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In Climate Hegemony, Laurie Parsons brings us a human’s-eye view of the climate crisis, drawing on two decades’ research at the frontline of global development in Cambodia. Available now to read and download for free via #OpenAccess: https://bit.ly/4lBH0qc @laurieparsons.bsky.social @rgs.org
🔓 New article from Philosophy of Physics: "We Have Never Been Sophisticated" With contributions from Clara Bradley and James Owen Weatherall. 🔗 Read and download for free via #OpenAccess publishing: https://doi.org/10.31389/pop.370
"Exceptionally acute and warm-hearted, this book engages with a lived experience shared by us all and in so doing breaks new ground in urgent debates over the ethics of quantification today." — Morgan Clarke, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford 🖇️ https://bit.ly/4d4pbOe
"Charles has written an extraordinarily compelling account and analysis of the morality of negotiation." – Jon Moulton CBE, CEO of 6 premier Private Equity and Venture Capital firms A Fair Bargain: will be free to read and download from Sept 2026: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
"This book is an amazing experience for those who wish to understand the implications of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia through policymakers and communities." 📢 Covid-19 in Southeast Asia @hyunshin.bsky.social in @iias.bsky.social www.iias.asia/the-review/c... ➡️ press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...
🔓 New article from Economía LACEA Journal: "Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in the Dominican Republic" With contributions from Santiago Garganta, María Florencia Pinto and Joaquín Zentner. 🔗 Read and download for free via #OpenAccess publishing: https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.566
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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
📄 New article from the Journal of Long-Term Care: "Family Caregiver Burden and Service Effectiveness: The Role of Home Care Quality" With contributions from Chia-Ling Fu, Ren-Hau Li and Jui-Hua Huang. 🔗 Read and download for free via #OpenAccess publishing: https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.505
Drawing on a survey of over a thousand senior executives, this book explores beliefs about inequality, distributive justice and the responsibilities of business in a civilised society. 🔗If You're So Ethical Why Are You So Highly Paid? is available now: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress/eth
"An invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in the relationship between politics and violence." — Dr Enzo Rossi, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam Conflict, War and Revolution by @pjthinker.bsky.social is available #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
📖 Professor Kabeer's new book was recently selected as a finalist for the 2026 ACLS Open Access Book Prize and is free to read and download here: press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social #Bangladesh #Gender
"Naila Kabeer’s latest book, Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender will undoubtedly take its place among the most comprehensive accounts of Bangladesh’s long and contested journey in social development." New book review in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies. ➡️ Read here: brill.com/view/journal...
“A pathbreaking philosophical treatment of the ethics of negotiation. Sherwood's philosophical prose is unusually clear and engaging, without sacrifice of analytic precision and rigour” — Michael Otsuka, Professor of Philosophy Rutgers University @uehiro.ox.ac.uk ➡️ press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...
Do businesses have obligations to employees, stakeholders, and society as a whole? Drawing on ideas from philosophy, economics, law, and management studies, Alexander Pepper critically examines competing answers to the question ‘What’s a Company For?’ Available #OpenAccess: https://bit.ly/4sJ8T1X
"Doing Open Social Science: A Guide for Researchers provides conceptual clarity and practical guidance for improving rigor and transparency of research." — Brian Nosek, Professor, University of Virginia, and Executive Director, Center for Open Science 🔗Available #OpenAccess: https://bit.ly/4bKnowA
"Accessible, timely, and deeply engaging, this is a must-read for anyone interested in business ethics and a text I firmly recommend to all of my students." — Benjamin Ferguson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick A Fair Bargain will be available September 2026: https://bit.ly/4wdTdFg
📌 What's a Company For? is free to read and download press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3... @lseblogs.bsky.social #OpenAccess #BusinessEthics #Management #Leadership #CorporateResponsibility
"This book succeeds in providing a vital, multifaceted account of Ron’s enduring legacy." — Julie MacLeavy, Professor of Economic Geography, University of Bristol Publishing August 2026: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.gag @rgs.org
"History didn’t end, this book is about what we can do next." — James A. Robinson, University Professor, Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago The London Consensus is free to read and download #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc
📚 Geography and a Geographer will be published by LSE Press as part of the RGS-IBG Book Series in August 2026 and will be free to read and download #openaccess: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @rgs.org
What’s a Company For? A Problem in Business Ethics (or...when Socrates met Milton Friedman) is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing from the LSE Press website and third parties, including JSTOR. 🔗 Access here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
Reading Wars is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
Missed the launch of Reading Wars by Don Herzog? 🎥 Held in collaboration with @lselaw.bsky.social, the panel explored the heated, even murderous, political struggles over who gets to read and what they get to read. Watch the full recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLU...
⬇️ Navigating the 21st Century Business World by Alexander (Sandy) Pepper and Dr Dorottya Sallai is free to read and download via #OpenAccess. Access here: press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3... #Management #CaseStudies #Leadership #CorporateGovernance #AIEducation
"The book is an engaging read, moving with care and skill across an impressive range of conceptual and geographical terrain from Arendt, Adorno and Simmel to Hong Kong, Rio, Paris and Bristol." — Professor Colin McFarlane, Department of Geography, Durham University 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
"This collection presents a wonderful mapping of the astonishing breadth and depth of Ron Johnston’s intellectual landscape." — David N. Livingstone, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at Queen's University Belfast Publishing August 2026: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @rgs.org
ICYMI What’s a Company For? is out now! "Who knew business ethics could be so much fun? There is plenty of valuable learning here, lightly and entertainingly worn." — Stefan Stern, Journalist and Author of Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
New publication - out now! 🎉 🎉 Drawing on ideas from philosophy, economics, law, and management studies, Alexander Pepper critically examines competing answers to the question ‘What’s a Company For?’ Available now via #OpenAccess publishing: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.wcf
What is a company for? Socratic dialogue can help us. Made famous in written form by Plato, it has an illustrious history as a method of philosophical enquiry. Sandy Pepper's What's a Company For? is out 18th June - free to read and download #OpenAccess. ❓ press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...