Oneworld Publications was founded in 1986 by Novin Doostdar and Juliet Mabey, who had met as students in the 1970s and subsequently married;[REF][REF] the company's name reflects their international approach to publishing with global values, initially producing non-fiction "with a focus on bold, intelligent non-fiction across the humanities" [REF].
Originally set up in Oxford,[REF] Oneworld bought its first permanent office in Bloomsbury, London, in 2012.