Clarification regarding the status of CEU Press, Amsterdam University Press, and Taylor & Francis

Posted by Kira Hopkins on June 16, 2025 at 1256

Some of you may have seen the discourse that began on social media Friday 6 June regarding rumours of the sale of Amsterdam University Press (AUPress) to the publishing giant Taylor & Francis. We were as much in the dark about this development as anyone else and were the rumours true, this might have had a bearing on our relationship with CEU Press, one of our Opening the Future partner presses, due to their current partnership agreement with Amsterdam University Press. 

Happily, CEU Press and AUPress have now clarified the situation and we’re sharing the information here that was made public on Thursday 12 June. 

While a deal has been made between AUPress and Taylor & Francis, it is a partial rather than total sale. CEU Press and their Opening the Future programme are not part of this deal. Instead, CEU Press will continue as a separate entity alongside the AUP Dutch language and AUP journals publications under the AUP umbrella. All funding received from their Opening the Future supporters will remain with AUP and will only be used to make CEU Press titles open access, as before.

You can read Amsterdam University Press’ full statement here: https://www.aup.nl/en/articles/aup-and-taylor-and-francis-partner-on-english-language-book-programme. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at openingthefuture@copim.ac.uk.