoing a rapid transition toward renewable-rich, digitalized, and highly interconnected smart grids. The increasing integration ...
Guardians of accountability: Accounting professionals’ roles in fraud prevention and early internal detection
Deadline 2027-03-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 3ABDC A
Journal: Accounting Forum
Scandals involving accounting and financial reporting have continued to disrupt markets, organisations, and professional reputations despite decades of regulatory reform and intensified audit scrutiny. High-profile cases such as Enron, Parmalat, Wirecard, Carillion, and various audit failures involving major firms such as KPMG, EY, and PwC, have led to renewed public scrutiny of the accounting profession’s role in s…
Healthcare Financing in Emerging and Developing Economies: Insurance, Revenue Mobilization, and Financial Protection
Deadline 2027-03-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC B
Journal: Cogent Economics & Finance
Healthcare financing — the mechanisms by which individuals, households, governments, and markets raise, pool, and allocate resources for health — sits at the heart of efforts to achieve universal health coverage and improve health outcomes in the developing world. In low- and middle-income countries, the structure of health financing determines whether the poor receive care, whether households are protected from fin…
Digital Economy, Globalization, and Sustainable Development
Deadline 2027-03-31Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 1ABDC C
Journal: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Globalization has been a major driver of economic growth and integration since the 1990s. However, the global economic landscape has been reshaped by recent disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic , coupled with rising protectionist policies —most notably the tariff hikes imposed during the U.S. Trump Administration—has challenged international trade, cross-border investment, and global cooperation. These shifts have hei…
Off the beaten path: adventurous, dangerous and dark tourism
Deadline 2027-04-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the growing trend in alternative tourism that centres on high-risk and emotionally intense experiences.
Emerging Market Issues in Asia-Pacific Region
Deadline 2027-04-01Taylor & FrancisIndexed (Active)ABS/AJG 2ABDC B
Journal: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
The Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (EMFT) journal, in collaboration with the School of Economics, University Hyderabad (SoE, UoH) and Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) , is pleased to announce the second edition of India Conference on Geopolitical Tensions, International Trade and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region , to be held on December 30, 2026 , at the University of Hyderabad. This con…
Operando X-ray and Neutron Characterization for Battery Research
Deadline 2027-04-02FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Battery research increasingly relies on time-resolved measurements that reveal how electrodes, electrolytes, and interfaces evolve during operation. Operando...
Operando X-ray and Neutron Characterization for Battery Research
Deadline 2027-04-02FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
Battery research increasingly relies on time-resolved measurements that reveal how electrodes, electrolytes, and interfaces evolve during operation. Operando...
Renewable and Waste-to-Energy Systems: Integration, Optimization, and Sustainable Resource Utilization
Deadline 2027-04-02FrontiersIndexed (Active)
Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research
The transition toward low-carbon and resource-efficient energy systems requires the effective integration of renewable energy technologies with sustainable w...
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