Call for Papers: Resilience in an Age of Poly-Crises - Volume 6 Issue 1 (2025): February

The numerous crises that the world is currently facing have been conceptualized by Morin and Kern (1993) as a 'polycrisis', with the climate crisis at its core. They argue that it is not possible to identify a single overarching problem that encompasses all of the other issues, as there is a complex interdependence between them. All of the aforementioned issues are interconnected, and there is no singular, overarching problem. Instead, there are numerous interrelated problems, conflicts, and uncontrollable processes that collectively constitute the most pressing global challenge. The interdependence of these crises, which are mutually reinforcing and mutually reinforcing, pose significant challenges for both developing and developed countries. The foundation for surmounting these concurrent, multidimensional crises, whose impact and severity are intensifying on a daily basis, is to enhance economic, social, and ecological resilience in a simultaneous manner. The impossibility of reconciling these three imperatives is manifested in different ways in developed countries and economies, and in different ways in underdeveloped and developing countries. In the context of the post-pandemic era, it is imperative to rethink the negative effects of climate change, capitalism, democracy, water, food, energy, crises caused by war and conflict on welfare, technological developments, and the role of international actors and the state in all these changes and transformations.

In the context of these challenges, Turkey is grappling with the dual burden of an economic crisis that has intensified in the wake of the pandemic and the ramifications of the 6 February Maraş and 20 February Hatay earthquakes. The latter have unleashed a cascade of consequences that are poised to intensify and deepen over time, affecting the economic, ecological, and social fabric of the country. This process, which may be termed a poly-crisis, is becoming increasingly complex due to the occurrence of floods, fires, droughts and other climate-related disasters in the region, as well as the phenomenon of migration influenced by a range of political developments, particularly those involving armed conflict.

One of the principal topics of debate in this era of poly-crises, which will undoubtedly inform numerous social science studies for years to come, is the concept of resilience. This term is sometimes also referred to as resilience. Resilience is classified, discussed and analyzed in terms of physical, economic, financial, sectoral, institutional, psychological, social, urban, regional and ecological aspects through multidisciplinary and multidimensional approaches.

The Special Issue on Resilience in the Age of Poly-Crises is dedicated to the examination of resilience policies and measures that can be employed to address economic, political, ecological and social vulnerabilities at local, regional, national and global levels.

In this issue, we aim to direct academic thought and enquiry towards discussions and solutions on a range of issues, including the design of public policies, the development of civil society activism, the roles of the business world and the responsibilities of central and local governments.

The sub-themes that we would like to focus on include, but are not limited to, discussing the realities that have been ignored due to the contribution of information irregularities, raising the issue of the multi-layered inequalities that are the inevitable result of poly-crises, and inviting us to consider new questions in relation to the construction of a resilient society, economy and ecology.

• Conceptual debates on resilience, alternative approaches and models
• Resilience of social and economic development in stages and critical approaches
• Effects of poly-crises on different social segments, especially vulnerable groups, and social resilience
• Multi-actor and inclusive design of social resilience
• Equitable and accessible design of economic resilience
• Multi-layered design of ecological resilience
• Urban, regional, sectoral and institutional resilience
• Critical urban infrastructures and regional vulnerabilities
• Innovative use of technology in combating poly-crises, especially disasters
• Social, economic and ecological resilience in disaster preparedness, response and recovery processes
• Innovative approaches to disaster risk reduction and management
• Post-disaster environmental reconstruction and participatory social structuring

 

Issue Editors: Murad Tiryakioğlu, Pınar Uyan Semerci

Deadline for submission: December 20, 2024