[ecrea] Call for papers: Public Relations Inquiry

/Public Relations Inquiry /is an international, peer-reviewed forum for 
conceptual, reflexive and critical discussion on public relations. The 
journal aims to stimulate new research agendas in the field of public 
relations through interdisciplinary engagement and by encompassing a 
broad range of theoretical, empirical and methodological issues relating 
to public and organizational communication in diverse cultural contexts.

Public Relations Inquiry aims to support debates on new ways of thinking 
about public relations in social, cultural and political contexts, in 
order to improve understanding of its work and effects beyond the purely 
organisational realm. Our aim is to mobilize research that speaks to a 
range of scholars in diverse fields and we welcome submissions from 
public relations, media, communications and cultural studies, 
anthropology, political communication, sociology, political science, 
strategic studies, law, organizational studies, management and 
marketing. We also aim to expand the terrain for public relations 
scholarship to incorporate critical and reflexive analyses of the 
complex and variable practice and scholarship from the Global South and 
East.

In line with these aims, we encourage scholars from both within and 
outwith the scholarly field of public relations research to submit their 
work to the journal for consideration. We actively seek contributions 
that can extend the range of perspectives used to understand public 
relations, its role in societal change and continuity, and its impact on 
cultural and political life. Given that public relations is often 
practiced at moments of societal and organisational change and 
transformation, we also welcome papers that address public relations and 
public communication through foci on major human concerns such as 
migration, diversity, poverty and environmental issues.

Submissions should be conceptually innovative and theoretically robust. 
They must be rigorous in their approach, detailed and precise in their 
argument. Theoretical and empirical papers are equally welcome. 
Interdisciplinary work is especially important to the journal, 
particularly if it extends the relevance of public relations theory and 
practice to new contexts and academic fields. Theoretical approaches 
that are less well-known in the field are also welcome.

In line with our desire to encourage innovative and creative research in 
the field, a wide range of methodologies are acceptable to /Public 
Relations Inquiry. /Traditional qualitative methods are well-established 
in the journal and continue to be welcome, but we also invite papers 
that use more marginalised empirical and analytical approaches. 
Quantitative methods are acceptable if they serve a clear critical 
purpose in line with the journal’s aims – for example, as a means of 
challenging and questioning existing theories and conceptual frameworks.

The editors are also happy to consider proposals for special issues that 
align with the focus of the journal. For inquiries about submissions or 
special issues, scholars are invited to review the journal homepage 
<https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/public-relations-inquiry>, or 
email Dr Lee Edwards, Co-Editor of the journal, at 
(l.m.s.edwards /at/ leeds.ac.uk).

Best regards,

Lee

Dr Lee Edwards

Associate Professor, Communication Studies and PR

School of Media and Communication

Clothworkers’ Building North

University of Leeds

Leeds LS2 9JT

Ph: 0113 343 7007


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