CALL FOR PAPERS

The Africa Peace & Conflict Journal, published by the UN Mandated University for Peace, is now accepting abstracts and full length articles for its upcoming December 2012 publication: The December issue is open to all articles, briefings and book reviews that cover any area of peace, security, governance, conflict and violence in Africa and elsewhere around the world.  The deadline for receipt of full-length articles is September 15, 2012.

The Africa Peace & Conflict Journal is a biannual publication. If you are interested in submitting on a future theme, please join the APCJ mailing list by writing to assted@apcj.upeace.org.

Guide for Contributors

The APCJ is a refereed journal with a panel of international editorial advisors and readers. All articles are anonymously peer reviewed by at least two referees. Contributions with a policy focus are highly encouraged for this issue. We accept articles, briefings and book reviews on an ongoing basis. Articles will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis. Only articles that make it through the rigorous peer review process will be published. We welcome the following types of contributions year round and will periodically issue calls for papers on specific topics:

Articles and case analysis-critical case studies or thematic discussion and analysis of topical peace and conflict themes (7,000 words maximum, including endnotes; abstract, 150 words or less).

Briefings/practice- training or intervention strategies, outcomes and impacts, policy review and analysis, country situational updates, and so on (2,000-3,000 words maximum).

Book reviews- critical assessments of new books that integrate peace and conflict concerns (1,500 words maximum).

Resources-reports, upcoming conferences and workshops, notices of new books and videos, e-communications, and Web sites that link peace and conflict studies (150 words maximum); documents, declarations, communiqués, and other relevant nongovernmental or multilateral organizational statements (1,000 words maximum).

The editors will consider only material that meets the following requirements:

• The submission must be original and not under consideration for publication by another journal or organization or have been published previously.
• For notes and references, use the short-title system (not the author-date system) as per Butcher's Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders, 4^th edition (2006).

Submit to editor@apcj.upeace.org and assted@apcj.upeace.org.