Call for Papers, 2024
Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, 5th Issue
New Submissions
The Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans is published by Co-PLAN and POLIS University on a yearly basis, in print and online versions (https://www.co-plan.org/en/tgreview/). The published articles are select policy briefs and/or scientific papers on matters related to territorial governance, sketching the present situation, the Europeanisation process, the policy and the research and development agenda for the near future. The publication targets policy-makers, policy-influencing actors and policy scientists, researchers and academics and focuses on issues such as spatial planning, environment, climate change and resilience, energy, transport, cultural heritage, municipal finances, regional development, governance, disasters risk, tourism etc. The articles may propose observations, analyses and authentic solutions to policy problems, bring in international best practices that are sound and/or relevant for implementation in the context of the Balkan countries, or discuss the effect and relevance of EU policies in the Western Balkans and in the Europeanisation process. We encourage authors to submit articles that have a comparative approach/value in addressing aspects of territorial governance in two or more Western Balkan countries or EU, regions in different countries, two or more themes, or discuss issues that are relevant to all countries even though based on specific case studies.
Overarching Theme
The Editorial Theme of 2024 builds around “Cross-Border Cooperation in the Western Balkan”. Articles can have a focus on the cross-border cooperation programs, projects, issues and policies in different sectors such as energy, agriculture, environment, transport, local public finances, etc., aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation, nature-based solutions, green transition and energy, linkages between environmental and spatial planning practices, etc. Articles that have a comparative approach on one or more countries are particularly welcomed in this year’s edition. Additionally, articles that focus on cross-border visioning, strategic planning, service provision are welcomed. Besides articles that focus on the WB region, those presenting case studies and best practices from the EU that can be of interest and serve as lesson learning for the WB region are highly welcomed.
Submission Guidelines
Authors are invited to send abstracts of a maximum of 300 words, a short bibliography, name(s) and author(s) affiliation/s, and the specification of the corresponding author to ledio_allkja@co-plan.org, kejt_dhrami@co-plan.org and co-plan@co-plan.org, until the 30th of April 2024.
If you have further queries, please contact the above email addresses.
Further Deadlines
Abstracts: April 30, 2024
Confirmation of Abstract acceptance: May 10, 2024
Full Article: July 20, 2024
Comments from the peer review process: September 15, 2024
Full Article (final): October 15, 2024
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Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans
Journal of Western Balkan Network on Territorial Governance (TG-WeB)
Editor-in-Chief: Prof Emeritus Pantoleon D. Skayannis (University of Thessaly – GR)
Editorial Managers:
Dr. Ledio Allkja (Universiteti POLIS / Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development – AL)
Dr. Kejt Dhrami (Universiteti POLIS / Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development – AL)
Editorial Board:
Prof. dr. Besnik Aliaj (Universiteti POLIS – AL)
Dr. Dritan Shutina, (Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development – AL)
Dr. Sotir Dhamo (Universiteti POLIS – AL)
Prof. dr. Peter Nientied (Universiteti POLIS – AL)
Prof. dr. Marjan Nikolov (Center for Economic Analyses – MK)
Prof. dr. Sherif Lushaj (Universiteti POLIS – AL)
Assoc. Prof. Giancarlo Cotella (Politecnico di Torino – IT)
Dr. Dragisa Mijacic (INTER – RS)
Dr. Erblin Berisha (Politecnico di Torino – IT)
Scope: Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans is a periodical publication with select policy briefs, scientific papers and comparative policy review articles on matters related to territorial governance, sketching the present situation, the Europeanisation process, the policy and the research and development agenda for the near future. The publication targets policy-makers, policy-influencing actors and academics working in or on the Western Balkans region.
Submitting to Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans: For information about the review and guidance on how to submit, please see www.co-plan.org and www.tg-web.eu and contact co-plan@co-plan.org and/or info@tg-web.eu.
Authors can click here for more information on submissions and the review process.
Access: The Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans is an open access journal of the Western Balkan Network on Territorial Governance. You can access its contents also at www.tg-web.eu. All articles are published free of charge. All articles are available to read or download free of charge and there is no need for registration.
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