Call for Papers

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2372-8639.2014.tb00004.x
• Date: 01 March 2014
• Published date: 01 March 2014

A Journal of the Policy Studies Organization

In Collaboration with

The Royal Institute of Thailand

WFP also offers an open, public space with the aim to promote a multi-disciplinary forum

for generating conversations on current issues in the food sector around the world. The

journal’s website (http://www.ipsonet.org/publications/open-access/world-food-policy) is

provided for this purpose and the editors warmly invites your contributions, including,

commentaries, think pieces, course syllabi, as well as information on food policy-related

activities and events. Submissions are welcome at wfpjournal@gmail.com.

WFP

Call for Papers

The editor invites submission of manuscripts contributing to the Journal’s Aim and Scope,

i.e., to promote a multi-disciplinary forum for generating the analysis and understanding of

global trends as well as regional and local forces shaping food and food policies around the

world.

Areas of Interest include but are not limited to the following subjects:

- Global or regional trends affecting the production, distribution, and consumption of food

- Policy processes and networks of the national, transnational and global food sector

- Food governance and regulations and effects of these multi-layer institutional

mechanisms on food systems

- Political economy of food security and aid

- Food safety, nutrition and health

- Research and development, institutional innovations, and production and consumption

alternatives in the food sector

- Rights, accessibility, control and contestations

- Moral and ethical issues in food policy decision and implementation

- Relations and connections between food and other policy issues, such as labor, logistics,

energy, environment, and cultural identities

Contributors should consult the author guidelines at

http://www.ipsonet.org/images/AuthorGuidelinesWFP.pdf, for manuscript preparation and

submission, and http://www.ipsonet.org/publications/open-access/world-food-policy, for

more information on the Journal’s publication policy.

Submission should be addressed to the editor-in-chief at: WFP.editorial@gmail.com