About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The aim of Current Issues in Work-Integrated Learning (CIWIL) is to encourage and contribute to innovative high-quality, theoretically sound, and evidence-based research focusing on the relationship between work and learning. The journal provides a unique arena for co-creating, enhancing and sharing current issues in work-integrated learning (WIL) and related topics.

For this journal, WIL is formulated as a multidisciplinary research field, primarily connected to social sciences and humanities. The field is defined by issues focusing on the relationship between work and learning. The concept of work also includes forms other than conventional paid work. The concept of learning encompasses processes of knowledge and competence development in various social contexts, not only focusing on students but also including various forms of learning within and between professions in working life. Study objects can include preconditions, organisation, implementation, content, forms and implications of integrating work and learning.

The journal welcomes conceptual contributions that propose new relationships and develop hypotheses among elements related to the integration of work and learning, in the form of: 

  • empirical research based on quantitative and qualitative research methods;
  • literature reviews that critically analyse previous related findings;
  • case studies exploring interpretations, actions and interventions related in various social contexts. 

Research shall critically examine issues related to working and learning, to make them both relevant in the context of global challenges related to sustainability and technological advances.

CIWIL focuses primarily on, but is not limited to, the following thematic areas:

  • Student learning in higher education
  • Learning in professional working life
  • Transition, management, and digitalisation
  • Management, learning and organisational change
  • Co-creative societal development

Intended Readership

The intended readership for CIWIL is researchers, students and practitioners.

Peer Review Policy

The overall publishing responsibility rests with the journal's editor-in-chief, supported by the editorial board. All submitted manuscripts are first assessed by the editorial committee who decides whether the manuscript is suitable to be sent for peer review.

Selected reviewers consist of senior researchers who come from a variety of organisations, careers, and backgrounds from around the world. The international composition of reviewers also safeguards the diversity of perspectives from the field of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) valued by CIWIL.

Manuscripts considered suitable for further review are sent to two or more reviewers who are tasked with highlighting the manuscript's general and specific merits and shortcomings and who provide critical, constructive, and respectful feedback to authors. Reviews are completed with evidence of reflective engagement with the manuscript and add value to the overall knowledge presented in the manuscript.

The peer review process excellence and standard of all publications in CIWIL. A double-blind anonymous peer review procedure is conducted before acceptance/ rejection of manuscripts, ensuring that authors and reviewers are anonymous throughout the review process.

CIWIL values an ethical perspective, and all invitations to review, abstracts, manuscripts, and reviews are kept confidential. Reviewers must not share their review or information about the review process with anyone without the agreement of the editors and authors involved, even after publication.

Based on the outcome of the reviewers, the editorial committee compiles a recommendation to a) accept the manuscript for publication b) ask the author to revise the manuscript or c) reject the manuscript. The review process is expected to take 6 to 8 weeks but may vary.

In cases where a manuscript’s author is in some way associated with the editorial team and/or reviewers, they will be removed from all editorial tasks for that manuscript. An independent editor will, in such cases, be deployed to organise the peer-review process. The author's affiliation with the journal will also be indicated in the final publication of the article.

The journal accepts manuscripts that have previously been uploaded for review as preliminary versions, on personal websites, presented at conferences, or made available through other informal communication channels. However, authors must hold copyright for the text in question. Authors are also encouraged, when available, to include links to previous versions of the article in the final version of the article published in the journal.

Duplicate publication, also called "redundant publication" or "dual publication", is not permitted. This refers to the publication of the same article in more than one journal or to the publication of a document that is substantially similar to one already published without reference to the original publication.

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