European integration and enlargement pose fundamental challenges for policy, politics, citizenship, culture and democracy. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research provides a unique forum for discussing these processes. It welcomes articles on all aspects of European developments that contribute to the improvement of social science knowledge and to the setting of a policy-focused European research agenda.

Examples of typical subject areas covered include

• Policy-Making and Agenda-Setting
• Multilevel Governance
• The Role of Institutions
• Democracy and Civil Society
• Social Structures and Integration
• Sustainability and Ecological Modernisation
• Science, Research, Technology and Society
• Scenarios and Strategic Planning
• Public Policy Analysis
• Research Methods

The official languages of the journal are English and French.

In promoting interdisciplinarity and comparative research, Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research is in part organised thematically. Precedence is given to thematic issues on a particular policy field that cover several of the above subject areas or thematic issues on a particular subject area that cover several policy fields. Additional features of the journal include book reviews as well as a 'European Research Review' section with outlines of ongoing or recently completed research projects by groups or consortia of European researchers.


Peer Review Policy:
All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-blind peer review