Christoph Teller, Johannes Kepler University Linz

This special issue examines how retail is being transformed by technology while questioning whether human-centred principles remain central. Building on Levitt's marketing myopia concept, it seeks research exploring how trust, experience, emotion and social interaction can be preserved within digitized retail environments.

The issue welcomes both conceptual and empirical research on retail transformation across physical, digital and hybrid contexts, with emphasis on human-centred approaches, AI integration, service innovation and societal value creation. Submissions must demonstrate strong theoretical grounding and broader relevance to international retail scholarship rather than narrow local focus.

Contributions should address practical implications for retailers and policymakers, maintain methodological rigor and originality, and avoid excessive reliance on generative AI. The issue welcomes diverse methodological approaches and aims to provide insights into retail's future role in society and consumer life.

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

Potential topics

• Human-centred retailing and service systems
• AI and automation in retail environments
• Customer experience and experiential retailing
• Trust, authenticity and social interaction in retail
• Retail employee wellbeing and frontline dynamics
• Platformisation and digital retail ecosystems
• Ethical implications of retail technologies
• Smart retailing and human–technology interaction
• Consumer behaviour in digitally mediated environments
• Retail spaces as community and social infrastructure
• Sustainable and responsible retail innovation
• Omnichannel and hybrid retail experiences
• Emotional engagement and customer deviance
• Retail resilience and adaptive business models
• Future retail scenarios and societal transformation

Timeline

• July 9, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• November 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

This special issue in Public Health examines the intersection of addiction and technology, exploring how technological developments and digital platforms relate to addictive behaviors and substance use disorders.

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

Timeline

• September 1, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue examines how emerging technologies are transforming public transport systems and affecting passenger satisfaction. It seeks research investigating the relationship between technological innovations and users' experiences with transit services, including digital solutions, smart mobility systems, and other technological advancements reshaping the transportation landscape.

Appel publié par Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Impact of emerging technologies on public transport user satisfaction
• Digital innovations in transportation systems
• Technology adoption in transit services
• User experience and satisfaction in modern public transport
• Smart mobility solutions and passenger perception

Timeline

• June 10, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue examines how emerging digital realities are reshaping social, cultural, behavioral, and business landscapes as we enter an omni-universe era. The collection seeks research addressing the transformations and evolutions occurring across these dimensions in response to technological advancement and increasingly interconnected digital environments.

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

Timeline

• February 28, 2027: Submission deadline

This special issue explores the phenomenon of independent inventions occurring in the digital age, examining how localized technological innovations might contribute to global innovation ecosystems. The collection seeks to understand the mechanisms, drivers, and implications of parallel or simultaneous inventions emerging across different geographic regions and technological contexts in contemporary digital environments.

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

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Submission deadline

This special issue examines how technological innovation intersects with institutional structures and drives broader societal transformation, particularly amid periods of systemic uncertainty. The collection seeks to understand the complex relationships between technological advancement, institutional adaptation, and social change.

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

Timeline

• September 18, 2026: Submission deadline

Reem Khamis Hamdan, The University College of Bahrain

Marketing has evolved beyond economic value creation to encompass broader social impacts, particularly as digital technologies like artificial intelligence and big data become deeply embedded in society. These advancements enable marketing strategies that influence not only consumer behavior but also societal values and well-being, raising critical questions about ethical implications and power dynamics that remain underexplored in academic literature.

This special issue invites research examining how strategic marketing enabled by technology reshapes society and the accompanying ethical and power concerns. The editors seek both theoretical and empirical contributions that illuminate the relationship between marketing strategies and society, with particular emphasis on ethical issues, power imbalances, and societal consequences of marketing in digital environments.

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

Potential topics

• Ethical concerns of AI marketing
• Bias and fairness of marketing algorithms
• Digital surveillance and the privacy of consumers
• Power relations and manipulation of consumers by digital marketing
• Social responsibility of influencer marketing
• Mental health/well-being of consumers
• Multidisciplinary marketing and digital inequality
• Power of platforms over consumers
• Social responsibility of marketing and ESG
• Multidisciplinary marketing of brands
• Multidisciplinary marketing in vulnerable communities
• Multidisciplinary marketing of technology and the transformation of the identity of consumers
• Multidisciplinary marketing of the attention economy
• Multidisciplinary marketing strategies during social crises/uncertainty

Timeline

• October 26, 2026: Manuscript deadline

David G. Collings, Trinity College Dublin

Jason L. Huang, Michigan State University

Dongyuan Wu, Fudan University

Patrick E. Downes, University of Kansas

This special issue examines how artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital platforms fundamentally reshape talent management. Rather than treating technology as a support tool, it emphasizes technology as a central force that challenges traditional understandings of talent conceptualization, performance measurement, and value creation. The issue welcomes conceptual and empirical research on how technology influences talent identification, development, and deployment.

The call addresses three themes: how technology reshapes talent practices through AI-driven systems and remote work, ethical challenges such as bias and employee burnout, and the shift toward skills-based hiring. Organizations struggle to integrate technology into talent practices effectively and equitably, creating opportunities and risks that require scholarly attention.

Intended for human resource management and organizational behavior researchers and practitioners, this call seeks contributions advancing theoretical understanding of technology's role in modern talent systems while addressing practical concerns around implementation, ethics, and strategic coherence.

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

Potential topics

• How does technology reshape the nature of exceptional performance and how organizations define and measure high-performance and high-potential?
• What are the implications of technology for how individuals generate exceptional value in organizations?
• How does technology interact with employee KSAOs in the generation of exceptional value?
• How does technology alter the distribution and visibility of exceptional performance in organizations?
• What does agentic AI mean for the composition and performance of teams?
• Are traditional measures and understandings of high-potential still relevant in the context of emerging technological trends?
• How are companies using technology to shape talent-related expectations and outcomes?
• How do organizations design tech-enabled talent processes that shape the experiences of high-performing and high-potential employees?
• What role do digital tools play in fostering engagement, perceived justice, well-being, and retention of high-performing employees and individuals in pivotal roles?
• How do organizations adapt to ensure technological advancements enhance, rather than hinder, strategic talent strategies?
• How does technology reshape the role, authority, and activities of HR professionals in talent management?
• How can HR professionals play a leadership role and strike a balance between what technology can do and what technology should do in talent-related decision-making?
• How can organizations leverage AI and digital tools to reduce administrative burdens while improving talent outcomes?
• How do HR teams utilize efficiencies to focus on more strategic activities related to talent identification, development, and deployment?
• How can organizations manage the balance between technology and human judgment in talent management?
• How do companies integrate AI and automation without compromising the human aspects of leadership, decision-making, and talent evaluations?
• How does technology impact the emergence of expertise in organizations?
• How does technology impact the nature of performance distribution and the identification and management of critical roles in organizations?
• How can organizations transform their approaches to talent planning, attraction, and activation to address skill scarcity?
• What is the effectiveness of a skills-based hiring approach in recruiting talent for pivotal roles, and can rapid on-the-job training and reskilling better fill talent gaps?
• How do companies navigate skill gaps and talent reskilling in fast-changing industries?
• How does technology facilitate internal mobility and the dynamic recomposition of capabilities over time?
• How can digital platforms and algorithmic management enhance visibility into employees' skills and career aspirations?
• How can companies create and better utilize internal talent marketplaces to support career transitions and the allocation of talent to critical roles?
• What role does technology play in skills matching and identifying development pathways for high-potential employees in organizations?
• How can organizations effectively manage hybrid and nonstandard work arrangements as part of broader talent systems?
• What role does technology play in managing dispersed teams, ensuring productivity, and fostering collaboration among strategically valuable contributors?
• What challenges arise from integrating different employment models, and how can organizations optimize the experience and retention of talent across organizational boundaries?
• How can organizations ensure that talent continues to support the development of colleagues through knowledge transfer and mentoring in dispersed work contexts?
• How can organizations create talent systems that support experimentation with new tools and processes?
• What cultural and leadership factors influence an organization's ability to adapt to technological change in talent-related practices?
• How can businesses cultivate a mindset of continuous improvement and openness to innovation rather than resistance to change?
• How can organizations ensure that technology-enabled talent management promotes fairness, transparency, and inclusion while safeguarding ethical standards?
• How do organizations mitigate the potential that technology introduces bias into talent management, and how can organizations mitigate these risks?
• How can HR leverage AI and data analytics to drive more equitable talent identification, development, and deployment practices?
• How can organizations safeguard ethical principles related to privacy, transparency, data security, and algorithmic accountability in talent decisions?

Timeline

• March 1, 2027: Submission window opens
• March 31, 2027: Submission deadline

Cristina Mele, University of Naples Federico II

Francesco Polese, University of Salerno

Jim Spohrer, International Society of Service Innovation Professionals

Bård Tronvoll, Karlstad University

This topical collection addresses how service research must evolve in response to digital transformation and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, the internet of Things, and blockchain. The collection examines how technology enables value co-creation among diverse actors and shapes service ecosystems where human and non-human participants interact.

The collection invites research exploring how technological advances create market emergence, institutional change, and new service platforms. It welcomes original contributions from diverse methodological approaches including conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative studies, case studies, and position papers that advance understanding of service dynamics in digitally transformed contexts.

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

Potential topics

• Service research and digital transformation
• Human-machine interactions and robots in value co-creation
• Technologies as enablers of market emergence and transformation
• Technologies and market shaping and market viability
• Phygital customer journey and metaverses
• Service research in complex industry settings (e.g., Industry 4.0)
• Business models to manage networks and service systems
• Emergence and institutionalization in service eco-systems
• Application of service-dominant logic to networks and markets
• Advances in combining network theory and service science

Timeline

• Invalid DateTime: Submission deadline

Appel publié par Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• February 28, 2027: Full paper submission deadline

This special issue examines how collaboration between public, private, and civic sectors is reshaping government operations and services. The collection seeks to understand the mechanisms and impacts of cross-sector partnerships in the context of government modernization and technological innovation.

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

Potential topics

• Public-private collaboration
• Civic collaboration
• Government transformation
• GovTech

Timeline

• November 1, 2026: Submission deadline

Appel publié par Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Full paper submission deadline

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

Timeline

• December 31, 2026: Submission deadline

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

Timeline

• April 30, 2027: Submission deadline

Victoria-Sophie Osburg, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Dina Khalifa, Regent's University London

Jonas Holmqvist, KEDGE Business School Bordeaux

Vignesh Yoganathan, Aston University

The concept of luxury is undergoing significant changes in the digital age, merging traditional ideas of exclusivity and craftsmanship with innovative digital experiences. Technology increasingly influences our daily lives as luxury brands increasingly apply digital tools to enhance the customer experience, reshaping the luxury markets and fundamentally altering how luxury is perceived, experienced, and consumed. Additionally, changing societal norms and consumer expectations require luxury brands to engage in new ways, such as through brand activism. This transformation impacts how luxury brands connect with consumers and deliver value.

Virtual contact points are increasingly replacing or supplementing human interactions, providing personalized and seamless experiences. Consumers can now display their luxury consumption on social media and explore and interact with luxury products through immersive virtual experiences, such as digital flagship stores, which blur the lines between physical and digital realms. Furthermore, digital technologies enable unprecedented levels of personalization.

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

• Drivers of consumer adoption of technological solutions in luxury markets
• The evolving understanding of luxury among consumers in the digital age
• The impact of digital technologies on luxury value perceptions and consumer experiences
• Consumers' preferences and needs regarding the joint implementation of technology and a human touch in luxury consumption
• Consumer reactions to virtual luxury goods and experiences
• Consumer agency and engagement in luxury through digital tools
• Tensions that consumers face when brands integrate luxury with technology
• Luxury brands' opportunities to navigate technological innovation while maintaining brand heritage
• Managing the paradox of the ephemerality of technology with the permanence of luxury brand identity
• The role of social media and influencers in shaping digital luxury consumption, including virtual influencers
• The integration of physical and digital luxury experiences in omnichannel strategies
• Consumers' ethical considerations in virtual luxury markets, including sustainability, traceability, and inclusivity
• Generational differences in the adoption of digital luxury experiences and how luxury brands can cater to cross-generational consumer needs

Timeline

• March 6, 2026: Opening date for manuscripts submissions
• November 30, 2026: Closing date for manuscripts submission

India at the intersection of global commerce, technological capabilities, and cultural dynamics presents a unique context for strategic information systems research. This special issue seeks to explore how organizations in India are navigating rapid technological acceleration while maintaining distinct commercial practices and cultural values.

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

Potential topics

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