The International Network for the Study of Lyric (INSL) is a free nonprofit association of scholars interested in the study of the theory of poetry.

Under the initiative of Prof. Ralph Mueller, the network was officially founded in October 2015 at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. The impetus for the foundation of INSL was the perception that as a research field, the theory of poetry (or theory of the lyric) is unduly fragmented along linguistic, national and disciplinary lines. Consequently INSL aims to foster international discussion and exchange across different literary traditions and languages, sharing and distributing information and scholarly work on the theory of poetry.

The Executive Board has the principal responsibility for many policies and procedures and the organization of events. The Advisory Committee, comprised of the founders and initial leaders of INSL, shares responsibility for making major policy decisions, especially proposed changes to the Constitution, with the Executive Board. The members of the Consultants Council have been appointed to contribute their expertise about particular geographical, continental, cultural, and methodological issues about lyric.