“This book is a tribute and a clarion call for geography in better futures.”
— Charles W. J. Withers, Professor Emeritus of Historical Geography, The University of Edinburgh
Geography and a Geographer will be available #OpenAccess August 2026: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
💭 Can Socratic dialogue cut through AI “bullshit”?
Alexander Pepper write for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social reflecting on his upcoming book What's a Company For? A Problem in Business Ethics (or...when Socrates met Milton Friedman).
Read the full post: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
⏺️ We are LIVE!
Watch this evening's public lecture event in conversation wtih LSE Press author Don Herzog and Professor Larry Kramer live on YouTube.
#LSEEvents
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLU... @lselaw.bsky.social
"A wonderfully illuminating account of the social and psychological effects of a relentlessly graded life"
— Javier Lezaun, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), @ox.ac.uk
Marked is available via #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@lseanthropology.bsky.social
Of the 30 finalists, 4 come from OBC presses - 3 from @openbookpublish.bsky.social, & 1 from @lsepress.bsky.social. It's a mark of the quality small, not-for-profit, scholar- & institution-led presses can produce, more than holding their own alongside the largest university presses in the US and UK!
Socratic dialogue is a foundational form of western teaching and learning, can it help students faced overwhelmed with AI "bullshit"?
Announcing the 2026 finalists for ACLS Open Access Book Prizes + Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards!
Five books in six categories—anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science—advance to the final round of $50k prizes: bit.ly/43rZPDD
It's not too late to join us tomorrow for the launch of Reading Wars by Don Herzog!
👉 Tuesday 9 June 2026 6pm - 7.30pm | In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)
🎟️ Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/futur...
Thirty titles advance to final round for six $50,000 prizes for open access books in the humanities and social sciences
New publication - out now! 🎉 🎉
Marked: School Grades and the Quantified Life not only offers a nuanced account of the effects of grades on students, but also tells a cautionary tale of the increasing quantification of human life.
Available via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
LSE Press
💥New | Can Socratic dialogue cut through AI “bullshit”?
✍️ Alexander (Sandy) Pepper
#AcademicSky #HigherEduation #Socrates @lsepress.bsky.social
LSE Press
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Socratic dialogue is a foundational form of western teaching and learning, can it help students faced overwhelmed with AI "bullshit"?
In case you need cheering up! Four inspiring panellists on the green shoots of a regenerative economy…🙌👇Next Thursday evening at LSE 👋
As ever, Sandy Pepper’s writing is a treat.
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His latest @lsepress.bsky.social book is out next week
📖 Can't make it to LSE for the launch of Don Herzog's reading wars? you can read a blogpost about his new book on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
#BookBans #Cesnsorship
LSE Impact
Access to books and the opportunity to read has throughout history been a site of social struggle. Reflecting on his new book Reading Wars, Don Herzog argues the categorisation of readers as responsib...
💥New | Can Socratic dialogue cut through AI “bullshit”?
✍️ Alexander (Sandy) Pepper
#AcademicSky #HigherEduation #Socrates @lsepress.bsky.social
It's not too late to join us tomorrow for the launch of Reading Wars by Don Herzog!
👉 Tuesday 9 June 2026 6pm - 7.30pm | In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)
🎟️ Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/futur...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Socratic dialogue is a foundational form of western teaching and learning, can it help students faced overwhelmed with AI "bullshit"?
Might innovative firms take the radical action needed to tackle the ecological crisis, bucking the trend of destructive capitalism?
At #LSEFestival next week, join @akshatrathi.bsky.social, @abbyinnes.bsky.social, Fred Basso, Julie Calkins & Anuradha Chugh to discuss (with a free 🍷after)
7pm Thurs 18 Jun | Fred Basso, Julie Calkins, Anugraha Chugh, Akshat Rathi | Free event at the LSE Festival: How to save the planet | Ticket required
