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Professor of Politics and Society,
Professor of Politics and Society,
University College London
University College London
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'''Newsletter No 5 - 14 October 2016'''
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'''Dear Authors,'''
I am writing with an update on the progress of the Global Informality project.
'''Big news:''' I am happy to report that the manuscript of the Global Encyclopaedia of
Informality was submitted for review to the UCL Press. Costanza Curro and Elizabeth Teague
took from Sheelagh Barron and previously Anna Bailey to bring the project to completion.
The editorial team has edited over 200 entries overall, and I am happy to report that we
have included all finalized entries into the two volumes of the Encyclopaedia. As we have
overextended the word limit substantially, we had to reformat the submission into two
volumes and resubmit (on 11 October). We thank everyone who had submitted entries in
time and particularly the authors of the conceptual entries who has worked on very short
schedule. I enclose the detailed Table of Contents for your attention at the end of this
Newsletter. Also see below how we hope the cover of the book will look. Of course things
will change and we will have to respond to the reviewers’ suggestions but you might want to
see the scale of the project and appreciate its complexity to date. We will keep you
informed about the progress.
If the UCL Press decides to publish the Encyclopaedia, each author will receive a
contract/form to sign. Please note that the UCL Press pioneers open access publications
online (and in cheap print). We are not likely to receive complimentary paper copies, and
there are no royalties on our publication, but we expect to have a significant number of
Internet hits (UCL Press has been very successful with the number of hits on their previous
online publications) and we will be given author’s discount to order a paperback copy (UCL
Press prints on demand). More on the UCL Press FRINGE series: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-
press/series.
'''Online version:''' UCL Digital Humanities intern Adriana Bastarrachea Santez continues to
work on the website, making it accessible and searchable for all. The website is organized as
A to Z WIKI where each entry will have an illustration – at least where we managed to
secure copyright.
'''World Map of Informality:''' The map continues to develop with an increasing number of
entries submitted to the project. Do spread the word – we do need more!
'''The FRINGE connection:'''
To become a member of FRINGE and to receive the Centre’s newsletter, sign up at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/fringe-centre. We will be launching a promotion video soon.
Last, but not the least, thank you for all your help in this tough period before the
submission.<br>
'''Alena Ledeneva'''<br>
Professor of Politics and Society, University College London
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