Shobha Ramalingam, NICMAR

Stewart Clegg, University of Sydney

Efrosyni Konstantinou, UCL

Suhair Alkilani, University of Technology Sydney

Shankar Sankaran, University of Technology Sydney

This special issue seeks research on projects and programs designed to address societal and humanitarian challenges, including conflicts, climate change, displacement, and technological disruption. The call welcomes novel methodologies such as participatory research, narrative approaches, and complexity theory alongside theoretical frameworks that examine how projects create value for stakeholders in crisis situations.

Submissions should present theoretically grounded empirical case studies demonstrating original contributions to project studies with practical relevance. Success is measured by purpose and stakeholder value rather than traditional cost metrics, with management methods locally situated and contextually adapted to specific communities and issues.

Appel publié par International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. Voir l'appel sur le site de l'éditeur. Fiche de l'appel sur kerostig.

Potential topics

• Projects addressing societal and humanitarian concerns
• Participatory action research methods
• Storytelling and narrative research
• Causal layered analysis
• Sustainable practices in projects
• Social network methods and coopetition
• Realist social theory and social policy
• Socio-cognitive theory
• Paradox theory
• Power and practice-based approaches
• Development projects
• Sociotechnical transition theories
• Program evaluation and social justice
• Complexity and systems theory
• Practice theory and inclusive society

Timeline

• December 15, 2025: Submissions open
• October 31, 2026: Submissions close