Aims and scope
Territory, Politics, Governance (TPG) is an interdisciplinary journal committed to theory and research on territorial politics and the governance of space. The journal is a forum for innovative theoretical and empirical scholarship of the highest standard, confronting topical and emergent issues as they intersect with territory, politics and governance. It publishes original contributions from this growing, vibrant field directed at an international scholarly audience.

TPG is a global journal. We invite submissions from, and about, all parts of the world. We welcome submissions with an area focus alongside submissions that theorise or provide comparative analyses across contexts. We encourage authors focusing on specific areas or locales to explore their broader theoretical or empirical implications.

We welcome theoretical interventions and theoretically motivated and rigorous qualitative, quantitative and multi-method empirical research. To be accepted, a paper must adhere to the highest standards of scholarship and make an important contribution at the intersection of territory, politics and governance. We seek original paper submissions from scholars across the social sciences, humanities and professional studies, including political science, geography, sociology, anthropology, planning studies, law, public administration, policy studies, cultural studies, history, science and technology studies, environmental sciences and others working on contemporary and historical territorial politics and the governance of space.

The following examples illustrate some of the journal’s subjects of interest:

Territorial identities, imaginaries and politics
Multi-level governance, federalism and supranational organisations
International relations, international political economy, geopolitics and global governance
Border studies
Spatial planning, territorial development, infrastructures and environmental governance
Land, housing and informal governance
Theories of socio-spatial relations and transformations
State formation and political development
Urban politics and urban political economy
Governance and politics of migration and citizenship
Colonialism, postcolonialism and decolonisation
Feminist and queer territorial politics and interpretations of space
Digitalisation of territory, politics and governance and the territory, politics and governance of digital spaces
Epistemology and methodology for analysing territory, politics and governance
Please read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

Special Issues

The journal welcomes special issue proposals. For more information, consult our Special Issues page. Articles in special issues are subject to standard editorial and peer review procedures.