Aims and Scope

The Indonesian Journal of Political Studies (IJPS) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to advancing innovative and theoretically engaged scholarship in political science. The journal provides a platform for research that not only examines political phenomena but also contributes to the development and refinement of broader analytical and conceptual debates on power, governance, and political change.

IJPS is distinguished by its commitment to positioning Indonesia and Southeast Asia within global scholarly conversations. It invites contributions that treat the region as an analytically productive site for understanding and rethinking key issues in democracy, governance, political economy, and international relations, while fostering dialogue between area-based research and comparative political analysis.

The journal publishes high-quality research across core areas of political science—including political institutions and behavior, public policy and governance, development and political economy, state–society relations, and global politics—as well as interdisciplinary work addressing themes such as identity, digital transformation, social movements, and religion, where these intersect with structures of power and political processes. IJPS welcomes diverse methodological approaches and particularly values contributions that offer conceptual clarity, theoretical innovation, and insights of broader relevance beyond specific cases.