Mutations in the Mediterranean (MeM)

Multidisciplinary doctoral journal
in the humanities and social sciences

Change in the Mediterranean is a multidisciplinary doctoral journal in the humanities and social sciences, supported by MESOPOLHIS and initially created by the SoMuM Institute (Aix-Marseille University).

It welcomes contributions from young researchers analysing changes in the Mediterranean area following crises or longer periods of transition.

Presentation of the magazine

Change in the Mediterranean (MeM) is a multidisciplinary scientific journal in the humanities and social sciences. In the form of thematic dossiers, it analyses the Mediterranean area as a fertile field for experimentation and problematisation, in order to study the various processes (political, economic, demographic, legal, social, cultural) and issues in their historicised context, at work at the time of emerging changes, of turning pointThese can be periods of crisis or longer periods of transition.

Rather than establishing an a priori common theoretical definition of the Mediterranean area, the aim is to encourage a variety of interdisciplinary work in the humanities and social sciences, as close as possible to the sources and players in the field. The journal encourages comparative approaches, reflexivity on concepts and empirical research approaches, as well as the use of mixed methods and new tools.

The editorial board of Change in the Mediterranean is made up of doctoral students from various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The journal is supported by a scientific committee of researchers and teacher-researchers who are members of the research units at theAix Marseille University.

Change in the Mediterranean is a publication space focusing on contributions from young researchers on a national and international scale.

The journal is supported by the Centre méditerranéen de sociologie, de science politique et d'histoire (MESOPOLHIS), in collaboration with three doctoral schools ED 354 (Languages, Literature and Art doctoral school), ED 355 (École doctorale Espace Culture Sociétés), ED 67) (Doctoral School in Legal and Political Sciences), the Maison méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme (MMSH) and its Publishing Division.

Contact mesopolhis-revue-mem[at]univ-amu.fr

Management of the review

Director of publication
Éric Berton, Chairman ofAix-Marseille UniversityFrance

Scientific Director
Sylvie Mazzella, CNRS research director, MESOPOLHISFrance

Head of publishing and digital distribution
Vanina Beauchamps-Assali, CNRS, MESOPOLHISFrance (2025-)
Mélanie Perret, SoMuM instituteFrance (2021-2024)

Editor-in-chief

Number 3 | 2025 - "Vulnerabilities and Agentivities in the Mediterranean
(2024-2025)
Adélie Chevée, PhD in political science and international affairs, MESOPOLHISFrance
Léna Haziza, doctoral student in sociology, MESOPOLHIS and UMR 7301 MigrinterED 355, France
Julien Panaget, doctoral student in geography, TELEMMeED 355, France

Number 2 | 2024 - "Wheat, vines and olives: transformations in practices and representations of a triad".
(2023-2024)
Adélie Chevée, PhD in political science and international affairs, MESOPOLHISFrance
Aude-Line Gervais, doctoral student in geography, TELEMMeED 355, France
Thiphaine Le Gauyer, doctoral student in sociology, LESTED 355, France

Number 1 | 2023 - "Crises and the need to speak out
(2021-2022)
Simon Le Roulley, doctor in sociology, CNE, SoMuM instituteFrance
(2022-2023)
Aude-Line Gervais, doctoral student in geography, TELEMMeED 355, France
Thiphaine Le Gauyer, doctoral student in sociology, LESTED 355, France

List of online numbers

Under the direction of Aude-Line GervaisThiphaine Le Gauyer and Simon Le Roulley