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Family Formation in Transition: Determinants, Differentials, and Inequality in South Korea (special issue of theJournal of Comparative Family Studies) (01/31) South Korea offers a compelling case for understanding the complexities of contemporary family formation. The country has undergone rapid and far-reaching transformations in family formation—marked by delayed marriage, rising singlehood, and one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. These shifts reflect broader structural and cultural dynamics, including gender inequality, economic precarity, and evolving family values. This Special Issue seeks to advance a comprehensive and innovative understanding of the socioeconomic and cultural contexts that shape family formation in South Korea. Given that delayed marriage, rising singlehood, and declining fertility are common features across many developed economies, the Korean experience provides a critical vantage point for examining the determinants, differentials, and inequalities in family formation in the twenty-first century. All questions and submissions should be directed to the Guest Editor: Sojung Lim (sjlim25@buffalo.edu). Learn more here. 🗓️ Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026 Posted 1/14/2026 Call for Papers: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (03/01) The journal Signs has issued a call for its special issue “Crisis”, inviting feminist, queer, and trans scholarship that theorizes and responds to intersecting global catastrophes—from rising authoritarianism, war, climate crisis, and displacement to gendered violence, public health threats, and the precarity of the university. Edited by Jih-Fei Cheng, Cati Connell, and Gowri Vijayakumar, the issue seeks work that interrogates how crises are defined, mobilized, and lived; how they shape pedagogy, activism, and everyday survival; and how feminist and queer frameworks illuminate both the structural conditions and possibilities for solidarity, critique, and renewal. 🗓️ Submission Deadline: Manuscripts are due March 1, 2026 via Signs’ Editorial Manager portal. Posted 12/2/2025 Call for Papers: Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context (special issue of Population Research and Policy Review) (03/01) Low and declining birth rates across the world have consequences for countries’ population size and structure. Concerns over the potential economic effects of population aging have spurred many countries to engage in efforts to raise birth rates. At the same time, there is growing concern about the social and cultural causes and consequences of low birth rates. Pronatalism – an ideology based on the belief that birth rates are too low, and societies should work to raise them in the interest of economic productivity and cultural preservation – has re-emerged as an increasingly visible and powerful force across different settings. The dynamics of low fertility – such as fertility decline, postponement, and changing patterns of family formation – have been common topics in population science over the last 25 years, but pronatalism has received considerably less attention from the field. This Special Issue will provide an opportunity for population scientists to contribute to the conversations about pronatalism throughout the world. We welcome critical, theoretical, descriptive, and empirical submissions that explicitly focus on some aspect of pronatalism. Further research is needed on the evidentiary base upon which pronatalism rests; the social, political, and cultural inspirations and implications of pronatalism; and the support for, and effects of, pronatalist policies. Evaluation of alternative approaches (besides raising birth rates) for addressing changes in population size and composition is also warranted. Submissions that discuss the causes and consequences of low fertility but do not directly engage with pronatalism fall outside of the scope of this issue. 🗓️ Submission Deadline: March 1, 2026 Posted 1/14/2026Spring 2026 Deadlines
Nature: Special Collections – Call for Papers The journal Nature (impact factor: 42.78) has issued calls for several topical issues focused on social science themes including: Continuity and change in Russian politics; Green criminology and environmental harm; China in the Global South; Digital society and capitalism; Social and spatial inequalities: processes, impacts and policies; Conceptualizing health research participation in the era of big data; Migration, poverty and inequality; Critical and cultural perspectives on dementia and more. Learn more at Nature: Special Collections. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity is a scholarly journal dedicated to the dissemination of information in the field of sexual orientation and gender diversity. The journal seeks submissions in all areas of psychological research, including developmental, social, clinical, community, counseling, family, gender roles and gender nonconformity, lifespan and aging, cultural diversity including race and ethnicity, and international issues. To learn more about the journal, including how to submit a manuscript, see the Psychgology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity website.Rolling Deadlines