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University of Westminster Press is delighted to have been accepted as a member of the Open Book Collective (OBC) – a new charity set up to help non-profit, community-led open access publishers like UWP attract funding for book publishing activities from libraries across the globe. This provides an alternate route to funding OA books that … Continue reading UWP JOINS THE OPEN BOOK COLLECTIVE →
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The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law, edited by Avis Whyte, Patricia Tuitt and Judith Bourne, is an open access UWP title that draws attention to the need to reflect on the persistence of racial inequalities and injustices despite law’s intervention and arguably because of its ‘unconscious’ role in their … Continue reading Q&A with Avis Whyte on why the law is still the most powerful weapon in the fight against racial discrimination →
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cultural china is a new open access book series edited by Professor Gerda Wielander, Director of the Contemporary China Centre at the University of Westminster. The series is now open for submissions for book projects of between 35-90,000 words. Further details about the series and the call are provided below. The series builds on the … Continue reading Call for Proposals Now Open – ‘Cultural China’ Book Series →
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By Philippa Grand, UWP Press Manager On Monday 4th December 2023, in the beautiful surroundings of Fyvie Hall, members of the University of Westminster came together to celebrate the achievements of University of Westminster Press – you can find out more by reading the booklet we produced to accompany the event. UWP was founded in … Continue reading Celebrating the University of Westminster Press →
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Festivals & The City, edited by Andrew Smith, Guy Osborn and Bernadette Quinn, is an open access UWP title that explores how festivals and events affect urban places and public spaces, and focuses particularly on their role in fostering inclusion. Its 15 chapters are drawn from a range of different European cities, including Venice, Edinburgh, … Continue reading Q&A with Guy Osborn on the importance of parks as plural spaces in urban areas →
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Trans experience in urban Brighton, new data from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and the joys and struggles of Black male cyclists in London are just some of the latest active travel reports from the University of Westminster’s Active Travel Academy. For links to the podcasts, datasets and more, see below… You can read the ATS Journal … Continue reading It’s all action at Active Travel Studies! →
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UWP publications have been downloaded more than three million times since the press‘s first publication in September 2015! This is a great achievement for a young, non-profit, OA university press, as Chair of the UWP Editorial Board Professor Pippa Catterall attests: “When the University of Westminster Press was founded in 2015 the aspiration was to … Continue reading More than three million downloads and counting! →
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Issues of air pollution, climate breakdown, an inactivity epidemic, road injuries and deaths, and unequal access to transport are more urgent and relevant than ever. Does your research speak to these pressing policy problems? Active Travel Studies (ATS) welcomes submissions from those taking a critical approach to these themes.Very nearly in its third year, the … Continue reading Add to the conversation on active travel →
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Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established open access book series edited by Professor Christian Fuchs. With funding from the Jisc Open Access Community Framework (OACF), which allows us to publish without author facing fees or book processing charges, we are now inviting submissions for book proposals that fall within the scope of … Continue reading Call for book proposals for the Critical Digital and Social Media Studies series now open →
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Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established open access book series edited by Professor Christian Fuchs. With funding from the Jisc Open Access Community Framework (OACF), which allows us to publish without author facing fees or book processing charges, we are now inviting submissions for book proposals that fall within the scope of … Continue reading Call for Book Proposals for the Critical Digital and Social Media Studies Series Now Open →
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The Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new thematic collection on the theme of ‘deliberation amid deep conflict’. Societies marked by deep divisions post challenges for deliberation. They may have entrenched interests, power inequities and a history of ill-will and misconceptions – yet deliberation also potentially transforms intergroup conflict and promotes reconciliation, mutual respect and cooperation. … Continue reading New Collection on ‘Deliberation Amid Deep Conflict’ from the Journal of Deliberative Democracy now available →
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Angela Last, Lecturer at the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester, has joined David Chandler and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos as joint Editor-in-Chief of the University of Westminster Press journal, Anthropocenes – Human, Inhuman, Posthuman. Dr Last is an interdisciplinary scholar who started off in Fashion, where she became interested in … Continue reading New Joint Editor-in-Chief for Anthropocenes – Human, Inhuman, Posthuman Announced →
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The Journal of Deliberative Democracy is pleased to invite expressions of interest for the editorship of the journal. The new editorial team is expected to serve from April 2023 to April 2026. Multi-institutional and multi-country bids are encouraged but not required. Established in 2005 (originally as the Journal of Public Deliberation) the journal is a … Continue reading Call for Editors – Journal of Deliberative Democracy →
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University of Westminster scholar Pieter Verdegem’s edited book AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives has been shortlisted in the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association’s annual Outstanding Achievement Awards in the Edited Collection of the Year category. Judges noted that the book is ‘an original and timely collection that, in analysing discourses surrounding AI challenges notions … Continue reading ‘ORIGINAL AND TIMELY’ UWP TITLE SHORTLISTED FOR MAJOR ACADEMIC BOOK PRIZE →
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Democracy in a Pandemic - open access title from University of Westminster Press published. Free to view or download
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Seven new research articles/contributions have been published in UWP’s journal Anthropocenes – Human, Inhuman, Posthuman. Journal authors continue to rethink in the words of the editors (about the journal) ‘abstraction, art, architecture, design, governance, ecology, law, politics and discourses of science in the context of human, inhuman and posthuman frameworks’. And this is showcased in … Continue reading Migration, mobility and aircraft, sea serpents, deep time, Covid, poetry and Notre Dame de Paris ‘entangled’ – Anthropocenes Journal 2021 contents →
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Details of the this post are available here. Salary range starts from £41,715 with a closing date of end Sunday 25 July. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed via this link. Please note that an application must be completed: an email and CV is not … Continue reading Scholarly Publications Manager for UWP – approaching deadline, end 25 July →
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Active Travel Studies a new UWP journal has published its first article. Kirsty Wild and colleagues offer an analysis of the impact of e-Bikes on access to cycling for women based on research undertaken in Auckland. Could e-Bikes offer encouragement for more physical activity and overcome inhibiters especially for mothers? A reminder of the journal’s … Continue reading Active Travel Studies journal, under way →
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Now published 12 July 2021 a new open access title DEMOCRACY IN A PANDEMIC: Participation in Response to Crisis that makes the case for enhanced engagement during and beyond emergency contexts. Covid-19 has highlighted limitations in our democratic politics – but also lessons for how to deepen our democracy and more effectively respond to future crises. … Continue reading Covid-19 and the Value of Participation →