Political Perspectives journal issue: Uncertain Times Through the Eyes of Contemporary Politics Research

Notification Due

Jun 25, 2026

Final Version Due

Jun 25, 2026

Submission Deadline

Oct 26, 2023

Political Perspectives: Journal Issue Call for Papers

Uncertain Times through the Eyes of Contemporary Politics Research

Current PhD students and early career researchers are working in times of global

uncertainty. The war in Ukraine, the cost of living crisis, tensions over Taiwan, widespread, industrial action, and the global repercussions of COVID-19 are among the abiding political challenges of recent years. Longer term debates rage over the efficacy of environmental COP summits, culture war clashes, the health of democracy across the

globe, the legacy of Brexit, and the (ab)uses of social media. These debates are not just

objects of study for politics researchers but form a complex landscape which academics

must navigate. Politics researchers steer through these turbulent times in a wide range

of ways, embracing innovative methods, challenging dominant theoretical frameworks

and destabilising established orthodoxies.

Political Perspectives invites papers that deal with these themes, as well as other

important issues. The burning debates which set the scene for the beginning of 2023

inform the work of scholars across both national and disciplinary borders. Contributions

are welcome from all sub-disciplines, and submissions are encouraged from other

approaches in the field of social science that are relevant to politics. We seek to draw

together the latest theoretical and empirical research from PhD students and early

career researchers, covering a range of articles dealing with contemporary political

issues and challenges.

Submission deadlines

23rd June 2023

26th October 2023

Authors are invited to submit to either deadline. Priority will be given to papers submitted in June for our next issue. Papers should be submitted through our online form.

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