Call for Papers CEJUD/ANPPREV No. 01/2026 – 2nd RASS Scientific Article Contest: “Mediation, Conciliation and Public Policies”
⚠️ DEADLINE EXTENDED: under Amendment No. 01 of September 15, 2026, submissions have been reopened and the deadline has been extended to October 15, 2026.
CALL FOR PAPERS CEJUD/ANPPREV No. 01/2026 – 2nd SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE CONTEST OF THE ANPPREV SOCIAL SECURITY JOURNAL (RASS)
ANPPREV – the National Association of Federal Public Attorneys and Public Lawyers – hereby publishes this call, which sets out the rules for the 2nd Scientific Article Contest, aimed at encouraging academic production and recognizing excellence in research in the fields of Social Security and Public Law, under the title:
“Mediation, Conciliation and Public Policies”
In the contemporary legal landscape, mediation and conciliation have become established as essential instruments for access to justice and for the realization of social rights. These consensual dispute-resolution mechanisms go beyond mere de-judicialization, constituting genuine public policies aimed at social pacification and at rationalizing the delivery of judicial services.
In the field of Social Security, the adoption of conciliatory practices has produced significant results in resolving pension, social assistance and health claims, reducing waiting times for insured persons and helping to relieve the burden on the Judiciary. The experience of the Judicial Centers for Conflict Resolution and Citizenship (CEJUSCs) and of the Conciliation Chambers of the Office of the Attorney General of the Union (AGU) demonstrates the transformative potential of these practices.
Against this backdrop, this prize-awarding call for papers offers a space for reflection and debate on the challenges and opportunities of mediation and conciliation as public policies applied to Social Security, exploring topics such as self-composition (amicable settlement) in social security matters, the role of Public Advocacy in consensual methods, de-judicialization, transparency, digital inclusion in conciliation procedures, the protection of insured persons’ data, and innovation in conflict-management models, in dialogue with the areas of Social Security.
1. General provisions
As an instrument of communication and knowledge dissemination of the Celso Barroso Leite Center for Legal Studies (CEJUD) of the National Association of Federal Public Attorneys and Public Lawyers (ANPPREV), the ANPPREV Social Security Journal (RASS), through CEJUD, establishes the 2nd Scientific Article Contest.
2. Objective
The contest aims to stimulate debate and research on relevant topics in Social Security and Public Law, promoting the exchange of ideas and the dissemination of legal knowledge, in an interdisciplinary dialogue with Economics, Public Administration, Actuarial Science, Private Pensions and other fields that inform the public policies advised on by the Office of the Attorney General of the Union.
3. Eligibility
ANPPREV members may take part, provided they are not part of the senior governance of the association or of the ANPPREV Social Security Journal. Members of Public Advocacy, the Public Defender’s Office, the Public Prosecution Service and the Judiciary may also participate, as well as professionals in Law, Administration, Actuarial Science, Economics, Political Science and other researchers interested in the proposed topics.
4. Submission rules
4.1 Articles must be original and unpublished, written by a single author or co-authored by up to three authors.
4.2 Texts must be between 15 and 20 pages long, including references, and follow ABNT (Brazilian Association of Technical Standards) rules for citations and references.
4.3 Papers must be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English, in Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing, 3 cm top and left margins, 2 cm bottom and right margins, in Word format.
4.4 Articles must be submitted using the RASS standard template.
ATTENTION! Articles submitted outside the RASS standard template, or containing any form of author identification in the body of the text (author’s name, institutional affiliation, named acknowledgments or any other element that allows identification), will be automatically DISQUALIFIED. Anonymization is an essential condition for evaluation under the double-blind peer review system.
4.5 Articles must be submitted through the RASS website, as a Word file using the RASS template: https://rass.anpprev.org.br/index.php/RASS/login. Submissions by any other means will not be accepted; only submissions through the OJS system indicated above.
4.6 To submit, authors must register as author, reader and reviewer of RASS at: https://rass.anpprev.org.br/index.php/RASS/user/register. The article file must be in Word format and anonymized. The information listed in item 4.8 must be sent in separate files. When submitting, authors must join the journal’s Reviewer Board as reviewers, indicating at least one topic.
4.7 Authors and co-authors must be registered on the Lattes Platform and on ORCID.
4.8 A separate PDF file must be sent with the article, containing:
- full name of the author(s);
- institutional affiliation;
- short bio (maximum 5 lines);
- declaration of originality and authorship;
- URLs of the Lattes CV and ORCID record.
5. Evaluation criteria
Articles will be evaluated by a judging committee of experts in the field, according to the following criteria:
- Relevance of the topic (20 points);
- Originality and innovation (20 points);
- Argumentative coherence and clarity of exposition (20 points);
- Methodological adequacy and theoretical grounding (20 points);
- Grammatical correctness and technical standards (20 points).
The final score will be the average of the individual evaluations of two members of the Judging Committee under double-blind peer review; participants may not contact the reviewer of their article.
Note: For tie-breaking purposes only, the use in the research of an article previously published by RASS, duly listed in the references and in the metadata at the time of submission on the RASS website, will be taken into account.
6. Prizes
The three best articles will be awarded as follows:
- 1st place: BRL 5,000.00 (five thousand reais)
- 2nd place: BRL 3,000.00 (three thousand reais)
- 3rd place: BRL 2,000.00 (two thousand reais)
All participants will receive a certificate of participation, and the top 10 will receive the English version of their article for bilingual publication in the ANPPREV Journal.
7. Timeline (as amended by Amendment No. 01/2026)
- Launch of the call: June 2, 2026
- Article submission deadline: by October 15, 2026
- Evaluation of papers: by December 23, 2026
- Announcement of results: January 25, 2027
8. Final provisions
8.1 Submitted articles will not be returned.
8.2 Participation in the contest implies full acceptance of the rules of this call.
8.3 RASS reserves the right to publish the award-winning articles.
8.4 Any cases not covered herein will be decided by the Judging Committee.
9. Judging Committee
The Judging Committee, chaired by Professor Wagner Balera, Ph.D., is composed of the following members:
- Prof. André Studart, Ph.D.
- Prof. Clarissa Bottega, Ph.D.
- Prof. Cláudia Monteiro, Ph.D.
- Prof. José Eduardo Sabo Paes, Ph.D.
- Prof. Marcelo Borsio, Ph.D.
- Prof. Wagner Balera, Ph.D.
- Prof. Adriano Gmach, M.Sc.
- Prof. Tiago Adami, M.Sc.
Papers will be assigned in chronological order to two reviewers, with a third score given by the Chair of the Committee.
Brasília, May 19, 2026.
Aluizo Silva de Lucena
President of ANPPREV
This is a translation provided for information purposes; the Portuguese version of the call prevails.
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