Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security and welfare. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious. The Polar Journal is a multi-disciplinary social sciences and humanities scholarly journal which will help to create a community among the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities.

The main purpose of the journal is to develop a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and to help build a community of scholars working on polar issues. In order to better develop the field of polar social sciences and humanities and build connections between scholars, each issue of the journal will either feature articles from different disciplines on polar affairs or feature a topical theme from a range of scholarly approaches.

The 'special issue' section of the journal will take up around fifty percent of the journal, with the remaining space available for papers on other topics submitted independently of the special issue theme. This will allow for timely publication of research which reflects current concerns, and will also ensure that each issue of the journal is both specialised and aimed at the wider body of polar scholars and those interested in polar affairs.

Further information:

Editor-in-chief, Professor Anne-Marie Brady
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
anne-marie.brady(at)canterbury.ac.nz

Subject area Editor, Professor Antti Syväjärvi
University of Lapland, Finland
antti.syvajarvi(at)ulapland.fi

The Polar Journal web pages