Minhao Zhang, University of Bristol

Yuanzhu Zhan, University of Birmingham

Iana Jackson, University of Arkansas

Zhijun Yan, Beijing Institute of Technology

Emerging technologies promise operational improvements, but their scaling often generates complex trade-offs that become more acute across organisational boundaries and levels. The special issue addresses operational tensions—persistent conflicts between competing demands such as centralisation versus decentralisation, efficiency versus flexibility, and autonomy versus control—that emerge when technologies reconfigure processes, resource allocation and governance. These tensions extend beyond individual implementations to affect supply networks, infrastructure systems and institutional contexts, with implications for resilience, governance and sustainability.

The call invites research examining how organisations navigate these tensions at three levels: within organisations, across supply networks and platforms, and at system-wide scales involving regulation, cybersecurity and resource constraints. Particular interest lies in contexts facing disruption or resource scarcity, such as healthcare and humanitarian operations, where technology adoption may enhance visibility and coordination yet intensify tensions around resource allocation and inter-organisational accountability.

Appel publié par International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How do emerging technologies reconfigure operational processes, routines and decision rights during adoption and scaling?
• What operational capabilities, performance measurement systems and managerial practices enable organisations to balance experimentation, learning and operational reliability?
• How do organisations manage operational tensions arising from the simultaneous scaling of emerging technologies and the maintenance, integration or phase-out of legacy technologies?
• How does the scaling of emerging technologies across supply networks reshape coordination, collaboration, trust, power and dependency relationships?
• How do organisations manage tensions between transparency and confidentiality, decentralisation and strategic control, or local optimisation and network-wide performance?
• How do AI-enabled ecosystems, intelligent intermediaries and algorithmic brokers transform supply network structures, relational dynamics and orchestration practices?
• How do differences in digital maturity, resources and strategic priorities among supply chain partners affect technology scaling, governance and risks of digital exclusion or inequality?
• How do emerging technologies create tensions between operational performance improvement and system-level constraints such as resilience, cybersecurity, regulation, infrastructure capacity, energy consumption and sustainability?
• How do technology-enabled operations redistribute risks, costs and operational burdens across firms, supply networks, workers, suppliers, customers and operational locations?
• How are technologies scaled under disruptive, resource-constrained or recovery-oriented operating conditions, and how do organisations manage tensions between speed and control, improvisation and standardisation, risk-taking and accountability, or local responsiveness and system-wide coordination?

Timeline

• January 8, 2027: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• April 8, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Juan Piñeiro Chousa, Santiago de Compostela University

Financial systems face evolving risks from climate change, digitalisation, and new financial ecosystems that challenge existing supervision and policy frameworks. Advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and satellite systems enhance risk identification and monitoring, yet introduce new technological and cybersecurity threats. Sustainable finance and financial inclusion have emerged as instruments for managing long-term risks and strengthening financial system resilience, though questions persist regarding data quality and greenwashing.

This special issue seeks theoretical and empirical research examining the challenges and opportunities arising from the convergence of technology, sustainability, and financial inclusion. Contributions should adopt financial and risk management perspectives, with particular interest in studies addressing implications for financial stability, prudential supervision, and public policy design.

Appel publié par The Journal of Risk Finance. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• The use of satellite and alternative data in financial risk assessment
• Financial technologies, artificial intelligence, and emerging risks
• Technological, modelling, and cybersecurity risks in the financial system
• Sustainable finance, capital allocation, and systemic risk
• Financial inclusion, digitalisation, and resilience to economic shocks
• Decentralised finance (DeFi) and risks to financial stability
• Regenerative finance (ReFi) and long-term risk management
• Blockchain, tokenisation, and traceability in sustainability and green finance projects
• Regulatory and supervisory frameworks for sustainable finance, fintech, decentralised finance (DeFi), and regenerative finance (ReFi)
• Applications of big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in sustainable finance
• Supervision, regulation, and macroprudential policies in response to emerging risks

Timeline

• September 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• December 31, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Ilan Alon, Ariel University

Marcin Wątorek, Cracow University of Technology

Aušrinė Šilenskytė, University of Vaasa

Ziaul Haque Munim, University of South-Eastern Norway

Organizations increasingly manage distributed decision-making and systemic complexity through blockchain technologies that function as operating systems by embedding governance mechanisms into digital infrastructures. These systems are being advanced with artificial intelligence to monitor and shape behavior. Despite blockchain-based operating systems being adopted in platforms, supply chains, and decentralized autonomous organizations, their implications for organizational administration, governance, and control remain poorly understood.

This special issue invites research that advances administrative and organizational understanding of blockchain-based operating systems with AI-enabled complexity. The call welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous contributions including empirical studies and theory-building papers that offer clear organizational insights and engage meaningfully with blockchain and AI as organizational infrastructures.

Appel publié par Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Blockchain as an organizational operating system and potential of AI advancements in it
• Public, private, and hybrid organizations adopting blockchain OS with AI advancements
• Integration of AI on Blockchain OS in crowdsourcing platforms, crypto exchanges, fintech firms, energy management, and transport services etc.
• Organizational decision-making in blockchain-based and AI enabled systems
• AI's role in administrative functions embedded in smart contracts and protocols
• Token-based incentives as administrative and managerial mechanisms
• Strategic control and accountability in decentralized platforms with AI-enabled advancements
• AI integration in governance, coordination, and control without centralized authority (DAOs)
• Complexity, emergence, and adaptation in blockchain-based and AI enabled organizations
• Organizational legitimacy, regulation, and institutional alignment in AI and blockchain OS integrations
• Ethical, responsible, and sustainable administration of blockchain systems, especially those advanced with AI

Timeline

• November 15, 2026: Submission Deadline

Agostino Capponi, Columbia University

Ioannis Kyriakou, Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London

This special section seeks rigorous research examining how decentralized finance has evolved from a blockchain experiment into a significant global financial infrastructure that operates without centralized intermediaries. The collection aims to consolidate leading work on the market design, economics, and policy consequences of DeFi systems that span trading, lending, payments, and derivatives across multiple jurisdictions and blockchain ecosystems.

The special section welcomes theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented studies from scholars in financial economics, econometrics, network theory, and digital-asset markets. Research should address questions of efficiency, governance, and stability in decentralized markets, as well as the broader macroeconomic implications of DeFi for capital allocation, risk transmission, and monetary dynamics worldwide. International perspectives are particularly encouraged, including comparative studies and collaborative work examining cross-border and cross-chain phenomena.

Appel publié par International Journal of Finance & Economics. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Market design and efficiency of decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and automated market makers
• Maximal extractable value (MEV), fairness, and competition among builders, searchers, and validators
• Liquidity, volatility transmission, and price discovery between centralized and decentralized venues
• Composability, scalability, and interoperability of DeFi protocols across blockchain ecosystems
• Tokenomics, valuation, and incentives in protocol-level and governance tokens
• Systemic risk, contagion, and network interdependencies in DeFi ecosystems
• Stablecoins and CBDCs and their interaction with DeFi platforms
• Sustainability and energy efficiency in decentralized consensus mechanisms
• Voting Mechanisms for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
• Macroeconomic and monetary spillovers of DeFi, including effects on capital flows, inflation, and financial transmission
• Market innovations in DeFi, such as perpetual futures, concentrated liquidity, and interactions between L1 and L2 chains
• Agentic AI and their applications to DeFi trading and blockchain
• Comparative analyses using international transaction or cross-chain data
• Studies exploring regional heterogeneity in DeFi adoption, regulation, or innovation
• Policy papers highlighting international coordination challenges among regulators and standard-setting bodies

Timeline

• January 15, 2027: Submission window opens
• February 12, 2027: Submission window closes

Stefan Gold, Technical University of Munich

Antoine Harfouche, Paris Nanterre University

Paul Jones, Swansea University

Maryam Lotfi, Cardiff University

Guoqing Zhao, Swansea University

An estimated 50 million people worldwide experience unethical labour practices, with numbers expected to rise due to regional conflicts and restrictive migration policies. While digital technologies such as blockchain, AI, and cloud computing offer potential solutions for monitoring and addressing these practices, research in this area remains limited. This special issue seeks to understand how digital technologies can theoretically and empirically be deployed to monitor, detect, report, and remediate unethical labour practices.

The special issue welcomes original research using various methodologies that examines the relationship between digital technologies and unethical labour practices. Submissions should identify specific technologies examined and move beyond surface-level analysis to provide nuanced insights. The collection particularly encourages studies that challenge existing paradigms, explore underexamined aspects, or propose innovative frameworks for leveraging digital solutions to advance ethical and sustainable societies while informing policymakers, business leaders, and practitioners.

Appel publié par Information Systems Frontiers. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Role of digital technologies (blockchain, AI, cloud computing, IoT, big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality) in monitoring and detecting unethical labour practices
• Application of digital technologies to address modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and other forms of labour exploitation
• Digital technologies for reporting and remediating unethical labour practices in supply chains
• Use of machine learning and AI for identifying trafficking patterns and at-risk populations
• Blockchain applications for tracking labour exploitation in global supply chains
• Digital technologies for social inclusion and reintegration of survivors of modern slavery
• Biometric recognition and satellite imagery applications by governments and NGOs
• Comparative analysis of multiple digital technologies versus single-technology approaches
• Theoretical frameworks and conceptual models for understanding digital technology adoption in addressing unethical labour practices
• Empirical studies on the effectiveness and limitations of digital solutions in combating labour exploitation

Timeline

• February 15, 2027: Submission deadline

Appel publié par Decision Support Systems. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Blockchain consensus mechanisms and protocols
• Smart contracts design, verification, and optimization
• Blockchain scalability and performance optimization
• Security and privacy in blockchain systems
• Blockchain interoperability and cross-chain solutions
• Supply chain management using blockchain
• Healthcare applications of blockchain
• Financial services and cryptocurrency applications
• Identity management and authentication using blockchain
• Data integrity and provenance tracking
• Blockchain governance and regulation
• Energy efficiency in blockchain systems
• Integration of blockchain with AI and machine learning
• Blockchain for IoT (Internet of Things) applications
• Enterprise blockchain implementations