Call for papers 2026
Kyiv-Mohyla Law & Politics Journal (KMLPJ) is an open access, peer-reviewed, international, and interdisciplinary journal governed by the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The journal is published online annually and promotes high academic and research standards and scholarly ethics. KMLPJ answers current challenges facing Ukrainian studies in law and politics and meets an immediate need for their further integration into the international academic community. KMLPJ covers the broad areas of Law and Politics, with a particular focus on Jurisprudence, Constitutional and International Law Issues, Political Theory and Methodology, European and Post-Soviet Studies.
The twelfth issue of the journal will specifically address the areas of: Law: Rule of Law, Theory of Argumentation, Legal Interpretation, Comparative Constitutional Law, Public International Law, International Human Rights, International Environmental Law, International Business Law; Politics: Post-Soviet Politics, Transitional Studies, EU Politics and Policies, International Relations and Comparative Politics in Central and East Europe, Political Theory and Methodology. The journal will also include book reviews of critical works in these fields.
Only articles, reflections and book or case reviews prepared in accordance with KMLPJ guidelines will be accepted for consideration. Articles are published in English. Guidelines for authors can be found at: http://kmlpj.ukma.edu.ua/about/submissions#authorGuidelines.
Submit your manuscript by April 30, 2026 to Ievgen Zvieriev (zvieriev_ievgen@ukma.edu.ua). Please direct all questions to this same contact. If this deadline cannot be met, please provide an expected submission date and we will try to accommodate you.
Kyiv-Mohyla Law & Politics Journal is included in “category A” of Ministry of Education of Ukraine Academic Journals list and is indexed by Scopus database. The journal is also indexed by a number of other national and global databases in subjects D8 Law, D9 International Law, and С2 Political Science.
Publications in our journal are free of charge.
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