We welcome essay submissions on a range of issues related to CLaSP’s research themes, including labour, social reproduction, enterprises, finance, regulation, and sustainability in the global economy.  

As an interdisciplinary research centre, we publish writing from diverse perspectives and fields including Critical Management Studies, International and Comparative Political Economy, History, Sociology, Economic Geography, Development Studies, and Anthropology, and with regional specialisations across the global South and North. You can learn more about CLaSP’s commitments and approach here.  We invite contributions from scholars, practitioners and activists, and especially encourage early career scholars and PhD students to submit essays that showcase their work.

The guidelines below aim to help potential authors tailor their essay submissions to the CLaSP blog. Please write to us at clasp-info@qmul.ac.uk to discuss your submission or submit a draft essay.

Length and format

We publish essays of between 800 – 1,200 words. Longer essays may be accepted if agreed to by the editors. We welcome contributions in a range of formats:

• Accessible and engaging essays showcasing recent or ongoing research

• Essays commenting on current affairs related to CLaSP’s research themes

• Book reviews

• Proposals for thematic blog series with contributions from different authors

• Write-ups of relevant events

Submissions should be sent as a word document.

Style

• Accessible language: we encourage authors to write their essays in an accessible language and to avoid jargon to allow for engagement by a broad audience.

• Sub-headings: please consider adding sub-headings to highlight key transitions or points in the essay.

• Citations: references to published work or other sources should be embedded as links in the text. Please bear in mind that not all readers may have institutional access to academic journals.

• No footnotes: the blog essay should not include footnotes or endnotes; all key information should be included in the main text.

• Images: we ask authors to provide at least one image to be included with the essay and in promotional posts on social media. Please provide a source for the image and make sure that its reproduction does not entail a copyright infringement.

Editing, timeline and distribution

The CLaSP blog editorial team will read your essay draft and provide you with feedback. We will agree on a timeline with you.

Essays published on the CLaSP blog may be re-posted on other websites so long as they include a note that indicates that the essay was originally published on the CLaSP blog and include a link to the original.

Articles posted on the CLaSP blog reflect the views of the author(s) and not the position of CLaSP or Queen Mary University of London. Our editorial team reserves the right not to publish blogs that do not adhere to the guidelines outlined above.