“Leading Projects Through Time”
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Call for Papers – Special Issue: “Leading Projects Through Time”
Journal: Project Leadership and Society
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission deadline: 01 May 2027
Overview
This special issue reframes leadership in projects as a relational, temporal phenomenon. As speed, disruption, and overlapping temporalities become the ordinary conditions of organizational life, this collection invites diverse perspectives on how leadership in projects is shaped by—and in turn shapes—the experience and organization of time.
The editors seek papers that challenge conventional views of time as a mere backdrop, instead engaging with time as a central construct—whether as a resource, structure, or process.
Key Research Themes
The special issue invites empirical, theoretical, and methodological papers focusing on themes such as:
Leadership as a Temporal Phenomenon: How leadership regulates time, negotiates temporal structures, and links the past, present, and future.
Temporal Dynamics of Leadership: The co-creation of rhythm, the negotiation of pace, and leadership in liminal or transitional project spaces.
Critical Perspectives: Examinations of time discipline, the ethics of speed/urgency, and the consequences of temporal control for project team well-being (e.g., stress, burnout, exclusion).
Methodological Innovation: New ways of researching leadership and time in project settings.
Future Making: The role of project leadership in constructing imagined futures and driving paths for technological or organizational change.
Submission Details
Submission window: Open now – 01 May 2027.
Rolling Publication: Papers are reviewed and published as they are accepted.
Submission portal: Project Leadership and Society website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/project-leadership-and-society
Article Type: Select “SI: Leading projects through time” from the dropdown menu.
Guest Editors
Dicle Kortantamer, Julie Delisle, Johan Alvehus
Why This Issue Matters
Project Leadership and Society provides a platform for work that explores the broader societal implications of project management. By centralizing time as a research lens, this issue offers a vital opportunity to move beyond "effectiveness-only" models of project leadership and toward a more nuanced, ethical, and temporal understanding of how projects intervene in our world.
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