Announcements

Call for papers 

  

The Journal of Public Space welcomes full papers, to be published in April, August and December.

PLEASE NOTE: Given the high volume of requests from individual authors and from institutions for special issues, the time allocated to the peer review process has been extended to at least 3-4 months.

Read more about our double blind peer review process.

Last update: 29 September 2023

 

Submissions will be ongoing throughout the year.
Submission can be made ONLY by using the OJS platform by registering online. If you are already a registered author you can log in using your username and password.
For any questions, you can contact the Editor in chief Dr Luisa Bravo at this email address: submission@journalpublicspace.org.

Before submitting, please read:
- the Submission Preparation Checklist
- the Author Guidelines

Full papers should be between 5.000 and 8.000 words, including notes and references. A short paper of around 3.000 words can be also considered. An abstract of about 300 words with up to five keywords is mandatory with the submission.

A double blind peer review process, based on a distinguished board of editors and editorial advisors, will ensure the quality and high standards of research papers. Each paper will be assessed by two reviewers and any identifying information in relation to the author will be removed during the review process.
Reviewers follow an evaluation framework and recommendation guidelines to ensure objectivity and fairness.
Submitted articles should not have been previously published. If publication or dissemination through presentation has occurred, then the article should acknowledge this and pay due credit to the original source.

Read more about our peer review process and our Editorial Team.

 

 

Parklets, Temporary Uses and Co-creation of Public Space

2024-06-14

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We invite writings, reflections, research, case studies and photo essays related to parklets, temporary uses and co-creation of public space on a global scale. We invite scholars, designers, planners, urban practitioners, artists and community organisations to make critical and innovative contributions to the understanding of meanings and practices in plural and diverse contexts and climates. We welcome critical perspectives on challenges in policy-making, overbearing bureaucracies, reduced resources for implementation and lack of institutional support in improving conditions of everyday public space.

This issue will collect both full research articles (max 8.000 words), and shorter essays, case studies and photo essays (max 3.000 words).

The best abstract proposals will be selected to be presented at the International Parklet Symposium that will take place in Bologna on 19-20 September 2024, promoted by Museo Spazio Pubblico and co-organized by John Bela (Bela Urbanism), Luisa Bravo (City Space Architecture) and Ryan Smolar (PlacemakingUS).

We have temporarily closed the online submission process

2024-06-13

Due to the large number of submissions and the many requests we receive for special issues, we have temporarily closed the online submission process.
We are NOT accepting submissions at this time.
The online submission process will reopen after the summer of 2024.
For those who have already submitted, please check here to see if your article is currently under review.