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

Publishing dates for the Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development have changed, new issues will now be published in January and June.

THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PAPERS FOR THE JANUARY EDITION IS OCTOBER 1.

Issue 15 due January 2010

Authors should ensure that they have read and observed the guidelines for submission. Papers that do not follow these guidelines for submission may not be considered.

Authors must also include a short biographical note and full correspondence details – address, email, telephone – with their manuscript. Manuscripts and disks cannot be returned.

Please include a correspondence address and email address. Manuscripts and Disks cannot be returned.

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