Organisations worldwide are redefining how managerial knowledge, operational capabilities, digital competencies and learning processes are developed and transferred. Accelerated technological change, AI-driven transformation, new workforce expectations and increasing organisational complexity are reshaping both management practice and management education at an unprecedented pace.

Within this evolving landscape, the International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education (IJIOME) is entering a renewed phase of development to strengthen its relevance, international visibility and interdisciplinary contributions.

Since its foundation, IJIOME has provided a valuable platform for research at the intersection of information systems, operations management and education. The journal has advanced our understanding of how organisations and individuals learn, adapt and manage information and operational processes in dynamic environments.

Today, these foundational themes are becoming even more strategically important. Organisations increasingly require future-ready managerial capabilities, digitally enabled learning systems and adaptive operational models that can respond to continuous transformation.

Rather than redefining the journal’s mission, this renewed direction strengthens and modernises IJIOME’s original interdisciplinary foundations. The journal will continue to serve as a rigorous international forum for research addressing the evolving relationships between information systems, operations management, organisational learning and management capability development. In particular, IJIOME will place growing emphasis on four interconnected domains that reflect both the journal’s historical strengths and the emerging priorities of contemporary management research:

• Digital transformation and information-driven organisations, including AI-enabled management, digital capabilities, smart operations and data-driven organisational systems.
• Future-oriented management education, including digital skills, workforce transformation, competency-based education and technology-enhanced learning environments.
• Organisational learning and knowledge development, including learning organisations, knowledge transfer, intellectual capital and managerial capability building.
• Sustainable and responsible organisational transformation, including ESG integration, responsible leadership, sustainable operations and human-centred organisational development.

By reinforcing these directions, IJIOME seeks to support a broader international research community while remaining fully consistent with its core identity and mission.

We warmly invite scholars, educators, practitioners and policymakers from around the world to contribute rigorous, relevant and forward-looking research addressing the future of organisations, management education, information systems and operational transformation.

We are particularly interested in contributions that bridge academic rigour and managerial relevance, as well as proposals for special issues devoted to emerging and high-impact themes.

We look forward to a renewed period of growth, visibility and international engagement for IJIOME, and we sincerely thank our authors, reviewers, editorial board members and readers for their continued support and trust.

Prof. Jiageng Ruan from Beijing University of Technology in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Transport Technology and Innovation.

The editorial team of the International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics has released a call for special issue proposals for their journal. Details are available here.

Dr. Kotomichi Matsuno from Rissho University in Japan has been appointed to take over editorship of the Asian Journal of Management Science and Applications.

Dr. Seth Young from the Aviation Planning Group, LLC in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Aviation Management.

Associate Prof. Fa Zhu from Nanjing Forestry University in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems.

Prof. Mahamadou Biga Diambeidou from UCLouvain in Belgium has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Comparative Management.

Prof. I-Hsien Ting from the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, ROC has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Social Network Mining.

Prof. Athanasios Spyridakos from University of West Attica in Greece has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Decision Support Systems. The departing Editor in Chief, Prof. Nikolaos Matsatsinis, will continue to support the journal in the role of Consulting Editor.

Prof. Lin Lin from the Dalian University of Technology in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services.

The International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications' editorial team is pleased to announce that the Best Editorial Board Member Award for the 2024-2025 term has been presented to Prof. Guangdeng Zong of Tiangong University, China, in recognition of his prompt responses and creative contributions.

Dr. Yan Chen from Arizona State University in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.

Prof. Chi-Wei Su from Qingdao University in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Financial Markets and Derivatives and International Journal of Environment and Health.

We are pleased to report that the Governing Board of DOBA University of Applied Sciences (Maribor) has appointed the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy, Associate Prof. Gorazd Justinek, an expert in international political, economic and business relations, as the new Dean of the Faculty. He assumed the position on 1st January, 2026.

The new Dean brings extensive leadership and professional experience from academia, public administration and international cooperation to the role. Prof. Justinek is a university lecturer and an active researcher, focused on strengthening academic excellence, scientific research work, as well as the further development and innovation for the DOBA University of Applied Sciences and the International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy.

Prof. Ana Cristina Fachinelli from the Universidade de Caxias do Sul in Brazil has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development. The departing Editor in Chief, Dr. Daniela Carlucci, will remain involved in the journal in the capacity of Associate Editor.