Welcome to In-Spire
Journal of Law, Politics and Societies

In-Spire is a multi-disciplinary journal of social sciences engaging in critical political thought on contemporary societies.

We publish original research on a broad range of topics, enabling interaction and the exchange of new perspectives between and beyond disciplines. We publish papers which assess and explore the qualities and/or boundaries of particular social science disciplines or which actively attempt to engage with other disciplines. Our themed issues pursue questions of social, political, and ethical relevance to this overall mission, while our general issues recognise the pursuit of a variety of research questions and strategies.

In-Spire is a peer-reviewed journal.

We publish original research in the following areas...


Latest News


Winter 2010 issue
now available!


Call for papers announced:
Summer 2011 Special Issue.

call for papers
call for reviews

Deadline for submission (cfp):
15th June 2011

  • international relations / global politics
  • political and social philosophy
  • sociology
  • law and critical legal studies
  • criminology
  • environmental politics
  • ethics
  • gender and sexuality
  • media and communications

For more information about In-Spire please see the about us page.

In-Spire is associated with Keele University's Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice and accept submissions on themes allied with the Institute. We aim to align ourselves with the Research Institute's own agenda, which can be found on its web pages.

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ISSN 1753-4453