Special Issue Calls for Papers

Gender, Work & Organization regularly publish Special Issues intended to reflect the times we live in, focus on future-orientated debates and speak to our global community. This page is dedicated to our current active Calls for Papers – please see the full list below and link through to the full calls for details. We welcome submissions to all of these Special Issues within the scope of each individual call.

If you have any enquiries about Special Issues in GWO, please direct them to [email protected]. For information relating to individual Special Issues, please use the contact for the Guest Editor listed in the relevant Call for Papers.


Sexism and Gender-Washing in Academia and Beyond

See full details here.

Deadline for submissions: 25 March 2024


Gendered Visible and Invisible Inequalities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

See full details here.

Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2024


Entrepreneurship Beyond Ideologies: Decolonisation of Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Digital Transformation in the Emerging Economies – A Gendered Pespective

See full details here.

Deadline for submissions: 2 January 2025


An Exploration of Being Childfree at Work: Challenges and Opportunities

See full details here.

Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2025


Women and Leadership in the Creative Industries

See full details here.

Deadline for submissions: 18 April 2025


Previous calls for special issue papers

Lessons and future possibilities from the GWO conference in Africa: Turning to intellectual activism to advance equality of gender identities in work and organization

Queer Troublemakers and Intersectional Solidarity in Times of Anti-Queer Backlash

GWO Conference 2022: A (de)colonial View beyond the Borders