Call for papers: Special Section on Distributed Citizenship
The Prepare team is co-editing a special section in the International Journal of Communication.
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The special section is titled “Distributed Citizenship: Sharing, Shifting, and Appropriating the Chores of Democracy Across Platforms, Networks, and Infrastructures.”
Context: Information overload and political and news fatigue are part of everyday life. Few of us can or want to stay up to speed on every issue or engage equally across all issues and arenas. This special section asks how citizens share, delegate, or even outsource the work of democracy, and when does this distribution empower citizens, and when does it deepen inequality.
We invite contributions that rethink how contemporary democratic engagement is practiced, organized, and mediated. Theoretical, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method work are all welcome, and especially studies from underrepresented contexts.
To help authors connect and refine ideas, we are also hosting a workshop in Bergen (Norway) in early March 2026. It will be a chance to meet, discuss, and develop work-in-progress together. Not mandatory but encouraged.
🗓️ Key dates
- Abstracts (for workshop): 15 December 2025
- Workshop: March 2026, Bergen
- Full paper submission: 31 May 2026
- Expected publication: Summer 2027