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Photo of Lucy Ashworth with large red quotation marks. Text reads “It is important to remember that there is no ‘right’ route into publishing. People enter through a range of different pathways and that diversity of experience is so valuable to the industry.”

What’s it really like to work in academic publishing?

For #WorkInPublishingWeek, the LSE Press team answer your questions, including what makes a strong applicant and the best part of working with authors.

Read the full Q&A here: https://bit.ly/3LTLzy4

21.11.2025 09:47 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The world is struggling to halt climate change. But can it adapt? At COP30, ‘adaptation’ to global warming is high on the agenda as efforts to reduce emissions stall

"Nicholas Stern, economist and author of The Growth Story of the 21st Century, says the effects of climate change “are coming through faster, more severely and at lower temperature increases than we anticipated”."

👁️‍🗨️ Read more at @financialtimes.com

https://on.ft.com/3K1QkoF

21.11.2025 00:00 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Image of speakers at How Africa Eats launch event.

🥘 How Africa Eats was celebrated last week with a launch event in Switzerland, featuring an expert panel discussing one of Africa’s most pressing challenges: food security.

How Africa Eats is available to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: https://bit.ly/3XKMt2t

@fes-uk.bsky.social

20.11.2025 13:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Event: OIPA Symposium 2025 Event: OIPA Symposium 2025 This page shares resources and information that came out of the online OIPA Symposium 2025, held on Tuesday 21st October 2025, 13:30-16:00 BST, online via Zoom. Video Rec…

Missed the OIPA Symposium 2025 or want to watch it again?

The full recording is now available: oipauk.org/news-events-...

Featuring a keynote from @samuelmoore.org and lightning talks from @openlibhums.org, @lsepress.bsky.social & @uwpress.bsky.social, and more.

20.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...

"The clean economy is now cheaper than the dirty economy... that proportion is rising rapidly."

Nick Stern writes in @theobserveruk.bsky.social around the publication The Growth Story of the 21st Century. @gsos-lse.bsky.social

Free to read and download ➡️ https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs

20.11.2025 11:52 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Photo of Elinor Potts with large red quotation marks and text that reads “I love sharing endorsements with authors, departments and teams and sharing words of praise from influential thinkers and tastemakers about our publications. In 2025 alone, we've had four Nobel Prize winners endorse books by LSE Press authors (so far!).”

This #WorkInPublishingWeek, the LSE Press team answered your questions about what it’s really like to work in publishing.

Read the full Q&A here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/

20.11.2025 10:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Cover of the book The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern.

Cover of the book The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern.

The Growth Story of the 21st Century is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

19.11.2025 11:26 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Best books of 2025: Economics Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles

“His story is one of achievement, hope and danger.”

Martin Wolf selects the best economics books of 2025 for @financialtimes.com, including The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern.

Read the full list here: https://on.ft.com/4pkO0bv

@granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social

19.11.2025 11:23 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
Cover of the book Covid-19 in Southeast Asia

Cover of the book Covid-19 in Southeast Asia

"Empirically grounded yet theoretically generative, the superb and comprehensive COVID-19 in Southeast Asia is an indispensable resource and an encyclopedic snapshot of life during a global health emergency.”

—Professor Roger H. Keil, York University, Canada

🔗 https://bit.ly/3LenGRu

19.11.2025 08:00 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Graphic with LSE Press, OA and Journal of Long-Term Care logos. Text reads New Research Paper.

New issue from #JournalofLongTermCare

“The Availability and Supply of Short-Term Care Beds in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Mechanism to Ensure Timely Transfers Out of Hospital for Older Patients in England” With contributions from Madeline Naick and Karen Jones.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.337

18.11.2025 09:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

First up are @lsepress.bsky.social 👋

A non-profit, #OpenAccess publisher of #socialsciences research including monographs, edited collections, textbooks and journals

Based at @lselibrary.bsky.social 🏠

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#UPWeek

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13.11.2025 14:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Nicholas Stern – can a new vision for growth drive climate action? - LSE Review of Books The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern sets out a vision to drive climate action by pursuing holistic rather than purely economic growth.

Can a new vision for growth drive climate action?

Gregory Casey reviews The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Nicholas Stern in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social.

Read in full here: 🖇️ https://bit.ly/3Lw96Fb

@gsos-lse.bsky.social

14.11.2025 09:47 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...

"Degrowth is not a realistic option. We won’t get to net zero through zero consumption."

Nick Stern writes in @theobserveruk.bsky.social marking the publication of The Growth Story of the 21st Century. @gsos-lse.bsky.social

Free to read and download ➡️ https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs

13.11.2025 11:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 2
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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards

Barnstorming piece by @theblochian.bsky.social in @resprofnews.bsky.social today. @lsepress.bsky.social is v proud to be involved in @ojcollective.bsky.social & part of the change that is coming...

Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

12.11.2025 17:14 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Nicholas Stern – can a new vision for growth drive climate action? - LSE Review of Books The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern sets out a vision to drive climate action by pursuing holistic rather than purely economic growth.

A new book by Nicholas Stern @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social puts forward a vision for sustainable growth to drive climate action.

Gregory Casey reviews it for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

12.11.2025 11:57 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Professor Stern's new book is out now #OpenAccess with LSE Press and is free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

@granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

12.11.2025 10:25 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The world is struggling to halt climate change. But can it adapt? At COP30, ‘adaptation’ to global warming is high on the agenda as efforts to reduce emissions stall

"Nicholas Stern, economist and author of The Growth Story of the 21st Century, says the effects of climate change “are coming through faster, more severely and at lower temperature increases than we anticipated”."

👁️‍🗨️ Read more at @financialtimes.com

www.ft.com/content/caf9...

12.11.2025 10:25 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Graphic with LSE Press, OA and Philosophy of Physics logo with text that reads New Research Paper.

🔓 New article from Philosophy of Physics Journal

"The Unruh Effect and Theory Interpretation in an Effective Framework" by Marco Maggiani.

Free to read and download via #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.31389/pop.193

12.11.2025 09:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nicholas Stern – can a new vision for growth drive climate action? - LSE Review of Books The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern sets out a vision to drive climate action by pursuing holistic rather than purely economic growth.

Gregory Casey reviews The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Nicholas Stern in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Read in full here: 🖇️ https://bit.ly/3Lw96Fb

@granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social

11.11.2025 09:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of the book Wellbeing.

Cover of the book Wellbeing.

Governments in liberal democracies pursue social welfare in many ways, but what if policy focused directly on improving measured human happiness?

Wellbeing is available now to read and download via #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.well

11.11.2025 08:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nicholas Stern – can a new vision for growth drive climate action? - LSE Review of Books The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Nicholas Stern sets out a vision to drive climate action by pursuing holistic rather than purely economic growth.

NEW✨ Can a new vision for #growth drive real #ClimateAction?

The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by #NickStern @granthamlse.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social, reviewed by Gregory Casey @williamseconomics.bsky.social

#COP30 @gsos-lse.bsky.social

10.11.2025 13:28 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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💭 "An absolute must-read." — Philippe Aghion, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

💭 "This book is essential reading for anyone interested in a more sustainable future.” — Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank

Access here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess

06.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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What a brilliant launch evening for The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern! 🎆

In collaboration with @gsos-lse.bsky.social and @granthamlse.bsky.social.

🔗 This book is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

06.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

🎙️ Listening to The Rest Is Politics and curious about Nicholas Stern’s new book?

The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action is free to read and download: https://bit.ly/47W60mB

🎧 Listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/43dqKDJ

@gsos-lse.bsky.social

06.11.2025 16:39 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Calling all policy professionals and researchers 📢

Discover the latest debates and policy insights with the LSE Press Journal Newsletter, featuring highlights from LSE Public Policy Review.

Subscribe now: https://mailchi.mp/lse/lse-journal-news

06.11.2025 16:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The growth story of the 21st century: the economics and opportunity of climate action - video - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment In this event to mark the publication of his new book Nicholas Stern challenges the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development.

Last night we hosted a public lecture to mark the launch of Lord Nicolas Stern’s new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

If you couldn’t make it, the video and presentation slides are now available.

06.11.2025 13:05 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Growth | Climate Action | Lord Stern Lord Stern, who led the The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review for the UK Government in 2006, has carried out an assessment of the role of climate action in driving economic growth.

"With the right policies and public and community action, this new path can deliver a much more attractive structure for growth and development, with rising living standards across all dimensions."

Free download of Professor Stern's new book🔗: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-pre...

06.11.2025 12:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...

"Degrowth is not a realistic option. We won’t get to net zero through zero consumption."

Nick Stern writes in @theobserveruk.bsky.social marking the publication of The Growth Story of the 21st Century. @gsos-lse.bsky.social

Free to read and download ➡️ https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs

06.11.2025 11:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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💭 "An absolute must-read." — Philippe Aghion, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

💭 "This book is essential reading for anyone interested in a more sustainable future.” — Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank

Access here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess

06.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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What a brilliant launch evening for The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern! 🎆

In collaboration with @gsos-lse.bsky.social and @granthamlse.bsky.social.

🔗 This book is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

06.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

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