Call for proposals for Special Issue on Intermediate Actors and Religious Accommodations

Call for proposals for Special Issue on Intermediate Actors and Religious Accommodations to be published in the International Journal for Religious Freedom in 2026, Issue 19(1)

Co-edited by Alexandra Cosima Budabin (Eurac Research Institute for Minority Rights) and Costanza Nardocci (University of Milan).

We seek proposals for articles that explore the challenges of addressing religious diversity in divided societies, focusing specifically on conflicts related to religious minorities in the workplace. There is urgent need to understand how to meet the demands of accommodations of religious minorities due to increasing religious diversity at State and supranational levels.  As part of efforts for diversity management, there is a need for balanced and human rights-based responses to cases of religious discrimination in the workplace.

The Special Issue draws attention to the role of intermediate actors, such as trade unions, advocates, employee groups, religious associations, foundations, human rights NGOs, and others as significant mediators when addressing issues related to religious accommodations in divided societies.

We invite contributions drawing from social sciences, humanities, and legal perspectives that will unpack the role of intermediate actors and their framing strategies for responding to discrimination  against religious minorities in the workplace with a focus on the Global contexts.

We welcome submission of abstracts until May 15, 2025. We will alert authors of accepted abstracts by June 1, 2025. Full paper submissions will be due August 1, 2025. Please send abstracts of 250 words to albudabin@eurac.edu and costanza.nardocci@unimi.it.