About us

Winner of the IPA Independent Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year 2024 award, Bristol University Press, along with its imprint Policy Press, are UK based academic publishers committed to publishing the highest-quality international scholarship in the social sciences and aligned disciplines, with a focus on global social challenges.

Publishing both academic books and journals, we want our work to make a positive contribution and have impact beyond academia. As a not-for-profit university press, we put integrity before profit to provide an internationally respected platform for the global scholarly community to disseminate work that matters. 

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