Call for Papers: Special issue on “Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement”
Special issue editors: Megan Bradley (McGill University, Canada); Bríd Ní Ghráinne (Maynooth University, Ireland); Lahra Smith (Georgetown University, United States); Meron Zeleke (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
The proposed special issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies seeks to challenge the marginalization of internal displacement in migration research by critically examining how labels, borders, and binary distinctions between “internal” and “external” displacement shape both governance and lived experiences across different contexts, while encouraging more inclusive and interconnected understandings of displacement.
Abstract submission deadline: 31 July 2026.
Interested contributors are welcome to submit an extended abstract (max 750 words) to the editorial team by 5:00PM EST, 31 July 2026.