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Explore open, inclusive, editorially independent research from 15 #OpenAccess journals by UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social. No fees to read or to publish. Home to UCL Open Environment: @ucloe.bsky.social‬
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Just published in the Journal of Bentham Studies.

What fundamental moral assumptions contributed to the development of Bentham's thinking about punishment?

Read the full article to find out:
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The Journal of Bentham Studies cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the article title is written in white text. It reads, 'Bentham's Project of Applied Ethics, c.1780: A Penal Code. Part 2: Punishment. A research article by Steven Sverdlik, only in the Journal of Bentham Studies'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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What makes laws authoritative?

On the Journal of Bentham Studies blog, author Erica Kim Ollikainen-Read discusses her fascinating article, Jeremy Bentham and the Communication of Legal Authority.

Read the blog here: journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/news/145/
The Journal of Bentham Studies cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the blog title is written in white text. It reads, 'Creating and communicating colonial authority: Jeremy Bentham and the Indian Penal Code. A Journal of Bentham Studies blog by Erica Kim Ollikainen-Read'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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On the AMPS blog, author Scott Hancock discusses his career & his research interests that led to the writing of his article in AMPS. If you haven't read Scott's article yet, begin with the blog & explore 'Why Black People Mattered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania':
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The AMPS journal cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side a quote from the journal blog and the blog title is written in black text. It reads, '"I seek to place African Americans back at the center by including the stories of Black people like Hester, an enslaved woman who attempted to escape from slavery, and whose stories are vital to understanding why there was a civil war in the United States, a battle at Gettysburg, and thus a deceptively bucolic landscape today." Getting Black Back into the Story: Why Black People Mattered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the AMPS blog'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Concluding the Socio-Cultural Theory series in AMPS, guest editor, Santosh Kumar Ketham, provides a summary of the articles in this series, set within the political, social and cultural contexts these papers were written in:

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The AMPS journal cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the article title and a quote is written in white text. It reads, 'Editorial: Reflecting on the significance of location, personal experiences and the human condition in the era of advancement. These articles collectively argue that our urban and cultural futures should be grounded in profound listening to the environment, to our past and to each other'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New publication in Radical Americas:

Staging the crime scene: feminicide and performativity in Ciudad Juárez

This must-read commentary examines the patriarchal-colonial conditions that make the murder of women possible and widespread

Read the full paper here:
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The Radical Americas journal cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the article title and a quote is written in white text. It reads, 'Staging the crime scene: feminicide and performativity in Ciudad Juárez. The expressiveness of the Juárez killings lies in the fact that they are explicitly designed to be seen by others, and to thus send a message. But what exactly is being communicated through the killings? '. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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New publication in AMPS

Transforming heritage discourse on the landscape at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

This must-read article examines efforts to centralise the presence and stories of African Americans in the Gettysburg landscape and the narrative of the Civil War:
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The AMPS journal cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the article title and a quote from the paper is written in white text. It reads, 'Transforming heritage discourse on the landscape at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When thinking of the past, some Americans might associate white supremacy with only a few specific aspects of the Confederacy, such as slavery. What gets missed in today’s popular association is that white supremacy, when defined as an acceptance and endorsement of the notion that the United States existed primarily because of and for white people, was an unquestioned part of the fabric of American culture, politics and economics for the vast majority of nineteenth-century white Americans.' The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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New publication in The Journal of Bentham Studies.

This fascinating article considers the creation of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 through a utilitarian lens, offering an assessment of how codifying the law was a means of legitimising colonial authority:
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The journal cover of the Journal of Bentham Studies is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the article title and a brief summary is written in white text against a blue background. It reads, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Communication of Legal Authority: The Indian Penal Code of 1860. By exploring the nature, purpose and utilitarian colonial context of the Indian Penal Code of 1860, this article highlights a previously overlooked position: that the Code itself was a medium for communicating colonial legal authority'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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📢New publication

This study investigates how an intervention in place-based history education can be planned and implemented by history teachers and staff from cultural heritage institutions at a local archive.

Part of the Mixed Methods series, read the full paper here: doi.org/10.14324/HER...
The journal cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the article title and a brief summary is written in black text. It reads, 'Putting the past in place: meetings with local archives in history education. Mixed methods and triangulations in history education research, a HERJ series. Place-based history education can link history education with the resources of cultural heritage institutions, effectively utilising local archives in collaborations for pedagogical outcomes'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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In this fascinating paper, author and EiC of Radical Americas reviews Schenoni and Mainwaring’s ‘US hegemony and regime change in Latin America’:

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November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Teachers, especially history teachers, are crucial to helping students realise their role as citizens within democratic society.

On the HERJ blog the authors of 'A vote for Australian democratic consciousness' discuss the intention behind their article: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/109/
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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On the HERJ blog, the authors of this paper discuss the implications of their findings and why they chose to publish in HERJ:
journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/110/

Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.14324/HER...
The journal cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side, within a green speech box, there is text that reads 'Our findings have important implications for informing the future development/ revision of textbooks, so that they support teaching and learning history in ways that foster democratically conscious young people. Sara Karn, Kristina R. Llewellyn and Penney Clark, authors of "Never the two shall meet? Connecting historical and democratic consciousness in Canadian K-12 history textbooks"'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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This article explores how cultural creative potential was lost for marginalised artistic and #LGBTQ communities with the eradication of Toronto’s red-light district and the gentrification of the city.

Read more in Architecture_MPS:
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November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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How can a journal grow while staying true to scholarly values?

Since joining UCL Press, the London Review of Education’s annual downloads have increased 40-fold, and it keeps evolving.

Read the case study: bit.ly/4h8AYep

#EducationResearch #OpenAccess #UCLPress #DiamondOpenAccess
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November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The HERJ series 'Democratic Resilience & Regression in History Education since 1945' has started publishing.

Read the articles from the series: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/collect...

Sign up to the HERJ newsletter to receive updates from the journal: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/site/su...
An image showing the journal cover of History Education Research Journal on the right side, and text on the left side that reads, "Democratic resilience and regression in history education since 1945. This HERJ series provides an overview of intersections of historical and democratic consciousness by exploring how the understanding of democracy as an aim and as content in history education has developed, circa 1945 to the present'. Beneath the text the UCL Press logo is shown and an open access logo appears in between the journal cover and text.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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“The move to open access in 2014 safeguarded the journal’s continuity.”

Learn how the London Review of Education adapted, evolved and grew with the support of UCL Press.

Read: bit.ly/4o1hdI0

#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #UCLPress #DiamondOpenAccess
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October 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Key findings:
£14.2B saved via lower electricity prices
£133.3B saved via reduced natural gas prices
£43.2B in subsidies offset
→ Net consumer savings: £104.3B
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#WindEnergy #UKEnergy #Sustainability #CleanPower #AcademicResearch #NetZero #EnergyPolicy
Modelling the long-term financial benefits of UK investment in wind energy generation
This study presents new evidence of the financial impact of wind generation on the UK energy market, challenging the idea that sustainability, security, and affordability, are always in conflict. From...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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New preprint paper now online.

This study presents new evidence on the financial impact of wind power in the UK energy market (2010–2023), challenging the assumption that sustainability, security and affordability are inherently in conflict.

🔗 Full paper: doi.org/10.14324/ucl...
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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ICYMI: “Editorial resilience and robust infrastructure can revitalise a journal.”

Read how the London Review of Education continues to grow and lead in making education research openly available to all.

Case study: bit.ly/3J7QRFf

#AcademicImpact #UCLPress #ScholarlyComm #DiamondOpenAccess
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October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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📈 From 15K to 1 million annual downloads

Our latest case study explores how the London Review of Education grew through “editorial commitment, institutional support and integration into UCL Press.”

Read: bit.ly/3KOHOtn
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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New case study!

How did the London Review of Education become one of UCL Press’s most-read journals?

Diamond Open Access, a highly engaged Editorial Team & professional publisher support made it possible.

Read: bit.ly/3KOHOtn

#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #UCLPress #DiamondOpenAccess
October 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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World Mental Health Day is a reminder that wellbeing is essential for learners and educators in every context.

A recent article in LRE explores how educators, experts and policymakers in Malta respond to cyberbullying among secondary school students.

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October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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What comparisons can be made between architectural design and mental healthcare? This article examines design principles at a time of critical psychiatric reforms, highlighting key shifts in the role that architecture can play beyond a medical model of mental healthcare
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Ready to share your work?

We launch several thematic special series throughout the year, each exploring the journals aims scope.

Keep an eye on all current special series calls for papers here: bit.ly/4phOgc7
September 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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📖 Did you know?

All UCL Press Journals are #DiamondOpenAccess – free to read and free to publish.

Explore our full range of journals, covering research across the humanities, social sciences, and STEM: bit.ly/4njXSkG

#OpenAccess
September 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Thinking of submitting your research?

Publishing your research #DiamondOpenAccess can help you:

🌍 Reach a global audience
📈 Increase the visibility and impact of your work
🤝 Contribute to a more equitable, accessible academic landscape

Find out more: bit.ly/46w7Mdn

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September 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM