What We Are Looking For
Social Europe publishes two types of content, both grounded in policy relevance.
Analytical pieces draw on research, data, and academic expertise to examine structural questions in European politics, economy, employment, and society. These are the articles that are rigorous but accessible, written for an informed general audience rather than a specialist journal. If your work is based on a new study, report, or dataset, and you can draw out its policy implications in clear, jargon-free prose, we want to hear from you.
Intellectual commentary offers sharp, evidence-informed perspectives on current affairs. These are not op-eds built on assertion — they connect what is happening now to more profound analysis, drawing on expertise to illuminate rather than merely react. If you can bring genuine intellectual depth to current affairs, this is the format for you.
We are not looking for promotional content, or texts that read like policy briefings written for internal circulation. We publish for a global audience of academics, policy professionals, journalists, and institutional decision-makers who expect substance.
How To Submit
If you would like to submit an article in the topical areas covered by Social Europe, please email your text between 800 and 1,200 words in an editable document format to submissions@socialeurope.eu. Include a brief biography and high-resolution copyright-free photo of yourself and any co-authors along with your article.
If you use any charts or graphs (please limit their use), send those files separately in high resolution as well. We request that you do not include footnotes, endnotes, or references. Instead, use hyperlinks for any references you think would be helpful.
We only consider articles submitted to us first and not under consideration elsewhere. Due to the significant increase in submitted articles, we ask for your understanding that we cannot provide individual feedback for rejected submissions or reply to every email. If you do not hear from us within 10 days of your submission, you are welcome to submit your article to another outlet.
Please be aware that if your article is accepted, you grant us a royalty-free licence (including for commercial purposes—see below) to use it on the Social Europe website and elsewhere worldwide.
We particularly encourage submissions from women, as we are committed to improving gender balance among our contributors.
Editorial policy — please read carefully before submission
By submitting materials to Social Europe, you warrant that any texts, photos, videos, audio material, and other content you provide (1) is your original work, (2) is submitted exclusively to Social Europe and is not under consideration elsewhere, (3) does not infringe upon or violate any laws, rules, or regulations, or the rights or intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright, trademarks, design rights, database rights, whether registered or unregistered, or any similar rights recognised globally) of any individual (or encourage anyone else to do so), (4) is not objectionable, inaccurate, or inflammatory, (5) is not obscene, defamatory, libellous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, or racially or ethnically offensive, (6) does not constitute an advertisement or solicitation for business or contributions, and (7) complies with all applicable laws and policies in the territory of publication.
You retain ownership of your submissions; however, we are permitted to use them. You hold the copyright to your content, but by submitting it to Social Europe, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free licence for the entire duration of the copyright to exercise all rights associated with such content. Social Europe may use and exploit this content (along with your name and identifying features) on its website and other properties and those of our business partners, as well as for marketing and promotional purposes. This includes the right to authorise translation and publication of your content elsewhere. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any moral rights in the content you submit and agree never to assert them.
By submitting materials to Social Europe, you agree that we may store any texts, photos, videos, audio material, and other content you provide on our server or with third-party service providers.
Thank you very much for your interest in publishing with Social Europe!