“The Cost of Knowledge” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, running from 19th – 25th October 2026.
As a mission driven publisher, publishing research open access is a big part of what we do to serve our academic and wider community. In this blog post, we’ll be sharing news from the latest OA initiatives, as well as the latest books and journals published open access in 2026.
Events and Book Launches
The LUP team have been busy attending various book launches and special events for a whole host of open access publications this year! These include the book launch event for Humanities Forward by Stephan Nitu and Arlene Holmes-Henderson which took place at the House of Lords last month, as well as Helen Tookey’s book launch for Outward Bound from Liverpool, which was held at the Bluecoat Chambers in Liverpool.
Open Access Books and Initiatives
We are delighted to share that the first Open Access monograph published through the Trailblazers initiative for ECRs will be published in November 2026!
Teaching in Online Rooms
by Kathy M. Chandler
This book provides fresh insight into students’ experiences and practical inspiration for developing online pedagogy. Aimed at distance educators who teach in online rooms and grounded in innovative narrative research which provides a rare glimpse into the lives of students who study online.
Find out more about this book >
Open Access Journals
Thanks to the support of institutions worldwide, Liverpool University Press’s Subscribe to Open initiatives continue to broaden access to research. Together, LUP Open Planning and LUP Open Languages have made approximately 635 research articles across 84 journal issues freely available, helping to increase the visibility and accessibility of scholarship across the humanities and social sciences.
Support open access in 2027 and discover freely available research from LUP Open journals.
LUP Open Planning | Support the initiative | Read open access content
LUP Open Languages | Support the initiative | Read open access content
Read all open access books and journals from LUP >
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