The International Journal for Academic Development invites contributions that will inform and advance our work over the next decade and beyond, especially as higher education faces an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) landscape. Stein et al. (forthcoming, p. 2) predict that “higher education as we know it will be unrecognizable within a generation” as we confront a polycrisis of existing, intersectional challenges including uncertain finances, diversity and inclusion, decolonization, artificial intelligence, and a mental health epidemic. While there are strong resources outlining the current work of CTLs and evidence-informed practices (e.g., Beach, et al., 2016; Mihai, et al., 2025; Wright, 2023), it is time to re-imagine what academic development (AD) could be – or needs to become – in an era of diminishing resources, growing governmental pressures, and threatened higher education systems. The editorial team for this special issue is Donna Ellis (University of Waterloo, Canada), Suzanne Le-May Sheffield (Dalhousie University, Canada), Kiruthika Ragupathi (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Gonzalo Zapata (Universidad de Talca and P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile), and Gert Young (IJAD; Stellenbosch University, South Africa).
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Proposals due October 31, 2025 | Manuscripts due May 1, 2026 | Anticipated publication in March 2027.