Social Policy FORUM journal

expert, reviewed journal

Publisher: RILSA, Palackého nám. 4, 128 01 Prague 2
Editor-in-chief: Mgr. Helená Lisá, e-mail: , tel.: 224 972 645

Periodicity: 6x a year, first issue published in August 2007

Size: 32 pages, black-and-white

Format: A4

Price: one issue CZK 50, annual subscription CZK 300

Typical content: the broadest possible range of social issues, i.e. social policy, social services, state social support system, material need system, assessment service, disability, family, socio-legal protection of children, equal opportunities, insurance systems, pension insurance, sickness insurance, accident insurance, income policy, employment, employment policy, employment services, labour market, employment of foreign nationals, work of the labour offices, wage policy, wage and pay systems, occupational safety and the work environment, migration, integration of foreign nationals, international cooperation in social security, social dialogue and collective bargaining, working conditions, work organisation, legislation on all these areas in particular labour law, and other related subjects.

Structure: The journal is divided into two parts of roughly the same size. The sections are itemized by the form, their scope is flexible.

The first part is the Essays and Studies section, containing solely papers that the editorial board approves for publication after review.

The second part contains papers not subjected to review and divided into the following sections (the number and content may be modified as required):

• From the European Union
• EU-supported Projects
• Statistics and Analysis
• Practical Findings
• Items of Interest from the Foreign Press
• Information Service for Readers, which contains the following sub-sections:
  • Reviews (reviews of interesting publications)
  • From the Domestic Press
  • From the Foreign Press
  • Additions to the Library and Information Services Department’s Stock

Information for authors:
Authors may offer papers for both parts of the journal, i.e. reviewed and non-reviewed, specifying which part they are intended for. Papers offered for the reviewed part will be assessed by the editorial board, which then decides whether reviews should be conducted; on the basis of these reviews it decides whether or not to include the paper in this section of the journal. If a paper is not accepted for the reviewed section of the journal it may propose printing it in abridged form in the non-reviewed part.
The editorial board will only accept previously unpublished papers submitted in electronic form. The author should attach a full contact address, including telephone number and e-mail address.
Please send papers to this e-mail address: .

Editorial board:
doc. Ing. Ladislav Průša, CSC. (předseda, VÚPSV),
doc. Ing. Marie Dohnalová, CSc. (FHS UK),
Mgr. Danuše Fomiczewová, KÚ Pardubického kraje),
doc. JUDr. Vilém Kahoun (ČSSZ, ZSF JČU),
prof. Ing. Vojtěch Krebs, CSc. (VŠE),
Mgr. Aleš Kroupa (VÚPSV),
PhDr. Věra Kuchařová (VÚPSV),
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (MU)

Registration data: MK ČR E 17566, ISSN 1802-5854

Subscription to the journal can be ordered

• on Czech Mail’s toll-free information line: +420 800 10 44 10
• by ordering on-line
• in writing from: Postservis, oddělení předplatného, Poděbradská 39, 190 00 Prague 9
• e-mail:
• fax: 284 011 847

Special Issue in English 2008  - ISSN 1803-7488

Older issues of SOCIAL POLICY FORUM journal (in Czech)