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Philippa Grand
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Head of Publishing @lsepress.bsky.social. Non profit open access publishing & open social science.
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theblochian.bsky.social
Although I'm horrified to see a massive landscape picture of my head here, this is a really important piece about the maturation of scholar-led, non-profit publishing. As I write, chaos is coming but there are enormous opportunities to quit the big 5

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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
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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cupress.bsky.social
This week is University Press week, spotlighting university presses around the world! Let's take a moment to appreciate their tireless efforts and dedication to spreading knowledge far and wide! 🎉📚
A tan post with orange books and the text "University Press Week" and "November 10th-14th, 2025"
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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copim.bsky.social
Further the conversation about how libraries and community-led publishers can work together to sustain a diverse and equitable open access ecosystem 👇
openbookcollective.bsky.social Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 3d
Sign up for our upcoming New Member Showcase (3pm GMT, 24 Nov) to hear our latest updates and meet some of our newest members, who will introduce their work, their supporter offers, and opportunities for collaboration and library support.

Open to all, not just OBC members! Registration required.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: OBC New Members Showcase. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The Open Book Collective (OBC) invites colleagues from across the library and open access community to join our upcoming New Member Showcase - an open session for libraries, consortia, and others inte...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
Neat new report from @acadsocsciences.bsky.social on the value of social science to society
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New Academy report showcases the contemporary relevance of the UK’s social sciences – Academy of Social Sciences
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social
"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

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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
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
philippagrand.bsky.social
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...
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
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by Philippa Grand
lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
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
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.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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lsepress.bsky.social
💭 "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
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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patthomson.bsky.social
Three strategies to link paragraphs and improve the flow of
your academic writing. patthomson.net/2025/11/08/t...
three ways to link paragraphs
One of the things that separates just OK academic writing from really good academic writing is how smoothly it flows. You’ve probably read papers where every paragraph feels like a fresh star…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social
"In this book, Lord Nicholas Stern articulates the incredible opportunity for global development enabled by climate action."

— Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States and Environmentalist

The Growth Story of the 21st Century is out tomorrow #OpenAccess.

➡️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social
"A timely attempt to wrest back the economic agenda from the current chaos."

@phillipinman.bsky.social features the new LSE Press collection, The London Consensus in @theguardian.com Opinion. 🎉

This book is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The London consensus is a timely challenge to Trump’s isolationism | Phillip Inman
A debate on how to achieve fairer, greener growth could point the way to a successor for neoliberal capitalism
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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ubiquityopen.bsky.social
The Guardian has featured an interview with economist Lord Nicholas Stern, whose new book The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action is out 5 November by @lsepress.bsky.social, a publishing partner of Ubiquity. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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theigc.bsky.social
In The London Consensus, a new LSE Press volume, Robin Burgess & @timdobermann.bsky.social show how tech & institutional #innovation can break the climate deadlock📕.

Their chapter explains how economics & the environment are inseparable.

📖 Read the chapter: theigc.org/news/unlocki...
#EconSky
Unlocking political action on climate: IGC experts in The London Consensus
IGC’s chapter in new book The London Consensus links economics and climate, offering insights for COP30 and beyond. Discover what we urgently need to know.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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tina-hearn.bsky.social
New book: 'The London Consensus: economic principles for the 21st century', LSE press, a really interesting read, you can download the book here: press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...
The London Consensus | LSE Press
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November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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lsepress.bsky.social
The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action is out #OpenAccess and will be free to read and download from the LSE Press website: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

@gsos-lse.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social #Climate #Sustainability #Growth #SustainableGrowth
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social
💭 "A landmark publication”

💭 "The roadmap we need to build more inclusive and resilient economies"

The London Consensus is out now #OpenAccess and is free to read and download from the LSE Press website.

Access here: 🖇️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...

@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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lsepress.bsky.social
"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...
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.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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lsepress.bsky.social
Did you know we publish five #openaccess journals covering a wide range of subjects from economics to public policy and even philosophy of physics?

🔗 Find out more: https://press.lse.ac.uk/journals
📩 Sign up for our journal newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/lse/lse-journal-news
Economía LACEA Journal has become the outlet of choice for some of the best research conducted in and on Latin America or relevant for the region. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed general interest research papers in all areas of economics and finance.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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lsepress.bsky.social LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 8d
Happy publication day to The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern 🎉

Read online or download for free: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR

@lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Hands hold a copy of "The Growth Story of the 21st Century" by Nicholas Stern, with a backdrop of green leaves.
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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alicecpark.bsky.social
Out today! A brilliant, essential book for our times… but you don’t need me to tell you that 👇
lsepress.bsky.social LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 9d
"In this book, Lord Nicholas Stern articulates the incredible opportunity for global development enabled by climate action."

— Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States and Environmentalist

The Growth Story of the 21st Century is out tomorrow #OpenAccess.

➡️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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dariussnieckus.bsky.social
Once more with feeling!!! Investment in #climateaction is the #economicgrowth story of the 21st century, while growth fuelled by #fossilfuels is futile because the damage it causes ends in self-destruction, the economist Nicholas Stern has said: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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lsepress.bsky.social
We are delighted to see Professor Lord Nicholas Stern featured in @the-independent.com's Climate 100 List 2025 🌐

ℹ️ Stern's new book, The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action is out 5th Nov: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
The Independent Climate 100 List 2025 in full
Now in its second year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are working to stop the damage...
www.independent.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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theobserveruk.bsky.social
"It’s now devastatingly clear, from experience and continuing advances in science, that we underestimated the scale of the risks facing the world," writes Nicholas Stern.
https://bit.ly/47yualM
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...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Academic publishing is now a marketised system where charging £9000 for a single paper isn't beyond the pale.

A new book by Samuel A. Moore proposes an alternative: a commons-based, scholar-led approach.

Read a #review by @thomasgraves.bsky.social on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Who should control open access, the markets or the commons? - Impact of Social Sciences
Publishing Beyond examines the ills of a marketised system of academic publishingand outlines how commons-based approaches could be an alternative.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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lsepress.bsky.social
The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action will be free to read and download from 5th Nov.

➡️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...

#Sustainability #Climate #Growth #COP30 #NicholasStern #SternReview #OpenAccess @gsos-lse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM