Current Issues in Migration Research now welcomes submissions to both the Special Section on Migration, War and Violent Conflict and to the General Section for articles more broadly concerned with the topic of migration.

Special Section on Migration, War and Violent Conflict
The world is witnessing a rise in wars, invasions, violent conflict, and political instability, driving forced migration across multiple regions. The number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) globally has reached record levels. According to the UNHCR, over 120 million people are currently displaced worldwide, with protracted crises unfolding in Armenia, the DRC, Ethiopia, Gaza, Myanmar, Somalia, the Sahel, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen, among many others.
Violent conflicts profoundly reshape people's (im)mobilities, revealing the intersecting trajectories of internal and cross-border movements. These forced (im)mobilities redefine social relations, influencing family structures, political mobilizations, economic livelihoods, and cultural expressions – locally, translocally, and across borders. With displacement increasingly becoming protracted, the organization of humanitarian relief and international refugee protection faces mounting challenges. Simultaneously, migrants and refugees are increasingly framed as national security threats, serving as a political justification for human rights infringements and the militarization of borders.
Recognising the need for timely, grounded insights into these unfolding dynamics, and for critical engagements with them, the next issue of Current Issues in Migration Research invites submissions exploring the intersection of migration, war and violent conflict. We invite submissions that address this topic theoretically, empirically, methodologically or artistically in a variety of ways.

We also invite submissions that are broadly concerned with the topic of migration for the general section of the journal.

Please submit your full-length proposal to the submission portal of the journal website: https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/cimr/about/submissions. The deadline for submission is 1 September 2025 (contact the editorial team for later deadlines ahead of time). We aim to publish the issue by the end of 2025.