The UK's first fully open access university press.
Launched in 2015, UCL Press has quickly established itself as a high-quality open access university press. We have published more than 240 open access books, and also publish 14 open access journals. Find out more about what else we do.
6 million book downloads and counting...
UCL Press books have been downloaded more than 6 million times in 246 countries and territories worldwide.
NEW! Open access textbooks
Introducing a brand new programme of open access textbooks, for undergraduate and postgraduate courses and modules, across a variety of disciplines Find out more about this exciting new programme.
Open Access Academic Journals
Our open access journals cover a broad range of topics across the humanities and social sciences – including 5 open access journals focusing on education.
A new way to publish...
Introducing UCL Open: Environment, a new interdisciplinary open science journal that publishes environment-related research – now open for submissions!
NEW CALL FOR PAPERS! Special series on Community Responses to Climate Change. Find out more.
Latest publications
A Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events
A Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events explores the traces of Lo...News
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UCL Press books exceed 6 million downloads!
We are delighted to announce that UCL Press books have been downloaded more than 6 million times, just 8 months after celebrating the milestone of 5 million downloads.May 16, 2022 -
February 2022 Open Access Books
Ah, February! The month of where the world stops to celebrate and appreciate love. Our true love, of course, is open access, but we hope that you'll find something new to love amongst the six new o...March 01, 2022 -
Join our dynamic journals team!
Want to join the journals department of one of the most exciting, innovative open access publishers around? Then look no further, we're looking for a Journals Coordinator to join the UCL Press team!February 22, 2022 -
Could you be our new Production Editor?
Want to join one of the most exciting, innovative open access publishers around? Then look no further, we're looking for a Production Editor to join our dynamic team!February 18, 2022 -
January 2022 Open Access Books
2022 so far has felt very similar to 2021, with working from home back for those who are able to due to the spread of Omicron. We've been busy this month- in addition to publishing two brand new op...January 31, 2022 -
University Presses Launch EvenUP Initiative
The UK and Ireland’s major university presses (including UCL Press) are pleased to announce the launch of a new framework for collaboration. EvenUP demonstrates the commitment of UK and Irish univ...January 11, 2022
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Paper Trails special update CFP: ‘Hidden Voices’
In recent years, there has been an increasing recognition of the inherent inequalities in the way collections are acquired, described, and structured amongst collection professionals. A range of wo...March 20, 2022 -
Happiness and Utility
‘Oh man! … can someone else know what pleases you better than you do?’ (Jeremy Bentham) ‘It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than ...March 18, 2022 -
The Antarcticness of mental health and wellbeing
Today's guest post is by Ilan Kelman, editor of Antarctiness, which published this week. Its companion volume, Arcticness, published in 2017.February 10, 2022 -
Picturing the invisible: an exploration of how different disciplines view and tackle challenges
In this post, which originally appeared on Disruptive Voices by UCL Grand Challenges, Ruth Morgan explores how different disciplines view and tackle challenges, a key theme of the edited collection...January 18, 2022 -
Diaspora and Homeland: Alternative Worlds of Russian Literature?
In this post, which originally appeared on the UCL European Institute blog, Maria Rubins talks about her recent edited book Redefining Russian Literary Diaspora, 1920-2020 (UCL Press, 2021). The bo...January 05, 2022 -
Families and Food in Hard Times
Today's guest post is an excerpt from the open access book Families and Food in Hard Times, by Rebecca O'Connell and Julia Brannen.December 20, 2021