A View from the Frontline: Creative Ideas for Implementing a Social Impact Research Mindset in Business Schools
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Call for Papers
A View from the Frontline: Creative Ideas for Implementing a Social Impact Research Mindset in Business Schools
Journal: Journal of Social Impact in Business Research
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 28 September 2026
The Journal of Social Impact in Business Research invites submissions for its Special Issue on A View from the Frontline: Creative Ideas for Implementing a Social Impact Research Mindset in Business Schools.
About the Special Issue
This Special Issue explores how business school academics can translate institutional ambitions for social impact into meaningful research, teaching, and engagement practices. It focuses on practical strategies, creative methodologies, and grassroots innovations that help scholars generate measurable societal value while balancing traditional academic expectations.
The issue welcomes conceptual, empirical, and pedagogical research that examines how frontline academics develop and sustain a social impact mindset. It seeks practical frameworks, transferable models, and collaborative approaches that support impactful scholarship, interdisciplinary partnerships, and alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Topics of Interest
Submissions may include, but are not limited to:
Frontline research methodologies with communities, non-profits, and social enterprises
Navigating institutional tensions between academic publishing and social impact
Funding and sustaining social impact research
Pedagogies that develop social impact capabilities
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration
Translating research into policy briefs, community toolkits, and behavioural interventions
Mentorship models for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and PhD scholars
Building communities of practice for social impact
Organisational partnerships and social innovation
AI, analytics, and digital technologies supporting social impact research and evaluation
Preferred Article Types
The journal welcomes:
Conceptual Papers
Empirical Research Articles
Pedagogical Studies
Case Studies
Framework and Model Development Papers
Interdisciplinary Research
Submission Information
Manuscript Submission Opens: 01 August 2026
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 28 September 2026
Manuscripts must be submitted through ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Authors should select the appropriate Special Issue title during submission.
All submissions must follow the journal's official Author Guidelines.
Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
Submission enquiries: udo.gottlieb@qut.edu.au.
Guest Editors
Assoc. Prof. Udo Gottlieb
Assoc. Prof. Kerrie Bridson
Assoc. Prof. Jody Evans
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