The history, policies and practice of drug control in Asia, from opium wars to the first multilateral agreements on drug control, to the illegal production of scheduled substances (plant-based and synthetic), from the trafficking routes throughout the continent to the drug-free societies policies have been widely analyzed, but in isolation according to geographic sub regions or disciplines. This special issue welcomes articles covering the complete geographical spectrum in Asia, from Northeast Asia to the Middle East, and at providing a space for interdisciplinary research that connects Asian drug trafficking and inter-Asian legal responses’ cooperation. The special issue aims mainly to collect, in one collection, a general overview of the history, the current practice and the policies to address drug production, trafficking and use on the continent which is home to 60% of the world population. The special issue will focus on three key dimensions of drug control that affect Asian countries:
Calling for papers from different disciplines, and privileging interdisciplinary research, the special issue also encourages and welcomes papers addressing the analysis of contemporary drug-related issues in Asia, including and not limited to: public safety and drug-related crime, policy priorities including the historical, social, cultural and economic mechanisms behind the objective of drug free societies, and data collection challenges.
The guest editors are especially interested in receiving papers based on empirical research and/or analysis with balanced geospatial coverage of countries and sub regions, and will ensure articles invited equally cover Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia (Middle East).
For more information see the full Call for Papers here: English and Chinese.
Planned date of publication: June 2023.
Deadline for submission of abstracts (250 words maximum) and letters of intent (LOIs): 4 November 2022.
Please submit your abstract and bio to the editors:
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特刊征稿｜亚洲毒品政策的历史、制定和实践
在亚洲毒品管制的历史、政策和实践研究中，从鸦片战争到第一个多边毒品管制协议以及列管物质（包括植物性和合成性）的非法生产、从全球毒品贩运路线到无毒品社会政策等内容都受到了广泛关注及分析，但都是按照地理上的次区域或通过单一学科进行研究。因此，本期特刊欢迎涵盖从东北亚到中东整个亚洲地理范围内的文章，并为把亚洲毒品贩运和亚际政策应对合作相联系的跨学科研究提供空间。希望能在本期特刊中收集到占世界人口60%的亚洲大陆的毒品生产、贩运、使用的历史、政策及实践的总体概况。本期将重点关注影响亚洲国家毒品管制的三个关键方面：
本刊征集不同学科的文章，并优先考虑跨学科研究，同时鼓励和欢迎分析当代亚洲毒品相关问题的文章，包括但不限于：公共安全和毒品相关犯罪问题、政策优先事项（包括无毒品社会目标背后的历史、社会、文化和经济机制等）、数据收集挑战。
请于2022年11月4日之前提交摘要（不超过250字）和投稿意向书，本刊将在11月24日之前通知入选文章作者，入选者请于2023年1月27日之前提交文章全文。入选文章将接受本刊的同行评审程序（双盲同行评审），计划出版日期为2023年6月。
特邀编辑重点关注基于实证研究和/或分析的论文，并尽可能平衡各国家、次区域等的地理分布，确保入选文章的研究范围涵盖东北亚、东南亚、南亚、中亚和西亚（中东）。
并将其提交给特刊的特邀主编：
Posted on 23 Sep 2022
JIED Vol 3(1) Número especial 'Impactos ambientales de las economías ilícitas' ahora también está disponible en español.
Este número especial de #JIED busca mejorar la base de evidencia más allá de los indicadores delictivos tradicionales.
Obtenga más información aquí https://jied.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/3/issue/1/.
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The Spanish version of the Special Issue 'Environmental Impacts of Illicit Economies' is now available
JIED Vol 3(1) Special Issue 'Environmental Impacts of Illicit Economies' is now also available in Spanish.
This Special Issue seeks to improve the evidence base beyond traditional crime indicators.
Find out more here https://jied.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/3/issue/1/.
Posted on 09 Sep 2022
The overlaps between human trafficking and other forms of organized crime have been widely recognised. However, policy responses frequently adopt siloed approaches, viewing human trafficking in isolation.
Recognising this, this special section aims to explore and advance the discourse on the overlaps between human trafficking and other organized crime markets, including drug trafficking, extortion, illicit trade, counterfeiting, and environmental crime.
Overlaps may
The special section also seeks to shed light on the current gaps and challenges in response frameworks and approaches adopted to counter contexts where human trafficking and other criminal markets overlap.
We encourage contributions which explore the mapping of illicit geography and examine geographical convergence. This includes researching the characteristics which shape the emergence of hubs or hotspots of illicit activity where human trafficking overlaps with other illicit markets. These spaces where human trafficking intersects with other illicit activities may include casinos, sports events, tourist hotspots, areas of natural resource exploration, borderlands.
We invite contributions from around the world and a broad range of disciplines, including anthropology, geography, sociology, criminology, political science, and international relations.
We particularly encourage submissions exploring overlaps which have received less research attention to date.
For more information see the full Call for Papers here.
Planned date of publication: Summer 2022.
Deadline for submission of abstracts and LOIs: 15th August 2021.
Please submit your abstract and bio to the editors:
Posted on 22 Jun 2021
This special issue aims to explore the human impacts (e.g. impacts on livelihoods lives, human rights, freedom of expression etc.) of environmental crime - how people, communities and populations are affected by the illicit trade in and demand for environmental commodities.
The human cost and impact of this trade can sometimes be a neglected area of research, where predominantly analysis has instead focused (understandably) on the impact on particular species survival and wider biodiversity concerns and impacts. It is now widely accepted that the trafficking in environmental commodities and the illicit exploitation of natural resources is dramatically affecting the biodiversity of the planet. And there is a growing discourse of analysis that explores how this trade and exploitation of our natural resources, at the same time, finances corruption and criminal actors as well as affecting governance systems in many regions around the world.
Resources – both natural and financial - are however being diverted from individuals, communities and populations and exacerbating fragility. In some cases, criminal, violent and/or exploitative actors, are engaging individuals and communities at various points along the supply chains to support the extraction, transport and sale (or disposal) of commodities. In many cases this can cause direct human harm and can impact upon the human rights, livelihoods, lives, freedom of expressions, etc. of affected individuals and communities. This call for papers therefore aims to understand the more direct human impacts of these trends and we welcome original contributions exploring the linkages and impacts of environmental crime on individuals and communities in all its dimensions.
In order to offer a broad empirical, qualitative approach, we welcome contributions from various disciplines, including (but not exclusively) sociology, economics, anthropology, history and international relations, as well as policy analyses from activists, NGO leaders, or practitioners. In this time of COVID-19 lockdowns and uncertainty within academia, we particularly encourage submissions by female scholars, precariously employed faculty-members, academics from less traditional backgrounds. We would also encourage geographically specific contributions from Asia and we may be able to provide language and translation support for original contributions not in English. Please contact the co-editors (below) to discuss possibilities.
For more information see the full Call for Papers here.
Planned date of publication: February 2022.
Deadline for submission of abstracts and LOIs: 31st July 2021.
Please submit your abstract and bio to both editors:
Posted on 01 Jun 2021
This special section explores the ways in which heterogeneous governance actors, including formal state, private enterprises and organized criminal groups, co-produce cities.
As spaces that concentrate economic wealth and political power cities are prone to struggles over the distribution of resources and often become arenas in which negotiations between the formal state and illicit actors - such as militia, mafia, drug trafficking and paramilitary groups – materialize and shape bodies, architectures and the built environment in general. Alongside this, security enforcers are also constantly diversifying their economic bases beyond classical protection rackets, building and shaping illicit value and production chains. As organized crime “weaponizes” formal urban development, and private and public enterprises depend on governing illicit territories and economies, citizens’ ability to own, manage, and access resources such as land, construction materials, apartments and urban utilities (water, electric energy and gas) is severely limited. This urges us to include the particular materialities of urban protection rackets in the analysis of illicit urbanization.
We invite contributions from around the world and a broad range of academic disciplines, including but not limited to anthropology, geography, sociology, criminology, political science, and international relations.
In addition to full length research papers, we also invite policy analyses from activists, NGO leaders, or practitioners. In their contributions, authors are invited to respond to (some of) the following questions:
For more information see the full Call for Papers here.
Planned date of publication: April 2022.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 20 May 2021.
Please submit your abstract and bio to both editors: f.i.mueller@uva.nl; j.h.j.weegels@uva.nl.
Posted on 15 Apr 2021
This journal special issue will advance the conversation on illicit drug markets in the Americas by fostering cross-fertilization among different methodologies and perspectives that have been previously analyzed as self-contained phenomena. It will provide an opportunity to observe the full cycle of illicit drugs production, trafficking, and consumption throughout North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, it will promote a more comprehensive understanding of the social dynamics of development, violence, and drug policies; the way that these issues are addressed by the twenty-three national governments of the region, and the many more regional or local institutions that exist within each; and the mutual dependencies that exist between all of the region's multiple drug trades.
For suggested themes and more information see the full Call for Papers: English and Spanish
Deadline for submission:
Deadline for submission of Letters of Intent (LOIs) is on December 4, 2020. LOIs submitted after this deadline will not be considered. LOIs should be sent to invited editors Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, Nathaniel Morris and John Collins. Their contact details can be found in the Call for Papers: English and Spanish
Planned date of publication: Winter 2021
Posted on 27 Oct 2020
This special issue aims at highlighting the state of the art of an understudied problem looking at the interactions between illicit economies, violence, and environmental factors for countries and vulnerable communities. For further information, please download the Call for Papers.
We welcome original contributions exploring the linkages and impacts of illicit economies on the environment in all its dimensions. This includes potentially novel perspectives such as the environmental effect of policies addressing the nexus between illicit economies and the environment, as well as decentralized responses by organized communities in rural and urban contexts.
Deadline for Submission:
Deadline for submission of Letters of Intent (LOIs) is on 30 June 2020. LOIs submitted after this deadline will not be considered. Decisions will be communicated by the end of July 2020. Invited papers will be subject to the usual JIED peer review processes (based on a double-blind peer review). Authors commit to produce a final manuscript in JIED house style by 30 October 2020.
LOIs should be sent to invited editors Maria Alejandra Velez, Director of the Center for the Study of security and Drugs (CESED), Facultad de Economia, Universidad de los Andes; Juan Carlos Garzon, Ideas for Peace Foundation and Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center; Daniel Brombacher, Head, Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development, GIZ GmbH. Their contact details can be found in the Call for Papers.
Posted on 22 Mar 2020