Announcements

• EJELS welcomes Emilia Korkea-Aho, thanks Paulien de Winter

  2026-02-21

  We are excited to announce that Emilia Korkea-Aho is joining the EJELS as an Executive Editor. Emilia is a Professor of European Law and Legislative Studies at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Her research spans law and democracy in the EU and national contexts, with a particular focus on EU institutional and constitutional law. Emilia has produced influential work on soft law, lobbying, the revolving‑door phenomenon, and the national governance of EU structural funds. We are very happy that she has decided to bring her expertise in interdisciplinary, socio‑legal methodology to the EJELS!

  Emilia will be replacing Paulien de Winter, Associate Professor at Utrecht University. Paulien is one the founders of the EJELS and a core member of the team since the very start. Her contribution has been invaluable for making the Journal a reality and for this we are incredibly grateful! 

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• Dropping sequential page numbers

  2025-01-03

  In order to decrease unnecessary delays between acceptance and publication, the EJELS will no longer use sequential page numbers.

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• Mourning the Loss of Jonathan Hasson

  2024-08-26

  It is with deep sorrow that we share the news of Jonathan Hasson’s passing at a much too young age. Jonathan was a valued colleague and served as a Production Editor on the EJELS with great dedication and generosity. As a promising young scholar in the field of empirical legal studies, Jonathan’s presence will be profoundly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

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• Continuous publication

  2024-05-23

  Following the recent publication of the first issue of the European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, we now proceed with the second issue. The Journal employs continuous publication which means that articles are published immediately when they are ready. This allows us to considerably decrease the time between submission and publication, which is in everyone's interest.

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