Research Capacity-Building Workshop with guest editors from IJLM
February 11 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
On February 11, 2026, CARISCA will host a Research Capacity-Building Workshop featuring guest editors from The International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM). The workshop is designed to strengthen the research skills and publication readiness of faculty and graduate students across Africa.
In this context, the upcoming workshop will introduce participants to the role and importance of paper development workshops for scholarly publishing. The session will feature key statistics on submissions to IJLM, including acceptance and rejection rates and will highlight the most common reasons for desk rejections.
The workshop will then examine the techniques and methodologies valued by leading supply chain journals. Special attention will be given to IJLM’s requirements, supported by examples of published papers featuring African contexts. These examples illustrate how rigorous empirical research can generate original insights that advance the field.
Participants will also explore how to position contributions that address local, practical supply chain challenges while advancing theory in operations and supply chain management. Aligning context-specific relevance with theoretical contribution remains a core expectation across top journals.
Finally, the session will conclude with guidance on formatting and submission standards. Using examples from the current IJLM special issue, editors will outline key structural and stylistic elements required of successful manuscripts.
About the Speakers
Prof. MJ Naude is a full professor in the School of Commerce, specializing in Supply Chain Management across undergraduate, postgraduate, master’s and PhD levels. Her expertise spans purchasing, operations and logistics management. She is an NRF-rated researcher with publications and conference presentations in South Africa and abroad. Prof. Naude has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Contemporary Management and the Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management.
Célestin ELOCK SON is associate professor of logistics and supply chain management at the Institute of Technology (IUT) of Moselle-Est, Université de Lorraine, France. He is a member of CEREFIGE, and his research focuses on food supply chains and emerging distribution models driven by digitalization and Industry 4.0. He is currently a Guest Editor for The International Journal of Logistics Management.