Special Issue 1/2026: Call for Papers

We invite authors to submit articles for the special issue 1/2026, devoted to “Implementation and promotion of innovations for security.”

Deadlines:

EXTENDED ABSTRACT (up to 1,000 words): June 30, 2025 – structure as in a classic abstract, see the “Publication rules” tab

Decision: by July 31, 2025

FULL PAPER: September 30, 2025

Selected articles will be presented in a session during the MINIB International Forum on November 6-7, 2025, at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw.

Please submit abstracts by email to: minib@ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl

We propose the following topics for the special issue:

  • New security architecture – how states, research institutions, and industry can jointly build defense capabilities:
    • The response of innovation systems to geopolitical crises, the war in Ukraine, and the redefinition of NATO and EU strategies
    • The need for an integrated innovation policy covering science, industry, and administration
    • Identifying and defining innovation needs for security
    • Cross-sectoral cooperation as a prerequisite for enhancing national security
    • Institutional barriers to building an effective technological security model
  • From idea to implementation – challenges and good practices in the commercialization of defense technologies:
    • Commercialization of innovation – good practices in the commercialization of defense technologies
    • Structural and process barriers to the implementation of technological innovations in public institutions
    • Models of cooperation between research institutes, technical universities, and the defense industry
    • Case studies of successful technology commercialization
    • The future of public-private partnerships in the defense sector
  • Defense technologies in Europe – how can an effective innovation ecosystem for security and defense be built?
    • The specificity of DefenseTech as an innovative sector
    • Spin-off companies vs reality – can small companies operate effectively in the defense sector?
    • The role of startups, VC funds, and acceleration instruments
    • Regional and transnational ecosystems in security policy
    • The potential for cooperation between scientific institutions and NATO and EU structures
  • Cybersecurity in the public and technology sectors – challenges, practices, system resilience:
    • The role of cybersecurity as a prerequisite for the implementation of innovation in public institutions and critical infrastructure
    • Models for building organizational resilience to digital threats in research and industrial institutions
    • Countering technological espionage, IP theft, and sabotage in R&D systems
    • The importance of cooperation between the administration, the technology sector, and cybersecurity startups
  • Innovation in conditions of threat – communication and marketing in the security sector:
    • Innovation marketing – how to promote innovation for security?
    • Tools for implementing innovation for security – good marketing practices
    • Technology communication in conditions of risk and uncertainty
    • The role of marketing departments in research and industrial institutions
    • Building public trust in military and defense innovation
    • Transparency dilemmas, crisis communication, and the image of public institutions.