IAP BOOK SERIES

International Perspectives on Educational Policy, Research and Practice

Mission Statement
This book series aims to be a space for authors to engage in scholarly writing that pushes boundaries, takes risks, and decouples traditional thinking to address education’s existential threats. The editorial team seeks projects that link educational policies, research, and practices to global shifts that continue to shape our understanding of education. Recognizing that the “idea” of education is under attack as societies are shaped by growing insularity, disregard for planetary crises, and political upheaval, we invite authors to recognize that voice matters, knowledge is transformative and visibility is vital. We are particularly interested in borderland perspectives that highlight the fluidity and complexity of different global and local educational discourses, policies, and practices. Our series seeks new ways of thinking, reshaping and reimagining structures, and encouraging non-traditional partnerships.

Call for Proposals

As the new editorial team for this book series, we are inviting proposals for monographs and edited volumes that seek to elevate themes that are often invisible in comparative and international education. Drawing from our mission statement we

1. Seek to push boundaries, take risks, and decouple traditional thinking to address education’s existential threats.

2. Aim to inspire projects that link educational policies, research, and practices to global shifts that continue to shape our understanding of education.

3. Recognize that the “idea” of education is under attack, as societies are shaped by growing insularity, disregard for planetary crises, and political upheaval.

Knowing that voice matters, knowledge is transformative and visibility is vital, our series seeks new ways of thinking, reshaping and reimagining structures while encouraging non-traditional partnerships. As we re-launch a respected series, we invite people to submit a proposal that addresses any of the following questions in as broad or focused a way as possible:

1. Making the invisible visible:

      a. Why are certain issues, questions, and debates invisible in the field of Comparative and International Education (CIE)?

      What does this invisibility tell us about the issues of inclusion and exclusion in the field?

2. Planetary Crises:

      a. How can we bring in space or place or land or non-human environment in CIE scholarship, policies, and imaginations?

      b. How does engaging with issues such as climate change, environmental degradation, land grabs, dispossession, and dislocation of Indigenous and other marginalized communities produce and offer new opportunities for the field of CIE not only in relation to a set of new topics but also in terms of new modes of thinking, theorizing, methodological approaches, and policy and practice implications?

3. Moving beyond borders and boundaries:

      a. How are scholars and practitioners engaging with nuanced notions and experiences of borderlands to explore new ways of thinking on justice, identity, belonging, access, and opportunity in education?

      b. In the CIE field, the focus has primarily been on comparisons across borders and boundaries defined by nation-states. Different forms of internationalization and globalization have attempted to dilute these borders and boundaries with mixed results, often co-opted by national interests and agendas. What would it look like for CIE scholarship and policy to move beyond?

The editorial team is actively soliciting proposals and invites potential authors to reach out to the contact editor for 2024, Supriya Baily, by writing to supriya.baily@gmail.com. Please submit a single paragraph on the scope of your project as well as your CV prior to the conversation.

How to Submit a Proposal
Please help IAP envision the purpose and audience for your book project by writing a proposal that includes the following elements. IAP’s goal is to understand how your book could make an important, unique contribution to your field.

Begin your proposal by explaining the overall objectives and significance of the book project in a detailed statement of purpose (1-3).

In writing your statement of purpose, please respond to the following questions:
- Who is/are the author(s)/editor(s)?
- If this is an edited volume, include a list of contributors/affiliations. Please indicate if this is a tentative list.
- Who is your audience for this book? (e.g., academic or professional, adoption potential or reference work)?
- How could the book be marketed (e.g., are there professional societies or SIGs that would be interested in this book)?
- How do you expect readers to make use of this book?
- How does the book extend current knowledge in your field of study?
- How does the project explore previously unrecognized or infrequently considered topics in the literature?

Also tell us:
- How this work fits in with the published literature
- If any of the information about the book or its author(s) is tentative
- The length of the project
- Your schedule for delivery of the final draft
- About any special production issues such as complicated graphics, art work, photos, etc.
- Whether you are submitting your proposal to other prospective publishers.

In addition to your statement of purpose, please add:

An outline of the book that provides a short narrative description of each chapter. For edited volumes, provide a list of the chapter titles or topics that will be covered.

A resume or curriculum vitae for the authors(s) or editor(s).

A sample chapter or section if available, or a sample of a journal article or conference paper that is similar to the proposed volume.

The proposal should be emailed to Supriya Baily at supriya.baily@gmail.com.