Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Studies in Family Planning on Rethinking Contraceptive Futures (06/30/26)
Posted: 4/23/2026 (Conference)
Studies in Family Planning is calling for abstract submissions for a special issue on “Rethinking Contraceptive Futures,” by June 30, 2026. This call for abstracts invites contributions that broaden and challenge traditional understandings of contraceptive use, access, and meaning. Contributions may engage explicitly with family planning debates but should foreground contraceptive practices and their evolving meanings within broader social and demographic paradigms. We seek papers that illuminate contraceptive practices as culturally, politically, and technologically embedded, and that situate contraception within the wider conversations that shape people’s lives. We welcome empirical (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods), theoretical, methodological, and policy-oriented contributions from low- and middle-income (LMIC) and high-income (HIC) settings. Comparative and cross-context analyses are especially encouraged.
Abstracts should be at least 1 page in the main body, excluding references, figures, and tables. Abstracts should specify whether the authors envision submitting a commentary, theoretical perspective, report, or original research artic Please send abstracts by June 30, 2026 to rfriedman[@]popcouncil.org.
Authors will be notified by July 15 whether a full paper is invited for submission. The deadline for full papers is January 15, 2027. All submissions will be reviewed through the Studies’ double-anonymized peer review process. Articles are posted on Early View as they are accepted and processed. Special issue publication is planned for December 2027.
Deadline: 06/30/2026