Abstract In recent years, population geography has become increasingly marginalised within its parent discipline as a result of its failure to engage with the ‘new’ human geographies. Despite notable successes in some areas, contemporary population geography is characterised by a methodological conservatism and an inattention to theory that could prove detrimental to its future prospects. In 2000, a conference was held at the University of St. Andrews to discuss openings for (re)theorising population geography. This special issue arises from that conference and is devoted to stimulating debate about possible ‘new’ and more theoretically grounded population geographies. Whilst not intended as a blueprint for how any (re)theorisation might be conceptualised, the six papers cover a variety of topics and address different ways in which population geography might seek to re‐orientate its research agenda. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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