Our Strategic Updates are short, forward-looking publications from LSE IDEAS that identify topics of emerging strategic importance in international affairs. Strategic Updates must be no longer than 6000 words excluding footnotes and must be accessible to both a professional target audience and lay reader.
A marginally longer paper can be categorised as a LSE IDEAS Report: these will require an abstract proposal to, and significantly advance notice for, the editorial and design team before any agreements to edit and publish.
LSE IDEAS publishes research from our fellows and associates only: our programme managers may commission publications from authors, or authors may propose an abstract – prior to writing a first draft – to the relevant programme manager or to our editor, Stuart Austin.
To be consistent with LSE’s in-house style, please use UK-English spelling and references must be formatted as footnotes (Oxford or Chicago style) – NOT in-text citations. All images/graphics must be of high resolution, with copyrights/permissions declared and correctly attributed in captions.
Once a final draft is agreed with the editor, the paper will enter the design-stage; the only permissible and minor edits hereafter relate to major changes in domestic/international developments concerning the paper.
All publications are subject to final sign-off from our directors and Centre Manager. Due to capacity and subject to booking schedule, authors should expect a minimum of one month between draft submission and publication. All publications are uploaded on the LSE IDEAS website, both in online and PDF format.
In addition, all our publications are now uploaded onto our new page on JSTOR’s Open Research Platform. We encourage you to share the links to your networks. You can view find information about the platform here.
If requesting print copies, please specify the number – a quote will be provided if costed from a programme budget. Printing can take up to an additional fourteen working days. For any queries on design, graphics and printing, please contact Indira Endaya.