About This Special Issue
This Special Issue of Environmental Justice invites interdisciplinary, justice-centered scholarship and practice-based contributions that critically examine the past, present, and future of the environmental justice (EJ) movement in the United States and globally. Anchored in the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence (2026) and looking ahead to the nation’s tricentennial in 2076, this issue asks contributors to reflect on how environmental justice has evolved, where it stands today, and what transformative strategies are required to advance democracy, health equity, and environmental justice over the next 50 years.
We especially encourage submissions from grassroots leaders, community advocates, Indigenous scholars, organizers, practitioners, and community–academic partnerships. Contributions may take scholarly, narrative, policy-oriented, or practice-based forms and should foreground community knowledge, lived experience, and action-oriented solutions.
Anticipated Timeline
- Abstract submission deadline: September 30, 2026
- Abstract review and invitation notifications: Rolling completed by October 31, 2026
- Full manuscript submission deadline: November 30, 2026
- Peer review and revisions: Winter 2026
- Anticipated publication: Spring 2027 (April)