Editorial board
Ultimate responsibility for journal policy rests with the editor-in-chief, supported by managing editors, field associate editors, and a broad board that supplies advice and reviewer recommendations. Named appointments will replace the vacant slots below as contracts are executed.
Chief editorial office
| Role | Incumbent | Portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Editor-in-Chief | Vacant — announcement expected Q2 2026 | Final acceptance decisions, ethics escalations, strategic planning |
| Managing Editor | Vacant | Day-to-day workflow, reviewer database, author queries |
| Book Review Editor | Vacant | Commissioning reviews, conflict checks, length standards |
| Data & Code Editor | Vacant (may be rotating) | Replication sign-off, repository metadata, software durability |
Associate editors (by field)
Associate editors triage new submissions within their areas, invite reviewers, and recommend decisions to the editor-in-chief. Initial hiring targets roughly eight FTE-equivalent associate roles spanning macro, labour/public IO, urban/regional, econometrics, history, and finance interfaces.
Field lists and named appointees will appear here after onboarding; enquiries about service should not be sent until the managing editor contact is published.
Editorial board members
Board members serve three-year renewable terms. They act as ambassadors, suggest referees, and may guest-edit symposia subject to conflict rules. Board composition aims for balance across UK nations, institutional types, and methods (structural, reduced-form, historical).
- Member roster — forthcoming with Issue 1 masthead
Editorial independence
Sponsor organisations (learned society or university press) do not determine individual manuscript outcomes. Publisher staff handle production, billing for any optional services, and platform uptime; they may not alter editorial verdicts. Sponsoring bodies may propose theme issues, but acceptance remains with the editors and reviewers.
Competing interests
Editors and board members recuse themselves from papers where they have co-authored, advised for compensation, or share immediate family with authors. Programmatic funding relationships must be disclosed annually and published on this site in consolidated form.
Volunteering as a referee. Scholars willing to review for JBE may send a short CV and 3–5 keyword areas to the editorial office once the submissions inbox announces. Unsolicited full manuscripts sent by email will not be read.