2018, issue 42, Michalis Lianos: European Societies is now in its 20th volume. It receives a great number of single article submissions and proposals for special issues. Our latest issue was a special one entitled “Toward a European Social Topography” and there are a number of others at different stages of completion on a series of themes including citizenship, family and solidarity in contemporary Europe. As an editor dealing with many submissions, I perceive three trends that clearly mark recent times.