Call For Papers: No 97(2026)

Social Resilience: Between Adaptation, Transformation and Collective Empowerment

The "Folia Sociologica" editors invite you to submit texts on the thematic issue of social resilience. We are interested in research and theoretical reflections on how individuals, communities, institutions and social systems prepare for shocks and crises, how they counteract them, absorb them, adapt to them and/or transform them, how they understand and problematise the issue of security, as well as how resources, relationships and public policies supporting these processes are formed.

 

Proposed thematic areas (examples)

  • Theoretical and conceptual approaches: the relationship between resilience, democratic resilience, institutional resilience, collective agency; inequalities and different levels of resilience affecting different groups and social categories; critical perspectives (e.g. the risk of shifting responsibility to individuals/communities, not including the variable "gender" in discourses on security and resilience).
  • Resilience in the crisis lifecycle: preparation, response, recovery and transformation; institutional learning after crises, references to institutional memory during the crisis.
  • Social capital, trust and support networks: the role of bonds, social organisations, volunteering, self-help, neighbourhood movements.
  • Crisis communication and the information environment: disinformation, polarisation, the role of media and digital platforms, information competences.
  • Urban and rural resilience: spatial planning, critical infrastructures, transport, housing, "green" and "blue" infrastructure.
  • Climate and environment: adaptation to climate change, floods, droughts, heatwaves, natural/technological disasters, climate justice.
  • Migration, Refugee and Integration: Adaptive Capacities of Host and Migrant Communities; Integration Policies.
  • Labour market and economy: resilience of supply chains, platform work, social security, and social entrepreneurship.
  • Public services and crisis management: cross-sectoral coordination, multi-level governance, citizen participation, policy evaluation.
  • Public health and social well-being: post-pandemic learning, mental health of communities, and access to services.
  • Methods and measurement of resistance: indicators and indices, multivariate measurement, measurement invariance; causal models; simulations (Agent-Based Model, system dynamics); participatory research.

(We also accept works that go beyond the above list, as long as they fall within the scope of the issue.)

Submission and review policies

  • Publication languages: Polish or English.
  • Rules for Text Preparation: Guidelines for Authors
  • Reviews: double-blind, the editors reserve the right to desk-reject.
  • Submission of a text through the OJS editorial system: Submission of an article
  • Submission Deadline: March 31st, 2026