Political Economy and Management of Education

We are particularly interested in in-depth studies investigating the interplay of international, cross-national, and domestic forces in the shaping of educational ideologies, educational systems, the economics of education, administration and management of education, and approaches to educational finance.

PEME editors show strong efforts to ensure prompt decisions about acceptance.

PEME publishes articles in English.

Please refer to author guidelines and the aim & scope of the journal before submitting papers.

Political Economy and Management of Education (PEME) is an open access international peer-reviewed research journal that aims to significantly contribute to the analysis of educational issues in national, international, and global contexts at all levels/sectors from the perspectives of political economy and management of education.

Double Blind Peer Review Policy

All manuscripts relevant to the aims and scope of PEME are reviewed anonymously. All manuscripts undergo rigorous double-blind peer review by at least two anonymous reviewers. Manuscripts submitted to PEME are judged on the following criteria: Use of an explicit theoretical or conceptual framework, acknowledgment of relevant literature, originality in analysis, appropriateness of methodological approach, contribution to the advancement of knowledge, and clarity of expression. The editors rely heavily on reviewers’ judgments. Strong efforts are made to ensure prompt decisions about acceptance. To ensure anonymity, authors’ names, institutional affiliations, and other identifying information should not be available on documents. The Editors reserve the right to make minor alterations to all papers that are accepted for publication. PEME does not charge any fees for processing, publishing, or submitting manuscripts.

Plagiarism Policy

PEME aims to publish original articles that bring new insight into the social sciences and related disciplines. Therefore contributions submitted to PEME for publication must be the author(s) original work. Publication in PEME is conditional on submitted articles not having been previously published or currently submitted elsewhere for review towards publication. Submitted articles go through an initial editorial screening in terms of format, scope, and originality. After the initial screening, all the submissions are checked by iThenticate plagiarism detection software to check a paper’s originality before sending it out for review. iThenticate plagiarism detection software compares submitted documents to extensive data repositories to create a comprehensive similarity report. The submissions which cannot verify content originality are rejected immediately.