Call for Papers: Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Mass Violence

Oct 27, 2020 | International Association of Genocide Scholars
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The International Association of Genocide Scholars invites manuscripts on the intersections of the environment and collective violence for a special issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention, a major multidisciplinary Genocide Studies journal with a large global readership. This issue will center on the unique relationship between humans and their environment, especially the impacts of climate change.

The special issue editors are open to scholarship that is based in any methodological or disciplinary tradition. The International Association of Genocide Scholars encourages contributions from practitioners who work on the legal, social, cultural, and scientific aspects of genocide, mass atrocity, and crimes against humanity, as well as from scholars and practitioners focused on climate change or related issues. They welcome manuscripts that draw upon traditions that are marginalized in the mainstream academy, including indigenous and critical intellectual movements from various regions of the world, as well as non-traditional-style manuscripts. Those who wish to approach their study from a post-colonial or decolonizing framework are also encouraged to submit.

Submissions on any aspect of the relationship between the natural environment and genocide and/or related mass violence are welcome. Topics and approaches ideal for the special issue theme include, but are not limited to:

  • Analyses, theories, and studies of the relationship between natural resources and collective violence
  • Regional/case studies
  • Comparisons of cases
  • Environmental destruction caused by genocide or other mass human rights violations
  • Environmental racism
  • Climate justice
  • Eco-fascism
  • Ecocide
  • Human-caused environmental impacts and social destabilization
  • Environmental refugees and migration
  • Mass violence in relation to resource exploration and/or exploitation
  • Intersections of the general topic with indigenous issues
  • Intersections of the general topic with gender issues
  • Intersections of the general topic with academic practices

Submission Deadline and Requirements:

  • MARCH 1: Submit draft manuscripts, between 5,000 and 10,000 words, to the special issue editors through the submission form for initial screening. The manuscript must have all personally identifiable information removed.  "[AUTHOR]" should be substituted in any citations of the author's publications.
  • The preferred file format is Word; PDF and RTF docs will also be accepted. No links to Google Docs or other drives accepted. Manuscripts must follow GSP’s submission guidelines (https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/submission_guidelines.pdf).
  • Submissions: All manuscripts should be submitted to the special editors through THIS FORM.
  • Prospective authors whose work is recommended for revision or publication should be prepared to respond to all queries and revision requests in a timely fashion.
  • The manuscript is original and has not been previously published.
  • The manuscript is not being considered by another journal; GSP does not accept simultaneous submissions.
  • Authors whose work is chosen for peer-review will submit their manuscripts to GSP through the GSP web portal. Please send the special issue editors an email to let them know you have submitted the manuscript, so we can effectively communicate with the GSP editorial board. (GSP gets hundreds of submissions. We want to make sure our authors are not lost in the shuffle).

About the Journal: Genocide Studies and Prevention (GSP) is the flagship journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. A signatory of DORA—a pledge to eliminate the use of journal-based citation metrics to evaluate scientists and journals that has been endorsed by several European governments’ national-level research agencies and leading academic departments around the world—GSP is an open-access journal and does not report citation metrics. GSP is one of the largest scholarly journals in the world, with over 100,000 annual readers and article downloads from almost every country. GSP is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal.

About the Special Editors: Dr. Henry C. Theriault is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Worcester State University in the United States. He is the current President of the Interantional Association of Genocide Scholars. Emily Sample is a PhD candidate at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, where she is the Executive Director of the Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program. Since 2019, she has served as New Media Officer of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

Contact: All enquiries should be sent to Emily Sample at gppinfo@gmu.edu.