Submission guidelines
Papers will go through an initial round of review and selection by the Editor. Selected papers will go on to receive comments from our editorial board members. Our review process is unblinded, meaning that your identity will be known to the reviewers, and their identity will be known to you.
If you have a paper that you think might fit, please contact Editor or Co-Editor. We are happy to discuss whether your paper fits the scope of our call before submission.
What the series can offer you as a contributor:
- A pre-review of your paper to determine if it is suitable for the series. At this stage we may request some initial revisions, or advise you to submit to another outlet.
- If your paper is accepted to the series, we can then offer one round of constructive peer review from experts in the field, intended to strengthen your early-stages work and help prepare it for submission at a peer review journal.
- Professional copy editing and proof reading.
- Promotion via social media and the Institute’s webpage.
What we are looking for in terms of submissions:
- Original research in the form of an article, of a minimum of 10,000 and maximum of 14,000 words (not including bibliography/works cited).
- A willingness to take on constructive feedback to strengthen your paper.
- Timely responses to editorial queries (selected papers will be asked to respond to comments.
Please note we may also use citation software (i.e., TurnItIn) to verify that citations have been used properly.
Please send any questions or notes of interest to the Editors, Rebecca.Tapscott@graduateinstitute.ch or Co-Editor, ricardopagliuso.ufba@gmail.com.
To submit a paper, email it to wpsdemocracy@graduateinstitute.ch, cc’ing the Editor and Co-Editor.
The next round of submissions is due on 15 April 2023.
THE Team
Editor: Rebecca Tapscott, Geneva Graduate Institute, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
Co-Editor: Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri, Federal University of Bahia, Department of Sociology
Editorial Board:
Graziella Moraes Silva, Geneva Graduate Institute, Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Gopalan Balachandran, Geneva Graduate Institute, Department of International History and Politics
Christine Lutringer, Graduate Institute, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
Guest Editors:
Werner Bonefeld, University of York, Department of Politics
Deval Desai, University of Edinburgh, Law School
Kasia Kaczmarska, University of Edinburgh, Politics and International Relations
Martin Krygier, UNSW Sydney, Faculty of Law and Justice; CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest
Geeta Patel, University of Virginia, Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
Michael Woldemariam, Boston University, Pardee School of Global Studies
Editorial Staff:
Laura Bullon-Cassis
Gidon Mead