Abstract
Analyses the history of the International Labour Review, created in 1921, based on the provisions in the Treaty of Versailles, as a major periodical publication of the International Labour Organisation. It describes the ILR’s transformation from an institutional multipurpose periodical into today’s modern academic journal from various perspectives, including the institutional journey, the role of the responsible editors, and the professional and academic profile of the ILR authors. It analyses the ILR’s contribution to important academic and policy debates and the ILR’s role for the ILO by looking at the contents, topics and geographical focus of the almost 3000 signed articles in a historical perspective.