Call for Papers: ZFHE 17/2

Posted on 2021-10-15

Call for papers – Open issue

Editors: René Krempkow (Berlin), Elena Wilhelm (Zurich), & Olaf Zawacki-Richter (Oldenburg)

Date of publication: June 2021

 

To the main topic

The Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung - ZFHE (Journal for Higher Education Development) is a peer-reviewed online journal that publishes scientific contributions of practical relevance on current issues in higher education development. The ZFHE is published by a consortium of European researchers and funded by the Austrian Ministry for Science, Research and Economics. For more information, see https://www.zfhe.at.

ZFHE publishes articles that address didactic, structural, and cultural developments in teaching and studying and situate the developments in the academic discourse. These contributions thus provide in-depth analyses (empirical as well as conceptual) and, at the same time, suggestions for teaching and higher education development.

In addition to the usual themed issues, due to the significant increase in the number of submitted articles in the last two years, with issue 02/2022 we offer the possibility of submitting scientific contributions that thematically correspond to the profile of our journal without any further restriction in terms of content.

Topics include but are not limited to:

  • instructional design and student learning processes
  • course and curriculum development
  • profile and needs of the student population
  • student support systems
  • higher education management and leadership
  • professional development of faculty members and administrative staff
  • quality assurance, innovation, and change management
  • developments in steering innovative processes

 

Author Guidelines

German or English contributions should comply with the following criteria: The article should:

  • describe a concrete problem of higher education development of the (own) higher education institution as a starting point;
  • be theoretically grounded (i.e., it offers a clear connection to the scientific discourse of the topic under discussion);
  • provide scientific insights with added value for the readership of ZFHE;
  • clearly elaborate on the methodology used;
  • follow the relevant citation rules consistently (APA style, 6th edition);
  • comprise of 20,000 to 33,600 characters (incl. spaces, as well as cover page, references, and author information)

 

Submission and review schedule

January 14, 2022 – Submission deadline for complete articles: Please upload your contribution(s) to the ZFHE journal system (https://www.zfhe.at) in the corresponding section (scientific contribution) of ZFHE 17/2 issue in anonymous format. To do so, you must first register as an author in the system.

April 8, 2022 – Feedback/Reviews: Contributions are evaluated in a double-blind process (see below).

May 6, 2022 – Revision deadline: Where necessary, contributions may be revised according to feedback and recommendations from the reviews.

June 2022 – Online publication: In June 2022, the finalized contributions are published under https://www.zfhe.at and also made available in print.

 

Review Process

All submitted contributions will be examined in a double-blind peer review process to guarantee scientific quality. The editors of the current issue propose the reviewers, allocate individual contributions to the reviewers, and determine which contributions will be accepted.

 

Formatting and submission

In order to save valuable time with the formatting of the contributions, we kindly ask that all authors work with the template from the beginning. The template can be downloaded from the ZFHE website under the following links:

 

https://www.zfhe.at/userupload/ZFHE_17-2_TEMPLATE_de.docx

https://www.zfhe.at/userupload/ZFHE_17-2_TEMPLATE_en.docx

Since we must be able to edit the texts, they must be submitted unlocked/unprotected in in Microsoft Word (.doc), Office Open XML (.docx), Open Document Text (.odt) or Plain Text (.txt) format. Please do not submit any PDF files! Submissions must first be made in anonymous format to guarantee the double-blind review process. Please remove all references to the author(s) of the document (including in the document properties!). Upon a positive review result, this information will be re-inserted.

 

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the content of the issue, please contact René Krempkow (rene.krempkow@hu-berlin.de), Elena Wilhelm (elena.wilhelm@zhaw.ch), or Olaf Zawacki-Richter (olaf.zawacki.richter@uni-oldenburg.de). For technical and organizational questions, please contact Elisabeth Stadler (office@zfhe.at).

 

We look forward to your submissions!

René Krempkow, Elena Wilhelm, & Olaf Zawacki-Richter