Call for Papers: Peer Reviewed Edited Book

We are excited to announce a Call for Papers for a peer-reviewed edited book titled, For Your Own Good: Dismantling Un/Healthy Expert Advice. 

The collaborative volume seeks to bring together original contributions that think critically about the multiple types and forms of contemporary “expert” health advice. We welcome submissions from a range of disciplines, methodologies, geographic perspectives. We are excited to critically think together about what it means to live “for your own good” and how different experts tell us what this means.

Important Dates:

At this time, we invite abstracts for consideration for a peer reviewed edited book for intended publication with a leading press. In addition to the abstract, please include an author bio and a statement on the progress of the research under consideration.

• An email (suggested but not required) expressing interest is welcomed by Aug 15, 2025.
• Abstracts of 300-500 words are due by September 15, 2025.
• The selection of abstracts will be completed by December 1, 2025
• Full submissions for external peer review will be due July 31, 2026.

Please send your abstract, bio, and progress statement to: katelinalbert@uvic.ca and tcacchio@uvic.ca

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit a 300–500 word abstract along with a short bio (approx. 100 words) and information about the progress/stage of the research: katelinalbert@uvic.ca and tcacchio@uvic.ca by September 15 , 2025.

Interested authors are encouraged to email us if they have any questions, if they would like to know more, or if they’re curious about the focus and scope of the project in relation to their work.

For more details, please see the full Call for Papers