UCL Press News & Views

World Food Day interview with with Robert Biel, author of Sustainable Food Systems: Role of the City
October 16, 2024
To mark World Food Day, we’re re-publishing a chat we had with Professor Robert Biel, author of Sustainable Food Systems.

Structural Injustice and the Law: meet the editors
October 15, 2024
Today we are proud to publish Structural Injustice and the Law, edited by Professor Virginia Mantouvalou and Professor Jonathan Wolff. This interdisciplinary collection presents theoretical approaches and concrete examples to show how the concept of…

Introducing UCL Press Play
October 9, 2024
UCL Press Play is a new initiative presenting documentary videos and podcasts featuring aspects of UCL’s sector-leading research, and casting light on the contribution UCL makes to society.

Mapping Russia in the shadow of Peter the Great
October 8, 2024
To mark the publication of the late Denis J. B. Shaw’s Reconnoitring Russia: Mapping, exploring and describing early modern Russia, 1613-1825, we bring you an excerpt from the Introduction. This passage provides the historical context for the book’s…

Architecture_MPS- Now indexed in Scopus!
October 7, 2024
We are delighted to announce that, following a rigorous evaluation process, the diamond open access journal Architecture_MPS has been accepted for indexing in SCOPUS.

Open access books published in September 2024
October 3, 2024
September has provided us with a bumper harvest of five new titles covering everything from solar energy transitions to smuggling via a fascinating account of the fight against gentrification in a London suburb.

Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education: meet the editors
October 1, 2024
Today marks the publication of a new book from UCL Press: Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education, edited by Dr Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano and Dr Mazal Oaknín. We are delighted to celebrate this new publication by sharing…

Are you interested in adopting open access textbooks?
September 30, 2024
If you are teaching on under- or postgraduate courses, we want to hear about the information you require to make a decision, and the best time to receive it, for an open access textbook where the barriers of cost, subscription and access are removed.

Peer review week Q&A with the editor of Radical Americas Journal
September 27, 2024
To mark Peer Review Week 2024, Sunbul Akhtar caught up with Bill Booth, the editor of the journal Radical Americas (RA). In this Q&A Bill provides an insight to the processes involved in securing reviewer comments, and offers advice to early career r…