We are delighted to share that six researchers from the Department for Migration and Globalisation (DEMIG) at the University for Continuing Education Krems have taken on the editorship of Migration Politics. Building on the pioneering work of the Amsterdam-based founding editors, the journal remains committed to slow scholarship, interdisciplinary dialogue, and a truly global conversation on migration politics.
From its inception, Migration Politics has combined rigorous peer review with intensive, author-centred editing and platinum open access (no APCs). These commitments continue unchanged.
What continues
- Aims & Scope centred on political institutions, processes, and power in migration—encouraging interdisciplinarity and global perspectives.
- The journal’s founding philosophy based on slow scholarship, non-profit character, and platinum open access without APCs.
- In-person residencies that foster deep, dialogical development of manuscripts.
- Rigorous peer-review to ensure the highest academic standards of quality are met.
What’s new
To broaden participation, we are adding:
- A Virtual Residency Track (similar to in-person residencies, but fully virtual),
- A Special Issue Track (with dialogical, author-centred editing implemented through guest editors), and
- An Open Track (no residency required; but authors discuss their ideas with members of the editorial college and get personalized feedback ahead of submission after acceptance of detailed concept note),
extending our slow science ethos to authors who cannot travel or prefer a non-residency route.
Now open: two calls
In-Person Residency 2026 (Krems) — “Migration Politics and Violence”
Residency: 28 September – 2 October 2026
Deadline: 6 April 2026
Special Issues (2026 round)
We will select two Special Issue proposals for publication in Winter 2027 and Summer 2028.
Deadline: 15 May 2026
We look forward to shaping the next phase of Migration Politics with you. See our aims and open calls.
Warm regards,
Heidrun Bohnet, Mathias Czaika, Albert Kraler, Lea Müller-Funk, Julia Mourão Permoser & Federica Zardo
Senior Editorial Fellows, Migration Politics
