Call for Academic Working Papers: ScholarForum 13

Date:

July 23, 2009

The Scholarship Programs journal ScholarForum is dedicating more print space to giving young academics the chance to get their early academic working papers and journal submissions printed.

Editors at the Scholarship Programs encourage the submission of academic research papers (750-1000 words) from OSI scholars. All submissions will be reviewed by OSI experts as well as academic faculty where possible.

Showcasing articles in ScholarForum is an excellent way to get articles in a pre-published stage to the wider OSI academic community in over 30 countries, and thus foster feedback and possible citations.

Scholarship Programs offer writers the following guidelines for submission:

Structure

Title of Research
Introduction: give a brief synopsis of the research and how it related to your scholarship (i.e. research for thesis / MA / working paper / independent research article)
Analysis: in the body of the texts please make it as concise as possible, without introducing too many research areas: you may wish to concentrate on expanding the research to date on one aspect only to give more space for analysis and commentary
Conclusion: summarize the research outlined in the Analysis section and give recommendations for further research

Submission Guidelines

Although some articles may be scientific, please keep tables, charts and diagrams to a minimum.
The OSI audience is intellectual, but please make the research descriptive and accessible to all - qualify abbreviations and explain detailed concepts those outside of the field may not understand
Footnotes: please keep footnotes to a minimum if possible
All entries will be reviewed by experts at OSI and partner university faculty where possible

Due to space constraints, entries will be reviewed on a competitive basis and authors may be asked to abridge the submission in collaboration with the editor.

Contributions written in German or French would be welcome.