Policy Press

Community Development

Books in our market-leading Community Development list explore and develop the various practices and systems that support communities to take control of their lives, services and environments. The rigorous research and thought-provoking work of our international stable of authors pushes boundaries, resets thinking, and supports the active participation of individuals in their communities.  

We are seeking to publish work in this field that helps students in their studies, academics in their research, and practitioners in their demanding work.  If you are interested in writing for us, please see the Commissioning Editor information below. 

Browse Community Development articles on our Transforming Society blog.

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Highlights

Emily Watt

Meet the Editor

Emily Watt, Publisher

My interest in publishing really began when I did a Masters in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University and worked part time at what was Berg Publishers alongside my studies. Not long after I moved back to Bristol and started at Policy Press and I’ve not looked back since. There were fewer staff but there was the same high ambitions and strong social justice ethos that is still at the centre of the Press and has carried through to Bristol University Press. I like that we continue to publish high quality books, with a strong social mission to promote positive social change in all sorts of areas and this is what makes working here so enjoyable.

For me, the exciting part of commissioning is talking to authors and seeing a project grow from a conversation into the greatest book it can be.

If you are interested in writing for our Community Development list, please contact me at emily.watt@bristol.ac.uk or visit our information for authors page to download our proposal guidelines.