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Library 2023/24 Open Access monograph competition: winning entries

02 Sep 2024

The Library is pleased to announce the winning entries of the 2023/24 Open Access Monograph Competition.

This year, we received a record 47 entries from various Schools across the University covering a diverse range of topics. The entries were considered by Neil Humphrey, then Associate Dean: Research in the Faculty of Humanities, together with a representative panel, who selected the 5 winning titles.   

Commenting on this year’s competition, Neil Humphrey said: “This year we received a record-breaking number of entries to the competition, with submissions reflecting the excellent quality of research from Schools across the University. As ever, it was extremely difficult to make a selection, however, judges felt that the winning titles showcase research that would benefit the most from being Open Access and available to all.” 

The titles below will be published Open Access with costs covered by the University Open Access Fund. 

Author  

Title  

Publisher  

Miriam Bradley  

The Politics and Everyday Practice of International Humanitarianism 

Oxford University Press 

Peter Knight 

Conspiracy in the Time of Covid-19: Conspiracy Theories about the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Online Environment 

Routledge 

Sébastien Bachelet 

The Adventure: sub-Saharan migration and illegality in Morocco 

Manchester University Press 

Marcellus Mbah 

Practices, Perceptions and Prospects for Climate Change Education in Africa 

Springer 

Maurice Nagington 

The Moral Lessons of Chemsex 

Routledge  

Following additional support from the Faculty of Humanities, the Library was able to arrange Open Access for a further 10 books from the competition, listed below. 

Author  

Title  

Publisher  

Amber Darr 

Amber Darr: Competition Law in South Asia: Policy Diffusion and Transfer 

Cambridge University Press 

Claire Morelon 

Streetscapes of War and Revolution: Prague 1914-1920 

Cambridge University Press 

Stephanie Sodero 

Under the Weather: Reimagining Mobility in the Climate Crisis 

McGill-Queen’s University Press 

Andrea Nini 

A Theory of Linguistic Individuality for Authorship Analysis 

Cambridge University Press 

Cordelia Warr 

Stigmatics and Visual Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy 

Amsterdam University Press 

Omer Aijazi 

Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir 

University of Pennsylvania Press 

Alexandra Donofrio 

Future Perfect: a creative ethnography of imagination and Mediterranean crossings 

Manchester University Press 

Melanie Giles 

Armed Figures: assemblages of violence in the Iron Age 

Manchester University Press 

Maohui Deng 

Ageing, Dementia and Time in Film: Temporal Performances 

Edinburgh University Press 

Rebecca Bennett 

Choosing future children: reproductive ethics, disability screening and the welfare of the child 

Bloomsbury 

The Open Access monograph competition is made possible through collaboration between the Library’s Research Services and Engagement Teams and staff from various Schools across the University.  

Congratulations to all the winning entrants to the competition.