Announcements

Announcements

Special Issue: Teaching Sensitive Issues in Challenging Times - Call for Abstracts

January 9, 2026

Educators will be aware, concerned even, by the increasing social, political and cultural polarisation affecting our teaching spaces. Topics once considered neutral or apolitical are now politically divisive and lead to emotionally charged responses. Where there was once consensus there is now contention. This tense atmosphere is further challenged by students whose lives and well-being are impacted by the seeming perma-crisis of conflict, social injustice, displacement and trauma, not to mention the youth mental health crisis profoundly exacerbated by the pandemic.  

Abstract deadline: 10 February 2026 (SUBMIT HERE)

Full paper submission deadline: 10 April 2026

Anticipated publication date: October 2026

Call for Contributions to Special Issue

April 12, 2022

Special Issue of oSoTL

Using pedagogy to inform methods learning or using method to evaluate our pedagogy?

This special issue invites papers that relate either to the pedagogy of research practice, or how we can harness methods, methodologies and research design to better evaluate our teaching and learning?

Declaration of interest by 5th of May 2022 send to Jo Ferrie: 

Lead editor of special issue:

Jo Ferrie, Senior Lecturer in Social Research Methods, Sociology at University of Glasgow

With:

Thees Spreckelsen, Lecturer in Q-Step and the School of Social & Political Sciences

Catriona Forrest, Early career researcher in the School of Social & Political Sciences