Sustainable Mentoring in Education: Advancing Research, Theory, and Practice
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Call for Papers
Sustainable Mentoring in Education: Advancing Research, Theory, and Practice
Journal: International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Submission Opens: 1 September 2026
Submission Deadline: 5 January 2027
The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education invites submissions for a Special Issue dedicated to advancing empirical, conceptual, theoretical, and practice-based research on sustainable mentoring in education and related professional contexts.
About the Special Issue
Mentoring plays an important role in supporting learning, professional development, career progression, wellbeing, and retention. However, much of the existing literature focuses on short-term outcomes, leaving important questions about how mentoring benefits can be sustained over time.
This Special Issue places sustainability at the centre of mentoring research and practice, exploring how mentoring can generate lasting benefits for individuals, organisations, educational institutions, and professional communities.
The issue particularly welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives, longitudinal and comparative research, and studies connecting theory with practical approaches to designing effective and sustainable mentoring systems.
Research from healthcare, business, and other professional settings may also be considered where findings provide transferable insights for educational contexts.
Key Research Areas
Submissions may address, but are not limited to:
Inclusive and equitable mentoring practices
Professionalisation of mentoring practice
Long-term and transformative mentoring outcomes
Mentoring systems and mentoring ecologies
Organisational contexts supporting sustainable mentoring
Mentoring for professional development and lifelong learning
Mentoring, workforce wellbeing, and retention
Digital and hybrid mentoring practices
Equity and inclusion in mentoring
Organisational resilience and mentoring
Translating mentoring research into sustainable practice
Sustainable mentoring programme design
Mentoring policy and institutional frameworks
Longitudinal and comparative studies of mentoring
Guest Editors
Kinga Kaplar-Kodacsy — Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Email: kaplar-kodacsy.kinga@ppk.elte.hu
Andrew J. Hobson — University of Brighton, UK
Email: a.hobson@brighton.ac.uk
Julie Haddock-Millar — Middlesex University, UK
Email: j.haddock-millar@mdx.ac.uk
Laura G. Lunsford — Campbell University, USA
Email: llunsford@campbell.edu
Key Dates
Manuscript Submission Opens: 1 September 2026
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 5 January 2027
Submission Information
Authors should submit manuscripts through the ScholarOne Manuscripts system and select the Special Issue title “Sustainable Mentoring in Education: Advancing Research, Theory, and Practice” during the submission process.
Submit Your Paper via ScholarOne
Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere while under review.
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