-------------- [ESPAÑOL ABAJO] --------------- [cid:ii_19817a55a45cb971f161][cid:ii_19817a55a46cb971f162] [📣] Call for Papers – Journal of Latin American Studies<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-latin-american-studies> Special Issue: What is Informality and What Could Be? Examples From the Latin American Region Guest Editors: Miria Gambardella, Jairo Baquero Melo, Kate Maclean, Abel Polese We're seeking contributions that rethink informality beyond binaries—exploring informal practices, economies, and political dynamics across Latin America and the Caribbean. This Special Issue invites empirically grounded, interdisciplinary work that engages with themes like: - Informal economies & governance - Labour precarity & survival strategies - Migration, mobility & alternative networks - Urban/rural informalities & state relations - Post-pandemic vulnerabilities & resilience [📅] Deadline for abstracts (1–2 pages + short bio): 30 Sept 2025 [✉️] Submit to: presilient.dn@gmail.com<mailto:presilient.dn@gmail.com> & miria.gambardella@uab.cat<mailto:miria.gambardella@uab.cat> [🗓️] Full paper deadline: 31 March 2026 An initiative of the EU-funded PRESILIENT<https://www.presilient-dn.eu/> project. Let’s rethink informality. We look forward to your submissions! Full CfP attached and at the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1AlcfZLP3Y4peAgno0ByCQ3evypME3NCS?fbclid=IwY2xjawLlh3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJOHpqRXYydkdkcDlMc0t1AR5oEAkXWlt_YqfqGY4zTbBk0VRwf4D9ADx459Ib-SaZ0FvcgkjUk1hPUSOsWw_aem_9ZoX9BnlVLVdLNp7hksB5Q ---------------------- [cid:ii_19817a55a46cb971f163][cid:ii_19817a55a46cb971f164] 📣 Convocatoria de artículos – Journal of Latin American Studies<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-latin-american-studies> Número especial: ¿Qué es la informalidad y qué podría llegar a ser? Ejemplos desde la región latinoamericana Editores invitados: Miria Gambardella, Jairo Baquero Melo, Kate Maclean, Abel Polese Buscamos contribuciones que repiensen la informalidad más allá de los binarismos—explorando prácticas, economías y dinámicas políticas informales en América Latina y el Caribe. Este número especial invita a trabajos interdisciplinarios y empíricamente fundamentados que aborden temas como: * Economías informales y gobernanza * Precariedad laboral y estrategias de supervivencia * Migración, movilidad y redes alternativas * Informalidades urbanas/rurales y relaciones con el Estado * Vulnerabilidades y resiliencias postpandemia 📅 Fecha límite para el envío de resúmenes (1–2 páginas + breve biografía): 30 de septiembre de 2025 ✉️ Envío a: 🗓️ Fecha límite para el envío de artículos completos: 31 de marzo de 2026 Una iniciativa del proyecto PRESILIENT<https://www.presilient-dn.eu/>, financiado por la UE. Repensemos la informalidad. ¡Esperamos sus propuestas! Convocatoria completa adjunta y disponible en el siguiente enlace: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1AlcfZLP3Y4peAgno0ByCQ3evypME3NCS?fbclid=IwY2xjawLlh3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJOHpqRXYydkdkcDlMc0t1AR5oEAkXWlt_YqfqGY4zTbBk0VRwf4D9ADx459Ib-SaZ0FvcgkjUk1hPUSOsWw_aem_9ZoX9BnlVLVdLNp7hksB5Q ________________________________ De: Abel Polese <abel.polese@dcu.ie<mailto:abel.polese@dcu.ie>> Enviat el: dimecres, 16 de juliol de 2025 19:56 Per a: Miria Gambardella <Miria.Gambardella@uab.cat<mailto:Miria.Gambardella@uab.cat>> Tema: mi mandi la call in email che la faccio girare -- Dr Abel Polese<http://iicrr.ie/people/fellows/dr-abel-polese/> (ORCID<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-495X>), IICRR, Dublin City University Editor: Studies of Transition States and Societies<http://www.tlu.ee/stss> ________________ Out now (e-book €5.99) The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival A Short Guide to Design Your Own Strategy And Survive Bibliometrics, Conferences, and Unreal Expectations in Academia<https://www.kobo.com/de/de/ebook/the-scopus-diaries-and-the-il-logics-of-academic-survival> ...recent blogs and short pieces * Beyond packaging: The obscure art of introvert networking<https://researchwhisperer.org/2023/09/05/introvert-networking/> * The unsustainability of the “pay-as-you-go” publishing model<https://researchwhisperer.org/2023/03/07/unsustainability-of-pay-as-you-go/> * What “the 4-hour work week” can teach an idealist researcher<http://researchwhisperer.org/2022/06/21/4-hour-working-week-and-the-researcher/> * “Ukrainian Dispatches”: Fleeing Kyiv with kids, ex-wife, her husband and two cats<https://globalvoices.org/2022/03/03/ukrainian-dispatches-1-fleeing-kyiv-with-family-and-pets/> * What is informality? (Mapping) the art of bypassing the state<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15387216.2021.1992791?src=> * Open access at no cost? Just ditch academic journals<https://researchwhisperer.org/2021/06/22/open-access-at-no-cost/?unapproved=52731&moderation-hash=a5fd9b34898892f2d169c0264096b875#comment-52731> * Jigsawing your salary - the happy and untenured researcher<https://researchwhisperer.org/2021/02/02/happy-and-untenured-researcher/> * Did your productivity under lockdown increase? Nope, I was busy staying alive<https://www.editage.com/insights/did-your-productivity-under-lockdown-increase-nope-i-was-busy-staying-alive-but-i-learned-a-lesson-or-two-on-mental-health> * What is the best publisher for your book? 4 variables to consider<https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/11/05/four-variables-consider-when-choosing-publisher-opinion> * Why was my article desk rejected? Reflections of an editor<https://academic-chatter.com/blog/why-was-my-article-desk-rejected/> * Is public engagement just a nightmare?<https://patthomson.net/2020/02/10/is-public-engagement-just-a-nightmare/> * Fail again, fail better and then write a book about it (genesis of the scopus diaries)<https://thesiswhisperer.com/2019/09/11/fail-again-fail-better-and-then-write-a-book-about-it/> * Reflections on academic fundraising: the art of getting there<https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/08/19/reflections-on-academic-fundraising-the-art-of-getting-there/> * 4+1 reasons why you should not apply for external funding<https://researchwhisperer.org/2019/08/27/dont-apply-for-funding/> * Estonia: where your grandma's kitchen belongs in a museum<https://www.tol.org/client/article/28463-where-your-grandmas-kitchen-belongs-in-a-museum.html?fbclid=IwAR0UbDCVvSm-C1nOVn8jB5_whil1nDfozRoUJtazsPaL9aEtpReLikKRKdo> * Informality in Ukraine (and beyond): one name, many different flavours<http://www.in-formality.com/wiki/Informality_in_Ukraine_and_beyond:_one_name,_different_flavours...with_a_cheer_for_the_Global_Encyclopaedia_of_Informality> * Rethinking Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa<https://www.crcpress.com/Rethinking-Statehood-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Security-Sovereignty/Polese-Santini/p/book/9780367180881> * Evaluating public policy effectiveness through informality? Reflections on Ukraine<https://www.tol.org/client/article/28112-ukraine-corruption-bribery-informal-payments-government.html> * Governance Beyond The Law: The Immoral, The Illegal, The Criminal<https://www.palgrave.com/cn/book/9783030050382> * The ATO Museum in Ukraine: Constructing Identities?<http://www.tol.org/client/article/27560-the-museum-of-anti-terrorist-operations.html> * Identity and Nationalism in Everyday Post-Socialist Life<https://www.routledge.com/Identity-and-Nation-Building-in-Everyday-Post-Socialist-Life/Polese-Morris-Pawlusz-Seliverstova/p/book/9781138736412> * Too much corruption or simply too much talk of corruption? "the two informalities"<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Nation Branding and Nation Brochuring: Building Identity in Estonia<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Turkmenistan: How I Met (or Didn’t) the President<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * In Search of a Turkmen Nation<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Ukraine: in Connections We Trust<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Rethinking Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa: Security, Sovereignty and New Political Orders<https://www.crcpress.com/Rethinking-Statehood-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Security-Sovereignty/Polese-Santini/p/book/9780367180881> Dr Abel Polese Associate Professor Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Dublin City University, Ireland Email. abel.polese@dcu.ie<mailto:abel.polese@dcu.ie> Séanadh Ríomhphoist/Email Disclaimer Tá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. 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(Mapping) the art of bypassing the state<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15387216.2021.1992791?src=> * Open access at no cost? Just ditch academic journals<https://researchwhisperer.org/2021/06/22/open-access-at-no-cost/?unapproved=52731&moderation-hash=a5fd9b34898892f2d169c0264096b875#comment-52731> * Jigsawing your salary - the happy and untenured researcher<https://researchwhisperer.org/2021/02/02/happy-and-untenured-researcher/> * Did your productivity under lockdown increase? Nope, I was busy staying alive<https://www.editage.com/insights/did-your-productivity-under-lockdown-increase-nope-i-was-busy-staying-alive-but-i-learned-a-lesson-or-two-on-mental-health> * What is the best publisher for your book? 4 variables to consider<https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/11/05/four-variables-consider-when-choosing-publisher-opinion> * Why was my article desk rejected? Reflections of an editor<https://academic-chatter.com/blog/why-was-my-article-desk-rejected/> * Is public engagement just a nightmare?<https://patthomson.net/2020/02/10/is-public-engagement-just-a-nightmare/> * Fail again, fail better and then write a book about it (genesis of the scopus diaries)<https://thesiswhisperer.com/2019/09/11/fail-again-fail-better-and-then-write-a-book-about-it/> * Reflections on academic fundraising: the art of getting there<https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/08/19/reflections-on-academic-fundraising-the-art-of-getting-there/> * 4+1 reasons why you should not apply for external funding<https://researchwhisperer.org/2019/08/27/dont-apply-for-funding/> * Estonia: where your grandma's kitchen belongs in a museum<https://www.tol.org/client/article/28463-where-your-grandmas-kitchen-belongs-in-a-museum.html?fbclid=IwAR0UbDCVvSm-C1nOVn8jB5_whil1nDfozRoUJtazsPaL9aEtpReLikKRKdo> * Informality in Ukraine (and beyond): one name, many different flavours<http://www.in-formality.com/wiki/Informality_in_Ukraine_and_beyond:_one_name,_different_flavours...with_a_cheer_for_the_Global_Encyclopaedia_of_Informality> * Rethinking Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa<https://www.crcpress.com/Rethinking-Statehood-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Security-Sovereignty/Polese-Santini/p/book/9780367180881> * Evaluating public policy effectiveness through informality? Reflections on Ukraine<https://www.tol.org/client/article/28112-ukraine-corruption-bribery-informal-payments-government.html> * Governance Beyond The Law: The Immoral, The Illegal, The Criminal<https://www.palgrave.com/cn/book/9783030050382> * The ATO Museum in Ukraine: Constructing Identities?<http://www.tol.org/client/article/27560-the-museum-of-anti-terrorist-operations.html> * Identity and Nationalism in Everyday Post-Socialist Life<https://www.routledge.com/Identity-and-Nation-Building-in-Everyday-Post-Socialist-Life/Polese-Morris-Pawlusz-Seliverstova/p/book/9781138736412> * Too much corruption or simply too much talk of corruption? "the two informalities"<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Nation Branding and Nation Brochuring: Building Identity in Estonia<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Turkmenistan: How I Met (or Didn’t) the President<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * In Search of a Turkmen Nation<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Ukraine: in Connections We Trust<http://www.academia.edu/29796509/Too_much_corruption_or_too_much_talk_of_corruption_the_two_informalities_> * Rethinking Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa: Security, Sovereignty and New Political Orders<https://www.crcpress.com/Rethinking-Statehood-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Security-Sovereignty/Polese-Santini/p/book/9780367180881> Dr Abel Polese Associate Professor Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Dublin City University, Ireland Email. abel.polese@dcu.ie<mailto:abel.polese@dcu.ie> Séanadh Ríomhphoist/Email Disclaimer Tá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. 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