Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our Collections. Collections at HSS Comms provide a high-profile venue for topics of substantial interest to the community. Papers included in a Collection are published in the journal and featured on our Collection page.

Trauma: social and psychological dimensions

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.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 06 August 2026
Nuclear contamination in the Arctic

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.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 05 August 2026
Research futures: opportunities, challenges, and competitiveness of doctoral and early-career researchers

This Collection aims to generate a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the evolving conditions of doctoral and early-career research, including both challenges and opportunities.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 05 August 2026
Reflections of the body: media, culture and image perception

This Collection explores the intersections of body image with cultural norms, power structures and digital media, including within underrepresented or marginalised communities.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 03 August 2026
Arctic exceptionalism amidst emerging global tensions

This Collection explores the increasing pressure on the cooperative and peaceful shared governance of the Arctic, due to rising global geopolitical tension.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2026
Transdisciplinary research for transformative change: from conceptual insights to societal impact

This article Collection aims to advance transdisciplinary and transformative conceptual and methodological approaches to societal and global challenges.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2026
Cultures of command: identity, power, and belonging in global militaries

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.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 July 2026
Political participation and mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe

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.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 14 July 2026
Buddhism - beliefs, politics and culture

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.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 09 July 2026
Innovation, AI, and education

This Collection seeks to explore the multifaceted intersections between innovation, artificial intelligence, and education.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 09 July 2026