TC23 Publication Opportunities
The Transformations Community is offering conference attendees three opportunities to publish their work
Social Innovations Journal
Special Issue 2023
Submission Window | July 14 - September 20
Start of Peer Review | September 20
Revised Manuscripts Due | November 13
Publication Date | December 14
The conference proceedings will be published in the Transformations Community’s third annual special issue of the Social Innovations Journal, a practitioner-oriented peer-reviewed journal (see our previous issues 2021 and 2022). The Social Innovations Journal chronicles innovative ideas and initiatives focused on sustainability, showcasing real-world experiences, meticulous research, and best practices from the innovators themselves.
Given the wide scope and practitioner orientation of this journal, we encourage you to submit your work in the format that would best communicate your ideas to the Transformations community, many of whom are transdisciplinary transformations practitioners whose work combines participatory diagnosis of systems challenges, knowledge co-production, and collective action. This may include thought pieces, reflections on practice, research papers, and/or guidance for community engagement strategies. Submitters will be asked to provide a peer review of two other submissions, and a team of associate editors will oversee the peer review.
Current Research in Environment Sustainability
Special Issue: Transformative Partnerships for a Better World
Abstracts due| August 18, 2023
Invitation to develop full paper sent out | August 25, 2023
Full paper due | December 1, 2023
Peer review and submission revision | May 31, 2024
Publication | August 30, 2024
Special Issue Editors | Chris Riedy, Bruce Goldstein, Julia Leventon
Our special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Current Research in Environmental Sustainability will feature original research on the role of partnerships in transformative practice presented at Transformations 23. The special issue will showcase work from the conference's main theme, on the role of partnerships in transformative practice for sustainability, with a focus on ways to build partnerships that are more effective, inclusive, and transformative. Questions of particular interest reflect the 8 track themes of the conference:
How can we co-design processes and co-produce knowledge for sustainability transformations in ways that reflect our collective vision for a sustainable future?
What practices, narratives, and structures characterize the most effective transformative partnerships? How does this change with scale, from local place-based engagements to global networks?
What can transformations researchers and practitioners learn from Decoloniality and Indigenous philosophy and practice? How can we decolonize partnerships?
How does the diversity of knowledge, perspectives, cultures, disciplines, and narratives contribute to sustainability transformations? How can we build coalitions that respect diversity while pursuing sustainability transformations?
How can we build inclusive communities of practice that support transformation researchers and practitioners to be more effective?
What does leadership mean in the context of partnership? What capacities are needed to lead transformative partnerships?
How should we evaluate partnerships? What makes a partnership transformative?
What capacities do researchers and practitioners need to cultivate to be ‘good partners’?
Click here for more details on the journal and submission guidelines. Interested authors should first submit an abstract for approval by sending it to Chris Riedy. Abstracts are due by August 18th, 2023. Authors of approved abstracts will be advised by August 25th, 2023, and asked to submit a full paper by December 1st, 2023. The anticipated publication date is August 30th, 2024.
Current Opinion in Environment Sustainability
Special Issue 2023
Open submission window
Rolling Publication date
If you would like to submit a review or synthesis article grounded in your Transformation 23 presentation, consider contributing it to the Transformations Community’s ongoing special issue on the “State of Knowledge in Social Transformations to Sustainability” in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. This highly-cited peer-reviewed journal features reviews of recent literature and a synthesis of emerging topics and perspectives. The special issue is gathering, on an ongoing basis, articles that synthesize what we know, and what we don’t yet know, about making the rapid and profound transformations of society that will be needed to both minimize and adapt to the impacts of global environmental change. Papers may focus on social transformations in relation to particular economic sectors or regional or cultural contexts; alternatively, they may consider cross-cutting, theoretical dimensions of social transformation, or methodological issues in researching transformations to sustainability.
Submissions are ongoing, with a rolling publication date. If you are interested in submitting a review or synthesis piece to this special issue, please send a brief query email to Bruce Goldstein at brugo@colorado.edu.