An interdisciplinary journal for all students of political studies with an interest in the geographical and spatial aspects of politicsPolitical Geography is the flagship journal of political geography and advances knowledge in all aspects of the geographical and spatial dimensions of politics and the political. The journal brings together leading contributions in the field and promotes interdisciplinary debates in international relations, political science, and other related fields. While we welcome articles with an empirical focus or that center on policy implications, all research published in the journal is expected to engage with and advance the subdiscipline's conceptual, methodological, and theoretical literature. We encourage contributions drawn from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, covering all scales of inquiry, and from scholars in all parts of the world. Examples include, but are not limited to, research into:• critical engagement of the theory and practice of geopolitics; • geographies of sovereignty and the state; • peace and conflict studies; • geographies of policy, institutions, and elections; • feminist, queer, and postcolonial engagements with the political; • politics of spatiality, networks, and scale; • intersections of political economy and political geography; • territoriality, mobility, and identity within and across borders; • political ecology, the politics of the environment, and post-human politics.We encourage the submission of full-length, innovative high-quality papers (11,000 words max), in addition to shorter, responsive, and topical editorials and interventions, as well as book review essays and forums.
Political Geography Open Research offers a purely open-access publication format for scholars whose research focuses on the geographical and spatial dimensions of politics and the political. The journal promotes interdisciplinary debates among geographers, political scientists, and international relations scholars, and it seeks to advance the theorization and empirical exploration of political-geographical phenomena. We welcome articles that focus on empirical case studies or that center on policy implications. However, we expect that all research published in the journal engage with and to build upon the subdiscipline's conceptual, methodological, and theoretical foundations. We encourage innovative contributions drawn from diverse methodological perspectives, covering all scales of inquiry, and from scholars in all parts of the world. Examples of appropriate themes for publication in the journal include, but are not limited to:the theory and practice of geopolitics;geographies of sovereignty and the state;peace and conflict studies;geographies of policy, institutions, and elections;feminist, queer, and postcolonial engagements with the political;politics of spatiality, networks, and scale;intersections of political economy and political geography;territoriality, mobility, and identity within and across borders;political ecology, the politics of the environment, and post-human politics.We offer two main publishing formats: (1) full-length research articles (11,000 words max); and (2) Research Notes (5,000 words max), which give scholars an opportunity to elaborate on methodological, conceptual, or data-related issues emerging from their research. Both formats are fully peer-reviewed.
