I wish to draw your attention to three calls for papers to special issues of journals published by Emerald Publishing, all with submission deadlines in early 2026:
Deadline 16/01/2026: Coding Society. Programmatic encounters between information systems and social theory, Information Technology & People (Emerald, IF 5.6, Scopus Q1, CABS 3*, FNEGE 3, VHB B): https://wp.me/pvO07-2cY
Deadline: 20/01/2026: Programmes in management and organisation. Observed with social systems theory, Management Decision (Emerald, IF 5.1, Scopus Q1, CABS 2*, FNEGE 4, VHB B): https://wp.me/pvO07-2ck
Deadline: 31/01/2026: Reprogramming. Observed with social systems theory, Journal of Organizational Change Management (Emerald, IF 2.7, Scopus Q2, FNEGE 3, CABS 2*): https://wp.me/pvO07-2cJ
These special issues are connected to the Luhmann Conference held at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. Please note that conference participation is not a prerequisite for submission or acceptance.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
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Professor Steffen Roth
Full Professor of Management, Excelia Business School La Rochelle, France
Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK
myURL:
http://derroth.comORCID:
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-601XX: derrothdotcom
Call for proposals
CALL for Proposals for Special Issues @Kybernetes:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2eRCalls for papers
T12.03. Management History, Theory, and Philosophy @EURAM 2026:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2ekCODING SOCIETY. Programmatic encounters between information systems and social theory @IT&P:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2cYREPROGRAMMING. Observed with social systems theory @JOCM:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2cJPROGRAMMES IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION. Observed with social systems theory @MD:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2ckRecent publications
MULTIFUNCTIONAL TETRALEMMA. Framework for the Strategic Management of Moral Trade-offs @JBE:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2e5BIG DATA INSIGHTS INTO SOCIAL MACRO TRENDS: Expanding the horizon (1800-2018) @SRBS:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2bLGUIDING DISTINCTIONS OF SOCIAL THEORY. Results from two online brainstormings and one quantitative analysis of the ISA Books of the XX Century corpus @CS:
https://wp.me/pvO07-24ZTHE STATE AS CREATIVE DESTROYER: A systems perspective on entrepreneurship by organised monopolies on violence @IJEBR:
https://wp.me/pvO07-24CSPACESHIP EARTH. A total institution @EcolEc:
https://wp.me/pvO07-1Zy------------------------------