Cemore is currently the home of the Mobilities journal and two book publication series offerings new publishing opportunities to scholars working within the field of mobilities. We welcome submissions from a variety of academic backgrounds who engage with themes of mobilities research. Additionally, we are currently welcoming submissions from guest-bloggers on our site.
Mobilities Journal
Thomson Reuters has published the 2014 JCR and Mobilities’ Impact Factor is 1.172. The new rankings are: 36/76 in Geography and 20/29 in transport. We are always delighted to receive individual articles and proposals for special issues on ‘mobilities’ related themes. Editors:
- Professor Kevin Hannam, Website, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Professor Mimi Sheller, Biography, Drexel University, USA
- Dr David Tyfield, Biography, LEC, Lancaster University, UK Founding Editor Professor John Urry (1946-2016)
Studies in Mobilities, Literature and Culture book series
Humanities Director, Lynne Pearce, has recently been appointed a co-editor of a new Palgrave Macmillan (New York) series entitled Studies in Mobilities, Literature and Culture which aims to capitalise on the current ‘humanities turn’ in mobilities research.
Editors:
- Marian Aguiar, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
- Charlotte Mathieson, University of Surrey, UK
- Lynne Pearce, Lancaster University, UK
Routledge Book Series
Go to Changing Mobilities website»
This series explores the transformations of society, politics and everyday experiences wrought by changing mobilities, and the power of mobilities research to inform constructive responses to these transformations.
Editors:
- Peter Adey, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
- Monika Büscher, Lancaster University, UK
Become a Guest-Blogger for our Site
We also welcome scholars, at all career stages, interested in writing for the Cemore website, either on a one-off basis, or repeatedly. This could include, for instance, pieces on ongoing mobilities-related research, comment pieces, event reports, news about events that might be of interest to mobilities researchers. We love receiving new posts and hearing from new voices as this reflects the wonderful diversity of the field of mobilities. Please email cemore@lancaster.ac.uk with your proposal or for more queries and information.
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COVID-19, Storms, and Academics
As HK professor at the Academy of Mobility Humanities (AMH) at Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea, which was launched in 2018 to promote mobility studies from a humanities perspective, I am primarily focused on designing AMH’s research plans, publications, and...
Im|Mobilities: Call for Artworks
Call for artworks for Art & Mobilities Exhibition at: Im|mobile lives in turbulent times: Methods and Practices of Mobilities Research conference. Thursday July 9th and Friday July 10th 2020, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Im|mobile lives...
The politics of debt and mobilities research
In this post, Benjamin Schwarz, a visitor to Cemore, presents part of what he worked on during his research stay, a part of his PhD project on the everyday narratives of people struggling with debt. The post focuses on an analysis of the politics of debt in Denmark lived through as a cleansing procedure.
Postponed: Are we ready for IT? Data Mobilities Workshop
Is Society Ready for IT? Or is IT Ready for Society? Monika Buscher and Birgit Moesl are running a workshop at the now postponed Public Safety Communications Europe Network Conference. This is inspired by rapid changes in public safety communications and a need to...
DecarboN8 considers societal readiness of innovations in climate change technology and policy
The first DecarboN8 Workshop aims to explore the scale of the challenge and put the ambition of proposed innovations (in practice, technology, and policy) into context. How are we doing in relation to the targets set in Paris in 2015, how can we enhance the societal...
Healthcare, Mobilities and National Health Systems Workshop Agenda
People move across international borders, often along unpredictable paths. Systems for the delivery of healthcare are largely fixed in place. This workshop is designed to foster discussion of healthcare and mobility, drawing on the insights of interdisciplinary...