Transnational Screens: Call for Contributions!

The Routledge journal Transnational Screens is putting together a special UNIC issue of the journal, featuring work on post-industrial cities in transition. Academics in UNIC and/or other HEIs in the UNIC cities are encouraged to contribute!

You can find the full details of the call here. The editors are seeking contributions on any area of Transnational Screens (including but not restricted to: film and TV, streaming, games, mobile media, digital education etc) that align with the following key thematic lines.

  1. Contextualising Cultural Heritage: Exploring Digital innovation and Diverse Perspectives in Post-Industrial Cities.
  1. Deconstructing Superdiversity: Conceptualisations, Contestations and Challenges.

  2. Reimagining Urban Resilience: Participatory Frameworks and the Wise City.

  3. Confronting Systemic Inequalities: Justice, Security, and Institutional Reforms.

  4. Redefining Sustainability with Adaptability: Balancing Social, Economic, and Environmental Dimensions

  1. Innovating with Purpose: Aligning Teaching and Learning with Community Needs and Challenges


"We are particularly interested in co-authored contributions by staff from two or more of the HEIs or cities in the UNIC network; contributions co-authored with students as partners (or community members); contributions related to Virtual Exchange, also known as Collaborative Online International Learning VE/COIL," say the editors.



If you would like to attend an online networking session (research speed-dating) to share your interests/work on 12 Sep 2024 at 12pm or 5pmCET to find co-authors or partners, please fill in the form here.

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