Calls for papers

Theory of law

• Les révolutions étrangères vues par la France - Université Lyon III - deadline (proposals) before 01 09 2026

  Online 29 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 393 731

  The French Revolution has long been considered the matrix of all revolutions. Having "flooded its shores" with a dynamic that was "salutary and fruitful among the blessings of men", its principles and majesty inflected the destinies of neighboring peoples. What's more, for Michelet, 1789 made France the "vessel of humanity", the guide for all peoples in their quest for emancipation and freedom. In this paradigm, subsequent foreign revolutions stemmed from a unique global message delivered in France, the homeland of human rights and, as such, the beacon of humanity.

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• Les communs d'urgence : dynamiques citoyennes et coopérations institutionnelles face aux crises contemporaines - Sciences Po Rennes and CESI Saint-Nazaire - deadline (abstract) before 30 06 2026

  Online 23 04 2026

  Calenda announcement 1 392 034 (extracts)

  Contemporary crises, such as those caused by extreme climatic events or pandemics - notably that of Covid-19 - have revealed the capacity of societies to produce unprecedented forms of collective action, situated at the interface between citizen initiatives, social innovation and public action. Among these dynamics, the "emergency commons" constitute a fertile object of analysis for questioning the transformation of public action and modes of territorial governance.

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• Revue " Nouvelle Afrique Juridique et Politique " (NAJP) de l'Université Omar Bongo (Gabon) - Call for contributions "Varia" - deadline (article proposal) 30 08 2026

  Online 22 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 391 146 (extracts)

  Nouvelle Afrique Juridique et Politique (NAJP), the journal of the Centre d'études et de recherches en droit et institutions politiques of the Faculty of Law and Economics at Omar Bongo University, Libreville (Gabon), invites contributions for its second issue, to be published in December 2026.

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• Onzièmes journées universitaires sur les enjeux des gouvernements ouverts et du numérique- Université Paris I - deadline (abstract) 10 07 2026

  Online 21 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 374 577 (extracts)

  On November 3 and 4, 2026, IMODEV will be organizing the XIth University Days on Open Government and Digital Issues at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. The aim of this event is to bring together the entire academic world (including young doctors, PhD students and researchers) and practitioners, with a broad, multi-disciplinary focus. Contributions will cover a wide range of topics, including citizen participation, artificial intelligence, the right of access to information, the right to privacy, net neutrality, freedom of expression in the digital age, the challenges of Big Data, digital sovereignty and smart cities.

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• Les sciences du bonheur face aux polycrises - Journal "Sciences et bonheur" - deadline (abstract) 30 06 2026

  Online 16 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 388 339

  As part of a forthcoming thematic issue, Sciences et Bonheur magazine is launching a call for contributions. When we think of the current zeitgeist, "happiness" isn't necessarily the first word that comes to mind, so full is the current situation of negativity and uncertainty, be it geopolitical, economic, social or climatic. In this troubled context, happiness might seem naïve, even at odds with the issues of the moment. What might appear to be a clash of horizons is only a clash of horizons if we consider happiness as a simple individual quest for well-being?

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• Law, political identities, languages - University of Bordeaux - deadline (proposal) before 15 09 2026

  Online 16 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 381 733

  At the beginning of the 21st century, with globalization taking hold of our pluralistic societies, the issues of languages, identities (social and political) and individual rights have become nodal themes for the world as it reshapes itself. Paradoxically, globalization has made it possible not to compartmentalize, standardize - or even normalize - the 6,700 (re)known languages and 7,000 ethnic groups that interact in the legal-normative (rights of States, customs, heteronomies) and economic system it encloses, but, on the contrary, to think modernity in terms of freedom, security and democracy, and thus to open up new language practices.

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• Normative transmission - Université d'Orléans - deadline (abstract) 09 06 2026

  Online 15 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 380 977

  The École d'Orléans, under the aegis of the Centre de recherche juridique Pothier, is launching a new collective research project on the theme of normative transmission for the publication of a book. This new research follows on from those on normative force, normative densification, normative guarantee and normative posture. This research aims to describe, question and conceptualize the contemporary evolution of legal, social, ethical, technical and managerial norms.

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• Laïcité scolaire : représentations, pratiques et contextualisations- Revue "Expressions-RIICLAS " - deadline (abstract) before 01 06 2026

  Online 03 31 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 379 134

  Following on from recent work, this thematic issue ofExpressions-RIICLAS aims to place the analysis of school secularism, and its corollaries of citizenship and the common good, in an international and comparative perspective, attentive to the processes of imposition, appropriation and socialization of norms. It also looks at how these norms are adjusted by those involved in education, students, families and, possibly, associative partners.

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• Revue " Droit, Société et Pouvoir " (Oran-Algérie) - call for papers "Varia" - deadline (proposal) 30 06 2026

  Posted on 26 02 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 363 334

  The Revue Droit, Société et Pouvoir invites contributions for its Volume 15, Issue 2 (September 2026). The journal welcomes original research articles as well as theoretical contributions offering rigorous interdisciplinary analyses of contemporary transformations in legal systems, governance structures, political authority and international dynamics.

  The following themes are particularly encouraged (non-exhaustive list):

  • Legal systems and institutional reforms.
  • Social and political rights.
  • International relations and global governance.
  • Public policy and societal impact.
  • Political theories and ideological developments.

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• Religions, environment and territories - Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar - Senegal) - deadline (abstract) 15 06 2026

  Posted 26 02 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 364 149

  After the creation of the universe, the Genesis account of origins depicts Adam and Eve settling in a paradisiacal space, before their exclusion following the original transgression. This passage from the garden of abundance to the earthly world is symbolically associated with the obligation to work and the confrontation with a nature now marked by hostility. The human experience of nature is thus invested with a strong religious charge: natural elements, whether benevolent or destructive, are interpreted in many traditions as the expression of a divine will or judgment.

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