Are you an established scholar in the field of migration politics? Are you excited about shaping the future of academic publishing via a journal that centres slow scholarship, full open access and a not‑for‑profit ethos? Migration Politics invites applications to join our Editorial College. We are looking for colleagues who are passionate about rigorous, collaborative, and reflexive research and who want to contribute to an editorial community committed to thoughtful and equitable academic practice.
Migration Politics publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions on the politics involved in representing, controlling and managing migration. The journal features articles that promote inter-disciplinary conversations amongst Geographers, Political Scientists, Anthropologists, Historian, Sociologists and Lawyers on the relationship between migration and political institutions, processes and power. We seek contributions that present theoretically challenging ideas. Papers should be based on original empirical material and be methodologically rigorous. You can find all papers published by Migration Politics here.
Editorial approach
Migration Politics is a highly selective journal that adopts a uniquely intensive approach to the curation of cutting-edge scholarly work. We regularly issue calls for authors to send us short paper proposals. Our editorial team then hosts selected authors for intensive one-week in-person or virtual residencies at the University of Continuing Education Krems (Danube University Krems), devoted to developing draft papers into polished manuscripts. Since 2026, we also publish papers via two additional tracks: We publish two special issues a year emerging from environments that foster collaborative exchange and slow scholarship, as well as 14-18 papers via a so-called “open track” where authors submit detailed concept notes for developing a full paper with a concrete timeline for completing their article within one year. Upon acceptance of paper and special issue proposals, authors can submit full manuscripts. All manuscripts are sent out for external review. Migration Politics does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Currently, the Senior Editorial Fellows of Migration Politics are Heidrun Bohnet, Mathias Czaika, Albert Kraler, Lea Müller-Funk, Julia Mourão Permoser, and Federica Zardo.
Tasks
Members of the Migration Politics Editorial College play an active role in the editorship of the journal. We expect Editorial College members to spend about one or two days per month on Migration Politics tasks. Appointment to the Editorial College is for the duration of five years.
The tasks of Editorial College members are to:
- Contribute to the selection of paper proposals
- Contribute to the selection of special issue proposals and eventual participation in the editorial process of special issues
- Act as lead editors for ca. two papers per year (select reviewers, write decision letters)
- Vote on editorial decisions
- Advise the Senior Editorial Fellows on journal policies (two virtual meetings per year)
- Participate in virtual feedback sessions with authors
- Participate in the annual Editorial College meetings
Criteria for Editorial College membership
We are looking for editorial college members who:
- Are experienced researchers
- Work on themes that fall within the scope of Migration Politics
- Have a solid publication record that demonstrates expertise in the field of migration politics
- Have acquired prior editorial experience and/or extensive reviewing experience
- Enrich the geographical scope of our Editorial College
- Consolidate or enrich the thematical and methodological scope of our Editorial College
The work of Editorial College Members is not remunerated by Migration Politics. In order to keep the time investment to one or two days per month, we are currently increasing the number of EC members.
More information
More information on the role of the Editorial College can be found here.
More information on the tasks of Editors-in-Charge can be found here.
Migration Politics has an open editing process, meaning that reviews, decision letters and author replies and previous submissions of published papers are visible. They can be accessed by going to a published paper and clicking on “Submissions/Reports”.
How to apply
- Please fill in this questionnaire no later than 17:00 CEST 30 June 2026.
- The application should contain:
- An academic CV including list of publications
- A statement of interest (Why do you want to join the editorial college? What do you bring to the journal? What are your areas of expertise?)
- List of reviewing experience (Which journals / funding bodies have you reviewed for and how many reviews have you completed?)
- 4 Keywords for your areas of expertise
- If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at migrationpolitics@donau-uni.ac.at (subject line: “Editorial college”).