Migration and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
In a world where migration continues to reshape economies, societies, and cultures, understanding its role in development is critical. From remittances that sustain households to diasporas that drive innovation and knowledge exchange, migration is a powerful engine for transformation. Yet, the developmental contributions of migration often remain overshadowed by narratives of humanitarian crisis, social tensions and economic competition.This special issue seeks to reframe the discussion by foregrounding the diverse and multifaceted ways in which migration contributes to development, inviting scholars and practitioners to look beyond borders and disciplinary divides.

This special issue will be published in Revista de Fomento Social, an academic journal active since 1946, indexed in Dialnet, and recognized for its long-standing academic prestige and intellectual contribution to debates on social, economic, and cultural development. The journal has a free open access policy wich contributes to the egalitarian disttribution of knowledge. We highly encourage interdisciplinary contributions that highlight the multiple ways migration drives and interacts with development at local, national, transnational, and global levels.

Possible Areas of Focus (include but are not limited to):

• Economic contributions of migrants, remittances, and financial flows

• Migration and social development (education, health, welfare)

• Migrants’ roles in cultural and political change

• Transnational networks, diasporas, and knowledge exchange

• Gendered and generational perspectives on migration and development

• Migration governance, policies, and their developmental impacts

• Migration, development and advances in Human Rights

We welcome theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions that advance debates and provide new insights into the transformative role of migration in development.

Submission Guidelines

• Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal’s main webpage: https://revistas.uloyola.es/rfs/about/submissions

• On this page, authors will also find detailed formatting and submission instructions (all instructions are in English and Spanish, click on the middle right botton to change language)

• It is important that, in the box “Comentarios al editor” (Comments to the editor), authors clearly indicate that the article is for the special issue on migration and development

• Manuscripts can be submitted in Spanish, English, or Portuguese

• Fomento Social will acknowledge receipt of all submissions. Manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer review process

Key Dates 

• Submission deadline: May 31th 2026

• Final decision: by September 30th 2026

• Expected publication: November 2026

We look forward to receiving your contributions and to advancing an interdisciplinary dialogue on how migration continues to shape — and be shaped by — processes of development.

Special issue editor

Dr. Hernández-Albújar is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Seville (Spain). She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s in Latin American Studies from the University of Florida. Her research examines identity, migration, and gender from a cultural perspective, with a strong focus on qualitative and critical methodologies. She is currently principal investigator in two international projects on migration in Latin America and recently co-edited the book Migrant Scholars Researching Migration: Reflexivity, Subjectivity and Biography in Research (Routledge). Her forthcoming book, Familias, Migraciones y Transnacionalidad: Una visión multidisciplinar aplicada (Tirant lo Blanch), will be released at the end of the year.

For additional inquiries contact:

yhernandez@us.es

 yolehen@gmail.com