Art and design in the age of AI
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that explores the intersections of art, design, and artificial intelligence from across the humanities and social sciences.
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Current open calls for papers in Arts and Humanities, with deadlines, publisher links, and Journal Finder ranking signals where matched.
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Forced displacement and migration
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary research that explores the causes, consequences, and responses to forced displacement.
Toponymy and toponomastics at the intersection between language contact and historical geography
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection welcomes research on themes related to toponymy and toponomastics at the intersection between language and historical geography.
Contemporary Catholicism(s): global perspectives on belief, power and identity
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to critically examine the political, social and cultural dimensions of Catholicism today, including interdisciplinary perspectives, that explore Catholicism.
In search of happiness: rethinking well-being and the good life
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection is interested in research that explores what contributes to happiness, how it is experienced and measured, and what can be done to promote it at both individual and societal levels.
Reframing artificial intelligence: critical perspectives from AI social science
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
To untangle the links between technological and social forces, this Collection invites social science perspectives to advance the study of AI’s sociotechnical, cultural and political dimensions.
The politics of museums and national monuments
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that interrogates the politics of museums and national monuments.
Human-animal interactions and relations
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humans’ inter-relation with non-human animals is a ubiquitous feature of contemporary life, whether through the clothes we wear, the food we eat, how we decide what are invaders or pests, and the company we keep. This Humanities and Social Sciences Collection invites scholarship (empirical, theoretical, qualitative and quantitative) that sheds light on these relationships in different contexts and settings and from…
The economics of social mobility
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites research that explores social mobility primarily from the perspective of economics, including labour economics, public finance, development economics, and macroeconomics.
Psychology of racism and prejudice
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection investigates the psychology of racism and prejudice, bringing together insights from cognitive, social, developmental, and cultural psychology, as well as sociology, history, and anthropology.
Buddhism - beliefs, politics and culture
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores Buddhism and its place in the world today. The Collection is interested in the belief, culture and politics of this major religion, welcoming research on the everyday lives of modern Buddhists, the religion's links to politics, and also the cultural imprint of Buddhism on society.
Innovation, AI, and education
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to explore the multifaceted intersections between innovation, artificial intelligence, and education.
Political participation and mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue on political participation and mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe by examining historical trajectories, contemporary practices, and emerging trends.
Translating across cultures: literature, film and other media
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that explores translation as a cultural, aesthetic, and political practice across literature, film, and other media.
Cultures of command: identity, power, and belonging in global militaries
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This collection explores the cultural dimensions of military life across global contexts, with an interest in how armed forces construct and challenge ideas of gender, race, nationalism, professionalism, and sacrifice.
Food politics in the Global South
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection seeks critical, interdisciplinary reflections on the politics of food in the Global South. We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions from political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, history, development studies, environmental studies, and related fields.
Grievances and victimhood in social and political engagement
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores how grievance and victimhood shape political and social engagement, particularly the social and behavioural psychological dimensions of grievance formation, mobilisation, and political expression.
Contemporary dialogues in global critical theory
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to explore social, political, and academic debates that have emerged specifically in the 21st Century and are crucial for the development of our global societies.
Large language models in psychological science
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection specifically aims to explore the value and impact of LLMs in psychological measurement, experimentation, and practice.
Arctic exceptionalism amidst emerging global tensions
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the increasing pressure on the cooperative and peaceful shared governance of the Arctic, due to rising global geopolitical tension.
Nationalism and national identity in contemporary politics and society
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
The aim of this Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection is to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on nationalism and national identity to critically examine their roles in contemporary politics, society, and culture.
Museums and archives as educational institutions
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that examines museums and archives as sites of formal and informal education, exploring their pedagogical strategies, social responsibilities, and transformative potential.
Reflections of the body: media, culture and image perception
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the intersections of body image with cultural norms, power structures and digital media, including within underrepresented or marginalised communities.
Nuclear contamination in the Arctic
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the intersections of nuclear risk, environmental safety policy, and geopolitical contestation in the Arctic. It investigates how contamination is managed, and how affected communities navigate long-term consequences.
Research futures: opportunities, challenges, and competitiveness of doctoral and early-career researchers
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to generate a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the evolving conditions of doctoral and early-career research, including both challenges and opportunities.
Trauma: social and psychological dimensions
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites contributions that explore trauma as a socially embedded, psychologically complex and politically situated phenomenon, with particular attention to its transcultural, transethnic and transgenerational dimensions.
All loved up – exploring love in everyday life
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection is interested in scholarship that examines love in all its everyday expressions. How is love expressed across different cultures, identities and social positions?
Hinduism – belief, politics and culture
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection looks to explore Hinduism and its place in the world today, welcoming research on the everyday lives of modern Hindus, the religion's links to politics, and also the cultural imprint of Hinduism on society.
Beyond the classroom: alternative education across contexts
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection examines alternative forms of education and their social, cultural, political, and psychological implications. We invite research that explores alternative educational practices, including community-led learning, informal and non-formal education, experimental pedagogies, digital learning spaces, and decolonial or indigenous knowledge systems.
Crisis and resilience in Latin American politics
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to explore continuity and change in Latin American politics in both historical and contemporary perspectives.
Fiscal policies and energy vulnerability: tackling fuel and energy poverty in a changing global landscape
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to address the urgent and evolving intersection of fiscal policy and energy poverty, a critical issue amid recent international crises, climate transition imperatives, and rising energy costs.
Burnout
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that explores burnout from across the humanities and social sciences.
Pharmaceutical intellectual property
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites submissions addressing the multifaceted legal, economic, ethical, and policy dimensions of pharmaceutical intellectual property from diverse disciplinary perspectives and geographical contexts.
Environmental advocacy: psychological and behavioural dynamics
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the psychological and behavioural dynamics of environmental activism, with a view to understanding how people engage with climate issues - from everyday behaviour to large-scale protest movements.
Arts integration in education
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection examines arts integration in education and its social, cultural, political, cognitive, and affective dimensions. We invite research that explores how artistic processes intersect with curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and institutional structures in formal and informal learning environments.
Decolonising economics: justice, plurality, and inclusivity
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites contributions that engage with the theme of decolonising economics, both theoretically and practically, exploring its implications for economic thought and transformative action.
Living with human enhancement – ethical, social, and psychological dimensions
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to explore and reframe the psychological, sociological, philosophical, ethical, cultural, and political dimensions of human enhancement.
Education in the Anthropocene
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores learning and pedagogy as a backdrop to navigate the barriers of the renewed aspiration of a transition economy.
The Nobel Prize: historical and sociocultural perspectives
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that situates the Nobel Prize within broader historical and cultural frameworks.
Philosophy [in:of:for:and] digital knowledge infrastructures
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection will bring together philosophical contributions concerning digital knowledge infrastructure, broadly construed.
Zombies in culture, society, and thought
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that engages with the zombie as a cultural, philosophical, and social figure.
Continuity and change in Russian politics
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Explorations of how continuity and change have shaped Russian politics over the last century and what their legacies are today.
Culture in code: intercultural competence in the age of AI and globalisation
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores complex interactions between cutting-edge technological advancements and the intricate tapestry of cultural interactions.
Discourse studies: theories and methodologies at the crossroads of language and society
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Contemporary challenges in the broader context of discourse studies from a range of theoretical and methodological vantage points.
Divisive politics, polarisation and democratic decline
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This collection sets out to take a holistic view of what has been termed ‘nasty politics’ and its implications for society and democracy.
Tourists, go home? Sustainable tourism in popular destinations
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection is dedicated to addressing complex problems arising from tourism in high-demand destinations.
Education for marginalised or displaced populations
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites critical, interdisciplinary contributions that examine the politics, practices, and possibilities of education for marginalised or displaced populations.
Translational humanities
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to explore the conditions of possibility for a translational humanities. It asks how humanities-based knowledge can be made applicable, actionable, and socially engaged.
Gender, democracy and political violence: A feminist perspective
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection brings together interdisciplinary research on feminism and democratic politics. We welcome contributions (theoretical, empirical, historical or comparative) from political science, sociology, gender studies, history, law, philosophy, anthropology, and related fields.
Interdisciplinarity in theory and practice
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This collection is concerned primarily with the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity.
Transdisciplinary research for transformative change: from conceptual insights to societal impact
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This article Collection aims to advance transdisciplinary and transformative conceptual and methodological approaches to societal and global challenges.
The Olympic Games: Media, representation and cultural politics
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that critically explores the dynamic interplay between the Olympic and Paralympic Games, media forms, representations, and the cultural politics that shape and are shaped by them.
Expertise in integration and implementation for transformative research
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Collection examining the specialised knowledge, skills, competencies and dispositional attributes required to identify which disciplinary and stakeholder knowledges are relevant, synthesise different perspectives, manage power imbalances and legacies of colonisation in researching problems, and accommodate conflicting values and world views, including across different cultures.
Learning spaces and classroom design
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the ways in which classroom design and learning environments fundamentally shape educational experiences.
Sign Languages: acquisition, application and transmission
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks to explore sign languages as linguistic, cultural, and social phenomena.
Corruption beyond borders: power, crime, and governance
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection seeks scholarship that treats corruption and its counterpart – anti-corruption – as multi-dimensional, global processes. We welcome submissions from political scientists, sociologists, legal scholars, economists, criminologists, development experts, data scientists and others.
Creative rights, copyright and culture: intellectual property in the arts and humanities
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection welcomes contributions that investigate how copyright and creative rights intersect with humanistic scholarship, cultural heritage, and artistic practice.
Loneliness and social isolation
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites research that sheds light on loneliness, social isolation and related themes, such as what makes people lonely or socially isolated, and what can be done to alleviate negative effects
Remembering World War I: archives, history and empire
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that re-examines World War I through diverse lenses, uncovering overlooked narratives and challenging Eurocentric perspectives.
Race, biopolitics and political violence
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection creates an interdisciplinary space to interrogate the intersections of race, biopolitics, and colonial violence.
Stable Isotopes in Wood Archives and Tree Rings: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction and Human-Environment Histories
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Wood archives preserve unique high-resolution records of environmental variability and human interactions with landscapes across timescales ranging from deca...
Stable Isotopes in Wood Archives and Tree Rings: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction and Human-Environment Histories
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Wood archives preserve unique high-resolution records of environmental variability and human interactions with landscapes across timescales ranging from deca...
Leisure reading and reader engagement
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Leisure reading and reader engagement refer to the voluntary, self-directed practices through which individuals select, interpret, and respond to texts beyond compulsory educational or occupational requirements. Submissions are encouraged from education studies, literacy studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, media and cultural studies, library and information science, publishing studies, and related fields.
Adam Smith and the 250th anniversary of "The Wealth of Nations"
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to provide a forum for rigorous scholarly reflection on the historical, philosophical, and theoretical dimensions of Adam Smith’s writings, as well as on their subsequent reception and reinterpretation across disciplines.
Maritime security: hybrid actors, legal ambiguity, and state security at sea
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection investigates the blurred boundaries between state and non-state actors in maritime contexts, with a particular focus on how legitimacy is constructed, contested, and operationalised in policy and practice.
Islam – belief, politics and culture
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection looks to explore Islam and its place in the world today. The Collection is interested in the belief, culture and politics of this major religion, welcoming research on the everyday lives of modern Muslims, the religion's links to politics, and also the cultural imprint of Islam on society.
Children, teenagers and social media
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites contributions that critically explore the relationships between children, teenagers and social media.
Interdisciplinary approaches to antiquity
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection invites interdisciplinary research that deepens understanding of the people, societies, environments, and ideas that shaped the ancient world in all its global variations.
Oil economies: markets, governance, and global risk
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the economic and political economy dimensions of oil, with particular attention to market behaviour, policy responses, and the financial instruments used to manage uncertainty
Ageism
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that explores ageism in all its forms.
Off the beaten path: adventurous, dangerous and dark tourism
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the growing trend in alternative tourism that centres on high-risk and emotionally intense experiences.
Music education
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that explores music education across diverse cultural, historical and institutional contexts.
Social development and transformation in post-Soviet and satellite states
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection invites scholarship on social development in post-Soviet and satellite states, including how historical legacies, institutional reforms, and grassroots movements have shaped the lived realities of individuals across the region.
Natural capital accounting (NCA) for sustainable society
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection examines the use of assessment approaches to nature and how this assessment can help creating sustainable cities. It also looks for the real effects of natural capital on environmental responsibility and green wealth.
Literacy development across age groups
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that examines literacy development as a dynamic, age‑spanning phenomenon.
Uncovering Black histories: decolonial approaches
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that critically engages with the recovery, interpretation and representation of Black histories across global contexts.
Far-right mobilisation and democratic transformation
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection examines the contemporary dynamics of far-right mobilisation and its implications for democracy. We invite interdisciplinary contributions from political science, sociology, media studies, history, law, anthropology, and related fields that explore how far-right actors mobilise, gain legitimacy, interact with institutions and opponents, and influence demo…
Political trust: trends, crises, and measurement
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites scholarship that examines political trust as a dynamic, multidimensional phenomenon.
Emotions in politics: democratic participation, belonging and division
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims to advance interdisciplinary research on the role of emotions in political participation, democratic life and collective political identities.
The rise of informal digital learning: new paradigms for pedagogy, equity and educational futures
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Informal digital learning, spanning engagement with mobile devices, online platforms, and AI tools, is reshaping how education is experienced and understood in the digital age. Submissions that integrate critical, theoretical, and global perspectives are especially encouraged, as are studies that foreground issues of social justice, diversity, and inclusion in digital learning.
Translating food futures: multilingual communication, responsible innovation, and everyday sustainability
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Food futures refer to emerging transformations in food production, distribution, regulation, and consumption under conditions of climate pressure, technological change, and sustainability transition.
From bits of history to bytes of data: AI and the study of the ancient Near East
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection aims at examining the computational and digital study of “greater Western Asia” and its epistemological implications.
Taxes, tariffs and trade wars in the global economy
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites research that interrogates taxes, tariffs and trade wars primarily through the lens of global economics and finance, and international business studies.
Inclusive education
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection invites interdisciplinary contributions that critically examine the theories, practices, and politics of inclusive education.
Digitalisation and inequality in later-life work: risks, resilience, and inclusion
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection welcomes interdisciplinary research examining how digitalisation transforms opportunities, risks and inequalities in later-life work.
Political ‘extremists’ and ‘moderates’: psychological mechanisms and social perceptions
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores the psychological and social underpinnings of political and ideological extremism and perceptions of what constitutes being politically ‘moderate’.
Censorship, power and the politics of expression
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection welcomes research examining censorship as a historical, political, cultural and social phenomenon.
Awe and wonder – cultural, emotional and existential perspectives
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection explores how wonder and awe operate not only within individuals, but across cultures, histories, social structures and belief systems and in contemporary life.
The new intelligence age: surveillance, espionage and power
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection invites research exploring the transformation of espionage, intelligence, and information-gathering in the contemporary world.
When communication goes wrong: exploring the psychology and linguistics of miscommunication
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Through this call, we aim to bring together research that uncovers the psychological and linguistic processes that underlie miscommunication and offer insights into strategies that can minimise them.
Emotional memory: construction, recall and meaning-making
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Exploring the mechanisms, functions and consequences of emotionally charged memories, and the ways in which they are shaped by factors such as personal meaning, social context and developmental stage
Socio-economic inequalities in educational opportunities and outcomes
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that explores the relationship between socio-economic inequalities and educational outcomes across diverse cultural, historical and institutional contexts.
Terrorism, radicalisation and social order: perspectives on emerging threats and responses
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection invites research papers examining terrorism and terrorist threats through the lenses of political science, sociology and related disciplines. We welcome original research that explores the causes, dynamics and consequences of terrorism, as well as responses to it, in both contemporary and historical contexts.
Rethinking the blue economy: sustainability, equity and ocean futures
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
This Collection seeks contributions that critically engage with the blue economy as both a policy agenda and a field of practice, exploring its implications across political, ecological and economic domains.
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