Introducing Human Figurations

This introductory article marks the relaunch of Human Figurations: the Journal of Social Processes, outlining its renewed aims, scope and commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship. Drawing inspiration from Norbert Elias’s relational and processual sociology, it emphasises the importance of long-term perspectives for understanding the human condition and contemporary social developments. The article also introduces the contributions to the relaunch issue, highlighting their theoretical, methodological and empirical diversity.