Calls for Papers for the Special Issue on Development and Conflict in a World of Heightened Uncertainties in The International Journal of Development and Conflict
Venue
Fr. Romuald D’Souza Auditorium, GIM Campus*, Sanquelim, Goa
Event Date and Time
14th November 2025
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The IJDC invites academic as well as practice-oriented papers that cover the issues and problems of the contemporary world riddled by conflict, contestation, uncertainty and decline of institutional mechanisms for dispute resolution. The themes of interest for the special edition include issues relating to development, impact and conflict, particularly in the intersection of development and conflict, under one or more aspects of the unfolding contexts.
Original research articles, theoretically grounded papers, comparative analyses, policy-oriented studies may be sent to
IJDC Editors email: editor@ijdc.online
Abstract submission date: February 28, 2026
Full paper submission deadline: April 30 2026
Notification of final decision: May 20 2026
Expected publication: September 2026
About the Instructor
Prof. Sebastian Morris brings over 30 years of teaching experience from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and Goa Institute of Management (GIM). He pioneered the “Business Ethics” course at IIMA and has co-designed and co-taught the innovative “Philosophical Foundations of Management” for more than two decades.
Discussant
Prof. Sebastian Morris
Prof. Sebastian Morris is Senior Professor and Chair of the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at the Goa Institute of Management. He retired from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad after over 25 years of teaching, research and consultation. His principal interests are the Indian economy, infrastructure development and regulation, the public sector and governance, international trade and investments, macroeconomics, and small industry. His recent books have been: Macroeconomic Policy in India since the Global Financial Crisis – Trends, Policies and Challenges in Economic Revival Post COVID (Springer Nature, 2022); (ed.) The Difficulty of Being Gajendra Haldea – Reflections on His Life and Legacy (Bloomsbury, 2023) and (ed.) The India Infrastructure Report 2023 – Urban Planning and Development (Bloomsbury, 2023).
https://gim.ac.in/faculty/sebastian-morris;
https://sebastianmorris.org/ ;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-morris-27a4521/
; +91 832 2366733;
Contact: morris@gim.ac.in ; 91 832 2366942
Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar
Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar is Associate Professor in the area of General Management and Public Policy Area at the Goa Institute of Management. He had earlier served as labour administrator for more than two decades with the Govt. of West Bengal. His interests include labour & industrial economics, development economics, business economics, labour administration and labour laws, plantation economics and labour, labour laws and labour administration, employment relations and informal labour. In the past, he has worked as a faculty at the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida specializing in labour laws and labour administration. He has also worked as Assistant Professor in the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, in connection with works related to BPL Census 2011.
https://gim.ac.in/faculty/kingshuk-sarkar ;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingshuk-sarkar-060b564a/ ;
https://vvgnli.gov.in/sites/default/files/kingshuk-sarkar-cv.pdf
Contact: kingshuk@gim.ac.in ; 91 832 2366942
Schedule
5.30 pm to 6.00 pm: Registration and Refreshments
6.00 pm to 6.05 pm: Welcome (Dr. Pushkar and Ms. Bernice de Souza)
6.05 pm to 6.10 pm: Inaugural Remarks by Prof. Ajit Parulekar, Director, GIM
6.10 pm to 6.15 pm: Inaugural Remarks by Prof. Imran Rahman, Vice Chancellor, ULAB
6.15 pm to 6.20 pm: Setting the Context (Prof. Sebastian Morris, Chair, CPPG-GIM)
6.20 pm to 7.00 pm: Keynote address by Prof. Sudeep Chakravarti, Director, C-SAS, ULAB
7.00 pm to 7.25 pm: Open session, discussion and Q&A (Moderated by Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar, Member, CPPG)
7.25 pm to 7.30 pm: Vote of Thanks (Ms. Christal Ferrao)
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Contact Persons
Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar, Associate Professor, and Member, CPPG, GIM
Email: kingshuk@gim.ac.in
Contact no: +91 9007704524; +91 8322366942
Ms. Bernice de Souza, Senior Research Associate, CPPG, GIM
Email: bernice@gim.ac.in
Mb: +91 9923693329