“Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis” – as a multi-volume publication created out of the initiative of the employees of the Institute of Political Sciences and Journalism at the University of Silesia – has been published by the publishing house of this university since 2005 when the Institute celebrated the 30th jubilee of its creation. In view of the issues raised, the texts published in particular volumes are grouped in thematic parts: A political thought, social communication, international relations and European integration, as well as Reviews and discussions.