Book Launch

Posted on 1st February, 2024

DCU Press today launched their first publication Statecraft and Foreign Policy: India, 1947 – 2023 by authors Professor Subrata K. Mitra, Dr Jivanta Schottli and Dr Markus Pauli.

DCU Press is a joint initiative between DCU Library and the University’s Office of the Vice-President of Research, is Ireland’s first open-access university press. DCU Press provides free, immediate global access to new DCU academic publications online, with a print-on-demand service also available through partners UCL Press. 

Speaking ahead of the book launch, President of DCU Professor Dáire Keogh said: 

“DCU Press is the first initiative of its kind in the Irish Higher Education sector and marks a significant milestone for the University. By offering open-access publications to a global audience, our new imprint has the potential to greatly extend the reach and impact of our research. I am glad to say that the quality, scope and ambition of the DCU Press project is suitably reflected in its inaugural publication, Statecraft and Foreign Policy: India, 1947 – 2023.”

DCU Press provides free book publishing for DCU authors, with proposals reviewed by an editorial board chaired by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Derek Hand and a rigorous peer review process by external subject experts. At the launch, University Librarian and Director of Library Services John McDonough outlined the strategic importance of this initiative:

“The future of scholarly publishing is open and the Library has worked to ensure DCU’s research outputs have maximum global visibility and impact.”