The Society focuses on, but is not limited to, the following thematic areas:
- The transformative nature of borders and borderlands in Africa
- Border governance and security
- Migration and regional integration
- Human rights and migration
- Climate change and displacement
- Irregular migration and human trafficking
- Economic implications of cross-border movements
- Cultural and social dimensions of migration
- Arts and culture in the borderlands
- Marginalisation of/in Africa's borderlands