Welcome to our Royal Geographical Society conference virtual book stand
In place of being able to be at the RGS conference this year, we have created this virtual space so that we can connect with everyone we would have met there.
Find all the book and journal highlights we would have had on our stand below, including a message from Agatha Herman, Editor of our new Spaces and Practices of Justice series, free themed section on sustainability from Voluntary Sector Review and new editors’ choice collections for Global Discourse and Policy & Politics.
View a message below from Emily Watt, Senior Commissioning Editor in Human Geography and Environment and Sustainability :
You can book an appointment with Emily Watt between 31st August and 3rd September to talk about publishing projects or get in touch at emily.watt@bristol.ac.uk. Visit our Author Hub for more information on publishing with us.
50% OFF ALL OUR HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY BOOKS UNTIL THURSDAY
All of our Human Geography and Environment and Sustainability books are available with 50% discount until midnight on 3 September. Use promo code PORGS20 at the check out. Sign up to our newsletter and receive a code for 35% off all books purchased on our website all year round.
New Series: Spaces and Practices of Justice
Agatha Herman, Editor of the Spaces and Practices of Justice series invites book proposals from across the RGS community. Find out more about the series here.
Related journals from Bristol University Press and Policy Press
Global Discourse is an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented journal of applied contemporary thought operating at the intersection of politics, international relations, sociology and social policy.
The journal’s latest Editor’s Choice Collection draws on the recent issue on the Politics of Negative Emotions. These articles which will be particularly relevant as we grapple with the political fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Enjoy the collection for free until 31 October.
Editors’ choice and Highlights collections are also available for Policy & Politics, Evidence & Policy and Voluntary Sector Review.
Other themed issues of Global Discourse include:
Transnational religious networks and geopolitics in the Muslim World
Guest Edited by Simon Mabon and Edward Wastnidge
The Limits of EUrope: Identities, Spaces, Values
Guest Edited by Russell Foster and Jan Grzymski
Upcoming themed issues
Matthew Johnson, editor of Global Discourse, talks about upcoming issues of the journal and an open call for issue ideas.
Ask your librarian to sign up for a free trial today and enjoy 3 month of unlimited access to Global Discourse. Free trials are available for 14 of our journals.
Re-reading civil society action for environmental sustainability
Enjoy free access to the themed section published in the latest issue of Voluntary Sector Review. Explore Re-reading civil society action for environmental sustainability, guest edited by Will Eadson, for free until 30 November:
Research
Shoots and leaves: exploring the impacts and fragile sustainability of sustainable place-making projects working with marginalised people
Author: Sam Ramsden
A part and yet apart: how third sector visions of carbon reduction are both welcomed and marginalised
Author: Julian Dobson
The community economies of Esch-sur-Alzette: rereading the economy of Luxembourg [Open Access]
Authors: Gerald Taylor Aiken, Christian Schulz and Benedikt Schmid
Assembling community energy democracies
Authors: Bregje van Veelen and Will Eadson
Policy Review
Volunteering and the Sustainable Development Goals: an opportunity to move beyond boundaries
Authors: Angela Ellis Paine, et al.
