Acta Politologica

Acta Politologica (AcPo) is a peer-reviewed political science journal published by the Institute of Political Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. It is also an official journal of the Czech Political Science Association. Established in 2009, the journal is published twice a year, in April and October, with all issues available online.

Acta Politologica serves an international academic audience by publishing original research that contributes to contemporary political science. While the journal has a particular interest in research addressing Central and Eastern Europe, it welcomes theoretically informed, comparative, and empirically grounded studies addressing political phenomena across different regions and political contexts. The journal encourages submissions from scholars worldwide and seeks to promote international scholarly exchange and dialogue. Articles are published primarily in English, with a smaller number of articles published in Czech.

The journal publishes research across a broad range of political science subfields, including comparative politics, political theory and philosophy, political sociology, international relations, European studies, security studies, and related fields. It welcomes research employing diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, provided that submissions meet the journal's standards of scholarly rigor and make a clear contribution to the relevant literature.

Acta Politologica publishes original research articles, review articles, and book reviews. The journal welcomes contributions that develop new theoretical arguments, provide novel empirical findings, advance methodological or conceptual debates, or offer theoretically informed analyses of significant political developments. Its readership includes political scientists, researchers and students, as well as policymakers and other readers interested in the study of politics.

All original research articles undergo a double-blind peer-review process involving at least two expert reviewers. Reviewers receive anonymized manuscripts through the journal's online submission system, which is also used for submitting reviews and conducting editorial communication. The editors reserve the right to reject submissions without external review where manuscripts do not meet the journal's basic scholarly standards, including insufficient originality or relevance, unclear argumentation, methodological weaknesses, or inadequate presentation and language.

Through its combination of theoretically informed research, empirical scholarship, and comparative perspectives, Acta Politologica aims to contribute to scholarly debates within political science and to facilitate dialogue across different research traditions, regions, and academic communities.