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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for the book launch of 'From the Bog to the Cloud'.

The green digital transition is underway. But what does this transition look like when dictated by the energy and resource demands of monopoly tech?

📍AA Bookshop, Wed, 22 October, 18:00: https://ow.ly/4ZbU50X9PJF

The Political Economy of Japanese and Chinese Infrastructure Financing Governance: Organizing Alliances, Institutions and Ideology (soft launch)

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d

📘 'The Political Economy of Japanese and Chinese Infrastructure Financing Governance' unpacks how power, politics & risk shape infrastructure financing in Indonesia amid China’s BRI & Japan’s long-standing regional role.

🗓️ Fri 24 Oct 2025, 12–1:15 pm https://ow.ly/5Qct50X9Ple

Can entrepreneurs in crisis teach us something about resilience? - Transforming Society

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d

"The last few years have not been shy of crises. In the UK, a recent Home Office survey reported that nearly half of businesses and a third of charities had experienced a cybersecurity breach."

https://ow.ly/Zx6G50X95aW

Rachel Doern, author of 'The Resilient Entrepreneur', explains that resilience is a skill that can be consciously developed and strengthened through active strategies, such as adjusting one’s attention, thinking, actions, and resources, just as entrepreneurs do when navigating crises.

Independent Bookshop Week: A day in the life of a bookseller at Bookhaus - Transforming Society

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d

Today is #BookshopDay. 📖✨

Our Marketing Coordinator, Rich Kemp, spent a day behind the counter at Bookhaus—Bristol University Press’s bookshop twin.

Join him behind the scenes to see how a single day can reveal the true heart of indie bookselling.

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week 2025, our Marketing Coordinator, Rich Kemp spent a day working at Bristol’s radical indie bookshop, Bookhaus, an experience that revealed the heart, care, and…

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d

Today is #BookshopDay. 📖✨

Whether it’s Waterstones, Foyles, Blackwell’s, or one of the many independent bookshops, such as Bristol's Bookhaus, Heron Books and Stanfords, take time to appreciate your local bookshop today!

Find out more about our books: buff.ly/oJaKrD3

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 2d

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins.

Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia.

University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/uf6j50X9OAE

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 2d

This discussion explores Euro-Transhumanism, how it differs from classical transhumanism, its policy implications, and what U.S. politics can learn from it.

Listen to Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, author of 'We Have Always Been Cyborgs' here: https://ow.ly/48Rp50X9QFr

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 2d

Elizabeth Rasekoala, editor of 'Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication', joins #CivicSciTVAfrica to discuss #Decolonising science, Afrocentric approaches, and building equity and trust in science communication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9E4i5VArgg

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 2d

The company behind the AI app, Sora, #OpenAI, promises guardrails to prevent violence and fraud — but many worry that the app could push misinformation into overdrive.

José Marichal, author of 'You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem' for CBC Listen:
https://ow.ly/wwAT50X9NIz

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 2d

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 💗

#MentalHealth is something that cannot be taken for granted. Whether in your personal life, or at work, promoting better mental health is vital to creating a better society for everyone.

Browse our mental health books:

Bristol University Press publishes world-class scholarship in the social sciences and aligned disciplines to advance theory and knowledge and address the global social challenges.

Can entrepreneurs in crisis teach us something about resilience? - Transforming Society

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 3d

Ready to share your #SocialSciences research with the world?

Connect with the right commissioning editor and begin your publishing journey today.

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 3d

Rachel Doern explains that resilience is a skill that can be consciously developed and strengthened through active strategies, such as adjusting one’s attention, actions, and resources, just as entrepreneurs do when navigating crises.

https://ow.ly/w1BC50X9517

Rachel Doern, author of 'The Resilient Entrepreneur', explains that resilience is a skill that can be consciously developed and strengthened through active strategies, such as adjusting one’s attention, thinking, actions, and resources, just as entrepreneurs do when navigating crises.

Minor Keys - Gender, Inequality and Work In Electronic Music; What’s it like to work in the male-dominated world of electronic music? This book blends the author’s DJing journey with six years of…

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 3d

4.6 million children are expected to be kept under the #Poverty line by the end of this parliament, up 200,000 from the most recent estimates. That’s one in three children, further rising to more than half of those growing up in larger families.

https://ow.ly/R4FG50X6V86

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 3d

‘Minor Keys’ tackles common myths around #Gender, #Technology and #CulturalProduction head on, introducing the concept of ‘ameliorative work’ to recognise the continual and considerable additional work that minoritized genders do in order to succeed.

Minor Keys

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 4d

"This thoroughly researched book is essential reading for all those concerned with understanding who needs care and - most importantly - who provides this care." Marian Baird, The University of Sydney

Publishing #OpenAcess: buff.ly/CHg8WN4

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 4d

🔶Futures of Work is now on LinkedIn!

The Futures of Work blog offers critical perspectives on the changing world of work, from technology and labour to culture and policy.

👉 Follow us here:

Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

Bristol University Press Launches Global Social Challenges Development Fund to Tackle Inequity in Academic Publishing

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 5d

Future Trends Forum: The Antiracist Reckoning.
📅 Oct 23, 2025 • 7 PM.

How can academics lead #Antiracist work today, and what have we learned?

Join guest Terri Givens, UBC professor & author of Reckoning.

Terri's book: buff.ly/phQzgHL
Event: buff.ly/tIIrSiT

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Institut für Sozioökonomie @ifso.bsky.social · 6d

From good to bad? The contested desirability of economic growth – just published by @mattkranke.bsky.social in @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...

Sharepicture from the ifso just published series featuring book chapter by Matthias Kranke on "From good to bad? The contested desirability of economic growth"

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Academic Publishing News @acadpubnews.bsky.social · 6d

New Fund launched by @brisunipress.bsky.social to support Global South scholars and Early Career Researchers www.alpsp.org/news-publica...

Bristol University Press has launched the Global Social Challenges Development Fund to support marginalised voices in academic publishing and make vital rese...

www.alpsp.org

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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 9d

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Dr Amanda Cahill-Ripley @cahillrip.bsky.social · 10d

ITS OUT!! My new monograph published by @bupjournals.bsky.social on socio-economic rights #ESCRS and #limitations in times of #Crisis and normality is available now. @livunislsj.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @esranuki.bsky.social

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 11d

Today’s International Day of Older People – a good time to watch this explainer from Prof Kat Riach about her new book on ageism in the workplace:

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 12d

Kathleen Riach discusses 'Working Through Ageing', her new book on rethinking #Ageing at work and highlighting how workplace #Ageism differs from broader social ageism.

Find the book: buff.ly/0XJZMqY
Watch here: buff.ly/PQTYjUX

Working through Ageing

Working through Ageing - Experiencing Growing Up and Older at Work; Kathleen Riach draws on a 10-year study to explore how ageing is experienced at work, an area overlooked in management and…

Working through Ageing - Experiencing Growing Up and Older at Work; Kathleen Riach draws on a 10-year study to explore how ageing is experienced at work, an area overlooked in management and…

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Charlotte Morris @cbocomms.bsky.social · 11d

It's International Day of Older People - so no better time to watch this from Kat Riach @uofgasbs.bsky.social.

Only feels like yesterday when I was youngest in the team -now I'm nearing the upper quartile 🤯 Everyone should feel supported, valued and respected at work, whatever their age.

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 12d

Kathleen Riach discusses 'Working Through Ageing', her new book on rethinking #Ageing at work and highlighting how workplace #Ageism differs from broader social ageism.

Find the book: buff.ly/0XJZMqY
Watch here: buff.ly/PQTYjUX

Working through Ageing