Announcing a Call for Papers for December 2025

2025-10-02

Special Issue: Resilience Beyond the Colonial Lens: Traditional Knowledge, Regional Systems, and Economic Development

Overview

The Journal of Resilient Economies (JRE) invites submissions for a special issue focused on "Decolonising Resilience", to be published in December 2025. This issue seeks to explore how decolonial approaches and alternative knowledge systems can redefine our understanding of economic resilience in the face of global disruptions.

We encourage a multidisciplinary lens—welcoming contributions from economics, social sciences, organizational behavior, Indigenous studies, development, environmental science, and related fields. In particular, we invite work that foregrounds Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Regional Knowledge Systems (RKSs) as critical to shaping just, sustainable, and adaptive economic futures.

Topics of Interest Include (but are not limited to):
  • Decolonising economics: Rethinking growth, value, and productivity from non-Western perspectives.
  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): Its role in climate resilience and sustainable economic systems.
  • Regional and Indigenous knowledge systems: Contributions to local, national, and regional development planning.
  • Organisational behaviour and management: Insights through a decolonial and resilience-oriented lens.
  • Workforce dynamics and labour justice in post-colonial and Global South economies.
  • Economic self-determination, food sovereignty, and resistance to extractive and colonial models.
  • Methodologies for integrating TEK and Regional Knowledge Systems into economic research and policy.
  • Social and solidarity economies rooted in cultural and regional traditions.
  • Decolonising development frameworks and multilateral aid models.
  • Comparative case studies and narratives from Indigenous, regional, or marginalised communities.
  • Decolonising education and pedagogy: Rethinking curriculum, knowledge transmission, and capacity building for resilient economic futures.
Submission Guidelines

We welcome a variety of submission types, including:

  • Full research papers
  • Short research notes
  • Critical essays
  • Theoretical or conceptual pieces
  • Opinion pieces and commentaries
  • Case studies

Word count: Between 4,000 and 8,000 words, inclusive of references.
All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review.
Manuscripts must follow JRE formatting guidelines (available here).

Key Dates