Proposing, coordinating and publishing a successful special issue in a journal can have many advantages: it gives one the possibility to discuss a topic throughout multiple connected articles, it can help to open a new strand of research, it gives important academic experiences, and it can have a positive effect on one's career.

Based on his experience as a special issues editor, Jens Jungblut will provide some insights into important questions that one needs to address in the process of proposing and coordinating a special issue. This includes fundamental questions like why one should do a special issue, how to prepare a good proposal, how to structure the editorial process, and how to promote one's work after publication.

Event format: Following a 30-minute introductory presentation by Professor Jungblut, attendees will be invited to discuss their questions and observations for 20-30 minutes.

Speaker biography

Jens Jungblut works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University and at the International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER) at the University of Kassel. He received his PhD from the University of Oslo. Jens’ main research interests include party politics, policy-making, and public governance in the knowledge policy domain (higher education and research), organizational change in higher education, and the role of (academic) expertise in policymaking. Jens is one of the two special issue editors for Studies in Higher Education.