UCL Press News & Views

UCL Press is pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of Experimental Pragmatics (JXPrag), the first journal dedicated exclusively to the field of experimental pragmatics.

Have you been invited to discuss your book on radio or in the media? Learn how to spot fraudulent interview offers, author promotion scams and fake publicity opportunities.

Urban Displacement and Trade in a Senegalese Market has received an honourable mention in the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Amaury Talbot Prize.

UCL Press is now part of the Open Book Collective’s University Presses package, a collective funding initiative supporting a more equitable and sustainable future for open access book publishing.

Have you received an unexpected offer of publicity or promotion for your UCL Press book? Read our advice on recognising and avoiding scams targeting authors and academics.

Learn more about the academics who join Professor Judy Stephenson to discuss their work in the fourth season of UCL Press Play.

To celebrate World Social Media Day, explore the Why We Post series and discover how social media is shaping communication, communities and everyday life around the world.

We’re currently aware of an issue affecting downloads from UCL Discovery, which means some readers may be having difficulty accessing UCL Press books. UCL Press journals are unaffected by this issue.

We are delighted to announce that New Sensory Approaches to the Past: Applied Methods in Sensory Heritage and Archaeology, edited by Pamela Jordan, Sara Mura and Sue Hamilton, has been shortlisted for the 2026 European Association of Archaeologists (…