Calls for Papers: (Special Issues of)
Please email your Call for Papers for (special issues of) journals or book chapters – preferably: a link (alternatively: pdf or word file) – to the EGOS Executive Secretariat.
It will then be published on this page within a short time.
Please note that the following list of Calls is ordered in reverse chronological order, with the newest call published at
the top.
The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society
Special Issue: Call for Papers
ON JUSTIFICATION : BOLTANSKI AND THÉVENOT, ARTS MANAGEMENT AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
This special issue of the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society (JAMLS) welcomes manuscripts that draw on the thinking
of Boltanski and Thévenot, and that mobilize their concepts to study arts management, arts organizations, and cultural policy
development. Theoretical work that offers critical reflection on the place of these ideas in our field are welcomed as well.
Deadline for submissions: August 26, 2026
The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society
Special Issue: Call for Papers
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY
This special issue of the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society (JAMLS), is looking for contributions that engage with
the concept of street-level bureaucracy in arts and heritage organizations.
Full papers (5000 to 7000 words), commentaries, and research notes (not exceeding 5000 words) that offer analysis and critical reflection on this topic. In particular, submissins that engage with the following sub-themes
are encouraged: Street-level bureaucracy and care work in arts and heritage organizations; Work, routines and coping mechanisms;
Conceptual analysis.
Deadline for submissions: September 5, 2026
Organization Studies
Special Issue: Call for Papers
The Architecture of Hope in Distressing Times and Places: Construction, Action, and Possibilities
This special issue aims to advance our theoretical understanding of hope while generating insights for organisations and persons
navigating increasingly turbulent, distressing times. Including but by no means limited to finding hope, building hope, keeping
hope alive, the social construction of hope, the organising of hope and its organisational implications, and the sources and
consequences of hope under adverse circumstances.
Deadline for submissions: January 30, 2027
Organization Studies
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Embodying Process
This special issue offers an invitation and opportunity to advance our understanding of the role of the body and embodiment
in organizational scholarship, we encourage submissions that place the human body and embodiment in the foreground, welcoming
a variety of approaches to conceptualizing, researching and theorizing the human body.
Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2026
Organization Studies
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Nomadic Life and the Ethico-Political Implications of Organizing in Forcible Migration
This special issue of Organization Studies seeks to make the study of forced migration more central in organizational research,
resulting in a distinctive stream of inquiry linking a more granular understanding of forced migration to organizations, organizing,
and organization-creation.
Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2026
Strategic Organization
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Strategy and Aesthetics
This special issue is dedicated to addressing this oversight, and to explicitly investigating the
aesthetic aspects of strategic theory and practice.
Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2026
Guest Editors: René Wiedner, Warwick Business School, Jennifer Whyte, University of Sydney, Saku Mantere, McGill University, Robin Holt, University of Bristol, Marie-Léandre Gomez, ESSEC Business School
Further information
Research Policy
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Outside In: Unconventional Pathways to Innovation
This special issue invites scholars to delve into the rich and complex world of outside innovators and innovations. We seek
to explore unconventional trajectories of innovation, investigating when, how, and why novelty emerges and propagates from
the periphery and understanding what this means for organizations, industries, and policymakers.
Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2026
Further information
Journal of Business Ethics
Special Issue: Call for Papers
To Right a Wrong: Theorizing and Guiding the Practice of Moral Repair
This special issue seeks to advance our understanding of (a) what moral repair is, could be, and should be; (b) its place
within broader business ethics scholarship; (c) the ethical problems and dilemmas that may arise in the practice of moral
repair; and (d) how such challenges can be addressed by firms within reasonable cost parameters.
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2027
Submission opens: December 1, 2026
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Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Beyond Black and White – Shades of Grey Leadership
This special issue aims to advance critical scholarship on leadership by moving beyond the simplistic dichotomy of “good”
versus “bad” leadership and focusing instead on the underexplored spectrum of “grey leadership.”
Deadline for initial proposals: September 30, 2026
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Organization Theory
Special Themed Section: Call for Proposals
Catalyzing & Crystallizing
Deadline for initial proposals: March 15, 2026
Further information
Catalyzing & Crystallizing proposals should not be more than five pages long (excluding references), for more details view the Call as PDF.
In case of any questions, please reach out directly to the current Editors-in-Chief, Markus Höllerer and Sigrid Quack, and/or the incoming Editor-in-Chief, Rick Delbridge.
International Journal of Project Management
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Towards stronger Theorising of Temporary Organising
Deadline for submission of full papers: March 30, 2026
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International Journal of Human Resource Managment
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Overlooked no more: Managing Talent of Older Workers
Submission window: June 16 – July 15, 2026
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European Management Review
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Governance of Inter-organizational Networks for Sustainability in the Digital Era
Submission window: August 15 - September 30, 2026
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Innovation: Organization & Management
Special Issues: Call for Papers
Creativity and copyright in the shadow of GenAI: Managing and organizing creative content in the digitalization frenzy
Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2026
Further information
Business & Society
Special Issues: Call for Papers
Artificial Intelligence, Business, and Epochal Change
Submission window: September 1 - September 30, 2026
Virtual Paper Development Workshop on May 20, 2026, 16:00-18:30 (CET)
Submit your short paper (max. 3,000 words) that overviews key arguments and intended contributions to Glen Whelan (whelan.glen@uqam.ca) by April 15, 2026 the latest.
Participating in the PDW is not a prerequisite for eventual submission to the special issue.
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Communicating and Framing Innovation in the Era of Generative AI
Submission deadline: November 30, 2026
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puntOorg – International Journal
Special Issues: Call for Papers
Shaping and Managing Desirable Futures in Organizations
Deadline for paper submissions: December 1, 2026
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Organising and Accounting for Death
Deadline for paper submissions: January 27, 2027
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Academy of Management Learning & Education
Special Issue: Call for papers
Rethinking Business School Structures, Standards and Success for Neuroinclusive Management Learning & Education
Deadline for paper submissions: December 14, 2026
Further information