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Submission guidelines

Submission guidelines

Research in Urban Sociology is open to receiving volume proposals from prospective Guest Editors or monograph authors.

*NEW* Now accepting proposals for both edited collections and authored short and long-form monographs.

See our guidance on how to write a proposal


If interested, please reach out to the series editor:

Ray Hutchison
University of Wisconsin Green Bay USA
[email protected]

Editorial team

Editorial team

About the Editor

Series Editor

Ray Hutchison is Professor of Sociology, faculty advisor for Urban Studies and Director of the Hmong Studies Center at UW-Green Bay.

Dr. Hutchison grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and received the BA (Sociology) from Harpur College at the State University of New York-Binghamton and the MA and PhD (Sociology) from the University of Chicago.

His areas of research and teaching include urban studies, street gangs, race and ethnicity, and immigration.

Calls for submissions

This Research in Urban Sociology series addresses the major subject areas of urban sociology.

ISSN: 1047-0042

Aims and scope

*NEW* Now accepting proposals for both edited collections and authored short and long-form monographs.

Addressing the major subject areas of urban sociology, Research in Urban Sociology covers a broad scope of relevant and timely topics such as

  • Ethnic and minority groups within the city
  • Social network of urban residents
  • Location of retail and industrial activities within the metropolitan complex
  • Decline of the central cities and emergence of suburban lifestyles
  • The core question of community integration itself.

Recent books in the series have addressed contemporary issues such as urban megaprojects, climate change, and the everyday life of urban residents.

This title is aligned with our fairer society goal

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