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Intergenerational Dialogue for Well-Being Futures: Theories, Practices, and Policy Pathways

Datum
19. Sep­tem­ber 2025 

CfP for spe­cial issue Jour­nal of Dia­logue Studies


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

CfP for Inter­gen­er­a­tional Dia­logue for Well-Being Futures: The­o­ries, Prac­tices, and Pol­i­cy Pathways

19 Sep­tem­ber 2025, Har­ris Man­ches­ter Col­lege, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oxford 

The Jour­nal of Dia­logue Stud­ies, in part­ner­ship with Glob­al Human­i­ty for Peace Insti­tute at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wales Trin­i­ty St David, the Guer­rand-Her­mès Foun­da­tion for Peace and UNESCO Col­lec­tive Heal­ing Ini­tia­tive, invites con­tri­bu­tions for a spe­cial issue explor­ing the role of inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue in shap­ing col­lec­tive well-being futures. 

We recog­nise that despite glob­al com­mit­ments to the UN Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals (SDGs), progress remains imped­ed by per­sis­tent bar­ri­ers, includ­ing trans­gen­er­a­tional trau­ma, struc­tur­al injus­tice, gen­der inequal­i­ty, lim­it­ed youth engage­ment, and frag­ment­ed polit­i­cal respons­es. In the face of these obsta­cles, inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue is increas­ing­ly impor­tant as it cre­ates facil­i­tat­ed spaces for the younger and old­er peo­ple to encounter and learn from each oth­er. Such dia­logue allows the com­mu­ni­ty to draw insights from mul­ti­ple gen­er­a­tions, diverse cul­tur­al tra­di­tions, and rich cos­mo­log­i­cal world­views towards build­ing bet­ter futures. 

This spe­cial issue is inspired by the pow­er and poten­tial of inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue. It is a response to the call of the Unit­ed Nations Pact for the Future, which under­scores the neces­si­ty of equi­table inter­gen­er­a­tional process­es and col­lab­o­ra­tive approach­es to mul­ti­lat­er­al gov­er­nance to ensure sus­tain­able peace, struc­tur­al jus­tice, and inclu­sive well-being. 

Call for Abstracts
Against this back­drop, this spe­cial issue seeks to explore inter­gen­er­a­tional dialogue’s trans­for­ma­tive poten­tial in the following:

1. The­o­ries and Prac­tices: How might we under­stand inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue as an eth­i­cal imper­a­tive, an epis­te­mo­log­i­cal frame­work, a method­olog­i­cal process, or a trans­for­ma­tive practice?

2. Mul­ti­lat­er­al Gov­er­nance: In what ways does inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue fos­ter glob­al col­lab­o­ra­tion and help tran­scend polit­i­cal fragmentation?

3. Knowl­edge Co-Cre­ation: How might inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue sup­port the trans­mis­sion of ances­tral and tra­di­tion­al wis­dom, pre­serve cul­tur­al resources, and strength­en com­mu­nal resilience?

4. Gen­der Equal­i­ty: In response to the UN Pact’s call for gen­der-inclu­sive gov­er­nance, how can inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue advance jus­tice-ori­ent­ed futures?

5. Pos­i­tive Peace: What can be learned from glob­al peace­build­ing efforts that inte­grate tra­di­tion­al, indige­nous, and com­mu­ni­ty-based inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue mech­a­nisms to sup­port trans­for­ma­tion and shared flourishing?

6. Dig­i­tal Spaces: How might dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies facil­i­tate, or hin­der, eth­i­cal, inclu­sive, and mean­ing­ful inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue in the shap­ing of future societies? 

We wel­come con­tri­bu­tions from schol­ars, prac­ti­tion­ers, and pol­i­cy­mak­ers that crit­i­cal­ly exam­ine the role of inter­gen­er­a­tional dia­logue in futures-form­ing efforts. Sub­mis­sions may include orig­i­nal research arti­cles, the­o­ret­i­cal or con­cep­tu­al essays, case stud­ies, and pol­i­cy reflections. 

The Work­shop

Short­list­ed abstracts will be devel­oped into a full paper, which will be pre­sent­ed at an inter­na­tion­al work­shop for peer-to-peer dia­logue. The event will be exten­sive­ly pub­li­cised with a spe­cial issue of the Jour­nal of Dia­logue Stud­ies Vol: 13 (2025) and a pos­si­bil­i­ty of an edit­ed book, which may fol­low in the next phase. We expect this issue to attract high-cal­i­bre papers that con­tribute to the field. 

Edi­to­r­i­al Board

• Prof Patrice Brodeur, Uni­ver­si­ty of Montreal

• Prof Scher­to R. Gill, Glob­al Human­i­ty for Peace Insti­tute, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wales, TSD 

• Dr Ryan O’Byrne, Glob­al Human­i­ty for Peace Insti­tute, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wales, TSD 

• Dr Ola Osman, Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge and Uni­ver­si­ty of Toronto

• Prof Gar­rett Thom­son, Woost­er Col­lege and Guer­rand-Her­mes Foun­da­tion for Peace

• Emer­i­tus Prof Paul Weller, Uni­ver­si­ties of Der­by and Coven­try, and Regent’s Park Col­lege, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oxford 

Sched­ule for Submissions

Abstract
200–300 words max, with CVs (max 2‑page), includ­ing per­son­al state­ment, pub­li­ca­tions and work experience.

30 June 2025
Shortlisting
Abstracts to be short­list­ed by the Edi­to­r­i­al Board, and papers invited.

15 July 2025
Workshop
Select­ed abstracts will be invit­ed to a one-day work­shop at Har­ris Man­ches­ter Col­lege, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oxford.

19 Sept 2025
Full paper
4,000 words min­i­mum – 8,000 words max­i­mum, exclud­ing bibliography.

27 Oct 2025
Review
Papers reviewed by the Edi­to­r­i­al Board [classed as: Accept­ed – No Rec­om­men­da­tions; Accept­ed – See Rec­om­men­da­tions; Con­di­tion­al Accep­tance – See Rec­om­men­da­tions; Not Accepted].

24 Nov 2025
Revision
Authors to take peer review feed­back into account and resub­mit arti­cles. The out­come of the review (includ­ing any rec­om­men­da­tions for revi­sions or improve­ments) com­mu­ni­cat­ed to the authors by 15th Dec 2025.

8 Dec 2025
Final Paper
Any final amend­ments to papers to be submitted.

22 Dec 2025
The Spe­cial Issue will be pub­lished in Decem­ber 2025/January 2026.
Enquiries
Please send any queries to info@dialoguestudies.org and scherto.gill@uwtsd.ac.uk

Full Paper Sub­mis­sion Procedure

Full Papers should be sub­mit­ted in Eng­lish only, as MS Word doc­u­ments attached to an email to submission@dialoguestudies.org, no lat­er than 17:00 UK time, 27th Octo­ber 2025, in order to allow suf­fi­cient time for peer review. 

Man­u­scripts should be approx­i­mate­ly 4,000 to 8,000 words, exclud­ing the bib­li­og­ra­phy. Longer man­u­scripts will be con­sid­ered only in excep­tion­al cir­cum­stances. Arti­cles will be peer-reviewed by the mem­bers of the Edi­to­r­i­al Board and exter­nal expert review­ers (Ref­er­ees | Jour­nal of Dia­logue Stud­ies). Man­u­scripts should be pre­sent­ed in a form that meets the require­ments set out in the Journal’s Arti­cle Sub­mis­sion Guide­lines, pro­vid­ed here, and Style Guide, pro­vid­ed here. 

Copy­right

The copy­right of the papers accept­ed for the spe­cial issue will be vest­ed in the Dia­logue Society.