International Call for Founding Editorial Collaborators
We invite senior and emerging academics who are interested in helping shape an independent international journal through editorial, methodological and scholarly collaboration.
CallExpressions of interestInterest does not create an editorial title automatically.SelectionScholarly fitGovernance, expertise and conflicts are reviewed before confirmation.AppointmentExplicit acceptancePublic roles appear only after a confirmed appointment.IndependenceConflict-awareFounding collaboration must protect editorial credibility.JHELA is building a reviewer and editorial network around scholarly fit, independence, methodological quality and responsible collaboration.
Areas of interest
Education and learning; educational assessment and evaluation; applied linguistics and language education; curriculum and materials; teacher education and professional learning; educational technology and AI; higher education; talent development; mixed-methods research; educational guidance; fairness, accessibility and ethics.
Who should apply?
Expressions of interest are welcome from faculty members, experienced researchers and scholarly publishing professionals who can contribute to editorial governance, methodological quality, international networking or the founding issue.
What to send
Please email: full name; academic rank; institution and country; institutional email where available; ORCID; research areas; methodological expertise; recent CV; selected publications; and a brief statement explaining why you would like to serve as a founding editorial collaborator. Applications are reviewed before any public appointment is made.
No automatic appointment
Submitting an expression of interest does not create an editorial title, ownership right or employment relationship. Reviewer, board and founding roles are confirmed separately after scholarly and conflict-of-interest review.
Founding editorial collaboration requires clarity of roles and safeguards
The early development of an academic journal presents methodological and organisational questions that cannot be resolved through the reputation of individual contributors alone. Editorial roles, decision authority, reviewer selection, conflicts of interest and publication ethics must be explicit. Establishing these conditions is particularly important in fields that bring together different educational traditions and empirical approaches.
Potential collaborators should be able to understand the initiative's proposed scope, current stage and the responsibilities of any role before committing. An invitation to contribute ideas or professional experience is not evidence that a formal appointment has already taken place. Transparent expectations support both institutional accountability and the independence of scholarly evaluation.
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Prospective editorial collaborators can review governance expectations, the founding editorial structure and the intended separation between confirmed appointments and expressions of interest.
Prepare an editorial collaboration expression of interest
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