Call for Papers for the CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ) Special Issue on Innovative Pedagogies for Disruptive Times: Rethinking Management Education for Impact and Radical Change
Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026
Special Issue Editors
- Marina Schmitz, IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia, marina.schmitz@iedc.si
- Toloue Miandar, University of Bologna, Italy, toloue.miandar@unibo.it
- Maria Pietrzak, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, Maria.PIETRZAK@sgh.waw.pl
- Emil Velinov, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, Latvia, emil.velinov@riseba.lv
- Lucia Michela Daniele, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy, LUCIAMICHELA.DANIELE@unicampania.it
- Bettina Maisch, HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, bettina.maisch@hm.edu
- Mikko Sairanen, CERN IdeaSquare, Switzerland, mikko.sairanen@cern.ch
About the Special Issue
In the scientific spirit of CERN, this Call for Papers emphasizes the urgent need to innovate pedagogies that prepare learners to lead, innovate, and act responsibly amid ongoing disruptions.
Ecological crisis, geopolitical instability, digital transformation, AI advancement, social inequality, and shifting work paradigms are changing the conditions under which management is taught and practiced. These disruptions require pedagogies that move beyond the transmission of established theories and instead cultivate systems thinking, ethical judgment, reflexivity, creativity, resilience, and responsible action. In this sense, the classroom becomes a laboratory for experimentation, organizational transformation, and societal impact.
