Call for Proposals for Special Issues

2025-08-12

The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education (JCIE) is accepting proposals for special issues. JCIE is an open access, peer reviewed journal that takes a critical and interdisciplinary approach on a variety of issues in education from diverse contexts. JCIE contests conventional assumptions about educational and social development contexts and relationships, addressing wide ranging issues that include but are not limited to global education, foundations of education (including sociological, philosophical, historical and cultural studies in education), citizenship and human rights education, social justice and related issues in education, specialized curriculum studies topics, policy studies in education and politics of education.

Special issues typically contain seven to nine original articles, as well as an editorial introduction by the guest editors. All articles published in the selected special issues will go through a double-anonymized peer review process run by the guest editors prior to also being reviewed once through JCIE. Special issues should have the potential to inform and invigorate future research on issues of broad importance to the field.

Proposals for special issues should be a maximum of 5,000 words, and should include:

  • A title for the proposed special issue
  • An explanation of the questions the special issue will address, and the nature and importance of the expected contribution
  • Brief biographies for each guest editor (max 200 words each)
  • Details on proposed timelines, and activities related to the proposal (e.g. if the papers have been discussed at a workshop or other forum, to encourage connections and coherence across the special issue)

Proposals must be submitted to bathseba.opini@ubc.ca and carrie_karsgaard@cbu.ca and by 30 September 2025. Note: please do not send individual papers, only proposals for edited collections. Individual papers can still be submitted through JCIE's regular submission system.

The editors will review all special issue proposals proposals received by the deadline, and select the successful proposal(s) on the basis of:

  • The innovation and potential scholarly advance made by the proposed special issues
  • The coherence of the overall proposal

We welcome proposals from researchers from under-represented groups, including those from the Global South. When developing their proposals, we encourage guest editors to consider issues of representation and diversity, including in terms of career stage.

Thank you for your interest! Queries may be addressed to bathseba.opini@ubc.ca and carrie_karsgaard@cbu.ca.