Courtney Bower, Cornell University

This special issue invites empirically grounded research examining how the Black Sea region recovers and transforms amid conflict, economic transitions, and geopolitical uncertainty. The editors welcome submissions employing quantitative methods such as econometrics, input-output modeling, GIS, remote sensing, network analysis, and agent-based models, as well as mixed methods approaches. Studies offering actionable policy recommendations for diverse stakeholders including municipalities, port authorities, government ministries, and international organizations are particularly valued.

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Potential topics

• Spatial configurations and governance arrangements for resilient recovery
• Corridors, gateways, and supply chains under geopolitical stress
• Cross-national comparisons of economic, institutional, and geopolitical trajectories
• The Black Sea as a complex adaptive system
• Multi-scalar analyses of infrastructure networks
• Displacement, migration, return, and relocation
• Energy security and vulnerability in contested sub-regions
• Regional development transitions: past, present, and future
• Urban–rural disparities and interdependencies
• National and regional innovation systems and spillovers
• Diaspora finance and development
• Cross-scale policymaking shaping growth trajectories
• Workforce development, skills matching, and labor-market recovery
• Roles of institutional actors, international organizations, and non-governmental entities

Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline