CALL FOR PAPERS. Rethinking educational, social and health services for inclusion: enhancing cross-sectoral collaboration for reducing socio-cultural inequalities

2025-06-26

Guest Editors
Michel Vandenbroeck, Emeritus professor at Ghent University - Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy
Arianna Lazzari, Associate professor at Bologna University, Department of Education Studies
Lucia Balduzzi, Full professor at Bologna University, Department of Education Studies

Languages accepted: English only

Download the full call for paper in PDF format here.

Submissions received will be evaluated according to a double-blind peer review system, consisting of a two-stage process:

1) Submission of a long abstract consisting of an introduction making explicit the context and theoretical framing of the study (600 words), a methods section (400 words), conclusions (300 words) and references (400 words).
Deadline for the submission of long abstracts: 30th September 2025.
Abstract should be submitted to the following addresses, by mentioning the title of the Special Issue in the subject of the email:
arianna.lazzari2@unibo.it
Str00041.rpd@unibo.it

The long abstracts will be internally evaluated and selected by the editors: notifications on the outcome of the internal peer-review process will be sent to authors by 31st October 2025.

2) The selected contributions should be submitted in the form of an extended manuscript (up to 8,000 words in length, including 150 words abstract, notes and bibliography). For editorial criteria, please refer to the editorial standards found on the Journal's website.
Deadline for submission of full articles – which must be uploaded to the Journal's OJS platform upon registration of the author(s) – is 30th March 2026.

All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review by external reviewers.

Expected publication date of the Special Issue: December 2026.