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

June 13 - The future of open publishing: Launch of Politics of the Low Countries

2025-04-17

Join us for a roundtable discussion on the importance of open publishing in academia. This session marks the launch of Politics of the Low Countries (PLC) in its new diamond open access model with Radboud University Press. The transition to open publishing comes at a time when universities face financial challenges, making sustainable and accessible research dissemination more important than ever. We will explore the opportunities and challenges of open publishing and discuss the role of funding bodies in shaping its future.

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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

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