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Cogitatio Press is a publisher founded in 2014 with the aim of promoting open-access divulgation of scientific knowledge. We believe that open-source knowledge generates something more valuable, benefiting researchers, policy-makers and society in general.

Latest Publications

Strategic Continuity and Evolving Toolkit: Electoral Competition Revisited
Viorela Dan, Uta Russmann, Philipp Müller and Anne Schulz
Editorial | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
Party Equalization or Normalization Through Visual Generative AI in the 2025 German Federal Election
Simon Kruschinski and Fabio Votta
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
TubeStats and TokStats: Research Tools for Random Samples of YouTube and TikTok
Kevin Zheng, Reagan Keeney, Ryan McGrady, Vikramaditya Jaisingh and Ethan Zuckerman
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
What If We Ran Our Own Show? GenAI and The Politics of Representation
Florian Vanlee and Mathijs De Baere
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
Populist Parties, Female Populist Leaders, and the Gendered Vote in Germany
Teresa Haußmann, Aiko Wagner and Jan Philipp Thomeczek
Article | Open Access | Politics and Governance | Published: 2 July 2026
Social Workers’ Well‐Being as a Foundation for Compassionate Futures in Vulnerability Contexts in Portugal
Helena Teles, Sónia Ribeiro and Francisco Neto
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 1 July 2026
Inclusive Cities for All Beings: Urban Animal Governance From a “One Welfare” Perspective
Ciska De Ruyver, Christel P. H. Moons, Claire Diederich and Karin Hannes
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 1 July 2026
Balancing Doctor Mobility and Public Health Delivery: Human Resources for Health in Latvia
Ģirts Jirgensons and Karina Palkova
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 1 July 2026
Navigating Ethical Place-Based Research in Transdisciplinary Marine Science (and Beyond)
Ella-Kari Muhl, Vitor Renck, Maria B. Battaglia, Lívia R. Cruz, Lowine S. Hill, Rafael Lembi, Willem Malherbe, Deborah S. Prado, Kinga Psiuk and Mia Strand
Commentary | Open Access | Ocean and Society | Published: 30 June 2026
Radical Heritage: The Introduction of Urban Fallows and the Value of Cyclical Rest
Cagri Sanliturk and Robert Schmidt
Article | Open Access | Urban Planning | Published: 29 June 2026
Found in Lostness: Community Visions for Multiple Future‐Making
Ekaterina Lapina‐Kratasiuk, Oksana Zaporozhets and Sophia Reidl
Short Note | Open Access | Urban Planning | Published: 29 June 2026
The Adoption of Open Science Practices in Communication Research: Taking Stock of the Field in 2025
Jasmijn Kruijt, Chaoyi Gao, Xiaojing Ke, Sofie Přibylová, Wenyuan Yang and Bert N. Bakker
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 25 June 2026
In Times of the Market and Community Shift: On Live‐In Care and Caring Communities
Brigitte Aulenbacher, Klaus Wegleitner, Jonas Hagedorn and Bernhard Emunds
Review | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 25 June 2026
Knitting a Care Network in the City: Social Actors in Grassroots Organizations and Local Governments
Agustina Frisch and María Mercedes Di Virgilio
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 24 June 2026
Living the Lab: Rethinking Collaborative Practices in Living Lab Contexts Amid Polycrisis
Antje Jacobs, Angela Hostetler, Koenraad Hinnekint, Yannis Perifanos, Juan Pablo Centeno, Rodrigo Cruz, Eylem Keskin, Louise Mazet, Giovana Navarro, Charlotte Parion, Amber Jenny Sels, Hanne Vrebos and Karin Hannes
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 24 June 2026