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UCL Press publishes high-quality research monographs and edited volumes, primarily for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Across 10 years of publishing growth, we have built particular strengths in Anthropology, Archaeology and Museum Studies, Architecture and the Built Environment, Comparative Literature, Education, History and Social Sciences. We are actively building our Law and Criminology lists and focusing new attention on our already vibrant publishing for History and Philosophy of Science. Informed by the principles and research interests at UCL, themes of social justice, community engagement, global networking and ‘disruptive thinking’ are characteristic in books across the subjects we publish. Interdisciplinarity is fostered and we encourage collaborations between scholars at different points in their career.

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Anthropology

Explore open access research that covers cultural, social, medical and physical anthropology.

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The Chronopolitics of Life

Nolwenn Bühler, Nils Graber, Victoria Boydell, Cinzia Greco,

04 December 2025

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Object-Based Learning

Thomas Kador,

04 September 2025

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Leagues of Laughter

A. Austin Garey,

28 August 2025

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Marriage Matters

Lotte Meinert, Julaina A. Obika, Nanna Schneidermann,

21 July 2025

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Digital Repertoires

Riitta Hänninen, Sakari Taipale, Laura Haapio-Kirk,

16 June 2025

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The Hand that Feeds

Alexander Mullan, Riley Smallman, Herre de Bondt, Juliette Waterman,

13 May 2025

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Covid’s Chronicities

Lenore Manderson, Nancy J. Burke,

28 April 2025

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Labour, Nature and Capitalism

Silpa Satheesh,

03 April 2025

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Precarious Motherhood

Rachel Benchekroun,

11 March 2025

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Lahore in Motion

Ammara Maqsood, Chris Moffat, Fizzah Sajjad,

18 February 2025

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Polish Cities of Migration

Anne White,

18 November 2024

The cover of the book ‘Packaged Plants: Seductive supplements and metabolic precarity in the Philippines’ by Anita Hardon and Michael Lim Tan features water colour illustrations of various objects related to nutrition and health supplements. open access

Packaged Plants

Anita Hardon, Michael Lim Tan,

12 November 2024

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An Anthropological Approach to mHealth

Charlotte Hawkins, Patrick Awondo, Daniel Miller,

28 October 2024

The image shows the cover of a book titled ‘Contraband Cultures: Reframing Smuggling Across Latin America and The Caribbean’, edited by Jennifer Cearns and Charles Beach. The background is dark blue with a pattern that resembles white paint splatters or stars. The title and editors’ names are in white text, with the UCL Press logo at the bottom. open access

Contraband Cultures

Jennifer Cearns, Charles Beach,

17 September 2024

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Ageing with Smartphones in Japan

Laura Haapio-Kirk,

29 August 2024

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