About the Journal

As of January 2025, Politics of the Low Countries (PLC) is published here by Radboud University Press. We are currently accepting submissions from this website.

The archive of previous issues are available in Open Access in our section Archives.

Politics of the Low Countries (PLC) is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on political developments in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The journal is co-owned by the Association belge francophone de science politique (ABSP) , Vereniging voor Politieke Wetenschappen (VPW), and the Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek (NKWP).

PLC publishes high-quality research across all subfields of political science, with a regional emphasis on the Low Countries. In addition to original research articles, PLC features special issues, research notes, literature reviews, and dedicated sections for PhD reviews and for opinion pieces on the political science profession (see Article types). PLC aims to advance understanding of Benelux politics and to contribute to both academic and societal debates.

Announcements

Call for Special Issue Proposals

2025-07-07

Politics of the Low Countries (PLC) invites proposals for a special issue to be published in an upcoming volume of the journal. We welcome proposals that address key political science themes relevant to the Low Countries, including but not limited to: electoral politics, political parties, governance and public policy, foreign policy, European integration, political institutions, and regionalism. 

Deadline for submission: 8 September 2025

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Current Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Politics of the Low Countries
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Published: 2025-04-22

Research Notes

PhD Review & Summary

State of the Profession

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