Anniversary Special Issue Research Articles

Looking Back and Looking Forward: Reflections on 20 Years of the Journal of Political Science Education

The 20th Anniversary Special Issue of the Journal of Political Science Education reflects on the achievements of the journal and its emergence as a vital platform for political science educators to share innovative teaching practices, discuss views on the profession's changing nature, and underscore the essentiality and vitality of teaching and learning to the profession.

How I Learned to Stabilize Rice Prices, and Why: A Retrospective Essay

This paper for the 20th anniversary special issue of the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development traces the evolution of my thinking on what to do about food price instability. Now that feeding the world is again front-page news, I am trying to figure out what pieces of my own thinking over the past half century might provide guidance on how to proceed. The world food system is under great stress as I write (early 2024), but this is probably a good time for some historical perspective as well as active engagement from people with knowledge of on-the-ground realities. I apologize in advance for the extensive listing of my own publications, but their story is my story.

Introduction to the 20th Anniversary Special Issue of the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Abstract The papers in this 20th Anniversary Special Issue reflect to a large extent how the fields of pension economics and pension finance have developed in the past two decades, although there remain very clear connections to the research published in the Journal's first issue. While there has been great progress in research on pensions and retirement economics over the last 20 years, there remain important outstanding questions for future study.

Normative power in the planetary organic crisis

The lead intervention article argues that the new reality of the planetary organic crisis awaits a normative critical social theory of planetary politics, a means of understanding the sharing of relationships within International Relations and an agenda for action in concert found in the normative power approach. The article and subsequent 20th anniversary special issue provide an opportunity to reflect and develop the ideas of the original Journal of Common Market Studies ‘normative power’ article through a prospective on the use of normative power in addressing the planetary organic crisis. The special issue sets out a prospective on theorising normative power in the rapidly shifting context of 21st-century planetary organic crisis involving interacting and deepening structural crises of economic inequality, social injustice, ecological unsustainability, ontological insecurity and political irresilience – as demonstrated by the global financial crisis, COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine. It begins by setting out the normative power approach to planetary organic crisis, where 21st-century politics are characterised by truly planetary relations of causality that can only be understood and addressed holistically. In the wider context of climate emergency, food and water insecurity and their socio-economic and political consequences, a planetary political approach to understanding the European Union is an essential starting point.

Call for papers: 25th anniversary special issue - Impacts of Wildfires on Soil and Sediment Systems

Call for papers: 25th anniversary special issue - Impacts of Wildfires on Soil and Sediment Systems

CSAA 30th anniversary and continuum

ABSTRACT A note from the editors introducing the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA)’s 30th anniversary special issue.

10‐Year Anniversary Special Issue: Photophysics of Halide Perovskites – from Bulk to Nano

10‐Year Anniversary Special Issue: Photophysics of Halide Perovskites – from Bulk to Nano

Editorial: Reflecting on 10 Years of the Journal

It is now 10 years since the first issue of the International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care was published. Since then, there has been significant change; not just in practice learning itself but across health and social care, the ways people work and study, and in political and regulatory domains. As a way to celebrate the resilience of the journal and its contributions to the evidence base, we are delighted to have put together this special anniversary issue. The issue brings together 10 articles that highlight the range and excellence of the 157 publications from the past ten years. We also present an interview with two of the founding members of the journal, reflecting on the last ten years, including the developments and challenges that have characterised this time. To identify our ten articles, we started by looking at those articles which attracted most readers across the years. We then reviewed those popular articles, selecting a diverse mix of topics, professional backgrounds, geographies and research/evaluation approaches. Having selected articles for the special issue we asked the original authors to reflect on the impact of their work, highlighting its currency and sharing what happened next. These reflective commentaries capture the significance of the studies and their contributions to advancing practice-based learning.

System's 50th anniversary special issue: In conversation with Sarah Mercer

System's 50th anniversary special issue: In conversation with Sarah Mercer

System's 50th anniversary special issue in conversation with Andrew D. Cohen

Andrew D. Cohen has a long history with System. Drawn to the journal by its publication of research conducted internationally, he published his first article with System in 1980 and continues to publish and review for the journal today. In this article celebrating System's 50th anniversary, Andrew is interviewed by editor Nathan Thomas. They discuss Andrew's pathway to academia, his experience as an academic, and his contributions to System spanning 43+ years. The article concludes with Andrew's vision for the type of studies he would like to see published in his two main areas of interest: language learner strategies and pragmatics. He also offers words of encouragement for authors navigating the road of manuscript review, revision, and rejection.

System's 50th anniversary special issue in conversation with professor Jean-Marc Dewaele

System's 50th anniversary special issue in conversation with professor Jean-Marc Dewaele

Civil Wars at 25: Introduction to the Silver Anniversary Special Issue

Civil Wars at 25: Introduction to the Silver Anniversary Special Issue

25 Years of Civil Wars: Identifying Key Developments Through the Reviews Section

ABSTRACT This introductory essay to the Reviews Section of Civil Wars 25th Anniversary Special Issue explores key paradigms in the field of conflict studies, and how they have evolved, ranging from new and critical approaches to knowledge production; to conceptualisations of political violence and civil war as dynamic, relational, and potentially order-making and a new demand to centre research ethics in our work. Among other things, this introduction calls on scholars of civil wars to cultivate and maintain spaces for critical dialogue and reflection – not just on methods and findings but also on broader questions of the processes and politics of knowledge production – to ensure the health and advancement of our sub-field.

Introduction to the Kempe Center’s 50th Anniversary Special Issue

Introduction to the Kempe Center’s 50th Anniversary Special Issue

10 Years of Digital Journalism (Studies): The Past, the Present, the Future

The Digital Journalism editorial team is thrilled to introduce this 10th anniversary special issue. At the beginning of 2022, we invited our international editorial board to contribute to this important collection, which aims to explore the diverse and multi-disciplinary nature of digital journalism studies. We called for contributions that consider the “big picture” of the field and look at the past and the present of digital journalism studies. We also invited articles focusing on digital journalism studies for the future, considering trends, concepts, theories, methodologies, and key issues that will shape research in the decades ahead. This special issue features six articles, advancing systematic empirical assessments of developments in the field, as well as critical discussions around the developments and politics of digital journalism studies.

OAC 30th Anniversary Special Issue- Call for Articles

OAC 30th Anniversary Special Issue- Call for Articles

Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Special Issue

Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Special Issue

Special Anniversary Issue: Book Review Section

Special Anniversary Issue: Book Review Section

Presentation : 10th anniversary special issue

This edition of the Bulletin of Political-Institutional Analysis (Boletim de Análise Político-Institucional – Bapi) celebrates its tenth anniversary as one of the major avenues for publishing the research results from the Department of Studies and Policies of the State, Institutions and Democracy (Diest). In an attempt to regularly publish the results of Diest’s multi-thematic research, the journal’s articles have transitioned through various topics that foster conversation on the structures and institutions of the Brazilian State’s performance under democratic rule. Bapi was originally intended to bring together, in each issue, some of the key results of the multi-thematic research conducted within Diest, but it has gradually evolved into a dossier type publication. Its regular publications began organizing around a central theme, all relevant to the country’s political-institutional agenda. Its issues have covered a range of topics, from public governance to class inequality, from changes in the structure of the state to representation through digital means, from the use of scientific evidence in the public policy cycle to obstacles for increasing racial diversity within public bureaucracy. Since its inception in 2011, Bapi has released 32 editions (21 thematic editions), providing 295 articles to the public debate (boxes 1-32). In celebration of its first decade, this edition contains the 10 most searched for publications according to the Bapi articles repository at Ipea.5 The articles are published in English to attract a broader audience and let them access the relevance of the bulletin’s publications. A few of the articles contain addendums to the original versions, when the authors deemed it relevant.

Practical Applications of Reflections on Professional Ethics in Investment Management and Pension Fund Investment Consulting

In <b><i>Reflections on Professional Ethics in Investment Management and Pension Fund Investment Consulting</i></b>, from the June 2022 30th anniversary special issue of <b><i>The Journal of Investing</i></b>, author <b>John Minahan</b> contends that the CFA Code of Ethics requires investment professionals to realistically address the problem of underfunded pension plans and rosy assumptions about future investment performance. Drawing on decades of consulting experience and recent interviews with investment professionals, Minahan says ethical dilemmas stem from gatekeeper issues (where a third party decides whether investment professionals have access to clients), industry cultural issues and associated ethical blind spots, and a “not my job” attitude among investment professionals toward fixing ethical problems. According to Minahan, pensions ideally would fully fund the retirement income they promise retirees. However, the accounting standards used by pension funds systematically understate the size of their liabilities because such standards allow highly optimistic assumptions about future investment performance. Minahan asserts that the practice is misleading and contravenes the CFA Code of Ethics. In particular, the requirements 1) not to engage in misrepresentation, 2) to be loyal to clients, and 3) to promote the integrity of capital markets support the conclusion that confronting the pension liability problem <i>is</i> the responsibility of investment professionals.