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Peace, Conflict & Development
Peace, Conflict and Development is a new open-access journal focusing on contemporary issues in Conflict and Peace Studies. It aims to publish innovative and accessible writing on a wide range of topics – human rights, democracy and democratisation, conflict resolution, environment, security, war, culture, identity and community, and other related areas of interest.
The journal is published twice annually - in January and July. Papers for the January issue should be submitted by October 1st ; Papers for the June issue should be submitted by April 1st. Details of ‘calls for papers’ are listed separately below.
All papers are free to access and download using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Notes for Contributors
We publish four main types of work:
• Academic Essays:
Submissions should be between 3 - 8000 words in length. Essays that are short and readable are preferred.
• Fieldwork Reports:
The journal provides a space for short reports from individuals – researchers or practitioners - who have been working ‘in the field’. Reports can cover practical, methodological, ethical, or substantive issues arising from the fieldwork experience. Fieldwork reports should be between 2-3000 words in length.
The journal will also consider other articles, such as book reviews or replies to previously published articles.
Submission Process: Articles can be submitted electronically through this website or sent by mail to: The Editors, Peace, Conflict & Development, The Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP. Please include a correspondence address and email address. Manuscripts and Disks cannot be returned.
Authors will be notified by email when their paper has been received and forwarded for review. The journal aims to inform authors of decisions on their paper within three months of receipt. Feedback on rejected papers is only provided on request.
Copyright: Copyright of published articles remains with the authors. Any person wishing to cite or make any other use of an article published in this journal should contact the author directly for their permission.
Format: Manuscripts should be double-spaced and printed on one side of the paper only. An abstract of 200 words plus a short biographical note should also be attached. To ensure anonymity, please include a title page with author name(s) and remove personal references from the text. All papers will be formatted according to the journal’s current style.
References and Notes: References should be signalled numerically in the body text and footnoted at the bottom of the page. References should give full bibliographic details at first mention. Thereafter, the author’s surname and a short title should be used. Titles of articles should be placed within inverted commas; book or journal titles should be italicised. Main words should be capitalised in all titles. Please follow the examples below:
Paul Rogers, Losing Control: Global Security in the Twenty-first Century (London: Pluto Press, 2000), p. 32.
Rogers, Losing Control, p. 54.
Megan Boler, "The Risks of Empathy: Interrogating Multiculturalism's Gaze", Cultural Studies, 11 (1997), pp. 253-73.
Written Style: We seek articles that are written in an accessible and readable style. Papers that do not meet a good standard of written English will not be considered.
Quality Control: The Journal operates a pre-selection policy to identify papers that meet minimum requirements for consideration (i.e. English, topical relevance, etc). All selected manuscripts are then read by two associate reviewers for comments and recommendations to the Editorial Team.
Final Editing: Authors of accepted papers are sent a summary of reviewers’ comments by email indicating suggested or required changes to the text, and a date for the return of the amended manuscript. Final editing and proofreading is carried out by the editorial team in preparation for publication.
The Editorial Team: The Journal is managed and edited by doctoral students at the Department of Peace Studies, with the support of a part-time paid Co-ordinator and academic staff. Associate Reviewers are recruited according to specialism and experience. If you are interested in becoming an Associate Reviewer for the journal, please send a short CV by email to the Editor (editor@peacestudiesjournal.org.uk).
Call for Papers
Peace, Conflict & Development: An Interdisciplinary Journal announces two Special Issues for 2012
July 2012 Special Issue: "Gender, Peace and Conflict Research in Pakistan: Capacity Building and its Constraints"
This forthcoming issue reflects on the three-year British Council-funded INSPIRE programme between Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK and the Department of Defence and Diplomacy at the Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Intended to promote knowledge, capacity and training in peace, conflict and gender issues for Pakistani parliamentarians and academics, the project convened a major conference in Islamabad in 2011 under the theme 'Gender, Peace and Conflict in Pakistan: Knowledge, Best Practice and Research in Policy-Making Processes'.
It brings together contributions to the conference made by academics from across Pakistan, a country that does not recognise UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on the role of women in peacebuilding. Articles reflect on the relationship between gender, peace and conflict in Pakistan and the challenges and impediments facing women policymakers in the area of peace and security in the country. Mechanisms to enhance the role of women parliamentarians in Pakistan, to improve their research practices and capacity to mainstream gender in policy making and analysis are considered.
Additional contributions engage the perspectives of practitioners in academia and policy making, with a focus on the complexities of implementing training and capacity-building projects, absorbing lessons learned in project planning and addressing impediments to effective mainstreaming of peace, conflict and gender issues.
This is a closed issue. However, we are accepting book reviews on issues related to gender and peacebuilding in Pakistan. Deadline for book reviews is 30 April 2012.
December 2012 Special Issue: "Thinking about Peace Research in 21st century Latin America"
Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2012
The idea for this special issue originated from the Latin American Research Group (LARG) of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. The Group was initiated and is run by PhD researchers, working on different aspects of peace and conflict issues in Latin America. With the forthcoming publication we would like to initiate a debate beyond the boundaries of our institution on what such a perspective can add to research on Latin America.
Theme for This Issue
With the end of military dictatorships in the Southern Cone and the signing of peace accords after Central American civil wars, most conflicts in Latin America were assumed to belong to the past. Consequently, the region has been overlooked by peace research. Nevertheless, in many countries of the region violence has only further escalated in the last 30 years. Countries such as Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico are now considered to be some of the most violent countries in the world. Fuelling both violent conflict and structural injustice is economic inequality together with impunity, lack of rule of law, and continuing human rights abuses. These issues prompted various theoretical explanations. But a Peace Studies perspective that challenged prevalent definitions of war, conflict and peace is missing from these explanations.
Critical and innovative contributions are invited on distinct Peace Studies perspectives into issues impacting the region. Peace Studies, here, is understood as a multidisciplinary field that explores and understands conflict and its structural issues. Submission, accepted only in English, should contribute to raising new awareness of continuing and new conflicts in the region. At the same time, options to overcome conflicts could be analysed, and examples of encouraging work for peace may be presented. We particularly urge young researchers and practitioners to submit academic articles, fieldwork reports, and book reviews. Examples of thematic aspects include:
- Regional development and conflict resolution/prevention
- Peacebuilding and political systems
- Critical theories and concepts of Peace Research applied to Latin America (e.g. structural violence, positive peace, conflict transformation, power and empowerment)
- The role of the State in the reproduction of violence
- Peace, restorative justice, and reconciliation
- Economic inequality and social (in)justice
- Civil society and social mobilisation
- The impact of conflict on societies (focussing on areas such as gender, ethnicity, and race)
Please send your submissions as per issue deadlines to editor@peacestudiesjournal.org.uk. Follow the ‘notes to contributors’ on the journal website for guidance and instructions
Please include a correspondence address and email address. Manuscripts and Disks cannot be returned. |
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