Guest Editor: Thiago Rodrigues (Institute of Strategic Studies/INEST/UFF, researcher at the Institute of Conflict Administration Studies/InEAC, Fluminense Federal University/UFF, CNPq Research Productivity Fellow, contributing member of the Brazilian Forum on Public Security)

Deadline for submission of articles: 09/30/2026

In this thematic edition, we invite academics, researchers, and public managers to submit articles exploring the theme "(In)Security and the Urban in Rio de Janeiro."

Given the urgency of thinking about solutions for public security in Rio de Janeiro that do not ignore the existence, depth, and seriousness of the problem – but that maintain a commitment to democratic values, to the validity of human rights, and to the pursuit of efficiency for the concrete reduction of insecurity – the Coleção Estudos Cariocas proposes this thematic dossier, inviting specialists, activists, academics, and security professionals to submit article proposals.

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Guest Editor: Flavia Martinez de Carvalho (Public Health Researcher, IOC/Fiocruz)

Deadline for submission of articles: 05/25/2026 (postponed)

In this thematic edition, we invite academics, researchers, and public managers to submit articles exploring the theme "Contemporary Health Challenges in Rio de Janeiro and its Metropolitan Region."

This special dossier of the journal Coleção Estudos Cariocas aims to gather theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions that address contemporary health challenges in Rio de Janeiro and its Metropolitan Region, emphasizing studies with an explicit territorial focus and interdisciplinary perspectives within the health sciences.

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Guest Editor: Carla Bernardete Madureira Cruz, DSc, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Deadline for submission of articles: 11/22/2025 (postponed)

In this thematic edition, we invite academics, researchers, and public managers to submit articles exploring the theme "Geoinformation in Environmental Studies: characterization, mapping, and solutions for Rio de Janeiro’s reality."

This edition welcomes articles that present methodological and empirical contributions on environmental changes in Rio de Janeiro’s landscape, climate impacts and quality of life, monitoring and analysis of extreme events, as well as mapping and characterization of urban greenery and its ecosystem services.

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It is now possible to submit articles for the continuous flow issue of the second semester of 2025. Papers will be accepted for possible publication still in 2025 (depending on the review process) until October 31, 2025.

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In this thematic edition, we invite academics, researchers, and public managers to submit articles exploring the theme "The Future of Rio de Janeiro's Development."

Articles that discuss the leading role of industry and industrial services in the economic development process of Rio de Janeiro state, and particularly the city of Rio de Janeiro, will be accepted. This theme encompasses reflections on industrial policy and its challenges, new production technologies, identification of potentialities and opportunities, promotion of an innovation-friendly environment, (re)spatialization of Rio de Janeiro's economic activities in contemporary times, workforce qualification, and related topics.

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Submissions are now open for the Coleção Estudos Cariocas to compose the "First Semester 2025" edition of volume 13 of the journal.

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