Currently Open Call for Papers

1) Call for paper: "Corruption and Global Justice"

Special Issue: Corruption and Global justice 

Guest editors: Valentina Gentile (Luiss Guido Carli University), Megan Foster (Luiss Guido Carli University)

This special issue will include a Book Symposium on Gillian Brock Corruption and Global Justice (Oxford University Press, 2023) edited by V. Gentile & M. Foster. With Contributions by: G. Arlen, L. Erez, C. Hobden, C. Neves, J. Culp followed by Brock's rejoinder and a section with selected contributions from call for papers

Submission deadline: March 1^st, 2025

Topic areas: Moral Philosophy, Political philosophy, Social Philosophy

Details:

While various historically influential philosophers from Plato to Montesquieu have pondered the subject of corruption, the topic has only recently begun to gain traction in contemporary philosophical debates. Frequently ranked among the most pressing global challenges, corruption stifles development and exacerbates global problems such as poverty, inequality, armed conflict, and the degradation of the environment. As such corruption is deeply linked to the concept of global (in)justice, and the pernicious and often diffuse nature of the problem raises important normative questions about how responsibilities to address it should be allocated. A recent work which makes headway on this important topic is Gillian Brock’s Corruption and Global Justice (Oxford University Press, 2023). FQP/PPI will publish book symposium issue dedicated to Corruption and Global Justice, and with the aim of contributing to this burgeoning academic debate we are also launching a call for submission of original papers discussing issues such as (but not limited to):

• Political corruption
• Institutional corruption
• Systemic/structural corruption
• Corruption and development
• Corruption and global (in)justice
• Corruption and induvial responsibility/whistleblowing
• Global anti-corruption regimes

Submission Details

Please send a (.doc or .docx) file containing the full paper and a title, prepared for blind review with all revealing references to the author removed. All personal information (name, affiliation, and contact) must be submitted separately, along with a short abstract (200 words max). 

All materials must be submitted via e-mail to the editors of the symposium (mfoster@luiss.it) & (vgentile@luiss.it)  and to the managing editor of FQP (fqpppijournal@gmail.com).

2) Call for paper: "Critical and Normative Perspectives on Work"

Special Issue: Rethinking Work: Contemporary Critical Debates

Guest Editor: Eleonora Piromalli (Università “Sapienza” di Roma)

This special issue will include a Book Symposium on Axel Honneth’s The Working Sovereign: Labour and Democratic Citizenship (Polity Press, 2024), with commentaries by Jean Philippe Deranty (Macquarie University, Sydney), Danielle Petherbridge (University College Dublin), Nicholas H. Smith (University of Connecticut), and Timo Jütten (University of Essex), followed by Honneth’s rejoinder.

FQP/PPI - – Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche/Philosophy and Public Issues

Submission deadline: May 15, 2025

Topic areas: Social and Political Philosophy

Details: The concept of work has long been at the core of critical theory and political philosophy, reflecting the evolving relationship between labor, power, and social justice and the good human life. Recent transformations in the organization and experience of work – from the rise of precarious labor and the gig economy to the emergence of digital capitalism and AI-driven automation – have reignited philosophical debates about the nature and meaning of work. Critical theorists and normative political philosophers alike have begun to reassess foundational questions about alienation, autonomy, and justice in the context of a rapidly changing world of work.

The publication of Axel Honneth’s The Working Sovereign: Labour and Democratic Citizenship (2023) and Jean-Philippe Deranty’s The Case for Work have contributed significantly to the ongoing discussion about the normative role of work. Other recent contributions, such as Rahel Jaeggi’s Pathologies of Work, Hartmut Rosa’s theory of resonance, and feminist discussions on care work and reproductive labor, offer rich insights into the multifaceted role of work in contemporary society.

This issue of Philosophy and Public Issues aims to capture and explore these ongoing debates by inviting original papers that engage critically and normatively with the concept of work. We encourage submissions that address the philosophical foundations and normative implications of current transformations in work.

We expect original contributions discussing problems such as (but not limited to): The relationship between work and democratic citizenship; The role of political philosophy in shaping normative theories of work; Feminist perspectives on care work, reproductive labor, and economic justice; The impact of AI and automation on the future of work and human agency; The intersection of work, surveillance capitalism, and digital labor; Alienation in contemporary work environments; Precarious work, gig economies, and their ethical implications; The role of recognition and social esteem in labor relations.

We welcome papers that engage with these themes from a variety of philosophical traditions, including critical theory, normative political philosophy, feminist theory, and postcolonial theory. Contributions that bridge theoretical insights with practical concerns about the future of work are particularly encouraged.

Submissions should be original and not under consideration elsewhere. All papers will undergo a double-blind peer review process. The publication of this issue is planned for June 2026.

Submission Details:

Please send a (.doc or .docx) file containing the full paper (in English, max 9000 words) and a title, prepared for blind review with all revealing references to the author removed. All personal information (name, affiliation, and contact) must be submitted separately, along with a short abstract (200 words max). The deadline for submission is May 15, 2025.

All materials must be submitted via e-mail to the editor of the symposium (eleonora.piromalli@uniroma1.it) and to our managing editors fqpppijournal@gmail.com

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Closed Call for Papers

1) Call for Paper: "Structural Injustice"

FQP/PPI - – Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche/Philosophy and Public Issues

Submission Deadline: August 30, 2024

Topic areas: Social and Political Philosophy

Details: FQP/PPI is launching a call for submissions of articles on the topic of ‘structural injustice’ with the aim of contributing to the current academic debates on this topic. Structure has long been a popular concept in political philosophy. The idea that injustice can be built in and reproduced by structures has been shared by a wide variety of schools of thought. Despite this intellectual history, structures, and structural injustice in particular, became a central point for discussion in contemporary political theory following Iris Marion Young’s works (Young, 1990; 2003; 2004; 2006a; 2006b; 2011). Structural injustice and the political responsibility model suggested by Young also sparked a considerable secondary literature that either challenges her views or applies her theory to timely case studies such as colonialism (Lu, 2011; 2017; 2023), climate change (Godoy, 2017), and gender inequality (Nuti, 2019; Parekh, 2011).

We invite submissions of original contributions discussing topics that include, but are not limited to: Structural injustice and global justice; Oppression, domination, exploitation; Misrecognition and structural injustice; Liability model vs. political responsibility model; Responsibility attribution for structural injustice; Backward-looking remedies vs. forward-looking measures; Critical discussions on structural injustice (e.g. Estlund 2024); Activism and structural change; Social transformations and structural change; Historical injustice and structural injustice; Identity politics and structural injustice; Structural injustice and vulnerability

Submission Details

Please send a (.doc or .docx) file containing the full paper and a title, prepared for blind review with all revealing references to the author removed. All personal information (name, affiliation, and contact) must be submitted separately, along with a short abstract (200 words max). The deadline for submission is 30th August 2024.

All materials must be submitted via e-mail to the editors of the symposium (vgentile@luiss.it & ubulgan@luiss.it), and to the managing editors of FQP (vvidotto@luiss.it & msavarese@luiss.it).

2) Call for paper: "New Perspectives on Migration"

FQP/PPI - – Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche/Philosophy and Public Issues

Submission deadline: January 31, 2025

Topic areas: Social and Political Philosophy

Details: FQP/PPI is launching a call for submissions of articles on the topic of “New Perspectives on Migration”. Given the socio-political importance of the phenomenon, academic reflection on migration has been a constant in recent decades. Massive population movements have a profound social, political, and economic impact on both sending and receiving countries.

Political theorists first addressed migration in general terms but, in recent years there has been an increased interest in some more specific topics related both to empirical issues and to certain contingencies of the contemporary political situation.

Our journal will publish a book Symposium on Valeria Ottonelli and Tiziana Torresi's recent book The Right Not to Stay. Justice in Migration, the Liberal Democratic State, and the Case of Temporary Migration Projects (Oxford University Press, 2022). The expected date of publication of the symposium is June 2025. 

In relation to this, we are also launching a call for submission of original papers discussing problems such as (but not limited to): Temporary migration; Migration and global justice; Democracy and migration; Labour market and migration; Gender issues and migration; Migration and multiculturalism;  Religious pluralism and migration; Citizenship and migration; Political asylum and refugee status; Climate change and migration.

Submission Details:

Please send a (.doc or .docx) file containing the full paper and a title, prepared for blind review with all revealing references to the author removed. All personal information (name, affiliation, and contact) must be submitted separately, along with a short abstract (200 words max). The deadline for submission is January 31 2025.

All materials must be submitted via e-mail to the editors of the symposium (domenico.melidoro@gmail.com & gloria.zuccarelli@uniupo.it) and to our managing editors fqpppijournal@gmail.com