• Our remit covers all aspects of religion and global society (including historical issues of contemporary relevance).
• We primarily welcome submissions from intellectual leaders, researchers, and research students.
• In order to increase readability and accessibility, we aim for our articles to be between 800 and 1,200 words.
• Please send us your draft article in Word format, with your name at the top. Add a three-to-four line biographical note including your academic position, research interests and, if you wish, social media links. Please also provide a small colour-photo headshot.
• Articles should be written with a relatively wide audience in mind, including policy-makers and other non-academics. We recommend that you avoid overusing acronyms and specific terminology that may not be well known outside disciplinary circles. Also avoid introductory phrases and go straight into your discussion of the topic.
• As with journalistic pieces, lead with the best. Don’t save your main argument or analysis for the end of the post.
• Have ‘Religion and Global Society’ in the back of your mind, as it were – even if your article focuses on a local case study, how might this be linked to a broader consideration of religion for an international readership?
• Use short paragraphs made up of four or five sentences.
• If possible, convert numbered lists and bullet points into full paragraphs.
• Write your article as a standalone piece, even if it summarises material in a longer paper or journal article. Try to present all of your argument and evidence within the text and avoid relying too heavily on information contained in external sources.
• Use links rather than citations for references. Links should direct readers to more detailed reports or other pieces of research, news items or other blog posts. Open access sources are preferable to those behind paywalls. Please insert a hyperlink at the relevant point of your argument that you’d like to reference or simply put the URL in parentheses where you would like it to be placed and we will link it ourselves.
• We must “own” the article title and sub-title to make sure they fit our format and presentation style. That said, your suggestions are welcome. We use narrative titles, i.e. a single sentence that sums up the main argument of the article. The more descriptive and catchy the title, the more likely the article is to be read. Try to avoid questions or general topics.
• The managing editor will go over each post. If we have any questions and/or suggestions we will get back to you before publication, but we will not rewrite your piece. This is your voice and your signature. It works best when you turn in a final or close-to-final copy. Once articles are published, we are happy to make further edits.
• Unless otherwise specified, all of our content is licensed under a Creative Commons license and other blogs and publications are free to use them, with attribution.
• If you do not wish for your article to be republished anywhere else, please let us know. Otherwise, we will assume you do not object.

If you are interested in contributing to the blog please contact Austin Tiffany at a.r.tiffany@lse.ac.uk or tweet us @LSE_RGS. Please note the blog editor will be on a period of leave from 1 May – 31 July 2021. You are welcome to submit posts via email, and they will be considered in August.