Don’t miss David Luke, editor of How Africa Trades and How Africa Eats, discussing open access publishing in practice, chaired by LSE Press Head of Publishing Philippa Grand.
🔗 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...
#LDNOpenFest26 #OpenAccess @uclopenscience.bsky.social
📢 Bookings are now open for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026!
The festival features a week of insightful and applicable sessions on topics including gender and ethics in open research, open science careers, and open education resources.
➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rSLLxA
Three images of the cover of Reading Wars.
"The bloodshed may have lessened, but we are still fighting, and Herzog shows the deeper stakes involved in reading’s relation to equality and personhood. "
— Mary G Dietz, John Evans Professor Emerita of Political Theory, Northwestern University
➡️ Coming soon: https://bit.ly/4ue0C7w
💭 What’s a Company For? A Problem in Business Ethics (or...when Socrates met Milton Friedman) by Alexander Pepper. Coming soon from LSE Press #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
In a new blog for @lsebr.bsky.social Alexander Pepper writes of three “wicked monsters” which are equally deeply destructive of modern society: anthropogenic climate change, extreme inequality and the domination of certain markets by a small number of mega-corporations.
➡️ https://bit.ly/4s4gtEb
Black and white photo of two people holding books with bookshelf in the background. Text reads Narratives in policy-making.
📢 Watch the recording of Narratives in Policy-Making, marking the launch of the new issue of #LSEPPR.
The panel featured Dr Adam Brzezinski, Professor Sarah Dillon, Professor Paul Dolan and Baroness Sharon White DBE, and was chaired by Professor Sonia Livingstone.
➡️ https://bit.ly/46Q6xWf
Very pleased to be involved in the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival again this year. Look out for the panel on 'Open Access Publishing in Practice' ft @lsepress.bsky.social author Professor David Luke 👇👇👇
Selection of LSE Press books on a shelf.
Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚
Did you know that all LSE Press books and journals are published #openaccess? That means they’re completely free to read and download, giving you access to high-quality research that shapes public policy, at no cost.
Find out more: https://press.lse.ac.uk/
"Noëlle Rohde's book offers a rich and compellingly argued account of the problems and pitfalls associated with the megatrend of quantification."
— @steffenmau.bsky.social, Professor of Sociology, @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Marked will be free to read and download June 2026📝 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
Author Emily Carter recently attended the #CopimConference as a bursary winner
The themes in her blog - collaboration, community values, connections - resonate strongly with us 🤝🧡
🔓 New article from Economía LACEA Journal:
"Deregulation: From Theory to Practice" by Federico Sturzenegger
This article explains why modern economies tend to become persistently over-regulated and outlines a practical strategy for deregulation.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4cBMu1o
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social @oipassoc.bsky.social @copim.bsky.social
"LSE Press illustrates how aligning a publishing programme with academic values and communities can democratise knowledge"
💭 Emily Carter writes for @timeshighered.bsky.social on listening to researchers, staying flexible, collaborating widely, and more
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/publi...
NEW EXHIBITION NOW OPEN ✨
The Women’s Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections.
Join us Thu 12 March to celebrate - meet the curators alongside colleagues from other archives including @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100
Graphic with cover of the book How Did Britain Come to This?
“A coruscating analysis of the failings of British governance and public policy that led to the catastrophe of the Covid pandemic and its aftermath.”
— Patrick Diamond, Professor in Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London
🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.hdb
🔦 Book cover reveal
Geography and a Geographer: Reimagining the discipline after Ron Johnston brings together contributors whose work speaks to the geographies Johnston helped shape.
This book will be published as part of the @rgs.org monograph series #OpenAccess. Coming soon.
#RonJohnston
@lseanthropology.bsky.social #LSEMoSA #SocialAnthropology #OAMonographs #AcademicPublishing #Education #Ethnography #SchoolGrades #OpenAccess
"Noëlle Rohde's book offers a rich and compellingly argued account of the problems and pitfalls associated with the megatrend of quantification."
— @steffenmau.bsky.social, Professor of Sociology, @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Marked will be free to read and download June 2026📝 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
Photo of hand holding the book Afghanistan.
🗨️“In this superb volume, Michael Cox has brought together a distinguished and interdisciplinary group of scholars to reflect on Afghanistan’s troubled past."
— Professor G.J. Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
🔗 https://bit.ly/4arHvyX
Considering a career in publishing this National Careers Week? 📚
Check out our blog with practical advice from the LSE Press team on getting into publishing and what it’s really like to work in the industry: https://bit.ly/3LTLzy4
#CareersInPublishing #NationalCareersWeek #PublishingIndustry
💬 Can degrowth save the climate...?
Madeleine Finlay from @theguardian.com's Science Weekly podcast spoke with LSE Press author Nicholas Stern and @jasonhickel.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/science/audi... @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social
Thank you for such a fantastic two days #CopimConference. The infrastructure work you have done has been transformative for presses like @lsepress.bsky.social but just as important has been the community you built and comradeship you fostered - and long may that continue.
Professor Stern's new book, The Growth Story of the 21st Century, is free to read and download from LSE Press via #OpenAccess
Access Professor Stern's new book here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social #Sustainability #GreenTransition
"Nicholas Stern's new book describes a world poised at the crossroads, not yet taking full advantage of what he calls the growth opportunity of the century."
🌍 🔓 Professor Lord Nicholas Stern spoke to David Wallace-Wells for @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/o...
🎙️ Five minutes with Thi Hoang, on her experience as a journal managing editor.
She reflects on open-access publishing, making research accessible across languages and connecting academic work with real-world policy impact.
Read the full Q&A: https://bit.ly/4kGBfXs
Hands holding a copy of The Growth Story of the 21st Century.
"This book provides the Stern warning: no more dirty, destructive growth but instead growth that enhances the wellbeing of all of us and our planet.."
— Rt Hon Lord Gus O'Donnell, Former UK Cabinet Secretary
The Growth Story of the 21st Century is free to read and download: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR
Professor David Wallace shares his experience editing the Philosophy of Physics journal and discusses the role of open access in advancing research and inclusivity.
🔗 Read the full blog here: https://bit.ly/4rtYeI6
Chart titled “Path to Open Early Results: Year-over-Year Item Requests for the First 100 Open Access Titles.” A bar graph compares 2025 (licensed only, shown in gray) with 2026 (open access, shown in red). For January and February, the red bars are dramatically higher—around 9,500–10,000 item requests each month—compared to roughly 1,500–2,000 in 2025. The full-year comparison shows about 20,000 requests in early 2026 already surpassing the roughly 15,000 total requests recorded in all of 2025.
When scholarly books are made freely available, they reach more readers in more places right away.
In just five weeks of #OpenAccess, the first Path to Open books have already been used more than they were during the entire previous year of limited access.
Read the news: https://bit.ly/4rTptM4
🔓 New article from #LSEPPR journal:
'Travelling Tales?' by Mary S. Morgan
This article explores how narratives help scientific findings travel into policy, and how the “surprise factor” in some narratives can increase circulation and influence.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4cIeW1A
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