International Migration

International Migration studies focus on causes, processes, and outcomes of the transborder movement of populations and population groups. Although migration is often viewed as the “step-child” of demography, in a wider sense, it is interdisciplinary, spanning social sciences such as sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, and international relations. As such, this Section welcomes submissions that advance the theoretical and substantive knowledge of transborder population movements rooted in the full range of social science methodologies: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods addressing emigration, relocation processes, and immigration. Foci may include reasons for exit, contexts of reception, as well as socioeconomic and social structural changes in both receiving and sending countries and communities. We also welcome innovative submissions addressing novel situations arising as we enter the middle 50 years of the 21st century, such as human transborder movements resulting from consequences of climate change and current restructuring of the global political economy.