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The transformation of migration in Polish cities

November 18, 2024

For her new book, Polish Cities of Migration: The migration transition in Kalisz, Piła and Płock, Anne White carried out extensive in-depth interviews with Polish return migrants, Ukrainians and people from other countries living in the Polish cities…

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Essential reading for COP29 from UCL Open Environment

November 15, 2024

From 11-22 November 2024, nearly 200 world leaders and 30,000 delegates will come together in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to coordinate global climate action for the year ahead at the latest UN Climate Change Convention Conference of the Parties (COP…

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New series editor for Literature and Translation series

November 14, 2024

UCL Press is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Kathryn Batchelor as a series editor of the popular series Literature and Translation. Currently Professor in Translation Studies at UCL, she joins fellow editors Prof. Timothy Mathews and D…

The hidden health costs of ultra-processed foods

November 12, 2024

In Packaged Plants: Seductive supplements and metabolic precarity, published this month by UCL Press, authors Anita Hardon and Michael Lim Tam offer an absorbing ethnography and cultural history of how the production and consumption of plants for foo…

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Episode 5 of The Greatest Good now available!

November 11, 2024

UCL Press Play is delighted to announce the release of the fifth – and final – episode of the podcast series The Greatest Good, which explores the lasting influence of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, whose radical progressivism was the intellectual i…

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CfP: Urban Africa series

November 8, 2024

To celebrate World Urbanism Day, the editors of the open access Urban Africa series, co-published with the International African Institute, have opened a new call for proposals for new books. 

The image features a jigsaw puzzle with pieces that are filled with illustrations of various people engaged in different activities. The background is a solid teal color. Each puzzle piece showcases a unique scene: one has an individual reading, another shows two people having a conversation, and others depict individuals working on laptops, sitting thoughtfully, and walking.
Facing the challenges of shared parental leave

November 6, 2024

To mark the publication of Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood by Katherine Twamley, we are proud to share an extract exploring the competing pressures that prevent couples from taking up shared parent…

'Pink and yellow graphic featuring a line drawing of Jeremy Bentham, the text 'Coming soon: The Greatest Good'.
Episode 4 of the Greatest Good now available!

November 5, 2024

UCL Press Play is delighted to announce the release of the fourth episode of the podcast series The Greatest Good.

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New series editor for FRINGE series

November 4, 2024

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Uta Staiger as a new series editor of the FRINGE series.

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