Call for Papers
Psychology in Society (PINS) Special Issue
The Palestine Exception: Examining the Fault Lines

Special Issue Editor: Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu

This special issue seeks contributions that document and critically examine patterns of silence, complicity, solidarity, and resistance within psychology and related disciplines in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and broader structures of coloniality, violence, and injustice.

Psychologists, scholars, practitioners, activists, and researchers from across the world are invited to submit original contributions that explore responses within their local, regional, or national contexts.

Areas of Interest:
– Professional and institutional responses to the genocide in Gaza
– Silence and complicity within psychology and academia
– Decolonial, liberation, and critical psychologies
– Professional ethics, advocacy, and solidarity
– Academic freedom and institutional accountability
– Local and regional case studies of resistance, boycotts, and direct action

Submission Deadline: 1 August 2026

Please do not use the standard PINS online submission system.

All manuscripts and proposals for this special issue must be submitted directly to the Special Issue Editor, Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu.

Submissions and enquiries: serdardegirmencioglu@gmail.com 

Authors must ensure that submissions comply with PINS author guidelines and formatting requirements.