Law
Justice & legal systems
Charter / Research
Research for the systems we share.
We publish scholarship that makes public institutions more understandable, more accountable, and better able to meet the complexity of contemporary life.
Our research position
Public questions require public reasoning.
Law, policy, governance, and social life are connected systems. Decisions made in one part of public life can redistribute opportunity, authority, risk, and voice elsewhere.
Charter publishes research that makes those relationships clearer without reducing complex questions to simple answers.
Psychology
Behaviour & society
Communication
Media & public life
Political thought
Ideas & democracy
Global governance
Institutions & cooperation
Public policy
Evidence & impact
Public oversight
Accountability & ethics
Computational social science
Data & society
Education
Equity & opportunity
Society
People & institutions
How we assess scholarship
Open inquiry. Careful claims.
Charter supports scholarship that is ambitious in question and disciplined in method. Strong research can be critical, constructive, theoretical, empirical, or mixed-methods—as long as its reasoning is made available for scrutiny.
Question before conclusion
We value research that defines a meaningful question before reaching for a preferred answer.
Method proportional to claim
Methods, evidence, and interpretation should be aligned, transparent, and appropriate to the question.
Context is part of evidence
Institutions and publics are not abstractions. We encourage work that makes context and consequence visible.
Interdisciplinary with discipline
Cross-field work is strongest when it preserves the standards and vocabulary needed for serious scrutiny.
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