CfP: Manuscripts for Oxford Intersections – Borders: Trade, Capital and Labor

The Trade, Capital and Labor section of Oxford Intersections Borders – a new initiative by Oxford University Press – is now accepting abstracts for research articles. I have been appointed Section Editor for Borders Intersections and am now inviting abstracts for new interdisciplinary research articles on a range of topics related to Trade, Capital and Labor. Contributions can thematically relate to markets as spaces of place and flows where real economic activities—including the exchange or transactions of goods, services (specifically, labor) and capital—occur across nation-state borders. Articles that discuss borders as virtual spaces through which flows that involve purchases and sales of items—goods, services and capital—occur are also welcome. Articles may further consider sovereignty and the nation-state, and the centrality of various actors including individuals, firms, governments and government agencies in the market dynamics that relate to the border.

Oxford Intersections welcomes contributors from diverse backgrounds, across disciplines, geographies, institutions, and various stages in their careers. Authors may include academics, researchers and practitioners.

Submission Guidelines:

• Manuscripts should be original and not previously published or under consideration elsewhere.
• Articles should run between 6,000-10,000 words and will undergo a rigorously peer review.
• To be considered, submit a single document including:

• An abstract of no more than 500 words. Include “Trade, Capital and Labor” and the specific theme for the proposed article.
• A short bio (150 words).
• Submit your document to: christopher.nshimbi[at]up.ac.za

Important Dates:

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 May 2025
• Author Notification: 9 May 2025• Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2025

More about Oxford Intersections: Borders

Oxford University Press has launched a new type of resource: Oxford Intersections. Oxford Intersections reflects the critical role that peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research plays in helping policy- and decision-makers tackle the world’s most complex and urgent environmental, cultural, political, and social challenges. 

Borders are specific sites, but they are not static, being constantly enacted and reproduced. They often have a physical presence, but their significance stretches far beyond any geographical locale and into the social, political, and cultural lives of those both near and far from the border itself. This Intersection will focus not only on borders as interstitial spaces, but on the ways that a bordered world has its effects, with particular attention to systems, relationships, and practices that span borders.

Accepted manuscripts will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure academic standards and relevance to the overall ethos of the Intersections project.

More information at https://academic.oup.com/intersections/pages/borders.