Empirical. Interdisciplinary. International.

Historical Social Research (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the fields of historical-social science research and empirical quantitative as well as qualitative social research – it has been published by GESIS since 1975.

Scope
"Formalization means a variety of procedures that match descriptions of events, structures, and processes with explicit models of those events, structures, and processes. Formal methods do not necessarily involve quantification or computing; analyses of linguistic, spatial, or temporal structure, for example, often proceed quite formally without computers and without any direct intervention of mathematics."
(Charles Tilly, 1929-2008)

The HSR is user-, methods-, and data-orientated, with the journal focusing on inter- and transdisciplinary research. An international editorial board is in charge of the content and, thanks to close cooperation with the network partners and user organizations within the field of historical social research, the journal participates intensively in current research discussions.

In 2011 the HSR has been classified by ERIH / European Science Foundation as an international top-journal (INT1 Sub-Category) “with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world”.

HSR News

The Newest Issue: 50.1 - The Making of European Labour Mobility

Special Issue – The Making of European Labour Mobility: Histories, Manifestations, and Contestations. (Sebastian M. Büttner, Karim Fertikh, and Nikola Tietze)

Sebastian M. Büttner, Karim Fertikh & Nikola Tietze: The Making of European Labour Mobility from a Socio-Historical Perspective – An Introduction. [Open Access]

Contributions

1. Histories of European Labour Mobility

Hugo Mulonnière & Ferruccio Ricciardi: Undesirable Workers? Mobility and Social Rights of (Post)Colonial Workers from North Africa (France, 1915–1960s).
Karim Fertikh: The Missing Link. International Law, Administrative Power, and European Social Rights.
Emmanuel Comte: State Power and the Emergence of Free Movement in Europe: Containing State Control over Human Mobility Since the Late 1940s.

2. Manifestations of European Labour Mobility

3. Contestations and Barriers of European Labour Mobility

Nikola Tietze: When European Citizens Become a “Burden” ... Negotiations on Social Rights at the Court of Justice of the European Union (1998–2015).
Pierre-Edouard Weill & Pierre-Guillaume Prigent: The Journalistic Coverage of Posted Workers. From Diplomatic Affairs to Daily Local News.
Stefanie Börner: The Governance of European Labor Mobility. The Case of Low-Wage Migrant Work in Germany after 2020.

Postfaces / Discussions

Isabella Löhr: A Multi-Fractured Governance: Understanding the Many Pasts and Presents of European Labor Mobilities.
Antoine Vauchez: Beyond EU Exceptionalism: Digging into Europe’s Mobility Archive.

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The Newest Issue: 50.1 - The Making of European Labour Mobility

Special Issue – The Making of European Labour Mobility: Histories, Manifestations, and Contestations. (Sebastian M. Büttner, Karim Fertikh, and Nikola Tietze)

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