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

“This book offers a framework for rethinking economic policy in a fractured age of inequality, populism, and political crisis." Andrés Velasco spoke with John Cassidy for The New Yorker following the publication of The London Consensus 📖 Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/49KQhbt

“With a rare focus on grades as they are experienced by students, Rohde examines how deeply grades mediate students’ sense of self, their futures, and the meanings of merit.” — Wendy Espeland, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Northwestern University ➡️ Coming soon: https://bit.ly/4d4pbOe

Keep up with the latest from our Open Access journals 📬 Receive updates on new research and news from: • Economía LACEA Journal • Journal of Illicit Economies and Development • Journal of Long-Term Care • LSE Public Policy Review • Philosophy of Physics 🔗 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/48eULGh

Governments pursue social welfare, but why not focus on increasing measured human happiness? This #InternationalDayofHappiness we're highlighting Wellbeing: Alternative Policy Perspectives edited by Timothy Besley and Irene Bucelli. Free to read and download: https://bit.ly/4uyFxES

💭 "Landscape, as a form of authority, is an unequal patterning of attention." In this new post for the LSE Press blog Julian Brigstocke explores authority and attention in an everyday urban landscape. Read the full post: https://bit.ly/3Ptglj6

We at @lsepress.bsky.social are delighted to have 4 of our journals included in this inaugural collection. I’ve seen collective library support in action via our membership of @openbookcollective.bsky.social & it is powerful! Join us!

We’re excited to announce that Naila Kabeer, author of Renegotiating Patriarchy, will be speaking at WOW Athens. 📅 Monday 30 March 🔗 Find out more: https://www.snfcc.org/en/event/naila-kabeer-in-conversation/

"Climate Hegemony offers a compelling multi-scalar analysis, connecting questions of power, knowledge, and climate policy at the global level with a rich and important case study of Cambodia. Highly recommended." — Ståle Holgersen, Author of Against the Crisis ➡️ Coming soon: https://bit.ly/4lBH0qc

Nonauthoritarian Authority by Julian Brigstocke is an attempt to reimagine the possibilities and potentials of authority in spaces of authoritarianism or violence.⚡ Publishing this month #OpenAccess from LSE Press and Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). ➡️ https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.noa

"A powerful and necessary intervention in the politics of climate knowledge." — Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor and Author of Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care Climate Hegemony will be free to read and download May 2026: https://bit.ly/4lBH0qc

"In this important book Nicholas Stern has built upon his distinguished past work on climate to offer a story of achievement, hope and danger." — Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, @financialtimes.com The Growth Story of the 21st Century is available via #OpenAccess: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR

We’re delighted to announce that Nicholas Stern, author of The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action, will be speaking at #HayFestival2026 📚 📅 25 May 2026, 2.30pm – Discovery Stage Find out more: https://bit.ly/47FIIke

I'm looking forward to presenting on a panel at #REDUX2026 on how to build a #UniversityPress alongside 2 amazing speakers - Ali Shaw @brisunipress.bsky.social and John Atkinson @uwpress.bsky.social

“Climate Hegemony powerfully reminds us that the way we speak about climate change locks us into specific political logics." — Matthew T. Huber, Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, Syracuse University 🔗This book will be free to read and download May 2026: https://bit.ly/4lBH0qc

“The words Advanced and Easy rarely belong together, but this book gets as close as possible.” — Arminio Fraga (former president, Central Bank of Brazil) Advanced Macroeconomics is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ame

We’re delighted to announce that Nicholas Stern, author of The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action, will be speaking at #HayFestival2026 📚 📅 25 May 2026, 2.30pm – Discovery Stage Find out more: https://bit.ly/47FIIke

"Some of Beveridge’s evil giants may have been tamed, at least in the developed world. Now it is time to tackle the monsters." Alexander Pepper writes on the three “wicked monsters” of modern capitalism for @lsebr.bsky.social 🖇️ https://bit.ly/4s4gtEb

Join David Luke in conversation with Estelle Uba for the launch of How Africa Eats. This discussion will explore the connections between trade, agricultural policy and climate risk shaping Africa’s food systems. 🕐 12 March | 6 PM 📍 The Africa Centre London Register: https://bit.ly/4uhPaHX

📣 London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 Don't miss David Luke, editor of How Africa Trades and How Africa Eats, discussing open access publishing in practice, chaired by Philippa Grand. 📅 20–24 April 2026 🔗 https://bit.ly/4rSLLxA #LDNOpenFest26 @uclopenscience.bsky.social#LDNOpenFest26

“Rohde’s careful anthropology of German grading practices reveals the impact of the grade currency by which young people are evaluated, sorted, and judged.” — Gavin T. L. Brown, Professor of Educational Assessment, University of Auckland ➡️ Coming soon: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

"This book sheds much-needed light on Africa-led policy frameworks, highlighting their relevance, their limitations and the conditions under which they can help secure the right to food for all." — Fati N'Zi-Hassane, Africa Director, Oxfam International 🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.hae

This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting Renegotiating Patriarchy by Naila Kabeer. The book explores the ‘Bangladesh paradox’ and the role of ordinary women in translating policy into change on the ground. Free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: https://bit.ly/4otCVnG

📢 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

"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

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

📢 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 👇👇👇

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

"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

“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

"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...

🗨️“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.

"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

"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

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

Did you know we have a Bluesky starter pack where you can follow all of OJC's publisher members in just one click? Take a look and give a click! go.bsky.app/QvGSACZ

💭 "An invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in the relationship between politics and violence." — Dr Enzo Rossi, Associate Professor, Universiteit van Amsterdam and co-editor of European Journal of Political Theory 🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.cwr

📢 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