Call for Papers: OGEL Energy Law Journal 2026
2 January 2026
This call for papers can also be found on the OGEL website here:
www.ogel.org/news.asp?key=717
OGEL (ISSN 1875-418X, www.ogel.org) invites all those with an interest in energy law and regulation and other energy markets related issues to submit proposals on emerging issues and significant developments affecting the rapidly changing energy industries and markets. We are looking for a range of contributions including practical comments on recent developments, in-depth contributions on issues of topical concern, and longer, scholarly articles which add to an understanding of these fields. We also welcome notes and articles on primary legal and regulatory materials, book reviews and opinion pieces. As a rule, submissions of scholarly articles will be subject to a peer review.
Papers are accepted on a rolling basis and published via our "Advance publication" channel ahead of their appearance in a regular structured issue of our Journal.
Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Energy and Climate Change, including litigation
- Comparative Energy Law
- Energy Contract Management
- Law and Regulation of new and renewable energies (hydrogen, solar, wind, tidal, waste-to-energy and other)
- Decommissioning (Onshore, Offshore, Nuclear)
- Energy Dispute Management, Arbitration
- Electricity market regulation
- Gas market regulation
- International energy investment law, including the Energy Charter Treaty
- Energy Security
- EU Energy Union, Fit-for-55
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Geopolitics of Energy
- Energy Governance
- Hydrogen regulation, investment and contracts
- Indigenous People and Resources Development; Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
- Energy and International law, including Law of the Sea and International Trade Law
- Nuclear Energy Law
- Oil Spills
- Oil; Gas; Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
- Energy contracts and licences in upstream, midstream and downstream energy, including host government agreements, joint operating agreements
- Renewable Energy Disputes
- Energy Finance; Green Bonds
- Energy taxation
Article guidelines
The minimum word count of articles should be 5000 words (excluding footnotes, endnotes, appendices, tables, summary etc.). Articles should include summaries (150-200 words). The layout of the articles should conform to OGEL’s submission guidelines available at: www.ogel.org/contribute.asp (more information available upon request).
Please send your proposals and questions to info@ogel.org.
Feel free to forward this call for papers to colleagues who may be interested in contributing to OGEL.
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