“Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej” (Studies on labour law and social policy) is an annual journal published by the Chair of Labour Law and Social Policy of the Jagiellonian University since 1993. Until 2016 the journal was published annually, and since 2017 is has been issued as a quarterly 4 times a year.
A founder and a long-time editor-in-chief was professor Andrzej Świątkowski. Since October 2015 the editor-in-chief has been professor Krzysztof Baran.
The journal addresses the issues of individual and collective labour law, social security law and legal problems of social policy. It is a forum for exchange of opinions for persons interested in the labour law from all academic centres in Poland. During its 20-year history, the English version - the Yearbook of Polish Labour Law and Social Policy - was also published many times
The journal is a member of the prestigious International Association of Labour Law Journals, comprised of the world's top labour law periodicals. The journal can be found in the following databases: DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), ERIH Plus, Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), Index Copernicus International, Biblioteka Nauki, Arianta, BASE, Google Scholar, MIAR, Most Wiedzy, Sherpa/Romeo, WorldCat, ZDB.
On ministerial list of rated journals of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland this journal is scored 70 points.
Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy) is a periodical with continuous numbering of volumes, published by the Chair of Labour Law and Social Policy of the Jagiellonian University since 1994. Since the beginning of its existence, it has gathered a team of outstanding scientists, both Polish and foreign, specializing in labour law and social policy.
The mission of the journal is to promote and publish research in the labour law and social policy discipline, to create opportunities for exchange of scientific experiences and continuous development of new ideas and concepts in the area covered by the topics discussed in the Studia z Zakresu Prawa Pracy i Polityki Społecznej.
The journal publishes articles about Polish law, laws of other countries, and international standards of labour law. For this reason, apart from articles of Polish researchers, the journal also includes articles by researchers from Europe, North and South America and Asia.
In particular, however, the mission of the journal is to create a place for the exchange of ideas for scientists from Central and Eastern Europe.
The journal is addressed to scientists specializing in labour law and social policy, and they are also the authors of the published studies. Some articles have practical dimension, hence the journal is the subject of interest of legal practitioners.
The interest in the journal publications is visibly increasing. It is no longer an annual journal, and since 2017 it became a quarterly. Articles are published in Polish and in English. We are constantly striving to professionalize the publishing process, which resulted in establishing cooperation with Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego – the Jagiellonian University publishing house responsible for the edition and publication of the journal from 2017, as well as the preparation of a new website on which all printed articles are posted starting from 2016.