Alice Park
@alicecpark.bsky.social
Managing editor @LSE Press. We publish open access books and journals in the social sciences.
This is the truth. It’s glorious
There is no earthly reason why this abomination should have ever been conceived, let alone developed and marketed. And even less rational justification for it being so unfathomably delicious or utterly addictive.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is the truth. It’s glorious
Understanding the causes of things….
Yes, celebrities do play Traitors differently from regular contestants... and here's the political science to prove it
https://hardboardscrookedtimbers.org/yes-celebrities-do-play-traitors-differently-from-regular-contestants-and-heres-the-political-science-to-prove-it/
https://hardboardscrookedtimbers.org/yes-celebrities-do-play-traitors-differently-from-regular-contestants-and-heres-the-political-science-to-prove-it/
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Understanding the causes of things….
Out today! A brilliant, essential book for our times… but you don’t need me to tell you that 👇
"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...
— 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
Out today! A brilliant, essential book for our times… but you don’t need me to tell you that 👇
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In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education.
Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation
Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation
Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences
Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education.
Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation
Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation
Reposted by Alice Park
📢 New on the LSE Press blog!
How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world?
📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world?
📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 New on the LSE Press blog!
How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world?
📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world?
📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
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My book Conflict, War and Revolution with @lsepress.bsky.social has nearly 14k downloads, quite an achievement for a scholarly book. But the most wonderful aspect is global reach - despite coinciding with the war against Ukraine I have downloads in Russia and more surprisingly ten in Afghanistan!!!
August 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My book Conflict, War and Revolution with @lsepress.bsky.social has nearly 14k downloads, quite an achievement for a scholarly book. But the most wonderful aspect is global reach - despite coinciding with the war against Ukraine I have downloads in Russia and more surprisingly ten in Afghanistan!!!
Reposted by Alice Park
Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award. I should bloody well hope so.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gisele Pelicot awarded France's Legion of Honour
Pelicot was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France's Bastille Day.
www.bbc.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award. I should bloody well hope so.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Alice Park
Watch the recording of Professor David Luke in conversation with Adejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie and Laura Mann to celebrate the official launch of How Africa Eats as part of #LSEFestival 🥘
➡️ www.youtube.com/live/-zsiqMt...
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June 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Watch the recording of Professor David Luke in conversation with Adejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie and Laura Mann to celebrate the official launch of How Africa Eats as part of #LSEFestival 🥘
➡️ www.youtube.com/live/-zsiqMt...
➡️ www.youtube.com/live/-zsiqMt...
Reposted by Alice Park
New podcast!
Professor J. McKenzie Alexander featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's New Books in Critical Theory podcast 🎧
🔽 Listen below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-open-soc...
🔽 The Open Society as an Enemy is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social
Professor J. McKenzie Alexander featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's New Books in Critical Theory podcast 🎧
🔽 Listen below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-open-soc...
🔽 The Open Society as an Enemy is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New podcast!
Professor J. McKenzie Alexander featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's New Books in Critical Theory podcast 🎧
🔽 Listen below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-open-soc...
🔽 The Open Society as an Enemy is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social
Professor J. McKenzie Alexander featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's New Books in Critical Theory podcast 🎧
🔽 Listen below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-open-soc...
🔽 The Open Society as an Enemy is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social
Reposted by Alice Park
Happy publication day to How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks 🥘 In this book, David Luke and a team of researchers examine the intersection between trade, agriculture policies and climate risks.
Free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social
Free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Happy publication day to How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks 🥘 In this book, David Luke and a team of researchers examine the intersection between trade, agriculture policies and climate risks.
Free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social
Free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social
Reposted by Alice Park
A hobby of mine is reminding you that 'A hobby of mine' has its publication day today. Thank you to all of you who have pre-ordered so far, so wonderful to see it emerging into the world. You can get yours here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Rishi Dastidar - A Hobby of Mine | Broken Sleep Books
In A Hobby of Mine, Rishi Dastidar’s unrelenting catalogue of cultural observations becomes an absurd and profound portrait of modern life. With a playful spirit and incisive wit, Dastidar examines id...
www.brokensleepbooks.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A hobby of mine is reminding you that 'A hobby of mine' has its publication day today. Thank you to all of you who have pre-ordered so far, so wonderful to see it emerging into the world. You can get yours here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Reposted by Alice Park
Are you an academic planning to attending @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference #PSA25 next week?
👋📚 Do say hello to LSE Press's Managing Editor, Alice Park (@alicecpark.bsky.social) who will be attending!
#politicalstudies #ir #conference #academic #publishing
👋📚 Do say hello to LSE Press's Managing Editor, Alice Park (@alicecpark.bsky.social) who will be attending!
#politicalstudies #ir #conference #academic #publishing
Looking forward to attending #PSA25 on behalf of @lsepress.bsky.social next week.
If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.
If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.
#PSA25 Conference programme & schedule now online. Delegate Guide & conference app out soon. buff.ly/08lGWUn
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Are you an academic planning to attending @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference #PSA25 next week?
👋📚 Do say hello to LSE Press's Managing Editor, Alice Park (@alicecpark.bsky.social) who will be attending!
#politicalstudies #ir #conference #academic #publishing
👋📚 Do say hello to LSE Press's Managing Editor, Alice Park (@alicecpark.bsky.social) who will be attending!
#politicalstudies #ir #conference #academic #publishing
Looking forward to attending #PSA25 on behalf of @lsepress.bsky.social next week.
If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.
If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.
#PSA25 Conference programme & schedule now online. Delegate Guide & conference app out soon. buff.ly/08lGWUn
April 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Looking forward to attending #PSA25 on behalf of @lsepress.bsky.social next week.
If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.
If you‘re attending and interested in finding out more about our work, submitting a proposal, or open access book publishing more generally, do get in touch. Happy to chat.
Reposted by Alice Park
The revival of university/institutionally based presses in the UK has been one of the most exciting developments in #scholcomms in recent times - @suzannetatham.bsky.social & I wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social about why this matters
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...
Six reasons why open institutional publishing matters
A new wave of institutional publishers is changing the way we think about academic publishing. Here’s why they’re worth watching
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The revival of university/institutionally based presses in the UK has been one of the most exciting developments in #scholcomms in recent times - @suzannetatham.bsky.social & I wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social about why this matters
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/six-r...
Reposted by Alice Park
Happy Women's History Month! ♀️
To mark this month, we wanted to shine a light on one of our #OpenAccess books - Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, by Naila Kabeer.
Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
#Bangladesh #Equality #womenshistorymonth
To mark this month, we wanted to shine a light on one of our #OpenAccess books - Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, by Naila Kabeer.
Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
#Bangladesh #Equality #womenshistorymonth
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Happy Women's History Month! ♀️
To mark this month, we wanted to shine a light on one of our #OpenAccess books - Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, by Naila Kabeer.
Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
#Bangladesh #Equality #womenshistorymonth
To mark this month, we wanted to shine a light on one of our #OpenAccess books - Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, by Naila Kabeer.
Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
#Bangladesh #Equality #womenshistorymonth
Reposted by Alice Park
NEW ✨ The Open Society as an Enemy: A Critique of How Free Societies Turned Against Themselves by J. McKenzie Alexander @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
#Review by Mazlum Özkan 👇
#Review by Mazlum Özkan 👇
The Open Society as an Enemy – Review
J. McKenzie Alexander’s The Open Society as an Enemy revisits Karl Popper’s foundational work on the concept of the “open society” in relation to contemporary thre…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NEW ✨ The Open Society as an Enemy: A Critique of How Free Societies Turned Against Themselves by J. McKenzie Alexander @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
#Review by Mazlum Özkan 👇
#Review by Mazlum Özkan 👇
Reposted by Alice Park
This a WONDERFUL book! 🌻👇
Happy publication day to The Open Society as an Enemy: A critique of how free societies turned against themselves by Professor J. McKenzie Alexander! ✨👁🗨📑
Published with praise from @rostaylor.bsky.social and @abbyinnes.bsky.social
Free download ⏬ doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@lsephilosophy.bsky.social
Published with praise from @rostaylor.bsky.social and @abbyinnes.bsky.social
Free download ⏬ doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@lsephilosophy.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 4:45 PM
This a WONDERFUL book! 🌻👇
Publication day for J. McKenzie Alexander’s “The Open Society as an Enemy” with @lsepress.bsky.social
This robust defence of open societies feels vital right now.
And it’s a great read - witty, sharp, and with music references to keep even those cynical Gen Xers happy 👇
doi.org/10.31389/lse...
This robust defence of open societies feels vital right now.
And it’s a great read - witty, sharp, and with music references to keep even those cynical Gen Xers happy 👇
doi.org/10.31389/lse...
November 28, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Publication day for J. McKenzie Alexander’s “The Open Society as an Enemy” with @lsepress.bsky.social
This robust defence of open societies feels vital right now.
And it’s a great read - witty, sharp, and with music references to keep even those cynical Gen Xers happy 👇
doi.org/10.31389/lse...
This robust defence of open societies feels vital right now.
And it’s a great read - witty, sharp, and with music references to keep even those cynical Gen Xers happy 👇
doi.org/10.31389/lse...
Reposted by Alice Park
Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the @lsephilosophy.bsky.social department.
LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores his legacy for the LSE History blog @lseblogs.bsky.social. 💭
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores his legacy for the LSE History blog @lseblogs.bsky.social. 💭
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
The Open Society and its enemies: Karl Popper's legacy
Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE. J McKenzie Alexander explores Popper's road to LSE.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the @lsephilosophy.bsky.social department.
LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores his legacy for the LSE History blog @lseblogs.bsky.social. 💭
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores his legacy for the LSE History blog @lseblogs.bsky.social. 💭
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
I want to quote every line from this magnificent (and hugely deserved) review of Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy, but will pick out just these:
“Viva LSE Press!”
“The book is a masterpiece”
Read the rest here frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/book-review-...
“Viva LSE Press!”
“The book is a masterpiece”
Read the rest here frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/book-review-...
Book Review: Renegotiating Patriarchy by Naila Kabeer | From Poverty to Power
frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I want to quote every line from this magnificent (and hugely deserved) review of Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy, but will pick out just these:
“Viva LSE Press!”
“The book is a masterpiece”
Read the rest here frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/book-review-...
“Viva LSE Press!”
“The book is a masterpiece”
Read the rest here frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/book-review-...
Some of us are trying. Is there a starter pack of open access, non-profit presses?
November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Some of us are trying. Is there a starter pack of open access, non-profit presses?
Delighted this is out today - Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy is a brilliant account of the lives of Bangladeshi women. A story of a country, an optimistic tale of feminist progress and an academic book that’s a joy to read. And free via @lsepress.bsky.social press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m...
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September 27, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Delighted this is out today - Naila Kabeer’s Renegotiating Patriarchy is a brilliant account of the lives of Bangladeshi women. A story of a country, an optimistic tale of feminist progress and an academic book that’s a joy to read. And free via @lsepress.bsky.social press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m...