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“This is a book the UK and the world needs, and Nick Stern is the person to write it.”

— Paul Nurse, OM CH FRS, former Director, @crick.ac.uk and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Growth Story of the 21st Century is available to read and download: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Interested in the latest research from our open access journals?

Subscribe to our journal newsletter to receive new articles, calls for papers and updates straight to your inbox.

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December 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"At a time when too many see climate action as a burden, Nicholas Stern delivers a vital reminder: climate policy is not a brake, but a catalyst for economic growth and development."

— Ottmar Edenhofer, Director and Chief Economist @pik-potsdam.bsky.social

🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"J McKenzie Alexander probes the assumptions we make about contemporary society and exposes who benefits from outrage and polarisation. Everyone who talks about the 'open society' and what it means should read this book."

— Ros Taylor, author of The Future of Trust

🔗 https://bit.ly/4iAWdGv
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
👁️ Marked: School Grades and the Quantified Life, by Noëlle Rohde.

Published as part of the LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology series @lseanthropology.bsky.social #OpenAccess.

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December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👁️ What’s a Company For? A Problem in Business Ethics (or...when Socrates met Milton Friedman) by Alexander Pepper.

June 2026 #OpenAccess

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December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👁️ Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse by Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social / @royalholloway.bsky.social.

Published as part of @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series.

May 2026 #OpenAccess

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December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👁️ Reading Wars by Don Herzog

April 2026 #OpenAccess

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December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👁️ Nonauthoritarian Authority: Cities, Materiality, and the Aesthetics of Power by Julian Brigstocke @jbrigstocke.bsky.social / @cardiffuni.bsky.social.

Published as part of @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series.

March 2026 #OpenAccess

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December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What are LSE Press's books to watch in 2026?

Let's take a look.... 🔎

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December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pension Policy and Governmentality in China combines analysis of resource allocation, text analysis of official discourse and causal identification to estimate how policy instruments shape public opinion on pension responsibility and political trust.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ppc
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If You’re So Ethical, Why Are You So Highly Paid? is ideal for anyone who wishes to understand and tackle business’s role in the growing social inequality of advanced economies in an informed, fair and feasible way.

Available now via #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress/eth
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Did you know that #NobelPrize winner Philippe Aghion contributed to The London Consensus?

Explore his insights in the chapter “Fostering green and inclusive productivity growth”: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
👇 New issue from #PhilosophyofPhysics Journal:

“The Aharonov-Bohm Effect: Reality and Folklore” by Henrique Gomes.

🔗 Free to read and download via #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.31389/pop.243

Discover more LSE Press journals: https://press.lse.ac.uk/journals
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"A brilliant and powerful book that gives voice to ordinary Bangladeshi women."

— Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane and Love Marriage

Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox by Naila Kabeer is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: https://bit.ly/4otCVnG
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
❓ Who owns knowledge?

We asked Naila Kabeer to share her answer to this question, along with her advice for early career researchers and reasons for choosing to publish with LSE Press.

Read the full interview here: bit.ly/3WLDxJP
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Wishing all of our authors, contributors, editors and readers a happy holidays and a prosperous year ahead.

We can't wait to share details about our incredible 2026 list, featuring books from @rgsibg.bsky.social and more: press.lse.ac.uk/books/coming...

👋 Until 2026 - the LSE Press Team
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌟Some publicity highlights including features of our publications in The Financial Times, The New Yorker, The Observer, and others.

Browse our publicity page for more details: press.lse.ac.uk/reviews
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌟 A sold-out public lecture event with @granthamlse.bsky.social for 'The Growth Story of the 21st Century' and some physical copies on sale at the Gilded Acorn bookshop.

Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌟 Editors Professor Alexander 'Sandy' Pepper and Professor Dorrotya Sallai at the launch event for 'Navigating the 21st Century Business World' in partnership with LSE's Department of Management.

Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌟Editors of 'The London Consensus' celebrated its publication at a launch held in partnership with @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social

Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌟Professor David Luke spoke at the #LSEFestival, launching his new book, 'How Africa Eats' @africaatlse.bsky.social

Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
LSE Press's 2025 Wrapped! 🎁

Here's a quick look at our year in numbers...

🟢 5 x books published

🟢 50 endorsements including 5 x from Nobel Prize winnners

🟢 Over 2.5 million all-time reads and downloads of our books and journals

*Usage metrics from OPERAS, reported up until 31 October 2025
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“In convening and collating the work of these world-renowned scholars into a coherent whole, The London Consensus is a landmark publication.”

— Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"An unusual masterpiece which candidly lays out the challenging constraints on African trade but offers policy options for circumventing them."

— Célestin Monga, Harvard Kennedy School

How Africa Trades is free to read and download via #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.hat
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM