Climate Change and Global Warming
Education and Lifelong Learning
Gender and Social Change
Global Health and Resilience
Inequalities in Social Contexts
Economies of Work and Transformation
Power, Governance, and Political Conflict
Urban Life and Accountability
  • A collection of 25 books spanning subjects, fields, and publishers
  • All books are frontlist, never-before-published titles, scheduled for publication throughout 2026, 2027 and 2028
  • Curated by KU, with help from the global publishing community, including university presses, independent publishers, commercial publishers, and Open Access publishers
  • Libraries may choose to support the collection for 1 or 3 years (3-year pledges receive 10% discount on Year 1 payment)
  • Titles are mapped to broad subject categories as well as UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
  • Necessary library pledges to unlatch the collection in full: 85
  • Library pledging deadline: December 15, 2025
  • If the pledging target is not met in full, KU will use the funding received to unlatch as many titles as possible, in cooperation with publishers
  • How to pledge: Contact your KU representative or email us at [email protected]
Price of collection per year
3,000 USD
2,800 EUR
2,450 GBP

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