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Established as the UK’s first fully open access university press in 2015, UCL Press has fast become one of the leading open access scholarly publishers in the UK. We publish a wide range of open access scholarly monographs and edited collections, student textbooks and academic journals that are available to read and download free of charge.
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Franziska Arnold-Dwyer, Mark Dsouza, Jeevan Hariharan, Maria Lee,
05 November 2026
Poetics and Politics of Islamic Imaginaries
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Fatemeh Sadeghi, Sumrin Kalia, Erol Saglam, Alexander Pymm,
01 October 2026
How Alex Bloom Built Radical Democratic Secondary Education in Post-war London
Michael Fielding, Mark Erickson,
15 September 2026
Creating a Framework for Developing Sessional Teachers in Higher Education
Neil Sutherland, Alex Standen,
24 August 2026
Hosts, Hospitals and Hospitalities
Susana Araújo, Catarina Nunes de Almeida, Santiago Pérez Isasi,
27 July 2026
Bringing Powerful Knowledge into Classrooms
Mark Hardman, Marie Nilsberth, Mikko Puustinen,
02 July 2026
Climate Futures and Environmental Change
As COP31 brings renewed focus to the climate crisis, this collection explores the environmental, social and political dimensions of a changing world. Spanning climate action, environmental justice, urban resilience, sustainable development and the human experience of environmental change, these books offer diverse perspectives on some of the most urgent challenges facing societies today.
From the role of universities in driving climate action to questions of risk, inequality, activism, planning and reconstruction, the collection highlights innovative research from across disciplines and regions. Together, these open access books examine how communities understand, experience and respond to environmental change, while imagining more sustainable and equitable futures.
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Environment and Post-Soviet Transformation in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Region
William Wheeler,
25 October 2021
Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South
Cassidy Johnson, Garima Jain, Allan Lavell,
10 June 2021
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Get to know the editors behind Rethinking Urban Entrepreneurialism
November 5, 2026
Find out key information about Rethinking Urban Entrepreneurialism from its editors Fulong Wu and Fangzhu Zhang.
Get to know the editor behind Critical Thinking for the Arts and Humanities
October 29, 2026
Learn key information about our new textbook, Critical Thinking for the Arts and Humanities, from its editor, Karen Dwyer.
How does open knowledge contribute to society?
October 27, 2026
What does open knowledge contribute to society? Sunbul Akhtar reflects on key discussions from OASPA 2026, from widening access to research to navigating the challenges of generative AI and scholarly communication.