CALL FOR PAPERS | Special Issue: Inclusion Across the Life Course: From Schooling to Employment

2025-12-30

Guest Editors:

Each article for the thematic dossier should be submitted to:
rle.inclusion.2026@gmail.com

Introduction

Inclusive education is a fundamental right that extends beyond compulsory schooling to encompass the transition to employment and adult life. In a global context shaped by technological advances and social challenges, this special issue explores practices, policies, and experiences that promote equity and social justice across educational and socio-labour trajectories. Priority is given to theoretical and empirical contributions from Ibero-American researchers that analyse persistent barriers and innovative solutions for effective inclusion.

This proposal is grounded in a shared reflection on educational systems that seek to prevent exclusion by addressing diversity from early identification through to socio-labour inclusion. Interdisciplinary collaboration is particularly valued as a means of enriching global dialogue, with an emphasis on scientific evidence capable of fostering transformative change. This space aims to bring together original studies that critically examine current practices and propose pathways towards a more equitable society.

Thematic areas
  • Early identification and support (0–6 years): educational strategies in early childhood education and early detection policies.
  • Inclusion in compulsory education: pedagogical practices in primary and secondary education, overcoming barriers and assessing national and international policies.
  • Inclusion in non-compulsory educational stages: challenges in vocational education and training, upper secondary education and higher education, promoting access and full participation.
  • Transition to the labour market and potential inequalities.
Languages

Portuguese, Spanish and English.

Submission deadlines
  • Submission period: from 9 January to 20 April 2026.
  • Review period: from 20 April to 15 June 2026.
  • Publication date: September 2026.

Articles must be between 30,000 and 40,000 characters (including spaces), including abstracts in the four languages, figures, tables, images and references (maximum 25 pages). All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. The guest editors will manage the review process, but final acceptance rests with the RLE Editorial Team, with a maximum of 7–8 articles.

Please consult the author guidelines at:
http://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/about/submissions

Please remember that all articles for the thematic dossier must be sent to:
rle.inclusion.2026@gmail.com