Value proposition

Opening a world of knowledge

Peter Lang Group has over 50 years of experience in academic publishing, specialising in the Humanities and Social Sciences worldwide with an active list of 40’000+ titles. We publish about 1,400+ titles every year in German, English, and French, as well as in multiple other languages, from traditional print products to eBooks and Open Access publications.
The Peter Lang Group is dedicated to offering top quality publishing services to Higher Education institutions and academics, with complete commitment to the worldwide dissemination of academic research.

The headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, are the central hub for management and administration. Our team of Acquisition Editors are based in continental Europe and Anglo-American regions with offices in Berlin, New York, Oxford, Brussels and supporting locations in Vienna, Dublin, Warsaw, and Istanbul. We work with authors locally and distribute globally.

For academics in the Humanities and Social Sciences, we are disseminators of valuable academic research that empowers passionate authors to reach eager readers. We strive to do this faster than expected and at a quality higher than hoped for because we have been doing it for over 50 years and are prepared for the next 50. We believe in what we do, which leads to meaningful growth for authors, readers and employees.


Publishing, Academic Publishing , and Open Access