The OxPol blog prioritises submissions from contributors affiliated with the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) or the University of Oxford. This includes current/former students and current/former professors, fellows, or researchers. Oxford-affiliated contributors may co-author pieces with non-Oxford individuals. Individuals not affiliated with Oxford may also be solicited to contribute to our special series or to submit analyses of current events.

To help those interested in publishing with us, we have developed some editorial guidelines.

Contributions are intended to cover a wide range of topics on the blog. They could be an opinion piece on current affairs, a book review, a more accessible, condensed version of a larger research project or journal article, or notes from the field.

While our OxPol blog editorial team will consider full submissions, we ask that you send us your pitch first.

Your pitch should be between five and seven sentences and should include

  • A sentence summarising the main idea of your piece
  • A few sentences explaining the context and relevance of your piece
  • Potential length
  • Why you are qualified to write about a particular topic

You can submit your pitch or discuss your idea with our editorial team by emailing blog@politics.ox.ac.uk.