In the second episode of this four-part series, Jamie Hutchins, Director of Open Research, Americas for Taylor & Francis Group, digs into T&F’s Pledge to Open, a collective funding pilot that aims to publish open access books focused on global issues. Detailing the brainstorming and launch of the program, Jamie discusses the publisher’s decision to support open book publishing and the pilot’s ties to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our guest walks through the various business models T&F looked at for inspiration and how the SDGs work as a unifying force editorially and to recruit institutions. To close, Jamie explores the challenges of a commercial publisher pursuing a collective model and a sustainable level of investment for the pilot.

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