We invite scholars to submit original research articles for publication in Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis (SPUS), an academic journal affiliated with the Institute of Political Science at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Established in 2005, the journal occupies an established position among Polish political science journals.

The journal publishes original articles in the social sciences, particularly in the following disciplines:

• security studies,
• communication and media studies,
• political science and administration,
• management and quality studies,
• legal studies,
• international relations.

There are no fees for authors for manuscript submission, peer review, publication, archiving, or full-text access.

The journal welcomes contributions addressing broad political science issues, with particular interest in the forms and mechanisms through which states address key social challenges in cooperation with representatives of various interest groups, especially at the local and regional levels. We particularly encourage empirical research and original contributions to theoretical debates.

 

Indexing and Abstracting

SPUS is indexed in the following databases and services:

• Arianta
• BazHum
• CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library)
• CEJSH (The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities)
• ERIH PLUS
• ICI Journals Master List
• MOST Wiedzy
• PBN (Polish Scientific Bibliography)

The editorial team is committed to continuously strengthening the journal's academic standing. In March 2019, SPUS was recommended in the first edition of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education's Support for Scientific Journals programme and was included among 500 journals receiving government funding.

Open Access Policy

SPUS provides immediate open access to all published content, supporting the free dissemination and global exchange of scholarly knowledge. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA) license.

History of the journal:
In the past, members of the Editorial Board were also:

Piotr Dobrowolski, PhD, DSc, ProfTit, until August 2005.

Janusz Sztumski, PhD, DSc, ProfTit, until December 2013.

dr hab. Jan Iwanek, PhD, DSc, ProfTit, Editor in-chief from 2005 to 2019.

Olga Szura-Olesińska, PhD, (Editorial Assistant), until October 2009.

Rafał Glajcar, PhD, DSc, (Editorial Assistant), from October 2009 to January 2017.

Robert Radek, PhD, (Editorial Assistant), from January 2017 to September 2019.

Małgorzata Domagała PhD, (Theme Editor of Political Systems), until March 2019.

Tomasz Iwanek PhD, (Theme Editor of  National and International Security) until March 2019.

Zbigniew Kantyka PhD, (Theme Editor of  Theory of Politics, Political Thought), until March 2019.

Sebastian Kubas PhD, DSc, (Theme Editor of  Political Parties and Party Systems), until March 2019.

Tomasz Kubin PhD, DSc, (Theme Editor of  International Political Relations), until March 2019.

Magdalena Ślawska PhD, (Theme Editor of  Language in Media and Communication), until March 2019.

Mirosława Wielopolska-Szymura PhD, (Theme Editor of  Mass Media; Communication and Media Systems), until March 2019.

Natalia Stępień-Lampa PhD, (Theme Editor of  Social Policy), until March 2019.

Matylda Sęk-Iwanek PhD, (Theme Editor of  Cultural Studies, Intercultural Communication), until March 2019.