Accounting, Accountability and Governance in Defence Spending

Call for Papers
Accounting, Accountability and Governance in Defence Spending
Journal: Public Money & Management
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Submission Deadline: 15 June 2026

Overview
This special issue examines defence spending as a major public policy issue in the context of rising geopolitical tensions and stronger demands for strategic, efficient, and accountable use of public resources. It focuses on the governance, accounting, budgeting, and performance dimensions of defence expenditure through a multidisciplinary and international lens. The call especially welcomes work that connects academic insight with practitioner relevance across Europe, Australasia, and North America.

Detailed Scope
The issue invites theoretical and empirical contributions on accountability and transparency in defence spending, procurement and risk management, strategic performance management, geopolitics and defence governance, and ethics and anti-corruption. It also encourages papers on the role of emerging technologies, institutional agility, NATO and AUKUS-related governance, and innovative funding approaches such as a “defence bank.” The overall aim is to explore the institutions, mechanisms, and technologies shaping defence spending and oversight.

Submission Information
Research articles may be up to 8,000 words and are subject to double-blind peer review. New development articles may be up to 3,500 words, while debate articles may be up to 1,000 words and are accepted at the editors’ discretion. All submissions must follow the journal’s author guidelines, be submitted through ScholarOne, and include any required conflict-of-interest declarations. The deadline for research articles is 15 June 2026, while debate and new development pieces are due 31 August 2026. Accepted papers are published online with a DOI on acceptance and do not wait for the full theme issue to appear.

Guest Editors

• Veronika Vakulenko — Nord University, Norway.

• James W. Douglas — University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.

• Javier Cifuentes Faura — University Centre of Defence, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain.

• Rainer Kattel — University College London (UCL), UK.

• Tarek Rana — RMIT University, Australia.

• Marc Schelhase — King’s College London, UK.

• Matt Uttley — King’s College London, UK.

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