Submission guidelines
RSMCC accepts general chapter submissions on a rolling basis as well as submission to thematic calls. See the current open calls here:
General call – Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
Thematic call - Coalition-Building and Solidarity Across Difference
RSMCC is also open to receiving volume proposals from prospective Guest Editors. If interested, please reach out to the series editor: Lisa Leitz, Chapman University, USA.
See our guidance on how to write a proposal
To submit a proposal to this series, please get in touch with the series editor via email:
Lisa Leitz
Chapman University, USA
[email protected]
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Calls for submissions
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change generates new knowledge about central aspects of human life: why and how we organize into movements for political and social change, and why and how we engage social conflicts and build peace. It has helped define and advance scholarship in social movements for more than 40 years.
Aims and scope
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (RSMCC) was established in 1977 by editor, Louis Kriesberg, the Maxwell Professor of Social Conflict Studies at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Patrick G. Coy, who founded the School of Peace & Conflict Studies at Kent State University, edited the series from 2000 until 2018. Today the RSMCC series continues its leading role as an important outlet for quantitative and qualitative data-driven research, under the direction of its next editor, Lisa Leitz.
Many leading scholars have published their work in RSMCC, including Elise Boulding, John Burton, Donatella della Porta, Amitai Etzioni, Myra Marx Ferree, Jennifer Earl, John Foran, Johan Galtung, William Gamson, Andre Gunder Frank, Craig Jenkins, Lester Kurtz, Jane Mansbridge, Doug McAdam, John D. McCarthy, Alberto Melucci, David Meyer, Christopher Mitchell, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Pamela Oliver, Karl Dieter Opp, Sarah Soule, Suzanne Staggenborg, Jackie Smith, David Snow, Verta Taylor, Charles Tilly, Simon Teune, Stellan Vinthagen, and Mayer Zald.
Social movement scholars use the RSMCC series to connect their research with theories of peacebuilding and nonviolence, while other scholars use the series to explore new frontiers in conflict resolution and patterns of violent non-state actors. The series is an important home for interdisciplinary and international scholarship at the forefront of research and theory development related to societies’ struggles over resources, power, and agency.
This title is aligned with our fairer society goal
We are passionate about working with researchers globally to deliver a fairer, more inclusive society. This perhaps has never been more important than in today’s divided world.
