University of Westminster Press is delighted to have been accepted as a member of the Open Book Collective (OBC) – a new charity set up to help non-profit, community-led open access publishers like UWP attract funding for book publishing activities from libraries across the globe. This provides an alternate route to funding OA books that isn’t reliant on the dominant Book Processing Charge (BPC), the funding mechanism favoured by commercial publishers. The BPC has come under much criticism in recent years and OBC’s approach will help create a more sustainable and equitable ecosystem for OA boo ..read more

The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law, edited by Avis Whyte, Patricia Tuitt and Judith Bourne, is an open access UWP title that draws attention to the need to reflect on the persistence of racial inequalities and injustices despite law’s intervention and arguably because of its ‘unconscious’ role in their promotion. It does so from a multiplicity of perspectives, ranging from the doctrinal, socio-legal, critical and theoretical, thereby generating different kinds of knowledge about race and law. By exploring contemporary issues in racial justi ..read more

cultural china is a new open access book series edited by Professor Gerda Wielander, Director of the Contemporary China Centre at the University of Westminster. The series is now open for submissions for book projects of between 35-90,000 words. Further details about the series and the call are provided below. The series builds on the success of Cultural China 2020 and Cultural China 2021 which provided up to date, informed and accessible commentary about Chinese and Sinophone languages, cultural practices, politics and production, and their critical analysis. The new book series publishes in ..read more

By Philippa Grand, UWP Press Manager On Monday 4th December 2023, in the beautiful surroundings of Fyvie Hall, members of the University of Westminster came together to celebrate the achievements of University of Westminster Press – you can find out more by reading the booklet we produced to accompany the event. UWP was founded in 2015. We acquired our first journal, Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, in September 2015, and our first book Critical Theory of Communication, published in October 2016. We now publish six journals and our 55th book, the final title in our Law and the ..read more

Festivals & The City, edited by Andrew Smith, Guy Osborn and Bernadette Quinn, is an open access UWP title that explores how festivals and events affect urban places and public spaces, and focuses particularly on their role in fostering inclusion. Its 15 chapters are drawn from a range of different European cities, including Venice, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Rotterdam and Barcelona. They explore a variety of events and festivals, including those focused on heritage, music and craft beer. Here editor Guy Osborn, Professor in the Westminster Law School, Co-Director of the Centre for Law ..read more

Trans experience in urban Brighton, new data from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and the joys and struggles of Black male cyclists in London are just some of the latest active travel reports from the University of Westminster’s Active Travel Academy. For links to the podcasts, datasets and more, see below… You can read the ATS Journal here Listen to Matt C. Smith discuss their research into trans and non-binary experiences in Brighton and Hove ATA’s Rachel Aldred sat down with University of Brighton PhD researcher Matt C. Smith to discuss their investigation into trans and non-binary experiences ..read more

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new thematic collection on the theme of ‘deliberation amid deep conflict’. Societies marked by deep divisions post challenges for deliberation. They may have entrenched interests, power inequities and a history of ill-will and misconceptions – yet deliberation also potentially transforms intergroup conflict and promotes reconciliation, mutual respect and cooperation. Drawing on articles from the last ten years, this collection spotlights the functions, practices and limitations of democratic deliberation during conflict, exploring ..read more

Angela Last, Lecturer at the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester, has joined David Chandler and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos as joint Editor-in-Chief of the University of Westminster Press journal, Anthropocenes – Human, Inhuman, Posthuman. Dr Last is an interdisciplinary scholar who started off in Fashion, where she became interested in environmental and social justice issues in relation to design.  After working outside academia for several years, she subsequently completed a PhD in Geography at the Open University, UK. Her research foc ..read more

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy is pleased to invite expressions of interest for the editorship of the journal. The new editorial team is expected to serve from April 2023 to April 2026. Multi-institutional and multi-country bids are encouraged but not required. Established in 2005 (originally as the Journal of Public Deliberation) the journal is a forum for the latest thinking, emerging debates, alternative perspectives and critical views on deliberation. It publishes on all theoretical and methodological traditions and aims to broker knowledge between scholars and practitioners of cit ..read more

‘Another, more democratic world can be realised in the face of a crisis.’ Open access title DEMOCRACY IN A PANDEMIC: Participation in Response to Crisis recently published by UWP makes the case for enhanced engagement during and beyond emergency contexts. The book features numerous contributions from those involved directly in coordinating the response on the ground and is edited by Graham Smith of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster and Tim Hughes outgoing Director of Involve. Is there a blueprint to follow that can help embed participation in the body politic? Th ..read more