Guest editors for Clara's Journal
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Clara #13 (2027)
Clara n°13 (2027)
Published on Friday, May 09, 2025
Abstract
Clara is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in architecture dedicated to topics, research methods and tools specific to the field. Clara launches a call for guest editor(s) for its issue 13 (to be published in 2027). The role of guest editors is to prepare Clara’s thematic section which consists of six to nine articles developing a specific and original topic in the field of architecture.
Announcement
Clara launches a call for guest editor(s) for its issue 13 (to be published in 2027).
Presentation
Clara is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in architecture dedicated to topics, research methods and tools specific to the field. Each issue comprises a main thematic section proposed by guest editors, and two additional sections: Archives, with articles based on the exploration of archival documents, and Position(s), with articles that take a stance on current developments or events in architecture.
Clara is published yearly, both online on Cairn.info and in a 24 × 17 cm full-color paperback version. It is in full open access after a one-year embargo. Clara is funded by the Faculty of Architecture La Cambre Horta at Université libre de Bruxelles and receives financial support by the FRS-FNRS (Belgian Fund for Scientific Research). More info on https://clararevue.ulb.be/.
The role of guest editors is to prepare Clara’s thematic section which consists of six to nine articles developing a specific and original topic in the field of architecture. Guest editors write a call for papers, select the abstracts and follow the peer review and editorial processes together with Clara’s editorial board. Guest editors are responsible for the thematic section’s overall consistency and for the quality of each contribution and contribute an introduction to the issue. The section can be ues e i e by a e m of maximum three co-editors.
Editorial process
The editorial process goes as follows. Abstracts (400 words) are submitted to the journal as a response to a call for papers. The guest editors, together with Clara’s editorial board, select up to ten abstracts and invite the authors to elaborate their proposal into an article (max. 50 000 characters/ 8000 words all included).
The articles are then subject to a double-blind peer review, aiming to ascertain their originality, appropriateness of the adopted research methods, the relevance of their argument and conclusions, their structure and readability. Papers within the thematic section are original scientific contributions, based on first-hand research activities. Professional copy-editing and proofreading are organized by the editorial board, with the validation of the guest editors.
Application and selection
Proposals from guest editor(s) for issue 13 should be submitted by the 30th of June 2025 directly to Clara’s editorial board: clara. archi[at]ulb.be. They should be compiled in one single pdf (in English or French), including:
- A theme: title and short argument for your proposal (300-500 words).
- Guest editor(s): name, short resume (100 words), affiliation, list of 5 main publications.
Proposals for the editorship of issue 13 (to be published in 2027) must be submitted
by June 30, 2025.
The evaluation of the proposals will be carried out by Clara’s editorial board. The criteria are the originality and relevance of the proposals to the field of architecture and to Clara’s editorial priorities for the upcoming issues.
Editorial Board
- Tiphaine Abenia
- Céline Bodart
- Elke Couchez
- Beatrice Lampariello
- Pauline Lefebvre
- Valentine Debizet (administrative assistant)
Subjects
- Urban studies (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
- Society > History > Rural history
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Mapping, imagery, GIS
- Society > History > Urban history
- Society > Sociology > Urban sociology
- Mind and language > Representation > Architecture
Date(s)
- Monday, June 30, 2025
Attached files
Keywords
- architecture, revue
Reference Urls
Information source
- Pauline Lefebvre
courriel : clara [dot] archi [at] ulb [dot] be
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Guest editors for Clara's Journal », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, May 09, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/13wc5
