Reimagining Public Administration Praxis: Queer[ing] Theoretical and Empirical Approaches

Call for Papers

Reimagining Public Administration Praxis: Queer[ing] Theoretical and Empirical Approaches

Journal: Administrative Theory & Praxis

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

Manuscript Deadline: 01 January 2027

About the Special Issue

Administrative Theory & Praxis invites submissions for a Special Issue on "Reimagining Public Administration Praxis: Queer[ing] Theoretical and Empirical Approaches."

This Special Issue explores how Queer Theory (QT) can transform public administration, governance, public service, nonprofits, and civil society by challenging normative assumptions surrounding identity, gender, sexuality, power, and institutional practices. The issue encourages innovative theoretical, empirical, and interdisciplinary scholarship that reimagines administrative systems through the lenses of inclusion, equity, social justice, and democratic governance.

Researchers, practitioners, and activists are invited to contribute work that advances critical dialogue on the role of queer theory in shaping more inclusive and equitable public institutions.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may address, but are not limited to:

• Queer theoretical interventions in public administration

• Bureaucracy, accountability, and governance through queer perspectives

• LGBTQ+ policy implementation and public service delivery

• Queering public administration, power, governance, and resistance

• Organizational culture, diversity, and inclusion

• Administrative regulation of gender and sexuality

• Intersectionality across race, class, disability, gender, and sexuality

• Comparative and international perspectives on queer governance

• Historical approaches to sexuality and public administration

• Arts, media, music, sports, and popular culture in queer public administration

• Civil society, nonprofits, and community-based governance

Submission Guidelines

Authors may submit:

• Research Articles (8,000–13,000 words)

• Dialogues (3,000–4,000 words)

• Book/Media Reviews (2,500–4,000 words)

Authors should first submit an extended abstract and outline (1,000–2,000 words, excluding references) that includes:

• Research overview

• Methods

• Research questions

• Theoretical framework

• Relevance to public administration, governance, nonprofits, or civil society

Selected authors will be invited to submit full manuscripts through the journal's submission system.

Important Dates

• Extended Abstract Deadline: 01 June 2026

• Invitation to Submit Full Papers: 01 July 2026

• Full Manuscript Submission: 01 January 2027

• Initial Peer Review Decision: 31 March 2027

• First Revision Due: 12 July 2027

• Rolling Publication Decisions: September–November 2027

• Expected Special Issue Publication: Late 2027

Special Issue Editors

José Luis Irizarry, North Carolina Central University, USA

Diego Galego, Rutgers University–Newark, USA

Michelle D. Evans, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA

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