Heiner Heiland, University of Göttingen

Annemarie Kern, University of Göttingen

Sarah Nies, University of Göttingen

Samuel Rieger, University of Göttingen

Matthias Sommer, University of Göttingen

This special issue examines widespread failures of digital technologies in the workplace, challenging narratives that treat digitalization as a solution to organizational challenges. Despite promises of improved efficiency and work conditions, major systems failures, abandoned IT projects, and everyday workplace malfunctions are common. The issue argues that examining these failures reveals fundamental contradictions in how digital technologies are designed and implemented within work organizations.

Research on digitalization failures remains sparse in labor studies despite their ubiquity in workplaces, with most attention directed toward technical aspects rather than the intersection of work processes and technology. This special issue seeks contributions analyzing failure as a systematic phenomenon embedded in operational contexts, power relations, and conflicting interests—not merely as technical malfunctions but as windows into structural contradictions in work organization.

Appel publié par New Technology Work and Employment. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Theoretical examination of failure in digital work processes, including concepts of technical rationality, solutionism, and sociological perspectives on inscription and closure
• Empirical investigation of processes and consequences of failure in digitized work, service, and production processes
• The role of technological expectations and promises in digital transformations and their relationship to actual outcomes
• Conflicts of interest and class dynamics in digitalization and their influence on success and failure
• Standards and measures of success for digital processes and attribution of failure
• Management and negotiation of digital technology failures within work processes
• Contradictions between technological promises and actual effects on work

Timeline

• April 30, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue examines the fundamental tension between technological progress and human welfare. It investigates whether societal advancement driven by digitalization and automation can meaningfully improve quality of life, or whether such progress may come at the expense of fundamental human values and well-being. The collection seeks scholarly work exploring the balance between homo sapiens and homo digitalis.

The issue targets researchers and practitioners interested in understanding how digitalization reshapes quality of life across social, economic, and personal dimensions. It welcomes diverse perspectives on measuring progress, evaluating technological impact on human flourishing, and envisioning sustainable development that prioritizes both innovation and human dignity.

Appel publié par Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Quality of life in the context of technological advancement
• The relationship between human welfare and digital transformation
• Progress and human values
• Socio-economic impacts of digitalization
• Definitions and measurement of quality of life in the digital age

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline

Despite widespread digitalization efforts in the built environment sector, practitioners remain uncertain about the value of digital investments, viewing them as risky ventures with unclear returns and ambiguous benefits. This special issue seeks to address the insufficient understanding of how digital transformation creates value across the sector by establishing frameworks and gathering evidence on the impact of digital technologies.

The issue welcomes contributions from multiple disciplines examining how value is understood, measured, and realized through digital adoption. Contributions may assess value quantitatively through efficiency metrics and financial indicators, or qualitatively through improvements in work practices, sustainability, and service quality. The editors invite case studies, comparative analyses, methodological frameworks, and empirical evaluations offering both qualitative and quantitative perspectives on digital technologies in the built environment.

Appel publié par Facilities. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How the value of digital technologies is conceptualized and measured
• Opportunities and challenges related to value creation for individuals, organizations, and wider systems
• Adoption and usability of digital technologies
• Economic, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) implications of digital technologies
• Measurable effects (both positive and negative) of digitalization in the built environment

Timeline

• February 2, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• June 9, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Haijie Wang, Zhengzhou University

Yanchao Feng, Zhengzhou University

Emerging markets are experiencing transformative changes as digital technologies and green transitions converge, creating new opportunities and challenges. This special issue examines how the integration of digital infrastructure with low-carbon energy systems affects economic performance, financial markets, and development outcomes in emerging economies, addressing questions of regulatory alignment, financial constraints, and equitable access to resources.

The issue seeks theoretical and empirical research on how digital-green transformation influences macroeconomic dynamics, investment flows, trade patterns, and policy design in emerging markets. Research should explore mechanisms linking technological advancement and environmental imperatives while considering implications for inclusive growth, financial systems, competitiveness, and institutional frameworks across diverse emerging market contexts.

Appel publié par Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Digital-Green Investment Efficiency
• Carbon Markets and Digital Platforms
• Energy-Digital Infrastructure Finance
• Digitalization and Trade Costs
• Green Innovation and Firm Productivity
• Smart Grid Investment Models
• Digital Electricity Pricing Mechanisms
• Renewables, Data, and Capital Flows
• Digitalization and Energy Subsidies
• Climate Tech and FDI Flows
• Socioeconomic Impacts of Energy Transition in Emerging Markets

Timeline

• October 1, 2025: Open date for paper submission
• September 30, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Rui Torres de Oliveira, Deakin University

Agnes Toth-Peter, University of Queensland

Martie-Louise Verreynne, University of Queensland

David Audretsch, Indiana University

Domenico Dentoni, MBS School of Business

Andrea Chiarini, University of Verona

This special issue explores how systems thinking tools and methodologies can address interconnected challenges of sustainability, digitalization, and resilience, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. The collection seeks to move beyond superficial adoption of systems thinking toward genuine systemic change that integrates digital technologies, circular economy principles, and collaborative multi-stakeholder approaches to tackle complex, wicked problems.

The special issue invites theoretical and empirical research demonstrating real applications of systems thinking frameworks such as causal loop diagrams, system dynamics models, and participatory methods. Contributions should illuminate how holistic, systems-level perspectives can uncover hidden leverage points and foster innovative solutions that align digital transformation with sustainability goals while building organizational resilience.

Appel publié par Journal of Small Business Management. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Applications of systems thinking tools, such as causal loop diagrams, system archetypes, and system dynamics modeling, in addressing sustainability challenges
• Development and validation of systems-level frameworks and methodologies for sustainable development
• Case studies demonstrating the impact of systems thinking on real-world sustainability and/or digitalisation initiatives
• Use of group model building and participatory system dynamics to support interdisciplinary and ecosystem solutions
• Exploration of system archetypes and system dynamics models to identify leverage points for driving transformational change and to investigate levers in cross-boundary settings
• The role of digital technologies, including IoT, AI, big data, and blockchain, in enabling systems-level insights and solutions in the circular economy and sustainability initiatives
• Integration of digitalisation with circular economy strategies and Industry 5.0 principles and potentials
• Innovative approaches to digital transformation that promote sustainable development
• Cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary research to foster collaboration in bridging sustainability and digitalisation, using systems thinking
• The role of ecosystems in sustainable business models and the boundaries of entrepreneurial ecosystems
• Methodologies for recognising, assessing and addressing the interconnectedness of environmental, economic, and social systems
• Open innovation in new sustainable businesses, considering distinct institutional contexts and economic systems, such as emerging and developed economies

Timeline

• October 1, 2026: Rolling submissions open
• May 31, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Günter Prockl, Copenhagen Business School

Alexander Pflaum, University of Bamberg

Haozhe Chen, Iowa State University

Marcel Papert, University of Bamberg

Modern supply chains face unprecedented disruptions while simultaneously confronting environmental limits and resource scarcity. This requires a fundamental transformation toward more responsive and circular systems. Digital technologies including IoT, AI, digital twins, and blockchain are critical enablers for building resilient supply chains that adapt quickly to change while reducing resource consumption and closing material loops.

The special issue seeks papers demonstrating how digital and data-driven solutions implement these responsive and circular supply chains, along with their associated business models. Contributions should explore digital technologies across multiple supply chain tiers, with particular emphasis on industry-specific applications and the integration of responsiveness, servitization, and sustainability goals.

Appel publié par Electronic Markets. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Contribution of digital technologies to responsiveness, agility, flexibility, adaptability, improvisation, and resilience, sustainability, circularity, and regeneration
• Increasing supply chain visibility based on digital technologies
• AI methods supporting forecasting, planning, decision making and optimization
• Division of labour and interactions between humans and machines in AI-supported supply chains
• Virtualization and simulation of supply chains based on digital twins
• Blockchain and smart contracts in logistics and supply chain management
• The role of digital platforms in supply chain management
• Effects of smart product-service-systems on supply chains and supply chain management
• Ecosystems and federated data ecosystems enabling new data-driven R strategies
• Models, methods and tools enabling the triple transformation of supply chains
• Barriers and challenges hindering digitalization, servitization and transition to sustainability and circularity
• Data security and cyber security challenges in digital supply chain structures
• Legal aspects within the digital, servitized, circular supply chain
• Potential of digital technologies for ensuring compliance with legal requirements in the context of sustainability and circularity
• Relationship management mechanisms and governance structures in the era of digitalized supply chains

Timeline

• October 15, 2026: Submission deadline

This special issue explores the digitalisation of and by projects from a sociotechnical perspective, examining the consequences for project work and how digital technologies reshape project management practices, organizational structures, and professional roles.

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

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline

Aneeqa Suhail, Tilburg University

Steven Kilroy, Trinity College Dublin

Robin Bauwens, Tilburg University

Sut I Wong, BI Norwegian Business School

Sasa Batistič, Tilburg University

This special issue examines the dynamic relationship between human resource management systems and leadership behaviors, addressing how they align, conflict, or substitute for one another in shaping organizational outcomes. The issue recognizes that while HRM and leadership research have traditionally developed as separate streams, they operate interdependently in practice. Understanding their interplay is essential for comprehending how people management actually functions in organizations and for developing more effective, coherent approaches to managing employees.

Appel publié par The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How HRM systems and leadership behaviors interact in shaping employee and organizational outcomes across organizational levels
• Different forms of alignment between HRM and leadership (supplementary fit, complementary fit, perceptual filtering) and their distinct consequences
• When and how HRM systems function as substitutes for leadership and resulting consequences
• How misalignment between HRM systems and leadership behaviors emerges, persists, or becomes institutionalized
• When alignment amplifies negative outcomes such as work intensification, role overload, or employee strain
• How employees interpret and respond to misalignment or substitution between HRM systems and leadership
• Which configurations of HRM systems and leadership strengthen effectiveness of remote and hybrid work arrangements
• How leaders enact, adapt, or resist HRM systems when leading employees at a distance
• Employee experiences of alignment and misalignment in remote and hybrid work settings
• How HRM-leadership configurations evolve over time and affect employee and organizational outcomes
• How temporal shifts in leadership behaviors or HRM systems alter the balance between substitution and complementarity

Timeline

• March 31, 2027: Full paper submission deadline

Teemu Laine, Tampere University

Tuomas Korhonen, Tampere University

Carsten Rohde, Copenhagen Business School

Vesa Tiitola, Tampere University

The special issue will reflect and revisit the role and value of management accounting (MA) in the current evolving and complex business context. The value of management accounting lies in its ability to serve managers in different roles in their decision making and broader managerial work, all situated in their operational environment. The nature of managerial work and the potential support from MA therein are being challenged by several intertwined contemporary developments: a) technology advancements, such as algorithms and the artificial intelligence (AI) penetration to many professions, MA included, b) human judgement, ethical considerations and responsible behaviour, and c) global and local issues that influence the business context, such as geopolitics and climate change.

Appel publié par Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Revisiting the Foundations of Management Accounting (MA) and Management Control (MC)
• Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and the "Post-Analytics" Era
• Human Judgment and Accountability in the Age of AI
• Sustainability, Ethics, and the Evolving Role of Management Accounting
• Transformation and Innovation in MA&MC Systems and Practices
• Management Accounting that Expands over Organizational Boundaries
• Emerging Business Models and Performance Paradigms
• Inter-, Multi-, and Transdisciplinary MA Studies that Increase Practical Relevance of Research

Timeline

• June 8, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• September 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission