pctp-editorial-2010


	Editorial

	Personal Construct Theory & Practice is now entering its seventh year. Since 2004, we have published 64 articles, seven book reviews, and, sadly, five obituaries. Our more than 680 subscribers live in more than 40 countries from five continents as identified by their email address domains, probably even more as many have unspecific addresses such as “gmx.com”. Obviously, many of them are not affiliated to the three regional organisations in North America, Europe and Australasia. In addition to the regional organisations, trans-national theme-focussed groups have been formed, dealing with the applicability of PCT to fields such as the arts, politics, philosophy, or education. The journal supports this development by opening its pages to special sections of papers edited by guest editors from these fields. This seems of special importance now that publishing houses increasingly appear reluctant to publish “collected papers” or edited books – understandably so as cheap photocopying makes the publication of specialised books less and less economically viable. Therefore, electronic journals will play an increased role in publishing scholarly and educational works. One special section last year has been devoted to PCP and the Arts. In the future, submitted manuscripts to be peer-reviewed will still constitute a substantial part of the articles but in addition we shall present articles together with invited comments to facilitate the discussion of important issues. In a similar way, “target” articles will invite comments from readers. We should especially like to repeat our invitation to practitioners to share their expertise with our readers. We think that it is important to reflect and discuss the application of Personal Construct Theory because in our view it is one of the strengths of the theory that it has an immense value beyond the academic discourse prevailing in “postmodern” social sciences. We would like to thank the reviewers who have contributed to maintaining the quality of the journal. The articles published prior to 2010 are now accessible without password. Generally, articles will be made accessible without password in the year after publication. The password for 2010 has been sent out to subscribers. New subscribers can obtain the free password from the first editor. Finally, we would like to point to other sources of information on PCP, accessible through the Gateway at http://www.personal-construct.net and especially the “NewsBlog” at http://www.pcp-net.de/info/news.html. Jörn Scheer (Hamburg, Germany) - Trevor Butt (Huddersfield, UK) January, 2010

ISSN 1613-5091

Last update: 15 January 2010