Itohan Esther Aigwi, Auckland University of Technology

Timothy O. Adekunle, University of Utah

Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi, Auckland University of Technology

This special issue seeks to develop integrated approaches combining digital innovation with sustainability in construction. Rather than examining these areas separately, it aims to establish comprehensive frameworks that connect digital technologies with measurable sustainability outcomes, including enhanced benchmarking methods, governance structures, and implementation strategies.

The issue addresses gaps in current research by exploring how emerging technologies like BIM, digital twins, and AI can support sustainability goals. It examines the organisational changes, leadership requirements, and regulatory mechanisms necessary for successful digital-sustainability transitions in construction.

Through collaboration among researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers, the special issue aims to establish clear frameworks and performance-assessment methodologies that demonstrate how digital innovations contribute to sustainability targets across the construction sector and support several UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Appel publié par Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Digital transformation for sustainable construction delivery
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Digital twins
• Artificial intelligence and IoT
• Data-driven project management
• Frameworks for integrating digital innovation and sustainability
• Multi-level assessment models
• Emerging technologies and future construction systems
• Robotics and digital fabrication
• Immersive technologies
• Artificial intelligence and advanced analytics
• Climate risk prediction
• Sustainable design and construction optimisation
• Circular economy and resource efficiency
• Material tracking and digital material passports
• Blockchain in construction
• Lifecycle sustainability assessment
• Carbon management
• Smart infrastructure and climate-resilient cities
• Data-driven sustainability
• Benchmarking and performance measurement systems
• Digital maturity metrics
• Policy and regulatory frameworks
• Governance for digital and sustainable construction
• Organisational capability and leadership
• Change management for digital transformation
• Human skills and workforce transformation
• Post-disaster recovery and reconstruction
• Climate-responsive rebuilding
• Digital procurement
• Supply chain integration and transparency
• Global and regional comparative studies

Timeline

• January 9, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• May 20, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

This curated collection focuses on how artificial intelligence can contribute positively to the tourism industry while addressing critical ethical, inclusivity, and sustainability concerns. The collection seeks research that explores responsible AI implementation across tourism operations, emphasizing fair and unbiased systems, equitable access for diverse stakeholders, and environmental stewardship. The work invites scholars to examine both the opportunities and challenges associated with integrating AI technologies into tourism contexts, particularly regarding their effects on local communities and ecosystems.

Appel publié par Annals of Tourism Research. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Ethical considerations in AI applications within the tourism sector
• Inclusive AI systems that serve diverse tourist populations and communities
• Sustainability applications of AI in tourism operations and planning
• Responsible innovation and governance frameworks for AI in tourism
• AI-driven solutions addressing social and environmental challenges in tourism
• Algorithmic bias and fairness in tourism recommendation systems and services
• Community engagement and stakeholder perspectives on AI implementation in tourism
• Long-term impacts of AI adoption on tourism destinations and local economies

Timeline

• September 30, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and sustainability in the financial sector. The collection invites research that examines how these technological and environmental forces are reshaping finance and the broader economic landscape.

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

Timeline

• June 30, 2027: Submission deadline

Elisa Salvador, ESSCA School of Management

Carmen Pérez-Cabañero, Universitat de Valencia

This special issue examines how consumption of cultural and creative products is evolving in contemporary "phygital" contexts where digital and physical experiences merge. The call seeks papers addressing contemporary theories of consumer behaviour, novel methodologies, and factors spanning economic, psychological, social, and technological dimensions that shape how people engage with cultural offerings.

The issue aims to map current consumption trends at individual and societal levels, identify best practices, and address gaps in academic understanding of how cultural industries are adapting to rapid societal transformation. It focuses on ten cultural domains including heritage, archives, libraries, publishing, visual arts, performing arts, audiovisual media, architecture, advertising, and crafts.

The special issue recognizes that cultural and creative industries are responding to challenges through innovation in digital environments, extended reality technologies, and sustainable practices. Papers should explore how these emerging practices contribute to individual wellbeing and broader social benefits such as education, intercultural dialogue, and social cohesion.

Appel publié par Arts and the Market. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) consumption patterns in phygital environments
• Consumer behaviour theories and frameworks related to cultural products and services
• Qualitative and quantitative methodologies for studying cultural consumption
• Economic, psychological, social, and technological factors influencing purchasing decisions for cultural goods
• Case studies of consumption trends across different geographic and cultural contexts
• Phygital experiences integrating digital and physical elements in cultural settings
• Role of artificial intelligence and extended reality technologies (augmented reality, virtual reality) in cultural consumption
• Sustainability and circular practices in CCIs
• Impact of CCIs on regional development, economic growth, cultural innovation, and social cohesion
• Memorability and wellbeing benefits of phygital cultural experiences

Timeline

• July 15, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• February 15, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Md Maruf Hossan Chowdhury, University of Technology Sydney

Shahriar Akter, University of Wollongong

Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, RMIT University

Kristijan Mirkovski, Deakin University

Supply chains face mounting pressures from climate change, geopolitical tensions, and pandemic risks, while stakeholders demand greater sustainability. Digital technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain offer solutions for enhancing visibility and improving environmental and social outcomes.

The integration of digital innovation with sustainability and resilience strategies enables supply chains to reduce systemic risks while strengthening their ability to recover from disruptions. However, significant gaps remain in understanding how these technologies influence ESG performance and interact with contextual factors.

This special issue seeks high-quality contributions exploring how digital and emerging technologies enable or constrain sustainable, resilient, and regenerative supply chain strategies, offering theoretical insights and practical implications for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

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

Potential topics

• Emerging digital technologies for sustainability and resilience in supply chain management
• Data-driven decarbonisation strategies and emissions transparency
• Digital enablers of circular supply chains and closed-loop systems
• Digital transformation and sustainable supply chain risk management
• Technology-enabled supply chain resilience capabilities
• Blockchain-based traceability and ethical sourcing
• Digital product passports and lifecycle data integration
• Governance, ethics, data integrity, and cybersecurity in digital supply chains
• Institutional and regulatory influences on technology-led sustainability
• Digital platforms for supplier sustainability assessment
• Techno-nationalism and sovereign AI in global supply chains
• Technology-sustainability-resilience linkages theory
• Regenerative practices in supply chains

Timeline

• September 15, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• March 15, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

This special issue examines how supply chains can advance sustainable development across Africa by integrating resilience, inclusivity, and digital innovation. The focus encompasses strategies to manage disruptions in volatile environments, approaches to include SMEs and local communities in value chains, and the application of artificial intelligence and data-driven technologies to enhance efficiency and transparency.

The issue welcomes rigorous, peer-reviewed contributions from academics, practitioners, and policymakers addressing digital transformation, risk management, sustainability, and sector-specific applications in healthcare and agribusiness. The goal is to develop equitable, robust supply chain systems that support Africa's sustainable development objectives.

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

Potential topics

• Building resilient and risk-responsive supply chains
• Inclusive supply chain models for local economic participation
• Sustainable and green supply chain practices
• Artificial intelligence and digital transformation in African supply chains
• Sector-specific innovations in critical industries

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• January 29, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Frank Wiengarten, ESADE

Annachiara Longoni, ESADE

Javier Amaya, ESADE

Anton Shevchenko, Concordia University

Despite decades of research on ethics and sustainability, supply chains continue to exhibit persistent unethical behaviour including forced labour, inadequate working conditions, and gaps between corporate commitments and actual practices. Rather than treating unethical conduct as a compliance problem to be solved through better auditing and codes, this special issue seeks to understand the structural and systemic conditions that make unethical decisions rational and routine within supply chains.

The special issue addresses contemporary challenges including new regulatory requirements such as the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in procurement and logistics, geopolitical fragmentation reshaping global sourcing, and organisational environments where ethical choices are often more costly than unethical alternatives. The collection brings together scholars from operations management, business ethics, technology management, and organisation theory to examine the causal mechanisms underlying persistent unethical behaviour.

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

• Structural and macroeconomic drivers of unethical decisions in operations and supply chains
• Political and geopolitical drivers of unethical decisions in operations and supply chains
• Organisational and behavioural drivers of unethical decisions in operations and supply chains
• Technological drivers of unethical decisions in operations and supply chains

Timeline

• December 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• February 28, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

This special issue seeks research exploring how consumers can make wiser choices and how innovation can better serve consumer and societal flourishing. The focus encompasses understanding consumer wisdom—the capacity for informed, ethical, and sustainable decision-making—alongside innovations designed to promote wellbeing rather than merely maximize consumption. The work also addresses how public policy can create environments that support these goals.

The special issue welcomes research from marketing, economics, public policy, behavioral science, and related disciplines that examines the interconnections between consumer behavior, innovation strategies, and policy frameworks. Submissions may explore mechanisms for improving consumer decision-making, designing responsible innovation, and implementing policies that advance both individual and collective flourishing.

Appel publié par Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Consumer wisdom and informed decision-making
• Wiser innovation for sustainable and ethical consumption
• Public policy approaches to promote consumer flourishing
• Behavioral economics and consumer protection
• Sustainable consumption patterns
• Ethical innovation and corporate responsibility
• Digital literacy and consumer empowerment
• Health-conscious consumption
• Environmental sustainability in consumer behavior
• Social equity in marketplace access

This special issue examines the concept of sufficiency and its political dimensions, particularly in relation to global inequalities between developed and developing nations. The call seeks to explore how different regions and contexts understand and implement the notion of 'enoughness' and what this means for ecological sustainability and economic justice.

Contributions should address theoretical developments, practical applications, and critiques of sufficiency frameworks, with attention to how power relations and geopolitical contexts shape debates around what constitutes sufficient consumption, production, and wellbeing.

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

Potential topics

• Sufficiency as an economic and ecological concept
• North-South dimensions of sufficiency
• Political economy of sufficiency and 'enoughness'
• Critiques and reframings of sufficiency across contexts
• Sufficiency in policy and practice

Timeline

• February 15, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue for Industrial Marketing Management explores how business relationships and networks contribute to creating a sustainable world. The call invites research examining the role of inter-organizational connections and collaborative approaches in advancing sustainability goals.

Appel publié par Industrial Marketing Management. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• February 1, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue seeks contributions addressing how cities can enhance ecological resilience while prioritizing human well-being and livability. The focus is on governance approaches and pathways that integrate ecological sustainability with human-centered urban development.

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

Timeline

• October 15, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue invites research on the application of artificial intelligence methods to improve key aspects of modern software systems. The focus encompasses using AI to enhance system performance, increase reliability, and promote sustainability in software engineering and operations.

Appel publié par Journal of Systems and Software. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline

This special issue in the Journal of Systems and Software focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, automation, and sustainability within software testing. The call seeks research that explores how AI and automated approaches can be leveraged to improve testing efficiency while addressing environmental and sustainability concerns in the software development lifecycle.

Appel publié par Journal of Systems and Software. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• AI in software testing
• Automation in software testing
• Sustainability in software testing
• Integration of AI and automation for testing purposes
• Environmental impact of software testing practices

Timeline

• October 15, 2026: Submission deadline

This special issue examines the often-overlooked negative externalities and challenges accompanying technological progress, particularly in the shift toward Industry 5.0. Rather than celebrating innovation uncritically, the call invites research that interrogates the hidden risks, governance gaps, and sustainability concerns that emerge during major industrial transitions.

The special issue seeks contributions that address how societies can navigate technological change while minimizing harm, establishing effective governance mechanisms, and ensuring sustainable outcomes. It welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives on the complex relationship between technological advancement, environmental protection, social welfare, and economic viability.

Appel publié par Technology in Society. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Risks associated with technological advancement and digital transformation
• Governance frameworks for emerging technologies
• Sustainability implications of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0
• Environmental and social costs of technological progress
• Policy and regulatory approaches to managing technological transitions
• Ethical considerations in technology deployment
• Human and organizational impacts of industrial transformation

Timeline

• January 18, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue focuses on tourism in mountain regions, examining the interplay between tourism development, environmental sustainability, local community impacts, and the changing mountain environments. The issue seeks research addressing the challenges and opportunities of managing tourism in mountain areas while balancing conservation, community well-being, and environmental protection.

Appel publié par Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• December 1, 2026: Submission deadline

Marketing practice is being transformed by technological advances, geopolitical shifts, economic pressures, and growing demands for sustainability and social responsibility. Retail environments serve as key sites where these transformations unfold, with both physical and digital channels becoming laboratories for new consumer engagement and adaptive strategies. Consumers now demand greater brand ethics, transparency, and societal contributions, while external disruptions like supply chain fragility, inflation, and geopolitical tensions reshape pricing and sourcing. Simultaneously, artificial intelligence and platform ecosystems are fundamentally changing how consumers access information and make purchase decisions.

Appel publié par Journal of Consumer Marketing. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Consumer responses to global disruptions (e.g., inflation, supply chain fragility, climate events, tariffs, war)
• Impact of AI, automation, and platform-based ecosystems on consumer well-being and happiness
• How to enhance responsible consumption (e.g., reducing food waste and increasing adoptions of green energy and public transportation)
• How to serve marginalized and disadvantaged consumers and enhance equality among gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status through marketing and equitable practices
• Evolving consumer purchase patterns and consumption practices around brand ethics, transparency, and sustainability
• How firms can navigate sociopolitical activism (e.g., Should brands take a stand or remain silent?)
• Recalibrating brand-consumer relationships in times of social and political polarization
• Cross-cultural and cross-generational consumer insights in a post-globalization era
• Retail innovation in response to external forces, trends, disruptions, and shifting consumer expectations
• Marketing strategies for enhancing trust, loyalty, engagement in uncertain environments

Timeline

• August 15, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• October 15, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Green HRM (GHRM) integrates environmental responsibility into HR practices and procedures, enabling organizations to achieve sustainability goals while transforming employees into sustainability advocates. However, most GHRM research originates from the Global North, leaving implementation in the Global South—Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—insufficiently studied and scattered across specific contexts.

This gap in scholarship risks producing GHRM frameworks disconnected from the socioeconomic and institutional realities of Global South countries. The special issue seeks to address this by inviting conceptual papers, empirical research, and scholarly discussions that examine how GHRM can advance sustainability, social justice, and economic stability in resource-constrained environments while exploring the unique obstacles and opportunities for GHRM adoption in Global South organizations.

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

Potential topics

• Contextualizing GHRM in the Global South (i.e. the adoption of GHRM, implementation barriers, contribution to sustainability)
• GHRM and work outcomes in the Global South (i.e. the effect of GHRM on green and non-green individual and organizational outcomes)
• How GHRM can enhance staff well-being in informal staffing settings (i.e. the relationship between GHRM and workplace happiness, job security, and inclusive practices of staffing, etc.)
• GHRM in sector-specific context in the Global South (i.e. manufacturing, IT, higher education, hospitality, etc.)
• National perspectives of GHRM in the Global South (i.e. how GHRM can facilitate effective economic transitions given the frequent scarcity of the resources and climate vulnerability)
• Leadership, organizational culture, management commitment to sustainable practices (how the aforementioned factors can shape GHRM practices in contexts where pro-environmental values may be nascent)
• GHRM and Organizational Resilience in the Global South (i.e. why and how GHRM can serve as a tool that contributes to organizational resilience in the light of environmental and operational disruptions)
• The role of AI and digital transformation in enabling GHRM in the Global South
• Success stories and case studies of organizations that pioneered the implementation of GHRM in the Global South

Timeline

• July 4, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• November 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Romeo Bandinelli, University of Florence

Monica Rossi, Politecnico di Milano

Claudio Sassanelli, Politecnico di Bari

Virginia Fani, Universitas Mercatorum

This special issue addresses how Product Lifecycle Management systems must evolve to support Industry 5.0's three foundational principles: human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience. Traditional PLM systems, designed primarily for data integration and process efficiency, lack mechanisms to support operator well-being, embed circular economy strategies, ensure regulatory compliance, or enable rapid adaptation during disruptions.

The special issue introduces PLM 5.0 as a strategic governance platform that integrates lifecycle data, human interaction, sustainability metrics, and adaptive decision-making across industrial ecosystems. It seeks conceptual, empirical, methodological, and case-based contributions that explore how PLM systems should be redesigned, how organizations can integrate circular economy principles, what governance frameworks are needed, and how manufacturing can build resilience through lifecycle management.

Appel publié par Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Redesigning PLM Systems for Industry 5.0
• Human-Centric PLM and Operator Development
• Circular Economy Integration within PLM
• Sustainable Lifecycle Assessment and Net-Zero Strategies
• Resilient Manufacturing and Adaptive Lifecycle Management
• Governance, Interoperability, and Data Management Frameworks
• Decision-Support and Managerial Transformation
• Sector-Specific Applications with Cross-Industry Implications

Timeline

• May 6, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• October 31, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Enrico Battisti, University of Turin

Francesco Schiavone, University Parthenope

Digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and sustainability pressures are reshaping how entrepreneurs access capital and how value is created and financed. These changes have created new financing mechanisms while raising questions about equity and access to funding for small businesses and startups, particularly regarding collateral, legitimacy, and institutional visibility.

The special issue addresses emerging financing channels such as crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, and tokenized assets, while emphasizing that financial decisions are influenced by behavioral, social, institutional, and sustainability factors beyond technical considerations. Artificial intelligence is a key focus, as it transforms credit evaluation, investment screening, and venture creation, affecting SMEs' access to finance and requiring interdisciplinary approaches.

Appel publié par Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Environmental and Social Disclosure in SMEs: Implications for Access to Capital, Investor Relations, and Financial Performance
• Access to Capital and Financing Decisions in SMEs: Behavioral, Cognitive, and Psychological Determinants
• Entrepreneurial Finance and Social Inclusion: Gender, Ethnicity, and Geography as Structural Barriers to Capital Access
• Financial Reporting, Intangible Assets, and Creditworthiness in Innovative Small Businesses
• Regulatory Frameworks and Institutional Conditions for Entrepreneurial Finance Across National Contexts
• Alternative Financing Mechanisms: Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer Lending, and Tokenized Assets: Financial Performance and Social Implications
• AI-Driven Financial Decision-Making: Credit Scoring, Risk Modeling, and Investment Screening for Small Businesses
• The Financial Implications of AI-Powered Venture Creation: Resource Mobilization, Capital Structure, and Legitimacy in Platform-Based Startups

Timeline

• January 4, 2027: Opening date for manuscript submissions
• April 30, 2027: Closing date for manuscript submissions

Harshad Sonar, Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur

Bishal Dey Sarkar, Indian Institute of Management Bodhgaya

Sandeep Jagtap, Lund University

Hana Trollman, University of Leicester

This special issue examines how digital technologies can be integrated with sustainability objectives in modern supply chains. Organizations are increasingly pressured to reduce environmental impacts and ensure ethical operations while managing technological disruption. The issue explores how emerging tools like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and data analytics can enhance supply chain transparency, efficiency, emissions monitoring, and resilience while addressing climate risks and regulatory demands.

The collection seeks empirical, conceptual, and methodological contributions that bridge theory and practice in digital sustainability transitions. It recognizes that technological adoption alone is insufficient; successful transformation requires supportive leadership, training, and organizational culture change. The special issue draws on multiple theoretical perspectives to provide comprehensive understanding of how human and organizational factors influence sustainability-driven digitalization across different organizational contexts.

Appel publié par Benchmarking: An International Journal. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Strategic leadership and governance for sustainable digital supply chains
• Digital transformation strategies for environmental sustainability in supply chains
• AI and machine learning applications for green supply chain planning and optimization
• Blockchain-enabled transparency, traceability, and ethical sourcing
• Benchmarking sustainability performance metrics and ESG KPIs in digital supply chain
• Sustainable logistics and smart transportation
• Digital circular supply chains and circular economy implementation models
• Green procurement, supplier collaboration, and sustainable sourcing practices
• Sustainability-resilience integration through digital capabilities
• Sustainable supply chain innovation in SMEs and emerging economies
• Cyber risks, data governance, and trust issues in sustainable digital supply chains
• Policy, institutional pressures, and regulatory compliance for digital sustainability
• Benchmarking best practices in AI-driven sustainable supply chain decision-making
• Cross-industry and cross-country benchmarking of digital sustainability maturity models
• Benchmarking circular economy adoption and reverse logistics performance across sectors

Timeline

• March 15, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• September 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Organizations face increasing complexity from shifting geopolitical, economic, and technological conditions, requiring strategic approaches to knowledge management for sustainability. The integration of knowledge management with AI offers potential benefits for problem-solving and decision-making, yet presents challenges that require responsible and ethical implementation. This special issue examines how organizations can leverage strategic knowledge management to balance the opportunities and risks of AI while maintaining sustainability across their operations.

The call seeks contributions exploring how organizations can effectively manage both human knowledge and AI-generated intelligent knowledge, addressing issues such as knowledge overload, loss, and duplication. It emphasizes the importance of codification and personalization strategies that align with organizational values and objectives. The special issue invites researchers to examine how sustainable strategic knowledge management enables organizations to adapt to rapidly changing environments while achieving economic, social, and environmental goals.

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

Potential topics

• Knowledge management processes and sustainability in organizations
• Human-AI synergy and responsible AI use in knowledge systems
• Strategic knowledge management for organizational decision-making and problem-solving
• Managing explicit and tacit knowledge in digital environments
• Knowledge codification and personalization approaches
• Addressing knowledge overload from AI, cloud computing, and big data
• Sustainable knowledge-based organizations and resource optimization
• AI's impact on critical knowledge management processes
• Ethical and mission-aligned strategic knowledge for financial, social, and ecological benefits
• Knowledge management in complex organizational environments and geopolitical uncertainty

Timeline

• January 8, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• October 31, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Anna Wiewiora, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Jörg Sydow, Freie Universität Berlin

Josh Keller, University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Medhanie Gaim, Oslo Metropolitan University

This special issue examines how tensions and paradoxes emerge, interact, and evolve across project environments at multiple levels—individual, team, organizational, and interorganizational. Rather than viewing tensions as problems to eliminate, the issue encourages research that explores how project actors and leaders can navigate, leverage, and productively work with persistent, interdependent contradictory demands that are inherent in complex project work.

The call invites theory-informed contributions that move beyond binary either/or framings to adopt both/and and more-than approaches for understanding tensions. Topics of particular interest include tensions in project learning, sustainability integration, stakeholder management, and the emerging role of algorithmic technologies in project decision-making. The special issue welcomes conceptual, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research, with emphasis on longitudinal and comparative designs that capture how tensions evolve over time.

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

Potential topics

• Individual-level tensions including identity conflicts, leadership styles, and emotional responses of project actors
• Team-level tensions in collaboration, decision-making styles, and balancing competitive and cooperative behaviors
• Organizational and interorganizational tensions arising from embedded projects, strategic duality, and governance systems
• Tensions in complex and megaproject environments with multiple institutional contexts and knowledge domains
• Project learning paradoxes and tensions between knowledge creation, transfer, and performance pressures
• Sustainability tensions between environmental goals and traditional project delivery objectives
• Stakeholder-related tensions including inclusion versus exclusion, cooperation versus competition, and competing narratives
• Tensions involving artificial intelligence and human judgment in project decision-making and knowledge management
• Methodological approaches including longitudinal case studies, comparative designs, action research, and engaged scholarship to capture dynamic nature of tensions

Timeline

• October 31, 2026: Abstract submission deadline
• June 30, 2027: Full manuscript submission deadline for invited abstracts

Kirsi Aaltonen, University of Oulu

Siavash Alimadadi, King's College London

Marina Bos-de Vos, Delft University of Technology

Ermal Hetemi, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Projects increasingly serve as platforms for translating sustainability goals into concrete actions, yet the relationship between stakeholder engagement and sustainability outcomes is complex and multifaceted. This special issue examines how projects and programs generate, mediate, and shape sustainability outcomes and legacies through stakeholder engagement across their entire lifecycle, extending beyond traditional project success metrics to encompass long-term societal and environmental impacts.

The special issue identifies five central tensions: the paradox of inclusion and exclusion in stakeholder participation; the mismatch between global sustainability ambitions and local contextual realities; conflicts between project temporal constraints and extended sustainability time horizons; tensions between managerial control approaches and emergent sustainability dynamics; and the reconfiguring influence of artificial intelligence on stakeholder engagement processes. These tensions reflect competing demands and values that cannot be fully resolved simultaneously but require careful conceptual and empirical examination.

Appel publié par Project Management Journal. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Inclusion, exclusion, and stakeholder voice in projects and how these dynamics shape legitimacy and sustainability outcomes
• Global ambitions and local realities: how global sustainability goals are interpreted, translated, and contested in local project contexts
• Project temporality and sustainability time horizons: tensions between short-term delivery pressures and long-term sustainability objectives
• Managerial control and emergent sustainability dynamics: control-oriented approaches versus emergent and value-laden aspects of sustainability
• Artificial intelligence and the reconfiguration of tensions: how AI shapes stakeholder engagement, participation, bias, accountability, and legitimacy in sustainability-oriented projects
• Sustainable project legacy: long-term value and lasting impacts that projects leave for communities and the environment
• Stakeholder engagement mechanisms through which sustainability outcomes are negotiated, contested, and realized
• Power asymmetries and their role in shaping sustainability outcomes and project trajectories
• Temporal work and how actors mobilize visions of futures to coordinate action across divergent timeframes
• Portfolio governance, intermediary organizational structures, and their mediation between strategic sustainability ambitions and project delivery practices

Timeline

• Invalid DateTime: Expected finalization of the special issue
• October 1, 2026: Extended abstract submission deadline
• October 31, 2026: Feedback on extended abstracts
• February 28, 2027: Full paper submission deadline
• March 1, 2027: Review and revision cycles

Pham Van Hau, Unitec Institute of Technology

Carolyn Strong, Cardiff University

Park Thaichon, University of Southern Queensland

This special issue focuses on the emerging intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainable marketing. AI technologies like machine learning and predictive analytics are rapidly transforming marketing practices, while sustainability challenges demand new approaches to shift consumption patterns and market systems. The special issue seeks research examining how AI-driven marketing influences sustainability outcomes at individual, organizational, and system-wide levels.

The integration of AI in marketing presents both opportunities and challenges for sustainability. AI tools can enable personalized sustainability nudges, improve resource efficiency, and support circular economy initiatives. However, concerns include algorithmic bias, privacy issues, transparency challenges, and the risk of reinforcing unsustainable consumption through hyper-personalized marketing. Understanding these dynamics is critical to ensure AI contributes positively to sustainable futures rather than exacerbating environmental and social challenges.

Appel publié par Journal of Strategic Marketing. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• AI nudging and recommender systems that encourage sustainable choices
• Consumer perceptions, trust, and acceptance of AI-enabled sustainability initiatives
• AI-driven segmentation for targeting sustainable consumption behaviours
• AI insights supporting sustainable product innovation and development
• AI applications in sustainability branding and communication
• Personalised marketing and its influence on responsible consumption
• Predictive analytics for reducing waste and overproduction
• AI-enabled platforms supporting reuse, repair, sharing, and circular consumption
• Transparency, fairness, and accountability in AI-driven marketing systems
• Consumer privacy and data ethics in sustainability-focused marketing
• Governance frameworks for responsible AI use in marketing
• Generative AI and sustainability communication
• Digital platforms enabling collaborative or sustainable consumption
• AI shaping sustainability narratives and consumer engagement
• Interactions between individual behaviour change and system-level transformation
• Policy and regulatory responses to AI-driven sustainability initiatives
• Cross-cultural perspectives on AI-enabled sustainability practices
• Role of generative AI in sustainability communication and storytelling
• Risks of misinformation or greenwashing through generative AI
• Consumer responses to generative AI–generated sustainability content
• Use of generative AI in sustainable product design and innovation

Timeline

• October 30, 2026: Manuscript deadline

Femi Olan, University of Essex

Uchitha Jayawickrama, Loughborough University

Shaofeng Liu, University of Plymouth

This special issue seeks high-quality research on Decision Support Systems (DSS) that address sustainable and resilient transitions across organisations, societies, and supply chains. In environments characterised by technological disruption, environmental threats, and changing workforce demands, DSS models, frameworks, tools, and applications are essential for enabling evidence-based decision-making and strategic adaptation.

The call welcomes contributions exploring both theoretical foundations and practical applications of DSS across four main areas: green and sustainable transitions, digital transformation, workforce and skills transitions, and resilient supply chains. Submissions should demonstrate how DSS support organisations and societies in balancing efficiency with sustainability and resilience objectives while navigating rapid change.

Relevant submissions include conceptual models, quantitative frameworks with performance indicators, empirical case studies, interdisciplinary approaches, and critical analyses of adoption barriers and governance considerations for DSS implementation in transitions.

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

Potential topics

• DSS for Green and Sustainable Transitions: DSS for integrating environmental and circular economy goals, establishing indicators and metrics for production sustainability
• DSS for Digital Transformation: AI-powered DSS supporting digitalisation, automation, and advanced analytics in manufacturing, logistics, and workforce management
• DSS for Workforce and Skills Transitions: DSS for workforce re-skilling, hybrid work planning, and change management
• DSS for Resilient Supply Chains, Organisations and Societies: DSS frameworks for supply chain mapping, disruption visibility, dynamic reconfiguration, organisational learning and society regeneration
• Conceptual models for DSS-enabled sustainability and resilience in businesses, organisations, supply chains and societies
• Quantitative frameworks and key performance indicators (KPIs) measuring how decisions shape sustainability goals for transitions
• Empirical studies or case-based investigations bridging theories and practice
• Interdisciplinary methods bridging technological and organisational/societal readiness for sustainable change
• Critical perspectives on DSS technology adoption barriers, human factors, social-economic values and governance frameworks

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Paper submission deadline

Ninh Nguyen, RMIT University

Ranjit Voola, The University of Sydney

M S Balaji, RMIT University

Dung Minh Nguyen, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

Carolyn Strong, Cardiff University

This special issue examines how strategic marketing can advance regenerative futures. While sustainability remains important, regenerative approaches go beyond harm reduction and efficiency to actively restore social, ecological, and economic systems through business strategies, partnerships, and market practices. The issue seeks to understand how firms formulate regenerative marketing goals, develop and communicate regenerative strategies, and align commercial objectives with societal and ecological renewal.

The call invites both conceptual and empirical research exploring marketing's role in enabling restoration, renewal, resilience, and long-term stakeholder value creation. Diverse methodologies are welcome, including experiments, surveys, qualitative research, mixed methods, and multi-level or cross-cultural approaches. Papers should address strategic marketing capabilities, brand strategy, consumer behaviour, digital marketing, business models, stakeholder collaboration, and evaluation metrics related to regenerative transformation.

Appel publié par Journal of Strategic Marketing. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Strategic marketing capabilities for a regenerative future
• Regenerative marketing strategy and long-term value creation
• Brand strategy, brand purpose, and regenerative value propositions
• Consumer behaviour in relation to regenerative offerings and marketing implications
• Digital and social media marketing for regenerative transformation
• The role of emerging technologies in enabling regenerative marketing strategies
• Leveraging AI and big data for regenerative strategic marketing
• Market shaping and ecosystem orchestration for regenerative futures
• Circular, restorative, and regenerative business models from a strategic marketing perspective
• Strategic partnerships and cross-sector collaborations for regenerative value creation
• The role of communities, stakeholders, and co-creation in regenerative marketing
• Metrics, accountability, and performance evaluation in regenerative marketing strategy
• Marketing ethics, governance, and regulations related to regenerative claims and practices
• Tensions, paradoxes, and trade-offs in pursuing regenerative marketing strategies
• Strategic marketing responses to greenwashing, symbolic action, and legitimacy risks in regenerative positioning
• Strategies for inclusive restoration in emerging markets
• Strategic marketing and regenerative futures at the Base of the Pyramid

Timeline

• January 31, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Murdoch University

Chris Rowley, University of Oxford

Nirma Jayawardena, Bradford University

Amy Huang, Murdoch University

This special issue explores how global ESG pressures interact with local institutions and governance structures in Asia-Pacific economies. Most ESG frameworks are grounded in Western perspectives and often overlook the unique institutional features of APAC regions, including developmental states, government-linked companies, family-owned businesses, and concentrated ownership. The issue seeks research examining how firms interpret, adopt, and adapt global ESG standards within their specific institutional contexts.

The special issue welcomes diverse methodological approaches including qualitative, quantitative, comparative case studies, multi-country analyses, mixed-methods research, and policy-oriented studies. Submissions should address themes such as global ESG pressures and local translation, adaptation of reporting frameworks, investor and supply-chain influences, state-business relations, ownership structures, and corporate responses to sustainability challenges specific to Asia-Pacific contexts.

Appel publié par Asia Pacific Business Review. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How do firms in Asia-Pacific economies interpret and translate global ESG norms within their local institutional environments?
• To what extent do national institutional systems shape organisational responses to global ESG pressures?
• How do firms reconcile global sustainability expectations with local regulatory and cultural contexts?
• How are global ESG reporting frameworks (e.g., GRI, TCFD, ISSB) adapted by firms operating in different Asia-Pacific institutional contexts?
• What factors influence the depth and credibility of ESG disclosures among APAC firms?
• Do firms in emerging APAC economies adopt global ESG standards symbolically or substantively?
• How do foreign investors and multinational buyers influence ESG adoption among local firms in Asia-Pacific economies?
• To what extent do global supply-chain sustainability requirements reshape environmental and labour practices among APAC suppliers?
• How do firms balance external stakeholder pressures with domestic institutional constraints?
• How do state-business relationships influence corporate sustainability strategies in Asia-Pacific economies?
• To what extent do institutional arrangements shape ESG governance and corporate accountability?
• How do variations in institutional development affect ESG outcomes across APAC economies?
• How do developmental states in Asia shape corporate ESG practices?
• What role do industrial policies and state-led sustainability initiatives play in promoting ESG adoption among firms?
• Do state-led sustainability policies generate genuine environmental and social outcomes or primarily symbolic compliance?
• How do different ownership structures influence ESG adoption and sustainability performance in Asia-Pacific firms?
• To what extent does ownership concentration shape long-term sustainability strategies?
• How do governance mechanisms influence ESG accountability in APAC corporations?
• How do ESG practices differ between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and privately owned firms in Asia-Pacific economies?
• To what extent do political objectives influence ESG disclosure and sustainability performance in SOEs?
• How does government ownership affect corporate accountability for environmental and social impacts?
• How do family-controlled firms approach ESG practices compared with non-family firms in Asia-Pacific economies?
• Do family ownership structures promote long-term sustainability orientation or entrench resistance to ESG reforms?
• How do diversified business groups integrate sustainability across multiple affiliated firms?
• How do ESG practices influence labour conditions and decent work outcomes in Asia-Pacific firms?
• To what extent do corporate sustainability initiatives improve employee wellbeing and job quality?
• How do multinational supply chains shape labour standards in developing APAC economies?
• How do corporate environmental strategies influence regional sustainability outcomes in Asia-Pacific economies?
• What role do firms play in advancing low-carbon transitions in emerging Asian markets?
• How do industrial clusters and regional ecosystems shape corporate environmental performance?
• How do firms strategically integrate ESG considerations into their core business models?
• What organisational capabilities enable firms to move beyond compliance-driven ESG strategies?
• How do firms in Asia-Pacific markets build sustainability capabilities under institutional constraints?

Timeline

• February 26, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Vicky Lambert, University of Dundee

Darren Jubb, University of Dundee

Lee Roberts, University of Dundee

Julie Bertz, Dublin City University

Maresa Reill, Durham University

This special issue explores how accounting and accountability can support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities. While SDG 11 addresses urban sustainability broadly, existing implementation has been criticised for its top-down orientation, often overlooking the capacity of local communities to inform behaviour change, generate local knowledge, and create participatory spaces. The special issue seeks to understand how accounting and accountability mechanisms can mobilise local capacities to advance a just transition toward SDG 11 that prioritises community voices and participation.

Appel publié par Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How diverse theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches can enrich understanding of accounting and accountability's role in advancing sustainable cities and communities
• What accounting and accountability mechanisms are mobilised in cities to adapt SDG implementation to unique local contexts and ensure sustainable outcomes for diverse communities
• The role of accounting and accountability in co-productive and participative spaces which enhance community involvement in achieving sustainable outcomes
• The extent to which emancipatory accounting and accountability approaches can shift power from city elites to marginalised communities in pursuit of sustainable cities and communities
• How conflicts within cities impede sustainability goals achievement and whether accounting and accountability mechanisms can intervene to mediate or resolve such conflicts

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Manuscript deadline

Hew Soon-Hin, Multimedia University

Nigel Morgan, Manchester Metropolitan University

Giuseppe Piero-Guido, University of Calabria

Aleksandra Vujko, Singidunum University

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

Potential topics

• Smart-sensor enabled visitor behaviour analytics for resilient city centre tourism ecosystems
• Behavioural nudging via augmented reality to foster sustainable urban tourism practices
• Data-driven co-creation of urban tourism experiences engaging local residents and visitors
• Mobility platform integration and behavioural adaptation in smart tourism city hubs
• Gamification of eco-tourism behaviour in urban destinations employing IoT technologies
• Personalised micro-itineraries and behavioural segmentation for smart sustainable city tourism
• Digital twin modelling of tourist flows and behavioural responses in city centres
• Ethics, trust and behavioural change in AI-mediated urban tourism services
• Smart governance frameworks enabling behavioural innovation for inclusive urban tourism
• Wearable technologies and tourist behaviour monitoring to optimise smart city tourism
• Blockchain-enabled incentives for sustainable visitor behaviours in urban tourism environments

Timeline

• April 10, 2026: Abstract deadline
• September 20, 2026: Manuscript deadline

Marco Marabelli, Bentley University

Robert Davison, City University of Hong Kong

Federico Iannacci, University of Sussex

Shahla Ghobadi, University of Leeds

Zhongyun Zhou, Tongji University

Vanessa Cooper, RMIT University

This special issue examines how information systems scholarship can address environmental concerns related to generative AI. While GAI offers significant benefits for efficiency and automation, its rapid development has created substantial environmental challenges, including high electricity consumption, water use for cooling, and electronic waste from obsolete computing hardware. These impacts disproportionately affect vulnerable populations and regions in the Global South.

The issue seeks studies adopting an eco-socio-technical perspective to explore both the negative environmental effects of GAI and its potential benefits for weather forecasting, agriculture, and urban management. Contributors are encouraged to investigate how organizations, governments, individuals, and communities can implement and use GAI responsibly, examining tradeoffs between technological benefits and environmental costs. Research employing primary data, various methodologies, and practitioner perspectives are welcomed.

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

Potential topics

• Local and global policies associated with data centers, outsourcing, and offshoring practices, including legal, managerial, and economic perspectives
• Business models relying on or incentivizing GAI across specific industries such as healthcare, automotive, robotics, and aerospace, focusing on efficiency versus responsible use tradeoffs
• Individual-level practices of responsible GAI use in organizational and private citizen contexts, and how users understand environmental consequences
• GAI applications in smart cities, including traffic and parking optimization while addressing surveillance concerns
• GAI use in public administrations to streamline processes such as document production and benefit eligibility checks
• Existential short-term and long-term eco-socio-technical effects and the role of IS discipline in mitigating environmental and societal risks from large-scale GAI diffusion
• Collective action and activism strategies for promoting green development and responsible GAI use by major technology developers and deployers

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Submission deadline for extended abstracts
• June 30, 2027: Submission deadline for full papers

Claudia Buengeler, Kiel University

Stefan Hoffmann, Kiel University

Kristina Nickel, Kiel University

Carsten Schultz, Kiel University

Achim Walter, Kiel University

Responsible innovation seeks to align innovation with ethical considerations, societal values, and needs of current and future generations. However, it operates within significant tensions between innovation and regulation, economic incentives and ethical commitments, and short-term efficiency and long-term responsibility. These tensions have led to observable backlash across sectors, with organizations scaling back responsible innovation initiatives in response to political and societal shifts, seeking to restore previous operational states rather than simply resist change.

This special issue explores why responsible innovation provokes opposition, resistance, and counter-mobilization across individual, organizational, and societal levels. The issue recognizes that backlash need not be entirely detrimental—it may serve as corrective feedback revealing deeper tensions and pointing toward more integrative approaches. The call invites empirical research from multiple disciplines examining the catalysts, consequences, and contingencies of tensions in responsible innovation, including how organizations can develop strategies for strategic resilience and lasting social legitimacy.

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

Potential topics

• Conceptualizing backlash across disciplines and its differentiation from resistance to change or non-adoption
• Forms of backlash in organizational settings and links to specific innovation types (digital, environmental, social)
• Individual, social, cultural, organizational, and economic factors driving responses to responsible innovation
• Moral and ethical judgments, social responsibility in business, and cross-cultural perspectives on responsible innovation
• Cognitive dissonance, perceived moralization, fear of economic loss, and political values shaping backlash responses
• Firm strategy, leadership communication, incentive schemes, organizational structure, and stakeholder engagement influencing backlash momentum
• Manifestations of backlash in innovation management processes, decision criteria, and innovation management instruments
• Consequences of backlash for innovation adoption, legitimacy, organizational learning, and reputational positioning at multiple levels
• Strategies for preventing delegitimization including legitimacy building, meaning creation, coalition management, and political activity
• Proactive narrative reshaping through framing, trust building, and resilience strategies to address negative backlash
• Anticipating and constructively working with tensions and dynamics of responsible innovation

Timeline

• April 1, 2026: Decisions on extended abstracts
• April 12, 2026: Optional submission of extended abstracts for PDW
• October 1, 2026: Full paper submission deadline
• January 1, 2027: First round decision
• May 1, 2027: Submission of revised papers
• September 1, 2027: Second round decisions on revised papers
• November 1, 2027: Submission of revised papers
• December 1, 2027: Final decision

Surajit Bag, Excelia Business School

Amélie Clauzel, Université Paris-Saclay

Peter Naudé, Manchester Metropolitan University

Rasem Qudaih, University of Suffolk

The polycrisis—a convergence of overlapping crises including climate change, pandemic disruptions, geopolitical conflicts, and economic volatility—challenges management practice and theory. This special issue argues that sustainability rooted in environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic resilience is not a luxury but essential for organizational survival and legitimacy when facing systemic turbulence.

Organizations must maintain legitimacy and adapt strategy amid multiple simultaneous crises. This issue seeks scholarship examining how sustainable management approaches enable resilience, how supply chains can be redesigned for both sustainability and continuity, and what governance structures support long-term commitment during short-term crises. Contributions should draw on diverse theoretical perspectives—systems theory, institutional theory, ethics, and resilience science—to illuminate how sustainability principles guide decision-making under radical uncertainty.

Appel publié par Thunderbird International Business Review. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Redefining Sustainability Under Volatility: What does 'sustainability' mean in an era of permanent crisis? How are definitions and scope of corporate sustainability evolving?
• Organizational Legitimacy in Polycrisis Conditions: How do organizations maintain trust and legitimacy when multiple crises unfold simultaneously?
• Narratives, Institutional Logics, and Culture Shifts: What new narratives and institutional logics are emerging to address polycrisis and how do they influence organizational behavior?
• Strategic Management and Corporate Governance: How should corporate strategy and governance adapt to radical uncertainty and frequent disruption?
• Supply Chains, Operations, and Technologies for Resilience: How are supply chains and operations management evolving to ensure sustainability and resilience under compounding crises?
• Cross-Sector Collaboration and Institutional Responses: What collaborative approaches are emerging to tackle interlinked crises and what role do businesses play alongside governments and civil society?
• Human and Leadership Dimensions: What types of leadership, organizational learning, and human resource approaches support sustainability in turbulent times?
• Metrics, Accountability, and Measurement: How do we measure success for sustainability in a polycrisis and what accountability mechanisms ensure sustainability commitments are maintained?
• Systems Theory and Complexity: How might systems thinking and complexity science guide managers in designing holistic interventions that account for system-wide consequences?
• Resilience and Adaptive Capacity: How do sustainable practices contribute to organizational and supply chain resilience and what does it mean to thrive amid disruption?
• Institutional Theory and Legitimacy: How do firms maintain or regain legitimacy by committing to sustainability when short-term temptations arise in crisis contexts?
• Moral Philosophy and Ethics: What ethical duties do businesses owe to stakeholders and future generations when managing trade-offs between survival and long-term sustainability?
• Power and Inequality: How do power dynamics influence whose interests are prioritized in crisis responses and what implications does this have for sustainable development?
• Temporality and Future Orientation: How do organizations balance urgent short-term crisis management with the long-term thinking that sustainability demands?
• Risk, Uncertainty, and Sensemaking: What new approaches to integrated risk assessment and scenario planning help organizations navigate interconnected crises?

Timeline

• August 30, 2026: Call for Papers Released
• March 30, 2027: Final Revisions Deadline
• April 28, 2027: Manuscript Submission Deadline
• October 30, 2027: Review Process Completion

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

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

Timeline

• August 31, 2027: Submission deadline

Simone Barakat, Fundação Getulio Vargas

Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, Hanken School of Economics

Seray Ergene, University of Rhode Island

Steffen Farny, Leuphana University Luneburg

Judy Muthuri, University of the West Indies

Contemporary sustainability challenges increasingly foreground organizations as embedded within complex social-ecological systems rather than operating independently from them. While ecological degradation and resource constraints affect organizations worldwide, these challenges are more immediate and structurally embedded in the operating environments of the Global South. These challenges are not just a background context to which organizations must adapt but an outcome of long-standing patterns of extraction, uneven development, and entrenched social inequalities that continue to shape what sustainability can mean in practice.

Appel publié par Organization & Environment. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Organizing for Environmental Sustainability across Communities and Regions - How do communities and organizations work together to govern natural resources and shared ecological commons?
• How do sustainability standards, certifications, and supply-chain rules influence organizational practices across regions?
• How do organizations manage environmental interdependencies across local and global contexts?
• What challenges arise when local ecological priorities clash with global market or regulatory pressures, and how do organizations deal with these challenges in practice?
• Organizing with Nature from a Global South perspective - How do organizations in the Global South manage their activities within the carrying ecological capacity of the planet (i.e., planetary boundaries), particularly under conditions of resource constraints and institutional fragility?
• How do organizations in the Global South engage with degrowth, sufficiency, circular, or regenerative practices?
• What tensions do organizations in the Global South face between economic survival and ecological realities, and how do they navigate these circumstances in practice?
• How organizations in the Global South conceptualize and manage their embeddedness within social–ecological systems and attempt to develop a regenerative dynamic with nature?
• Power, Inequality, and the Governance of Nature - What are the sources of environmental injustices currently in the global South? How are they experienced? What are some resistances to these injustices, and how do they unfold? What are some policy mechanisms (if any) to address these injustices?
• How do power asymmetries manifest in sustainability governance and transnational regulations?
• How do corporations influence environmental policy and access to natural resources?
• How do resistance and counter-organizing emerge around contested environmental futures?
• Stakeholders and Environmental Sustainability from a Global South Perspective - How do organizations in the Global South engage with stakeholders in relation to environmental sustainability?
• How are the interests of diverse stakeholders, such as communities, governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders, navigated around environmental risks and resource use?
• How do stakeholder relationships influence organizational decisions and practices related to environmental sustainability?
• How do power asymmetries and dependency relations among stakeholders shape environmental outcomes and organizing processes?

Timeline

• October 20, 2026: Paper Development Workshop
• February 28, 2027: Full manuscript submission deadline

Dennis Schoeneborn, Copenhagen Business School

Héloïse Berkowitz, CNRS, Aix Marseille University

Leonhard Dobusch, University of Innsbruck

Frank de Bakker, IÉSEG School of Management

Consuelo Vásquez, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Over the past decades, the relations between business and society have fundamentally changed. We are entering an age of digital futures with artificial intelligence taking over more and more human tasks at rapid speed, as well as broken futures with accelerating dynamics of climate change, in which the survival of humankind will depend on our ability to organize in collective ways and imagine alternatives to tackle such complex social problems, amidst growing inequalities and ecological destruction on a planetary scale.

Appel publié par Business & Society. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How is collective actorhood performed and organized?
• Is a legal status/legal person needed to accomplish collective actorhood?
• Why and how do actors strategically downplay or amplify collective actorhood? How do these strategic efforts affect responsibility attributions?
• What are the implications and limitations of collective actorhood for reenvisioning the business-society relationship and offer alternative solutions in crises of civilization?
• Where and how does actorhood emerge? How do institutional contexts affect actorhood?
• How does actorhood evolve over time or space, and how do organizations transition between different degrees of organizationality?
• Can social collectives be perpetuated and maintained even with a low degree of organizationality – or do they feel pressures either to be dissolved or evolve toward higher degrees of organizationality eventually?
• How to explain asymmetric dynamics between the organized (e.g., established formal organizations; high degree of organizationality) and the (rather) unorganized as their counterparts (e.g., social media firestorm; low degree of organizationality)?
• What can we learn from alternative forms of organizing, including those in marginalized settings?
• How is collective actorhood conceptualized in the various geographies, including the Global South? How does this translate, circulate, and adapt across geographies?
• What are the contributions of other collective notions stemming from indigenous cosmovisions and decolonial approaches?
• How does actorhood affect the interactions between organizations from different domains (for profit and non-profit, scientific organizations, public actors, etc.)?
• When does collective actorhood create relations of domination and exploitation?
• At what point does collective actorhood become constitutive of societal problems and crises (incl. fascism, techno-feudalism, etc.) – rather than a solution for addressing them?
• How does actorhood (or the lack of) affect the relationship between privileged and marginal communities?
• Can living (forests, rivers, soils) and non-living (algorithms, technologies) entities be attributed actorhood and be held accountable? How does it differ from 'human' organizing?
• How can alternative ontologies help inform this analysis?
• How can a gradual understanding of organization help us to understand variations in the degree of organizational actorhood and responsibility attributions in the relations between businesses and society?
• What are the parameters of organizationality required for a responsible collective actorhood?
• How can alternative ontologies, cosmovisions, and organizing experiences inform this critical reflection?
• How to better account for situations in which marginalized actors are forced into fluid and precarious ways of organizing and/or have no choice to lessen the degree of organizationality to cope or survive?

Timeline

• October 3, 2025: Deadline to register for Meet-the-Editors session
• October 7, 2025: Virtual Meet-the-Editors session at 2.00-3.00pm CET
• January 31, 2026: Deadline to submit proposal or extended abstract for presubmission workshop
• February 25, 2026: Virtual presubmission workshop
• August 1, 2026: Submission window opens
• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline for manuscripts

Associate editors

• Devi Vijay, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta

This special issue calls for papers addressing global sustainability and innovation in the context of international marketing.

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

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

Steve Kennedy, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Brooke Lahneman, Montana State University

Lucrezia Nava, University of Exeter Business School

Amanda Williams, EM Lyon Business School

Scholarship on business sustainability increasingly views organizations as embedded within natural systems, conceptualized through the planetary boundaries framework. The planetary boundary framework defines nine Earth system processes that regulate the planet's stability and resilience and are directly affected by human activity. Alarmingly, seven of these nine boundaries have now been crossed, threatening both natural systems and the economies that depend on them. For business scholarship, this creates an urgent need to understand how organizations can operate and manage within the safe space delineated by planetary boundaries.

Appel publié par Organization & Environment. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• How Organizations Integrate the Planetary Boundary Framework into Strategy and Action
• How organizations leverage planetary boundaries to inform sustainability materiality assessments and sustainability strategies
• How organizations collectively use planetary boundaries as a basis to inform shared understanding of cross-scale risks across space and time
• How organizations leverage planetary boundaries to inform risk management approaches
• How organizations collectively build adaptive capacity for addressing risks and identifying opportunities associated with the planetary boundary framework
• How organizations utilize planetary boundaries to inform creation of sustainability targets such as SBTi and corporate reporting on environmental impacts
• How organizations disaggregate planetary boundaries to relevant temporal and spatial scales to inform appropriate action for sustainability
• How organizations use the planetary boundary framework to shape sectoral and cross-sector collaborations
• How organizations leverage planetary boundaries as a way to 'unlock' the complexity of the natural environment for business model innovation and/or product design
• How Organizations Can Operate and Manage within Individual Planetary Boundaries
• How organizations detect, interpret, and act when a planetary boundary is being approached or transgressed
• How organizations prepare for risks associated with transgressing the boundaries and innovate to limit planetary boundary transgression
• How organizations use planetary boundaries for constraint-driven innovation for enhanced practices, processes, business models, and/or collaborations
• Which processes and practices enable firms to develop proactive and responsive strategies for long-term engagement with a specific planetary boundary
• How organizations should balance trade-offs between proactive and responsive strategies for a given planetary boundary, given their industry and operating context
• What roles different stakeholders play in shaping organizational responses to planetary boundary transgressions
• How organizations can engage with least-studied boundaries such as ocean acidification, biogeochemical flows, atmospheric aerosol loading, stratospheric ozone depletion, and novel entities
• How to Navigate Interconnections among Planetary Boundaries and with Social Foundations
• How organizations adapt and innovate strategies, practices, and processes to address interconnections among multiple planetary boundaries
• How efforts to stay within planetary boundaries can be aligned with advancing key social foundations and UN Sustainable Development Goals
• How organizations can apply systems-thinking lenses to manage non-linear change, ecosystem risks, and feedback loops across planetary boundaries and/or social systems
• What governance mechanisms, decision tools, or collaborative arrangements enable organizations and industries to navigate and manage trade-offs across boundaries
• What role could concepts such as degrowth, carrying capacity, or post-growth business models play in helping organizations remain within interconnected ecological limits
• How to Develop Alternative Organizational Theories and Practices from Planetary Boundary Biophysical Foundations
• What innovations in practices, products, and business models emerge when organizational thinking begins with planetary boundaries
• How integrating the planetary boundary framework can inform or reshape core organizational theories
• How the planetary boundary framework can inform theory on crisis management and responding to ecosystem shocks such as natural disasters
• How the planetary boundary framework might advance perspectives on desirable or alternative futures
• What alternative forms of organizing can be theorized by taking planetary boundaries as foundational
• How theory on circular and regenerative systems can be informed by considering planetary boundaries

Timeline

• March 1, 2027: Full manuscript submission deadline

Associate editors

• Gail Whiteman, University of Exeter Business School

Charl de Villiers, University of Auckland

Ruth Dimes, The Open University

Anwar Halari, The Open University

Matteo Molinari, University of Bergamo

Capitalism remains the dominant framework for organising global economic life, yet its promises of prosperity and inclusion have increasingly come under scrutiny. Over the past few decades, the richest 1% have captured more than half of global wealth, while environmental degradation has accelerated at an alarming rate, threatening planetary boundaries. These outcomes have prompted growing calls for more inclusive and sustainable forms of capitalism, leading to the emergence of the concept of Inclusive Capitalism. Inclusive Capitalism seeks to reconcile profit-making with broader societal goals such as environmental stewardship, social justice and economic inclusion. However, its very emergence implies a failure of traditional neoliberal capitalism to deliver on its promises of inclusivity and prosperity. The push for Inclusive Capitalism thus reflects a growing recognition of capitalism's contradictions and the need to rethink how value is defined, measured and distributed.

Appel publié par Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Historical and Conceptual Foundations: How has capitalism been historically conceptualised and what role has accounting played in shaping the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion in capitalist systems?
• Accounting and the Language of Inclusion: How is capitalism linguistically constructed in corporate reports, policy documents, and the media? Why and how has the term 'capital' become associated more with financial capital than other forms of capital (natural, social, human, intellectual) and what are the implications of this? How do metaphors and anthropomorphic representations influence perceptions of accounting's role?
• Accounting and Technology: How are emerging technologies shaping accounting practices that either widen or narrow inclusion? How might they entrench exclusion, concentrate power, or reinforce surveillance logics within capitalist systems? How is capitalism represented and contested in digital platforms and social media?
• Critical Perspectives: How do accounting practices reflect and reproduce capitalist logics? What are the tensions between accountability, transparency, and inclusion in capitalist enterprises? Can alternative frameworks (e.g., feminist, indigenous, or social accounting) challenge dominant paradigms?
• Institutional and Policy Dimensions: How can governments, regulators, and standard-setters use accounting to promote more inclusive and responsible capitalism? What are the implications of developments such as integrated reporting, sustainability standards, and ESG metrics?
• Religion, Culture and Norms: How do religious organisations, cultural traditions and societal norms shape accounting practices and in what way do these practices create pathways that can support financial and social inclusion, or, conversely, undermine such goals?
• Management Accounting Practices: How can management accounting systems incorporate multi-capital perspectives? What role do incentive structures and performance measurement play? How do managers change the way they think and act to reflect more integrated and inclusive ways of thinking about value creation?

Timeline

• May 20, 2026: Abstract Deadline for Workshop
• June 5, 2026: Notification of Acceptance for Workshop
• July 7, 2026: Workshop date in Bergamo, Italy
• November 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• January 31, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Stefano Bresciani, University of Torino

Jawad Abbas, James Cook University

Fauzia Jabeen, Abu Dhabi University

Technological advancements require entrepreneurial firms to strategically develop digital capabilities to enhance their competitiveness, innovation capacity, and sustainable performance. This collection seeks to explore how such firms build digital capabilities to improve their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance while addressing challenges in integrating digital solutions for sustainability.

The collection recognizes that entrepreneurial ventures, characterized by innovation and agility, play a critical role in advancing digital-driven sustainable business practices. Improved ESG performance is essential for managing environmental and social risks, enhancing corporate reputation, and meeting stakeholder expectations regarding ethical and responsible business conduct. The collection welcomes experimental, conceptual, theoretical, and empirical studies that examine the intersection of digital capabilities and ESG performance in entrepreneurial firms, illuminate obstacles, and propose practical solutions.

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

Potential topics

• How do entrepreneurial ventures define and measure ESG performance in the digital era? What critical digital capabilities contribute to their improved ESG performance?
• What challenges do entrepreneurial firms face in integrating digital solutions to enhance environmental sustainability? What could be the best practices for tackling those challenges?
• What are the possible learning mechanisms and knowledge-sharing processes within entrepreneurial ecosystems that could foster development of digital capabilities for ESG goals?
• What roles do leadership and organizational culture play in fostering digital capabilities for superior ESG performance in entrepreneurial firms?
• How can entrepreneurial firms effectively utilize digital technologies to measure and improve their environmental performance within ESG frameworks?
• How can digital capabilities be harnessed to address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenges in entrepreneurial firms, contributing to improved social sustainability?
• How do digitalization efforts impact the governance structures of entrepreneurial firms in the context of sustainability? What actions could be taken to improve it?
• To what extent do regulatory frameworks influence the adoption of digital strategies for ESG compliance in entrepreneurial settings?
• How do digital technologies facilitate transparency and accountability in ESG reporting for entrepreneurial firms?
• How can entrepreneurial firms balance profitability goals with sustainable practices through digital transformations? Under this scenario, which opportunities and challenges could arise?
• What lessons can we learn from recent, real-world cases that showcase the impact of digital capabilities on ESG performance in different industries, particularly entrepreneurial firms, and how can new guidelines lead toward improved ESG performance?

Timeline

• Invalid DateTime: Submission deadline

Diego Matricano, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

This multi-journal collection brings together cross-disciplinary research on entrepreneurship and its role in shaping the future. It welcomes contributions from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who examine entrepreneurship as a means to tackle significant global challenges and understand how entrepreneurial activities create expected and realized changes across different contexts.

Papers in this collection analyze entrepreneurship at multiple levels of analysis—from individual and organizational (micro) to industry and regional (meso) to national and global (macro)—to explore how entrepreneurship can drive positive transformation and address contemporary issues.

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

Potential topics

• Entrepreneurship as a mechanism for addressing global issues
• Impact of entrepreneurship on future development
• Micro, meso, and macro levels of entrepreneurial analysis
• Expected and realized changes in entrepreneurship phenomena
• Implications of entrepreneurship for society and economy

Timeline

• Invalid DateTime: Submission 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

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

Timeline

• March 31, 2027: Full paper submission deadline

Appel publié par Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• November 30, 2026: Submission deadline

Appel publié par Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• March 1, 2027: Full paper submission deadline

Appel publié par Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

This special issue focuses on the critical challenge of decarbonizing transport through the development and implementation of multimodal transportation systems. Multimodal transport integration represents a key strategy for achieving substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and improving overall sustainability in the transportation sector.

Appel publié par Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Integration of multiple transport modes to reduce carbon emissions
• Sustainable mobility solutions and transitions
• Life cycle assessment of multimodal transport systems
• Policy frameworks for decarbonizing transport
• Technology and infrastructure innovations for multimodal systems
• Behavioral and social aspects of multimodal transport adoption
• Urban and regional planning for sustainable transport
• Electric and alternative fuel vehicles in multimodal networks

This special issue focuses on how process industries can achieve ecological transformation through innovative organizational approaches and production methods. The collection seeks research examining both collaborative mechanisms between organizations and internal innovation strategies that drive sustainability in sectors like chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and other resource-intensive manufacturing.

The special issue welcomes contributions exploring novel business models, technological innovations, and organizational practices that enable process industries to reduce environmental impact while maintaining economic viability. Research addressing how companies can develop and implement enhanced production solutions within this context is particularly encouraged.

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

Potential topics

• Eco-industrial transformation in process industries
• Inter-organizational innovation models
• Intra-organizational innovation models
• Sustainable production solutions
• Industrial ecology and symbiosis
• Process industry sustainability

Timeline

• November 15, 2026: Submission deadline

Appel publié par Computers & Industrial Engineering. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

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

Timeline

• January 3, 2027: Submission deadline

Appel publié par Long Range Planning. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• August 31, 2026: Submission deadline

This special issue focuses on the intersection of sustainable maritime transportation and artificial intelligence technologies. Maritime transportation plays a crucial role in global commerce and logistics, accounting for a significant portion of international trade. However, the shipping industry faces considerable environmental challenges, including greenhouse gas emissions, fuel consumption, and pollution. Artificial intelligence and machine learning offer promising opportunities to address these sustainability challenges while improving operational efficiency.

The special issue welcomes contributions that explore innovative AI-based solutions for enhancing sustainability in maritime transportation. This includes research on optimizing vessel performance, reducing carbon footprints, improving safety protocols, and developing intelligent systems for port and logistics management. We are particularly interested in studies that demonstrate practical applications of AI technologies in real-world maritime contexts.

Appel publié par Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• AI and machine learning applications in maritime transportation
• Optimization of shipping routes and fuel efficiency
• Autonomous vessels and maritime automation
• Environmental impact assessment and emissions reduction
• Port operations and logistics optimization
• Maritime safety and risk management
• Data analytics for sustainable shipping
• Integration of renewable energy in maritime transport
• Smart navigation systems
• Digitalization of maritime supply chains

Timeline

• October 1, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

Appel publié par Industrial Marketing Management. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• November 1, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

This special issue focuses on the intersection of transportation systems and ecological processes. It addresses the complex relationships between human mobility, infrastructure development, and natural ecosystems, examining both the negative impacts of transportation on biodiversity and environmental quality, as well as solutions that balance transportation needs with ecological conservation.

Appel publié par Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Ecological impacts of transportation systems
• Wildlife-vehicle interactions and habitat fragmentation
• Air and water pollution from transportation
• Noise pollution and ecosystem effects
• Climate change impacts of transportation
• Sustainable transportation and biodiversity conservation
• Urban ecology and transportation planning
• Green infrastructure for transportation corridors
• Restoration ecology in transportation contexts
• Transportation policy and environmental management

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

Jan C. Fransoo, Tilburg University

Dorothee Honhon, University of Texas at Dallas

Appel publié par Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Waste in food, apparel and electronics retail
• Labor conditions in stores and delivery operations
• Carbon emissions generated by highly responsive online or on-demand retail operations
• The role of retail stores in the livability of rural communities
• The presence of food deserts and food banks in low-income urban communities
• The subsistence role of retail stores in developing countries and communities
• Data privacy concerns such as face recognition in stores or data tracking online

Timeline

• January 1, 2025: Deadline for confidential extended abstract scope check submissions
• August 1, 2025: Deadline for submissions
• November 1, 2025: First-round decisions and feedback
• May 1, 2026: Second-round submission for papers invited to revise
• September 1, 2026: Final decisions subject to minor revisions

Yasser Dessouky, San Jose State University

Masood Fathi, University of Skövde

Taha Arbaoui, INSA Lyon

Khaled Hadj-Hamou, INSA Lyon

Ming-Lang Tseng, Asia University

This special issue addresses the critical challenge of transitioning manufacturing to net-zero operations by integrating circular economy principles with smart production technologies. The issue seeks research on how organizations can move from sustainability commitments to practical implementation strategies that reduce emissions, minimize waste, and create climate-neutral industrial systems.

The collection welcomes original research, case studies, and reviews that demonstrate emerging technologies and system-wide transformation frameworks. Topics range from Industry 4.0 applications and AI-driven optimization to supply chain decarbonization, renewable energy integration, and the role of regulatory policies in driving sustainable manufacturing practices.

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

Potential topics

• Closed-loop supply chains and waste reduction initiatives for low-carbon and climate-resilient manufacturing
• Industry 4.0-enabled smart operations for net-zero manufacturing transformation
• Life-cycle assessment of sustainable manufacturing processes
• AI-driven optimization for energy-efficient production
• Big data analytics and decision support for carbon footprint reduction
• Renewable energy integration into industrial production systems
• Electrification of industrial processes for carbon neutrality
• AI-powered energy forecasting and optimization in manufacturing
• The impact of carbon pricing and regulatory policies on production systems
• Economic incentives and financial mechanisms for green manufacturing
• Cross-sectoral collaboration for achieving net-zero industry goals
• Policy-driven roadmaps for industrial decarbonization
• Multi-criteria decision-making for net-zero manufacturing strategy development

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Manuscript submission deadline

Raymond Rastegar, Griffith University

Rami K. Isaac, Bethlehem University

Andrew Mzembe, Breda University of Applied Sciences

Lisa Ruhanen, The University of Queensland

The tourism sector faces profound sustainability challenges including climate crises, socioeconomic inequalities, and biodiversity loss. While green transitions and net-zero initiatives have gained prominence, they often remain focused on technical solutions rather than addressing the political dimensions of change. This special issue seeks work that critically examines who benefits from transitions, who bears the burdens, and whose voices are included in governance processes.

The special issue advances the concept of Just Sustainability Transition (JST) to move beyond narrow carbon and labour-focused agendas toward interrogating fundamental questions about power, equity, and historical context. It recognizes that sustainability transitions in tourism are embedded in structural inequalities and shaped by global power asymmetries. The issue welcomes theoretical, conceptual, and empirical contributions using intersectional, decolonial, ecological, feminist, Indigenous, and multispecies justice perspectives to illuminate tensions and transformative potentials in sectoral transitions.

Appel publié par Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Governance frameworks and institutional innovations for embedding justice in tourism transitions
• Power, agency, and the role of private and public actors in driving (or resisting) transitions
• Just sustainability transition imaginaries and realities across geographies: Global South and Global North perspectives
• Intermediaries, social movements, labour unions and civil society in shaping justice-oriented transitions
• Tourism workers' rights, precarity, and vulnerability in the context of transition
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation through the lens of climate justice
• Multispecies justice and posthuman perspectives in sustainable tourism
• Gender justice and intersectionality in transition governance
• Island and Indigenous tourism economies: toward self-determined transition pathways
• Transition tourism: exploring new business models and regenerative alternatives
• Methodologies for researching justice in sustainability transitions
• Temporality and just transitions

Timeline

• February 20, 2026: Abstract deadline
• September 30, 2026: Manuscript deadline

Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Zhejiang University

International organizations have implemented regulations requiring decarbonization of transportation and logistics industries. The special issue addresses net-zero emissions implementation through multimodal transport networks, where major cargo owners and stakeholders have committed to zero-emission transportation. AI and big data technologies are identified as catalysts for digital transformation and carbon reduction optimization.

The special issue aims to fill research gaps concerning net-zero pathway implementation, particularly around three key challenges: direct emissions reduction, higher capital and operating costs for green technologies, and establishing sustainable green energy supply chains. The collection seeks comprehensive and integrated approaches to enable logistics and transportation industries to achieve carbon reduction and multimodal network sustainability.

Researchers are invited to explore how AI, digitalization, new technologies, and policy mechanisms can support decarbonization. The special issue targets the research community and practitioners in transport, logistics, and supply chains to provide managerial insights and expand literature on net-zero pathways.

Appel publié par International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Decarbonization pathways for transport and logistics services
• Zero-emission freight transport
• Decarbonization and digitalization in transport and logistics services
• Application of AI & big data for decarbonization
• Green shipping and digital corridors
• Green transport and logistics models
• Green fuel supply chains, comprising supply, transport, and storage
• Green energy transitions in smart cities
• Sustainable procurement for net-zero transitions
• Regenerative supply chain design and resilient networks
• Electrification of transport fleets and charging infrastructure challenges
• Policy, regulation, and carbon pricing impacts on logistics decarbonisation
• Safety and environmental monitoring

Timeline

• Invalid DateTime: Paper proposal submission deadline
• April 30, 2027: Manuscript deadline

Associate editors

• Kai-Chieh Hu, Soochow University
• Kyoung-Suk Choi, Jeonbuk National University

Eunju Ko, Yonsei University

Teresa Sádaba, ISEM Fashion Business School, Universidad de Navarra

Carmen Valor, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

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

Potential topics

• How can influencers disclose data-driven targeting practices while preserving transparency and trust?
• How do AI-generated avatars and human influencers co-create content, and what balance sustains authenticity and aspiration?
• In what ways does AI-enabled personalization enhance luxury advertising without undermining exclusivity and symbolic value?
• How do AI-powered influencers and proliferating collaborations shape consumer trust, differentiation, and purchase decisions?
• How do platform-specific affordances (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, WeChat) shape storytelling, authenticity cues, and parasocial ties?
• How do different types of influencers (celebrity, micro, virtual, AI-generated) shape perceptions of authenticity, aspiration, and brand legitimacy?
• In what ways does the proliferation of influencer collaborations affect consumer trust, attention, and differentiation in luxury markets?
• How do AI-powered tools for influencer identification, personalization, and content creation alter the dynamics of luxury influence?
• How do influencers interact with broader institutional forces, such as regulation, ethics, and sustainability expectations?
• Under what conditions do sustainable luxury communications operate effectively, and why?
• How do sustainable advertising strategies influence consumers beyond purchase—shaping post-purchase satisfaction, long-term loyalty, and lifestyle adoption?
• How can luxury advertising integrate sustainability (e.g., recycled materials, fair labor) without diluting aspirational value?
• Which execution formats (storytelling, branded content, live events, influencer collaborations) most effectively balance marketing and societal objectives?
• How can luxury brands use communication to encourage minimalist consumption ('buy less but better') while maintaining aspiration and desirability?

Timeline

• August 31, 2026: Manuscript submission deadline for direct submissions to the International Journal of Advertising

Kacy Kim, Bryant University

Junghoon Moon, Seoul National University

Lamberto Zollo, University of Milan

Riccardo Rialti, University of Siena

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

Potential topics

• Sustainability and pro-social appeals in food advertising (e.g., eco-friendly packaging, plant-based diets, food waste reduction)
• AI and digitalization in food advertising (e.g., personalization, predictive analytics for targeting, generative AI in creative production, AI–human collaboration)
• Virtual influencers and AI-driven brand ambassadors
• Algorithmic bias, fairness, and inclusivity in AI-powered targeting
• Data privacy, trust, and consumer acceptance of AI-driven food advertising
• Influencer and social media advertising (e.g., Mukbang, celebrity chefs, and co-creation, live-stream commerce)
• Immersive and experiential food advertising (e.g., AR/VR tasting, hybrid in-store activations, branded pop-ups)
• Sensory and symbolic persuasion (e.g., ASMR, soundscapes, anthropomorphism, emojis, playful cues)
• Consumer behavior and psychology in food advertising
• Consumer identity, culture, and lifestyle in food advertising (e.g., dietary regimes, cultural and religious values)
• Aspirational and status signaling in food advertising (e.g., luxury foods, fine wines, gourmet products)
• Consumer response to nutritional labeling (e.g., interpretation of health claims, wellness framing, and persuasive effects)
• Ethics, responsibility, and transparency in food advertising (e.g., trust, greenwashing, health-washing, targeting vulnerable consumers)
• Regulatory issues in food advertising (e.g., advertising to children, health and sustainability claims)
• Advertising strategy and effectiveness
• Cross-cultural and global perspectives in food advertising

Timeline

• July 1, 2026: Direct submission window opens
• August 31, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

Elizabeth Couzineau-Zegwaard, PPA Business School

Nathalie Fabbe-Costes, Aix-Marseille Université

Olivier Meier, Université Paris-Est Créteil

This special issue examines how supply chains are being transformed by regulatory pressures and sustainability imperatives. The convergence of resource scarcity, climate urgency, and increasingly stringent European regulations—including CSRD, CSDDD, and the Digital Product Passport—requires companies to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance into their supply chain strategies. However, this integration raises significant methodological and operational challenges around impact measurement, traceability, and inter-organizational coordination.

The call seeks contributions exploring the tensions and synergies between extra-financial performance requirements and supply chain management from academic, regulatory, and managerial perspectives. Recent regulatory uncertainty, including the proposed Omnibus simplification package, creates new research questions around regulatory path dependency, stranded costs, and the trade-offs between anticipatory compliance and operational greenwashing versus greenhushing strategies.

Appel publié par Logistique & Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Sustainable regulations and supply chain management strategies: impacts of CSRD, CSDDD, and European taxonomy on supply chain structuring and logistics choices (relocation, supplier diversification), integration of ESRS in extra-financial reporting, compliance tools and methodologies
• Circular economy and innovation: circular business models (reuse, repair, recycling), eco-design levers, contribution of digital technologies (blockchain, AI, IoT) to transition toward more sustainable or regenerative supply chains
• Measurement, transparency and risks: impact assessment indicators and methodologies (Scope 3, biodiversity, human rights), comparative uses of GRI, SASB and ESRS frameworks, identification of greenwashing signals and best practices for credibilizing ESG commitments, disclosure strategy for objectives versus results in supply chain extra-financial performance
• Extra-financial performance measurement and supply chain management: impact of extra-financial performance measurement on supply chain design and decisions, trade-offs between cost control, profitability and value creation beyond financial returns, does work on measuring and improving extra-financial performance stimulate logistics innovations?

Timeline

• November 15, 2026: Manuscript submission deadline

Kalliopi Chatzipanagiotou, University of Glasgow

Achilleas Boukis, University of Birmingham

George Christodoulides, American University of Sharjah

Raffaele Filieri, Audencia Business School

The luxury tourism sector is experiencing rapid growth, yet scholarship has largely concentrated on economic dimensions while neglecting sustainability, social, and ethical concerns. Despite increasing attention to the relationship between sustainability and luxury, fundamental questions remain about what sustainable luxury means given the inherent tension between exclusivity and responsible resource use, and whether consumers' sustainability concerns translate into actual purchasing decisions or involve meaningful trade-offs.

Current discourse overlooks local communities and workers, revealing gaps in understanding social inequality and how luxury tourism might support regenerative development. The sector often amplifies inequalities through exclusive enclaves that place burdens on local ecosystems and labor. Technological innovations like artificial intelligence and virtual reality further complicate this landscape by raising questions about authenticity, cultural representation, and access equity, while robust assessment methods for environmental and social impacts remain lacking.

Appel publié par Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Designing and conceptualizing sustainable luxury tourism experiences
• Luxury tourism consumption practices and sustainable behaviors
• Emerging forms of luxury tourism through a sustainability lens
• Cultural authenticity and heritage in sustainable luxury experiences
• Personalization, exclusivity, and sustainability tensions in luxury tourism
• Storytelling, experience design, and sustainability communication
• The environmental and social "dark sides" of luxury tourism
• Local communities, inclusion, and social value creation in sustainable luxury tourism
• Labor practices and working conditions in sustainable luxury hospitality
• Destination branding, image, and sustainable luxury positioning
• Stakeholder collaboration and governance in sustainable luxury tourism
• Sustainable luxury within tourism ecosystems and power dynamics

Timeline

• November 1, 2026: Abstract deadline
• May 31, 2027: Manuscript deadline

The global food system is undergoing profound transformation driven by growing concerns about climate change, biodiversity loss, animal welfare, public health, and the long-term sustainability of livestock-based production models. Against this backdrop, alternative proteins, including cultured meat, plant-based meat analogues, insect-based products and novel dairy substitutes, have emerged as promising pathways for addressing environmental pressures while meeting evolving consumer expectations for ethical, healthy and sustainable diets. Although consumer research on these products has expanded rapidly, a comprehensive understanding of how alternative proteins reshape the broader agrifood system remains limited. Existing studies often address consumption, production, regulation, and socio-cultural dynamics in isolation, leaving significant knowledge gaps regarding value-chain restructuring, producer adoption, economic feasibility, and governance.

Appel publié par British Food Journal. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Consumer acceptance, preferences, and willingness to pay for alternative meats and dairy products
• Farm-level decision-making and economic feasibility of adopting alternative-protein production systems
• Sustainability, environmental and life-cycle assessments of alternative protein supply chains
• Regulatory frameworks, certification, labelling, and standards for emerging protein products
• Cultural, ethical, and societal narratives shaping acceptance and legitimacy
• Communication, trust-building, and transparency strategies across the supply chain

Timeline

• November 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscript submissions

Florian Becker-Ritterspach, HTW Berlin

Raghda El Ebrashi, German International University (Cairo)

Jasper Hotho, Copenhagen Business School

Environmental degradation has become an urgent global concern, with emerging and developing economies facing a particularly complex set of challenges. While many of these countries are rapidly industrializing and increasingly integrated into global value chains, they often lack the regulatory infrastructures, institutional capacity, and enforcement mechanisms necessary to ensure environmentally responsible economic activity. These so-called environmental institutional voids amplify the negative externalities of business operations, threatening both ecological integrity and long-term development prospects.

Appel publié par Critical perspectives on international business. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Defining and conceptualizing environmental institutional voids in emerging markets, and assessing how these voids impact environmental outcomes and corporate behavior. What constitutes an "environmental" institutional void, and how do formal and informal institutions interact to exacerbate or mitigate negative externalities of business operations
• Examining how firms strategically respond to institutional voids to achieve environmental objectives, including circumventing strategies (bypassing institutional deficiencies), coping mechanisms (adapting to challenges in the absence of robust institutions), and compensating actions (offsetting negative environmental impacts when formal governance is lacking)
• Investigating the influence of multinational enterprises in host countries with weak environmental institutions. How do MNEs transfer environmental standards and best practices from developed to emerging markets, and with what effects? In what ways can MNEs act as catalysts for improved local environmental governance or institutional change?
• Investigating the emergence of environmental or "green" innovation in contexts of institutional voids. When formal support or infrastructure is lacking, how do companies and entrepreneurs innovate to solve environmental problems? Topics may include frugal innovation, social innovation partnerships, and novel business models that address institutional gaps
• Analyzing how institutional voids influence the transition towards sustainability (such as shifts to low-carbon energy, circular economy, or sustainable agriculture) in emerging markets. How actors adapt business models to propel sustainability transitions despite voids
• Exploring how state actors in emerging markets influence the persistence or reduction of environmental institutional voids. How different state configurations enable or constrain MNEs in implementing robust environmental strategies and how tensions between national sovereignty and transnational environmental standards shape corporate practices
• Identifying public policy frameworks and collaborative approaches that can help close environmental institutional voids. What roles can governments, international organizations, and civil society play in partnership with business to strengthen environmental governance?

Timeline

• January 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• September 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

This special issue aims to advance scholarly knowledge on how multinational enterprises (MNEs) form international partnerships to create social value. Research in multinational business scholarship has examined the international activities of MNEs in addressing the broader sustainability agenda. However, there remains limited understanding of the specific challenges, tensions, and opportunities MNEs face when engaging in multi-stakeholder international partnerships for social value creation. Given the increasing centrality of such partnerships in global sustainability efforts, addressing this gap is both timely and important. The motivation for this special issue is to advance new theoretical and empirical knowledge into how MNEs' international partnerships enable social value creation.

Appel publié par Multinational Business Review. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Which types of societal problems (e.g., poverty, food insecurity, public health) are best addressed through MNEs' international partnerships, and which forms of partnerships are most effective in tackling these problems and generating social value?
• How do MNEs' international and domestic partnerships create value for multiple stakeholders and communities?
• Under what circumstances do MNEs' international partnerships produce unequal social outcomes, and what social benefits—such as enhanced legitimacy—do they provide to participating firms?
• Are there limits to the types of social challenges that MNEs' international partnerships, or specific forms of such partnership, can effectively address?
• What inter-partner challenges arise in pursuing social value creation across cross-border settings, and how can these challenges be effectively managed?
• What internal and external drivers motivate MNEs to establish international partnerships for social value creation, and what are the boundary conditions that determine the effectiveness of these partnerships?
• Which dynamic capabilities are necessary for social value creation that can be developed through, or leveraged in, international partnerships, and how do these capabilities vary across different partnership types (e.g., equity vs. non-equity alliances, horizontal vs. vertical social alliances, and international joint ventures)?
• How can social purpose be integrated in MNEs' upstream (e.g., production) and downstream (e.g., marketing) value chain activities, and what roles do value-chain partners play, including the associated challenges and opportunities, in this process?
• What are the nature and consequences of institutional frictions that arise in social value creation through MNEs' international partnerships, and how can these challenges be effectively addressed?
• What roles do home and host market institutions play in facilitating MNEs' international partnerships for social value creation?
• What industry- or country-specific factors influence MNEs' multi-partner and cross-border social alliances?
• In the context of international partnerships involving platform firms and digital ecosystems, what unique challenges and opportunities do multi-sided networks present for MNEs in creating social value?
• How do governance structures and decision-making processes in MNEs' international partnerships influence the trade-offs between economic and social value creation?

Timeline

• January 3, 2027: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• March 31, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Achieving net-zero targets poses significant challenges for economies, governments, and societies worldwide. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are central actors in this transition, both as developers and adopters of renewable energy and low-carbon technologies. As primary boundary spanners, they manage global value chains and partnerships across diverse institutional contexts and consumer markets. MNEs increasingly navigate a complex landscape of incentives, sanctions, and regulatory barriers that vary by sector, technology platform, country, and region. Politically motivated disruptions—including shifting tariff and non-tariff barriers and uneven low-carbon policies—compound these challenges, placing premium value on managerial capabilities.

Two emerging developments motivate this Special Issue. First, digital technologies offer new potential to enhance firm-level capabilities for coordinating and adapting cross-border networks, while reshaping competitive dynamics between incumbents, startups, and scale-ups. Second, China's ascendancy as both innovator and regulator—particularly in new energy technologies—and its growing geopolitical influence demand renewed scholarly attention.

Appel publié par Multinational Business Review. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Multinational enterprises
• Sustainability
• Circular economy
• Global value chains
• Digitalization
• Geopolitics
• Institutions
• China
• Emerging industries
• How do MNEs navigate and shape the complex policy and stakeholder landscape accelerating net-zero goals?
• What roles do digital technologies play in advancing sustainability and circularity, and what new complexities do they introduce?
• How do governance differences and regulatory regimes affect firms, sectors, and stakeholders differently?
• Are international innovation races helpful or harmful, and to what extent are they regionally demarcated?
• Do MNEs customize practices locally or transfer superior practices across regions, and with what strategic implications?

Timeline

• January 7, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• October 20, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

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

Many unprecedented developments over the past few years, such as geopolitical shocks, social upheavals, uncertainty over new technologies like AI, recurring natural disasters, and sustained uncertainty about climate change, have forced a rethink of a sustainable future. While parameters of change and transformations are themselves undergoing drastic changes in ways that were never expected, day-to-day survival strategies take precedence. As a result, there is growing concern about whether societies, organisations, communities and individuals can continue with the existing notions of a sustainable future.

New debates and discourses have kindled the need for reimagining ideas and perspectives of a sustainable future world. These discussions span a large domain of ideas, including organisational strategy formulation, stakeholder management, supply chain reconfiguration, organisational development, etc. Emerging literature signposts tough decisions, organisational anxieties, change management barriers, and possible solutions as organisations confront difficult and unprecedented organisational transformations.

Appel publié par Journal of Organizational Change Management. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Different perspectives on change management as an imperative for a sustainable future
• Sustainable, Responsible and Regenerative Business Model Innovation
• Organisational change strategy for a sustainable future in unprecedented macro environmental changes: risk, resilience and adaptation
• Challenges and issues of sustainable AI transformation
• Ecosystems, Cross-Sector Collaboration and Policy for Sustainable innovation and growth
• Supply chain expansion and organisational change for a sustainable future
• Developing Sustainable Marketing for Responsible Consumption and Production
• The role of organisations in supporting Social Dimensions of Sustainability
• The role of management education in fostering sustainable and responsible leadership practices
• The role of middle management and bottom-up initiatives in creating everyday sustainability
• Case studies in organisational change management for a sustainable future

Timeline

• May 28, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• January 31, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Social marketing has long been positioned as a discipline capable of improving societal wellbeing by applying marketing principles to influence behaviour in socially beneficial ways. Early contributions that imagined marketing being used beyond the commercial realm laid the foundation for the field's formal emergence in the early 1970s. Over the decades, social marketing has advanced its understanding of how to encourage and sustain behaviour change, yet the contemporary landscape presents challenges of a fundamentally different scale.

Increasing environmental degradation, climate instability, resource pressures, and persistent social inequities highlight the need for social marketing approaches capable of addressing system-wide issues. While behaviour remains a central concern, scholars have argued that meaningful progress requires attention to macro-level structures and the dynamic interactions among actors, networks, institutions, and infrastructures. Social marketing is therefore being called upon not merely to promote individual behaviour change, but to support the creation of sustainable futures through coordinated, multi-level forms of change.

Appel publié par European Journal of Marketing. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Critical reviews of social marketing's development and its relevance to sustainability
• Conceptual and theoretical contributions linking social marketing to sustainable futures
• Social marketing and its application to addressing environmental and social challenges
• Systems social marketing and multi-actor, multi-level approaches to sustainability
• Social marketing models and frameworks for climate action, circular economy, waste reduction, and resource stewardship
• Social marketing interventions promoting sustainable consumption and production
• Community-based social marketing and collective approaches to sustainable behaviour change
• Social marketing supporting policy development, institutional change, and governance for sustainability
• Ethical considerations in sustainability-focused social marketing, including autonomy, power, and representation
• Social marketing communication strategies for sustainability, including narrative, identity, and social norms
• Digital, AI-enabled, and technology-supported social marketing for sustainable behaviour change
• Segmentation and audience insight for sustainability-oriented social marketing
• Evaluation and measurement of social marketing's societal impact in sustainability contexts
• Social marketing applications in public health that intersect with sustainable futures
• Social marketing for prevention, long-term behaviour maintenance, and resilience-building
• Branding, value creation, and market-shaping activities within social marketing for sustainability
• Cross-cultural and international challenges in social marketing for sustainable futures

Timeline

• October 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

Umesh Sharma, University of Waikato

Chris Akroyd, University of Waikato

Yuki Guo, University of Auckland

Leanne Johnstone, Orebro University School of Business

This special issue seeks to advance understanding of how management accounting is evolving in response to digitalisation, sustainability challenges, and ongoing organisational transformation. In recent years, rapid technological developments—including data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital platforms—have fundamentally reshaped organisational information systems and decision-making processes. At the same time, organisations face increasing pressure to respond to climate change, environmental degradation, and broader socio-economic challenges. These developments are redefining expectations of management accounting, extending its role beyond traditional financial control toward supporting sustainable value creation and long-term organisational resilience.

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

• Digitalisation, analytics, and AI in management accounting
• Sustainability, Environment, Social and Governance, and its implications for management accountants
• New planning models - beyond budgeting and adaptive control
• Accounting for strategy, value creation, and business model transformation
• Platforms, ecosystems, and interorganisational control
• Behavioural and cultural transformation
• The changing role of management accounts
• Governance, ethics, and the politics of measurement
• Accounting change in the public sector, health, education, and social purpose organisations
• Risk, resilience, and crisis-driven transformation
• Emerging economies, indigenous contexts, and local forms of accounting and control
• Methods for studying transformation

Timeline

• November 1, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• March 1, 2027: Closing date for manuscripts submission

This special issue advances interdisciplinary understanding of well-being in B2B marketing. It examines how well-being reshapes value creation, inter-organizational relationships, and sustainable business practices. Despite growing interest in individual-level well-being (e.g., salesperson burnout), B2B marketing lacks integrative frameworks examining well-being across inter-organizational networks. The special issue aims to develop a holistic and sustainability-oriented perspective on well-being within B2B markets.

Appel publié par Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing. Lire l'appel complet sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Well-being and inter-organizational trust
• Salesperson mental health and relational resilience
• Governance, ESG and well-being integration
• Network stability and ecosystem well-being
• Servitisation and sustainable value co-creation
• Measurement of well-being beyond financial KPIs
• Interdisciplinary frameworks for B2B well-being

Timeline

• March 31, 2026: Opening date
• September 30, 2026: Closing date