In times of accelerated social transformations, spaces change accordingly. Crises such as wars, pandemics, and climate change under conditions of increasing inequalities constantly raise questions as to the spatial organization of societies. Social cohesion of local and translocal communities, nation-state societies, as well as of humanity at a larger scale is vulnerable and contested as highlighted by right-wing populism, geopolitical strategies, economic conflicts and ecological hazards.

We invite submissions that explore the complex interplay between societal transformations, spatial dynamics, and social cohesion through the lens of local communities, mobilities, territorial struggles as well as ecological and economic networks and routes on different scales.

This call seeks innovative research investigating how the current multiple crises are interconnected with spatial changes and challenge social cohesion. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Dynamics and struggles of de- and re-territorialization (e. g. border and migration regimes, wars)
• The enforcement as well as the weakening of place-based identities
• The limitation and extension of social networks under conditions of political, economic and ecological crises
• The stabilization and destruction of (trade and migratory) routes and their underlying infrastructures that organize movement and connection

We welcome interdisciplinary studies that deepen our understanding of these complex relationships. Contributions offering new empirical and theoretical insights into the transformation of territories, places, networks and routes are especially encouraged.

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