Call for Papers - REMHU, volume 34, 2026 (rolling pass)
DOSSIER 1 (2026): “Migration and Aging ” - Deadline for submission of articles: 01.09.2025 - 31.05.2026.
Guest editors:
María José Magliano (CIECS-CONICET/Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina) -
majomagliano@unc.edu.ar
Ana Inés Mallimaci Barral (CEIL-CONICET/Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche,
Argentina) anamallimaci@gmail.com
Herminia Gonzálvez Torralbo (Universidad Central de Chile, Chile), herminiagonzalvez@gmail.com
This special issue is proposed as a space for reflection on the interplay between migration and ageing. In particular, it seeks to analyze the complex interrelationships established the migration process and the passage of time, in both South-North and South-South mobility. The relevance of this issue lies in the fact that migrant populations also become increasingly vulnerable over time, while simultaneously adopting strategies to cope with aging, which are shaped by their migratory status.
This is a topic that has not yet been explored in the field of migration studies at the regional or global level, partly because representations of migrants tend to focus on the labor market and, consequently, on economically active age groups. Outside of this generational frame, migrants experiences become opaque and invisible. It is precisely this gap that we aim to begin addressing with this special issue. When we refer to ageing, we are not only referring to a chronological age but also to to the experiences involved in the passage of time as a migrant. This implies considering that ageing is a biological process, while also recognizing it as socially, spatially, and culturally constructed (King et al., 2016). In particular, we aim to highlight the characteristics and conditions that shape the connection between ageing and Latin American migration across different contexts and regions, as well as the responses and strategies that this population employs to navigate the later stage of life. To this end, it is necessary to examine labor trajectories and modes of integration in the labor market (in origin and destination), the public policies in relation to social protection rights (also in origin and destination), the local and transnational care networks and the decisions made in contexts of vulnerability to sustain life, among other possible dimensions.
Within this framework, contributions addressing some of the following dimensions are particularly welcome:
-Migration, ageing and care
-Transnational social protection policies
- Older migrants and access to rights
-Labor trajectories and their impact on ageing
-Migrant ageing and intersectional inequalities
-Return migration
-Transnational care practices
- Older people’s migration
- Older migrants and sexual diversity
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DOSSIER 2 (2026): "Reconfigurations and Continuities of Migratory Corridors in Latin America in Post-COVID Times and in the Era of Trump 2" - Deadline for submission of articles: : 01.10.2025 - 30.06.2026.
Editors:
Amarela Varela Huerta (Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, editora invitada)
Soledad Álvarez Velasco (Universidad de Illinois Chicago)
Ulla D. Berg (Rutgers University)
This thematic dossier seeks to foster theoretical and methodological discussion and circulate empirical knowledge on forced mobility in Latin America. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, research in the region has begun to generate critical and comparative perspectives on mobility, which this dossier aims to consolidate. Specifically, it seeks to build memory around collaborative, multi-temporal and multi-sited research strategies that analyze changes and continuities in migratory corridors, as well as in governance, securitization, control, and protection policies during the pandemic, the post-pandemic stage, and the current intensification of hate narratives and practices against migrant and refugee populations—not only in the Global North but also in Latin America.
It seeks to amplify reflection and academic production on the social, political, economic, and cultural phenomena that have shaped forced mobility in Latin America during the first five years since the outbreak of the pandemic. A five-year perspective makes it possible to generate knowledge, on the one hand, about recent economic, political, and social processes, changes in regional migratory governmentality, and their impacts on mobility and transnational spaces. This includes, for example, the effects of economic collapse and crises that emerged or deepened in various countries during this period, as well as the expansion of organized crime in the region, which predated but intensified with the pandemic. On the other hand, it allows for greater visibility of migratory corridors such as the one connecting the Andean Region with Central America through the Darién Gap, one of the most dynamic yet turbulent transnational spaces in the region.
Finally, focusing the dossier on this temporality also invites reflection on the analytical resources and methodologies—both academic and applied—that emerged or were transformed by the pandemic, and that enable deeper understanding of processes of inclusion and exclusion affecting migrant populations. These include, for example, the consolidation of digital humanities as an interdisciplinary field addressing topics such as the use of digital platforms as resources for mobility, political participation, and digital solidarities, as well as the digitalization of border controls and international protection systems. At the same time, such approaches facilitate comparative and transnational research, the tracking of subjects in prolonged transit, and the comparison of multi-sited migratory trajectories.
