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Established as the UK’s first fully open access university press in 2015, UCL Press has fast become one of the leading open access scholarly publishers in the UK. We publish a wide range of open access scholarly monographs and edited collections, student textbooks and academic journals that are available to read and download free of charge.
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Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri-La, 1900-1969
Ashok Malhotra,
23 March 2026
Postdigital Intimacies
Adrienne Evans, Jamie Hakim, Jessica Ringrose, Amy Shields Dobson, Shaka McGlotten,
16 March 2026
Critical Heritage and Social Justice
Veysel Apaydin, Kalliopi Fouseki, David Francis, Jonathan Gardner, Sara Perry,
05 March 2026
A Grammar of Gaddi
Preeti Kumari, Shreya Mehta, Anjali Nair, Anusuya Nayak, Yangchen Roy, Vyom Sharma,
16 February 2026
Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice
Natasha Tanna, Abeyamí Ortega Domínguez, Hakan Sandal-Wilson,
04 February 2026
Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’
Kathryn Batchelor, Iryna Odrekhivska,
15 January 2026
The Chronopolitics of Life
Nolwenn Bühler, Nils Graber, Victoria Boydell, Cinzia Greco,
04 December 2025
Unearthing Collections
Magdalena Buchczyk, Martín Fonck, Tomás J. Usón, Tina Palaić,
24 November 2025
Evaluating Anti-Trafficking Interventions
Ella Cockbain, Aiden Sidebottom, Sheldon X. Zhang,
18 November 2025
Celebrating 200 years of UCL
As UCL marks its 200th anniversary, explore a collection of open access books that celebrates the people, ideas and places that have shaped the university over two centuries. Drawing on detailed historical and archival research, these titles trace UCL’s beginnings, its development alongside London and the many ways its community has contributed to research, culture and public life.
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr Paul Ayris
March 24, 2026
On 17th March, more than 100 colleagues, friends and members of the academic community gathered to celebrate the life and work of Dr Paul Ayris, and to mark the launch of his open access book, Thomas Cranmer’s Register, which was the result of more…
University College London: The Bloomsbury Campus praised as ‘a magnificent new architectural history’ in the Daily Telegraph
March 10, 2026
UCL Press is pleased to note the recent coverage of University College London: The Bloomsbury Campus in the Daily Telegraph. Writing in the paper, Christopher Howse described the volume as ‘a magnificent new architectural history of UCL’s Bloomsbury…
Morning Star reviews Walter Benjamin’s Ark
March 6, 2026
We are delighted to share that Morning Star has reviewed Walter Benjamin’s Ark: a departure in biography by John Schad.