Farage versus Binface is absolute the summer we deserve

New publication - out now! 🎉 🎉 Drawing on ideas from philosophy, economics, law, and management studies, Alexander Pepper critically examines competing answers to the question ‘What’s a Company For?’ Available now via #OpenAccess publishing: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.wcf

As ever, Sandy Pepper’s writing is a treat. 👇 His latest @lsepress.bsky.social book is out next week

We're at #BISA2026 🎉 If you're attending, stop by our stand and chat to Alice! She's here to talk about our latest titles, upcoming publishing opportunities and how you can publish with us ✍ Find out more: press.lse.ac.uk/publish

We're looking forward to attending #BISA2026 this Wednesday to Friday! Whether you're an established author or considering publishing your first book, we'd love to discuss your ideas and how we can help your research achieve the widest possible impact. 🔓 Publish with us: https://bit.ly/4tEZI2t

Super exciting that Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy is shortlisted here. A big moment for LSE Press 🎉

🗨️ “We have the power to stop the worst outcomes of climate change” @laurieparsons.bsky.social , spoke with @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social about his new book, Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse. Read the full post: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

🗳️ The polls are open! 17,300 polling places are open today across Great Britain. 12,800 in England 2,400 in Scotland 2,100 in Wales Find yours at wheredoivote.co.uk

Good article. Open access book publishing is too often inequitable and expensive. The answer is institutionally supported, non-profit, fully open access publishing, which needs to scale up - as we‘re doing at @lsepress.bsky.social Get in touch to find out more about publishing with us!

Thanks to @openbookpublish.bsky.social for sharing this piece on the rise of scammers utilising AI tools to undertake widespread outreach specifically targeting authors. 🤝 If any of our authors have questions or worries, reach out to our team: [email protected] medium.com/@claude.whit...

Going to the @bjsociology.bsky.social conference tomorrow and Friday? The LSE Press team will be there. Come and talk to us about equitable open access publishing. @lsepress.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social

How does #openaccess publishing improve a work's reach, visibility and impact, and what's it like to engage first-hand with publishers? Join @philippagrand.bsky.social and David Luke, at the London Open Science and Scholarship festival next week @ucl.ac.uk 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-acces...

Come and stop by the @lsepress.bsky.social stand at #PSA26 to learn why we are the best option for your next #PoliticalScience book...

At #PSA26 this morning? 📚 Make sure to stop by the LSE Press stand and chat with @alicecpark.bsky.social about our latest publications and upcoming releases! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Excited that @lsepress.bsky.social will be exhibiting at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conf for the 1st time! Do visit the stand, meet our Publisher @alicecpark.bsky.social & learn abt the many benefits of publishing #OpenAccess w us. #PSA26

I'll be at #PSA26 in Oxford next week. You can find the LSE Press stand in the Conference Hub in Examination Halls - happy to chat publishing, open access, and all things related. More information about publishing with us here: press.lse.ac.uk/publish

Tend to agree with this - publishing open access and digital-first gives us more flexibility on length.

Good news for academic readers - LSE Press books are now available on @jstor.bsky.social open access! 🔓 📖 LSE Press’s recent partnership with @thoth-metadata.bsky.social has helped the Press extend its presence on a broader range of discovery platforms. 🔎 Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...

This is the truth. It’s glorious

Understanding the causes of things….

Out today! A brilliant, essential book for our times… but you don’t need me to tell you that 👇

In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education. Read the full post: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation

📢 New on the LSE Press blog! How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world? 📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...

My book Conflict, War and Revolution with @lsepress.bsky.social has nearly 14k downloads, quite an achievement for a scholarly book. But the most wonderful aspect is global reach - despite coinciding with the war against Ukraine I have downloads in Russia and more surprisingly ten in Afghanistan!!!

Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award. I should bloody well hope so. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Watch the recording of Professor David Luke in conversation with Adejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie and Laura Mann to celebrate the official launch of How Africa Eats as part of #LSEFestival 🥘 ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/-zsiqMt...

New podcast! Professor J. McKenzie Alexander featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's New Books in Critical Theory podcast 🎧 🔽 Listen below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-open-soc... 🔽 The Open Society as an Enemy is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

Happy publication day to How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks 🥘 In this book, David Luke and a team of researchers examine the intersection between trade, agriculture policies and climate risks. Free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social

A hobby of mine is reminding you that 'A hobby of mine' has its publication day today. Thank you to all of you who have pre-ordered so far, so wonderful to see it emerging into the world. You can get yours here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Are you an academic planning to attending @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference #PSA25 next week? 👋📚 Do say hello to LSE Press's Managing Editor, Alice Park (@alicecpark.bsky.social) who will be attending! #politicalstudies #ir #conference #academic #publishing

Looking forward to attending #PSA25 on behalf of @lsepress.bsky.social next week. If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.

The revival of university/institutionally based presses in the UK has been one of the most exciting developments in #scholcomms in recent times - @suzannetatham.bsky.social & I wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social about why this matters www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...

Happy Women's History Month! ♀️ To mark this month, we wanted to shine a light on one of our #OpenAccess books - Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, by Naila Kabeer. Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #Bangladesh #Equality #womenshistorymonth

NEW ✨ The Open Society as an Enemy: A Critique of How Free Societies Turned Against Themselves by J. McKenzie Alexander @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social #Review by Mazlum Özkan 👇

This a WONDERFUL book! 🌻👇

Publication day for J. McKenzie Alexander’s “The Open Society as an Enemy” with @lsepress.bsky.social This robust defence of open societies feels vital right now. And it’s a great read - witty, sharp, and with music references to keep even those cynical Gen Xers happy 👇 doi.org/10.31389/lse...

Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the @lsephilosophy.bsky.social department. LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores his legacy for the LSE History blog @lseblogs.bsky.social. 💭 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...

I want to quote every line from this magnificent (and hugely deserved) review of Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy, but will pick out just these: “Viva LSE Press!” “The book is a masterpiece” Read the rest here frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/book-review-...

Some of us are trying. Is there a starter pack of open access, non-profit presses?

Delighted this is out today - Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy is a brilliant account of the lives of Bangladeshi women. A story of a country, an optimistic tale of feminist progress and an academic book that’s a joy to read. And free via @lsepress.bsky.social press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m...