Call for Papers: Journal of Law, Market & Innovation (JLMI), Issue 2/2027 (Scopus-Indexed)

The Journal of Law, Market & Innovation (JLMI) is a diamond open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted by the University of Turin. It fosters research on the regulatory challenges posed by markets and innovation, and facilitates interdisciplinary conversation across a range of legal and economic topics.

The JLMI is indexed in Scopus, EBSCO, HeinOnline, ERIH+ and DOAJ (ISSN 2785-7867).

This Call for Papers concerns Issue 2/2027 (Vol. 6), scheduled for publication at the end of July 2027. The call has two parts: a thematic Special Section and an Open (General) Section.

The submission deadline for both sections is 1 December 2026. Authors will be notified of the outcome of the preliminary editorial selection by 31 January 2027, after which selected articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.

The thematic Special Section, edited by the JLMI Editors-in-Chief Cristina Poncibò and Riccardo de Caria together with guest co-editors Federica Casarosa and Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, invites contributions on “A New Constellation of EU State Regulatory and Supervisory Bodies in the Digital Realm”.

Recent EU digital policy instruments, including the Artificial Intelligence Act, the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the Data Governance Act and the Data Act, have introduced far-reaching obligations and generated a dense and increasingly complex constellation of state regulatory and supervisory bodies at both EU and national level. With reform proposals such as the AI Omnibus and the Digital Omnibus now under way, the section seeks critical reflection on how successive waves of digital legislation and reform are reshaping not only substantive law but the very structure of regulatory authority in the EU's digital realm. Particular attention is invited to institutional design, independence, accountability and effectiveness, and to whether emerging governance models enhance regulatory legitimacy or introduce new risks of fragmentation and accountability gaps.

Submissions to the Special Section may analyse, among others, the following overarching themes:

• Institutional design and authority construction: the legal nature, independence, composition and competences of newly established or reconfigured authorities in EU digital law; the balance between centralisation and decentralisation; and the role of the European Commission.
• Multi-level governance and coordination: the interaction between EU-level regulators, supervisors, coordinating bodies and national competent authorities, and the implications of mandate design for enforcement consistency and legal certainty.
• Values, risk and governance models: how risk-based regulatory approaches translate into institutional arrangements; the incorporation of Union values into regulatory practice; and the capacity of governance structures to balance innovation, market-building and rights protection.

Contributions may adopt doctrinal, comparative, theoretical or empirical approaches. Papers that bridge regulatory domains or offer forward-looking proposals for institutional design and coordination are particularly welcome.

Alongside the Special Section, the JLMI also welcomes submissions for its Open (General) Section on any of the journal's areas of interest at the intersection of law, markets and innovation. Deadlines and publication policies for the general section are the same as those for the thematic section. A full description of the journal's areas of interest is available on the JLMI website.

The Editorial Board selects articles based on the quality of research and writing, diversity, and the relevance of the topic. The novelty of the academic contribution is an essential requirement. Articles passing the preliminary selection undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.

• The JLMI typically accepts contributions of 10,000 to 15,000 words including footnotes; both shorter and longer articles will be considered.
• Submissions must conform to the JLMI Code of Ethics and Authors' Guidelines, including disclosure of any simultaneous submission to other journals (whether under negative or pending review).
• Manuscripts must follow the JLMI style guide and the OSCOLA citation standard.
• Contributions should be submitted as full papers, not abstracts.

The JLMI is a diamond open-access publication. There are no submission fees and no article-processing charges (APCs) for authors.

Prospective full papers should be submitted by email to submissions.jlmi@iuse.it by 1 December 2026. For further information, or for consultation on a potential submission, authors may write to editors.jlmi@iuse.it.

Full details, including the journal's areas of interest and submission guidelines, are available on the JLMI website hosted by the University of Turin (see the important links below).