Due to increasing border crossings by migrants, as well as the political, social and cultural influences of transnational organizations and networks nation states and their key institutions are losing their importance, as these social flows transcend national borders and connect formerly different social worlds together. Social work and other support systems are highly influenced by these border crossing developments. However, so far social work is just beginning to systematically reflect and study them.

TSR aims at the transnational opening and development of social work and related fields. Its main objective is to open perspectives for making the concept of transnationalism part of the knowledge structure and practice, in order to extend and transform the legitimation, concepts, research, and methods which to date are primarily nationally-focussed.

TSR pursues an interdisciplinary approach and considers itself as a platform for a wide audience, including academics, practitioners, policy makers, representatives of NGOs and transnational/international networks.

TSR is published twice a year by an international team of editors and board members. It is available online as well as in print. Each issue consists of a cluster of articles on a specific topic as well as general articles and book reviews. The online version additionally includes an open-access section of brief, up-to-date reports on research, teaching, practice and policies concerning the transnational worlds of social work.

All articles undergo rigorous peer reviews, based on initial editor screening and anonymous reviews by two or more referees. The journal is published in English. The online version offers the option to include versions of the articles in the language in which they are originally written.

We are pleased to provide with TSR a forum for discussion, debate and the refinement of key ideas in the emerging field of transnational social work.