Call for Contributions: Special Themed Issue
of ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies

Climate, arts, and activism: Critical Inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives


The debate about the socio-ecological crisis has moved to the center of society. What conditions and practices are needed for art-science collaborations that will contribute to transforming society towards critical climate and ecological justice? That is the guiding question for the proposed special issue.

We welcome contributions from different academic disciplines (geography, environmental humanities, sustainability studies, transformation research), artistic research/submissions, design research, and other fields of practice. Proposals are encouraged from regions, cultures, and people that have not been previously featured or addressed in the discourses and scholarship.

Contributions to this themed issue of ACME within the scope of ACME’s topics may be represented in a wide variety of formats to capture and reflect the scope and range of perspectives. The language of the issue is English. We invite journal articles (up to 9’000 words), roundtables, interviews, and visual analyses, as well as creative or multimedia contributions, including Poetry, Comics, & Speculative Fiction, performances, or podcasts.

Deadline for abstracts: 15th of October 2025
Selection / Notification: 15th of November 2025
First drafts: 1st of April 2026
Final Copy: 1st March 2027
Publication: May 2027

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Co-edited by Yvonne Schmidt (Bern Academy of the Arts), Susan Thieme (University of Bern) and Mirko Winkel (University of Bern)