Call for Abstract Special Issue: Health Communication and Behaviour Change in the Evolving Digital Landscape: Language, Discourse and Interaction
We are very pleased to share that, following our conference, Health Communication and Behaviour Change in the Evolving Digital Landscape: Language, Discourse and Interaction, held on 16 July 2026 at University of Warwick and funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Spotlight (Health), we have been invited by the journal Languages (SJR Q1, ESCI) to develop a special issue based on the conference.
The Special Issue, Health Communication and Behaviour Change in the Evolving Digital Landscape: Language, Discourse and Interaction, is now open for submissions.
Guest editors:
- Dr Yanyan Li (University of Warwick)
- Professor Alison Pilnick (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Dr Shawnea Ting (University of Warwick)
- Professor Stephanie Schnurr (University of Warwick)
Key dates:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 4 December 2026
- Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 18 December 2026
- Full Manuscript Deadline: 26 February 2027
Please refer to the special issue website for further details and submission guidelines: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/RCU5SY13J7. For those who presented at the conference, we strongly encourage you to submit an abstract for consideration, provided that it aligns with the call and the journal's scope: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages. This is an open call, so we would be very happy to hear from colleagues whose work aligns with the special issue, regardless of whether you presented at the conference.
Please note that the journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC). Colleagues with institutional agreements with the publisher or research funding to support open access publication are encouraged to consider submitting. For Warwick colleagues, if you will be the first author and affiliated to Warwick when publishing a research paper in this special issue, you can get the open access fund for publishing from the Library upon request.
If open access funding is not available at your institution but you would still like to submit, the Languages editorial office may be able to assist. Please do not hesitate to contact them at languages@mdpi.com.