CfP special issue: Demographic perspectives on migration

Guest editors:

Michaela Potančoková, Roman Hoffmann, Dilek Yildiz, Eleonora Mussino, James Raymer, Claudia Masferrer and Gregor Zens

We invite contributions expanding the state-of-the-art knowledge and methodological approaches to the following themes:

  • Migration trends, patterns and spatial differences across countries, regions and populations
  • Novel data and methods for measuring and analysing migration
  • Socio-economic disparities in mobility and their consequences
  • Drivers of migration and immobility
  • Climate change and migration
  • Mobility during crises: refugee and forced migration, population displacement
  • Migration, partnership and fertility
  • Migration, health and mortality
  • Emigration and return migration and their impact on the countries of origin
  • Migrants’ socio-economic integration and labour force impacts
  • Migration scenarios, forecasting and projections

This special issue invites original unpublished contributions. Empirical or theoretical papers as well as papers studying geographic and spatial differences are welcome. We welcome different types of submissions including Research articles, Review articles, Perspectives and shorter Data & Trends contributions.

Manuscript submission (full papers only) is now open. All submissions will undergo external double-blind peer review.  

The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research is a platinum open- access journal addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research. Article submission, processing, and publication are free of charge. The journal is circulated in print and online with all articles freely available on the journal website.

You can find detailed information on the submission on the VYPR website in the Author Guidelines. For any further information, please contact the managing editor Maria Winkler-Dworak, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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