Professor Caroline Edwards
@theblochian.bsky.social
Professor of Contemporary Literature & Culture at Birkbeck, University of London. Executive Director of @openlibhums.org & Director of @ojcollective.bsky.social. Utopia, mushrooms, trees, sci-fi, weird stuff, open access, higher ed.
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OLH annual report 2024-2025
We're delighted to be publishing our 2024-25 annual report, which outlines the fantastic successes of the entire OLH team over the past financial year from 01 August 2024 to 31 …
www.openlibhums.org
I'm delighted to share our OLH Annual Report, 2024-25. This details our collaborations, journal flips, dev work on @janewayolh.bsky.social, new staff & more! We've grown library memberships by 25% - an incredible achievement at such a difficult time www.openlibhums.org/news/865/ #OAWeek #OAWeek25
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Super proud to have contributed again to the OA Journals Toolkit from @doaj.bsky.social and @oaspa.bsky.social!
The refresh includes updated information and new sections on accessibility and long-term archiving and preservation.
Check it out!
www.oajournals-toolkit.org
The refresh includes updated information and new sections on accessibility and long-term archiving and preservation.
Check it out!
www.oajournals-toolkit.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Super proud to have contributed again to the OA Journals Toolkit from @doaj.bsky.social and @oaspa.bsky.social!
The refresh includes updated information and new sections on accessibility and long-term archiving and preservation.
Check it out!
www.oajournals-toolkit.org
The refresh includes updated information and new sections on accessibility and long-term archiving and preservation.
Check it out!
www.oajournals-toolkit.org
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📣 The new Studies in the Maternal Special Issue is OUT!
Volume 15 • Issue 1 • 2025
Special Issue: Affect, Creativity and the Maternal
Guest edited by Anna Argirò and Anna Brook
🔗 www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1741/i...
Volume 15 • Issue 1 • 2025
Special Issue: Affect, Creativity and the Maternal
Guest edited by Anna Argirò and Anna Brook
🔗 www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1741/i...
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📣 The new Studies in the Maternal Special Issue is OUT!
Volume 15 • Issue 1 • 2025
Special Issue: Affect, Creativity and the Maternal
Guest edited by Anna Argirò and Anna Brook
🔗 www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1741/i...
Volume 15 • Issue 1 • 2025
Special Issue: Affect, Creativity and the Maternal
Guest edited by Anna Argirò and Anna Brook
🔗 www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1741/i...
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Published in @ilr-rit.bsky.social / International Labour Review: Albert Berry reviews The Informal Sector in Ecuador: Artisans, Entrepreneurs and Precarious Family Firms, by Alan Middleton: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...
Book review - The Informal Sector in Ecuador: Artisans, Entrepreneurs and Precarious Family Firms, by Alan Middleton
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Published in @ilr-rit.bsky.social / International Labour Review: Albert Berry reviews The Informal Sector in Ecuador: Artisans, Entrepreneurs and Precarious Family Firms, by Alan Middleton: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...
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Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing.
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards.
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 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing.
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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The magic of an Irish rainforest in fungi season.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The magic of an Irish rainforest in fungi season.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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" 60 per cent of UK university libraries are considering dropping their big deals with the five major academic publisher"
Many call for diamond open access. A new organisation with many partners, @ojcollective.bsky.social , is launching in January.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Many call for diamond open access. A new organisation with many partners, @ojcollective.bsky.social , is launching in January.
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 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
" 60 per cent of UK university libraries are considering dropping their big deals with the five major academic publisher"
Many call for diamond open access. A new organisation with many partners, @ojcollective.bsky.social , is launching in January.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Many call for diamond open access. A new organisation with many partners, @ojcollective.bsky.social , is launching in January.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-views-of-the-uk-2025-november-chaos-is-coming-for-scholarly-publishing/
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-views-of-the-uk-2025-november-chaos-is-coming-for-scholarly-publishing/
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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing
#AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
#AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI
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 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing
#AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
#AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing @theblochian.bsky.social #DiamondOA #AcademicLibraries 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 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing @theblochian.bsky.social #DiamondOA #AcademicLibraries www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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This has been doing some numbers today. And I hear there may be T-shirts for sale...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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 6:49 PM
This has been doing some numbers today. And I hear there may be T-shirts for sale...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
ICYMI: The Oxford University Press has begun a collective consultation process, which The Bookseller understands, if approved, would result in 113 redundancies 👇 #BookSky
Oxford University Press enters collective consultation 'proposing 113 redundancies'
ebx.sh
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ICYMI: The Oxford University Press has begun a collective consultation process, which The Bookseller understands, if approved, would result in 113 redundancies 👇 #BookSky
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The senior leadership team at @edinburghuniversity plan to cut staff expenditure by £90m, which is more than 10%.
This would mean about 1 in 8 members of staff losing their jobs. With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line.
www.instagram.com/p/DQuFjwBjHB5/
This would mean about 1 in 8 members of staff losing their jobs. With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line.
www.instagram.com/p/DQuFjwBjHB5/
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The senior leadership team at @edinburghuniversity plan to cut staff expenditure by £90m, which is more than 10%.
This would mean about 1 in 8 members of staff losing their jobs. With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line.
www.instagram.com/p/DQuFjwBjHB5/
This would mean about 1 in 8 members of staff losing their jobs. With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line.
www.instagram.com/p/DQuFjwBjHB5/
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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 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
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 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
📣CHAOS IS COMING FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING 📣
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
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 4:18 PM
📣CHAOS IS COMING FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING 📣
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Watch out, there are radical publishing models about!
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article on "working together to move to a non-profit, community-governed publishing system" is a vital read, especially in these uncertain times.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
Important reading from OIPA member @theblochian.bsky.social at @openlibhums.org!
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Read here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Read here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Important reading from OIPA member @theblochian.bsky.social at @openlibhums.org!
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Read here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Read here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
"We’re entering uncertain times; a chaotic transition is coming as universities shift away from commercial models to cheaper, more sustainable, non-profit alternatives. As with any publishing revolution, there will be winners and losers."
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@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article is a must-read!
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@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article is a must-read!
Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
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 4:13 PM
"We’re entering uncertain times; a chaotic transition is coming as universities shift away from commercial models to cheaper, more sustainable, non-profit alternatives. As with any publishing revolution, there will be winners and losers."
👏
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article is a must-read!
👏
@theblochian.bsky.social's latest article is a must-read!
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
A through-provoking piece from @theblochian.bsky.social, citing the @n8research.bsky.social Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing and anticipating the launch of @ojcollective.bsky.social, non-profit/community-led research infrastructure to fund diamond OA journals 💎 🔓
Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing.
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards (@theblochian.bsky.social).
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards (@theblochian.bsky.social).
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 2:21 PM
A through-provoking piece from @theblochian.bsky.social, citing the @n8research.bsky.social Statement on Sustainable Scholarly Publishing and anticipating the launch of @ojcollective.bsky.social, non-profit/community-led research infrastructure to fund diamond OA journals 💎 🔓
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing" Caroline Edwards @BirkbeckUoL
Looking forward to #OpenJournalsCollective
#DiamondOpenAccess #OpenAccess
Source: Research Professional News
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Looking forward to #OpenJournalsCollective
#DiamondOpenAccess #OpenAccess
Source: Research Professional News
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November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing" Caroline Edwards @BirkbeckUoL
Looking forward to #OpenJournalsCollective
#DiamondOpenAccess #OpenAccess
Source: Research Professional News
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Looking forward to #OpenJournalsCollective
#DiamondOpenAccess #OpenAccess
Source: Research Professional News
x.com/pluto_journa...
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I believe this is a first for the @resprofnews.bsky.social opinion section.
Well that was fast… apparently you can now BUY THE CHAOS IS COMING T-SHIRT thanks to my colleague @scholtom.bsky.social 🤣 chipsandgrady.uk/product/chao... #OpenAccess
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I believe this is a first for the @resprofnews.bsky.social opinion section.
Well that was fast… apparently you can now BUY THE CHAOS IS COMING T-SHIRT thanks to my colleague @scholtom.bsky.social 🤣 chipsandgrady.uk/product/chao... #OpenAccess
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well that was fast… apparently you can now BUY THE CHAOS IS COMING T-SHIRT thanks to my colleague @scholtom.bsky.social 🤣 chipsandgrady.uk/product/chao... #OpenAccess
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
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 11:14 AM
Universities want new business models, not just discounts.
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:
Call for C21/BACLS Panel Proposals
BACLS members are warmly invited to submit proposals for panels for the upcoming British Association for American Studies (BAAS) and British Association of Modernist Studies (BAMS) conferences in coll...
c21.openlibhums.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:
Reposted by Professor Caroline Edwards
New issue of @19birkbeck.bsky.social out now!
"Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices", guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth, is now freely available at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1292/i...
"Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices", guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth, is now freely available at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1292/i...
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New issue of @19birkbeck.bsky.social out now!
"Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices", guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth, is now freely available at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1292/i...
"Nineteenth-Century Visual Technologies in Contemporary Practices", guest edited by Gülru Çakmak and Patricia Smyth, is now freely available at: 19.bbk.ac.uk/issue/1292/i...