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

All submitted manuscripts are first assessed by an editor who decides whether the manuscript is suitable to be sent for peer review.

Manuscripts deemed suitable for further review are sent to two or more experts who are tasked with highlighting the manuscript's general and specific merits and shortcomings.

The journal uses a double-blind review procedure before acceptance/rejection of manuscripts, which means that authors and reviewers are anonymous throughout the review process.

The review process is expected to take 6 to 8 weeks but may vary.

Based on the review, the editor then compiles a recommendation to a) accept the manuscript for publication b) ask the author to revise the manuscript or c) reject the manuscript.

The overall publishing responsibility rests with the journal's editor-in-chief, who has a qualified editorial board for support in various issues regarding the publication of individual manuscripts, the journal's development, etc.

Original articles and review articles are externally peer-reviewed, but debate, essays and book reviews are approved by the editors without external peer review.

In cases where a manuscript’s author is in some way associated with the editorial team, they will be removed from all editorial tasks for that article. An independent editor will be tasked with organising 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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