Call for Papers: Work and Mental Health – Welfare e Ergonomia 2/2026
The call for papers “Work and Mental Health“, edited by Francesca Coin and Luca Negrogno, is now open.
Selected contributions will be published in issue no. 2/2026 of the journal Welfare e Ergonomia, published by FrancoAngeli and recognized as Class A by ANVUR.
In recent years, the relationship between work and mental health has become a central theme in public debate, marked by the spread of work-related stress disorders such as anxiety, depression, burnout, and emotional exhaustion. The purpose of this Special Issue is to investigate the relationship between the social and economic organization of work and psychological and occupational health. Contributions based on qualitative approaches (ethnographies, case studies, interviews) and quantitative approaches (surveys, longitudinal analysis, social epidemiology) are welcome, conducted in various work sectors (from catering to agriculture, from commerce to industry, from research to care work, from social-health and educational services to the penal sector, from consultancy to management; from digital work to domestic work).
Deadlines
- Abstract (max 3,000 characters, including spaces): submission by January 31, 2026 to the address: welfarergonomia.rel@irpps.cnr.it.
If accepted, the full article (maximum 25,000 characters including spaces) must be submitted by July 15, 2026.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
● Forms of malaise emerging in different work contexts, or in areas characterized by a lack of work and social opportunities
● Effects of contractual fragility on mental health, with a focus on precarization and economic poverty
● Effects on mental health of new forms of digital control and surveillance in hybrid or remote work, among platform workers, data workers, or in intellectual work
● Intersectional analysis of the effects of inequalities on mental health
● Impact on mental health of algorithmic control forms and performance evaluation
● Studies on regulations, public and trade union initiatives for managing psychosocial risks and promoting mental health at work; experiences of social partner involvement and bottom-up therapy and care practices.
