This is a call for papers for the newly established peer reviewed Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (PBLHE) to be launched in winter 2012/spring 2013. PBLHE will be launched to provide an opportunity for scholars from all disciplines to publish:

-High-quality research articles that contribute to the current and future development of problem-based learning in higher education.
- Review articles examining the development of problem-based learning in higher education.
- Articles examining the intellectual, pedagogical and practical use value of PBL or which extend, critique or challenge past and current theoretical and empirical knowledge claims within PBL in higher education.
- Articles examining theoretical, pedagogical and practical aspects of how networked technologies or ICTs can be used to support or develop problem-based learning.

The coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to:
- Principles and philosophy of PBL in Higher Education
- The pedagogy of PBL 
- PBL and everyday practice 
- PBL management and policy-making
- PBL and workplace cultures
- Critical PBL
- PBL, ICT and technology-enhanced learning
- PBL and networked learning 
- PBL internships and cooperative education
- PBL and intercultural studies
- Interdisciplinarity and PBL

For full details of the editorial criteria and comprehensive instructions on how to submit a paper, please consult the journal's author guidelines. However, for this very first issue of the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education we ask authors to send an abstract (between 250-500 words) as an indication of interest. Based on the abstracts the editorial board will notify authors of acceptance and invite them to submit a full paper for the first issue (or suggest publication for a later issue). All abstracts and full papers will go through a peer review process.

Please send the abstract to: Thomas Ryberg (ryberg@hum.aau.dk) by the 15th of June 2012. 

Upon acceptance the editorial board will send further information on the submission procedures. A tentative schedule for the process will be:

15th of June: Submission of abstract/indication of interest
1st of July: Notification of acceptance for submitting full paper (full paper will go through review)
1st of November: Submission of full paper
15th of December: Reviewers' response and editorial decision
1st of February: Submission of revised papers (if needed)
1st of March: First Issue to be published

For more information please visit the journal web page: http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/pbl/

If you have any questions or comments please contact:
Thomas Ryberg, Associate Professor, MA, PhD. (ryberg@hum.aau.dk) Aalborg University Department of Communication and Psychology Nyhavnsgade 14 DK-9000 Aalborg Denmark

Editorial board of Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education:
Prof. Anette Kolmos (UNESCO Chair in Problem Based Learning), Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Anthony Williams, Newcastle University, Australia
Prof. Erik De Graaf, Delft University, Netherlands & Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Erik Laursen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Lars Bo Henriksen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Linköping University, Sweden
Prof. Paola Valero, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Yves Mauffette, The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada
Associate Professor Khairiyah Mohd. Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Associate Professor Thomas Ryberg, Aalborg University, Denmark
Assistant Professor Diana Stentoft, Aalborg University, Denmark