Respons is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on reviewing non-fiction in Swedish, including translations, in the humanities and social sciences. Our ambition is to maintain an important part of the Swedish public infrastructure and give the interested public the opportunity to review and evaluate non-fiction publications. Our expert writers, mainly academic experts, review around 200 books annually. Respons has established itself as a leading journal for discussing and disseminating research in the humanities and social sciences and is thus an important platform for universities' interaction with society. The journal also functions as a nursery by offering researchers at Swedish universities and colleges opportunities to develop the ability to communicate their knowledge in Swedish to a wider readership, at a time when the reward in academia is to publish their results in English in specialized journals that often only reach the already familiar. In this way, the journal offers a Swedish forum where academics can have their research noticed and critically discussed, and where they can follow publications both in their own field and in other research disciplines. Respons also provides continuous training and an overview of the latest in research and non-fiction publishing to groups outside our universities, such as teachers, librarians and decision-makers at different levels.