Calls for papers

Africa

• Human Resource Management (HRM) and Management in Island Settings – University of French Polynesia and Other Institutions – Abstract Deadline: November 29, 2026

  Posted online on October 16, 2026

  Calenda Ad 1,438,486 (excerpts)

  Island territories present unique challenges for human resource management (HRM) and leadership. Remoteness, limited labor markets, the often-central role of the public sector, cultural and linguistic diversity, and exposure to climate risks all shape both organizational practices and employees’ career paths. Yet these specific characteristics are largely overlooked by management models designed primarily for large continental regions. These two half-day online sessions will bring together researchers from mainland France and the overseas territories. They aim to compare practical contexts, concepts, and methods, and to develop a comparative analysis of insularity in HRM and management.

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• Instructional Design Put to the Test by Artificial Intelligence – Journal “Instructional Design: Perspectives on Research and Innovation,” Vol. 2, No. 5 (2026) (Morocco) – deadline (abstract) October 30, 2026

  Posted online on October 16, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,439,934 (excerpts)

  The journal *Educational Engineering: Perspectives on Research and Innovation* is dedicating its next issue to the integration of generative artificial intelligence systems into instructional design. These systems are not simply added to the instructional design process as an additional tool: they are integrated into each of its stages and provide the designer with what they were tasked with designing. The issue calls for research that takes instructional design seriously as a methodological discipline and artificial intelligence seriously as a social phenomenon. 

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• The New Faces of Lobbying: Actors, Practices, and the Regulation of Influence – Panthéon-Assas University – Deadline (abstract): December 16, 2026

  Posted online on October 15, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,437,467 (excerpts)

  Francophone research on lobbying has expanded significantly over the past decade, to the point where there are concerns about a fragmentation of theoretical frameworks and methods across disciplines. This one-day symposium, which builds on the event held in June 2026 on indirect lobbying, invites young researchers in the social, economic, and legal sciences to explore the conditions necessary for truly interdisciplinary research. The call for papers is organized around three themes. The first examines the relationship between lobbying and democracy, whether in terms of interest representation or asymmetries of influence. The second focuses on the regulatory framework governing interest representation and on emerging forms—such as cyberlobbying or electoral lobbying—that legal categories struggle to capture. The third focuses on actors and practices, particularly their digitization and the rise of artificial intelligence.

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• "Trajectoires" Journal (CIERA) – Franco-German approach – Call for submissions for the "Échos" section (proceedings of a scientific event) – deadline: December 15, 2026

  Posted online on October 15, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,439,911 (excerpts)

  Trajectoires is the journal for young Franco-German researchers. Its mission is to contribute to the emergence and development of a generation of authors open to interdisciplinarity and committed to fostering, through their diversity, dialogue between French-speaking and German-speaking communities. The new “Échos” section ofTrajectoires offers doctoral students and recent PhD graduates the opportunity to publish, in the form of a thematic dossier, the results of a scientific event organized as part of their research activities.

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• "Trajectoires" Journal (CIERA) – Franco-German Approach – Call for Papers: "SynThèses" Section – Thesis Abstracts – Deadline: December 31, 2026

  Posted online on October 15, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,439,918 (excerpts)

  Have you recently defended a Franco-German dissertation in the humanities and social sciences? Publish an abstract inTrajectoires No. 20 (to be published in spring 2027), the journal for young Franco-German researchers! Through the “SynThèses” section, our peer-reviewed academic journal offers you the opportunity to give your research international and transdisciplinary visibility.

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• "Trajectoires" Journal (CIERA) – Franco-German approach – Call for submissions for "Varia" (for the "Perspectives" section) – Deadline (article proposals) by December 15, 2026

  Posted online on October 15, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,439,927 (excerpts)

  Trajectoires is the journal of young Franco-German researchers at the Interdisciplinary Center for Studies and Research on Germany (CIERA). Its mission is to contribute to the emergence and development of a generation of authors open to interdisciplinarity and committed to fostering, through its diversity, dialogue between French-speaking and German-speaking communities.

  The “Perspectives” section ofTrajectoires allowsyoung researchers to publish original articles based on their research (doctoral, postdoctoral, or master’s). Articles may address any topic within the disciplinary fields of the humanities and social sciences that has a Franco-German dimension. While comparative studies are particularly welcome, any article containing a Franco-German aspect—whether in its subject matter or field of study, of course, but also through the concepts employed or the bibliography used—may be considered for publication.

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• New Horizons for Digital Sovereignty in Africa - (for a book) – UCO and other organizations – deadline (abstract) December 1, 2026

  Posted online on October 9, 2026

  Calenda Listing 1,391,642 (excerpts)

  This book explores the power dynamics, infrastructure, and governance challenges of the African digital space. In the face of rapid technological advancement, digital sovereignty has become a strategic imperative for the continent.

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• Work and Empires (19th–20th Centuries) – University of Sherbrooke, Canada – Abstract submission deadline: November 1, 2026

  Posted online on September 8, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,438,083 (excerpts)

  This international conference aims to reexamine the history of labor in colonial contexts (19th–20th centuries) in light of recent historiographical developments. By adopting an intersectional and relational approach, the event aims to analyze the interactions between colonizers and the colonized, as well as the intersection of relations of domination (class, gender, race, age) within imperial systems of exploitation. 

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• Rethinking Innovation Through the Lens of Low-Tech: Simplicity, Resilience, and Inclusion – University of Rouen Normandy – Deadline (abstract) February 28, 2027

  Posted online on October 8, 2026

  Calenda Listing 1,438,013 (excerpts)

  The concept of “polycrises” is often invoked to define the 21st century. It describes the intertwining of multiple systemic crises: ecological crises resulting from the overshoot of planetary boundaries; energy crises stemming from resource constraints; and social, economic, and political crises marked by growing distrust of institutions. In this context, low-tech is emerging as a major alternative to the dominant models of innovation promoted as the engine of capitalism.

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• The Threshold in Law – University of Caen Normandy – Deadline (proposal) before January 1, 2027

  Posted online on October 6, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,437,527 (excerpts)

  The Caen Institute for Legal Research at the University of Caen Normandy is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Young Researchers Conference on the theme “The Threshold in Law,” to be held on April 23, 2027, in Caen. This conference aims to bring together doctoral students and recent PhD graduates to explore the concept of the “threshold” in the legal field. Defined in everyday language as a point of passage, the threshold is a subject that transcends various fields of law.

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