Publications
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Writing as Material Practice
(2013)
Writing as Material Practice grapples with the issue of writing as a form of material culture in its ancient and more recent manifestations, and in the contexts of production and consumption. Fifteen case studies explore ...
The Battle for Open
(2014)
With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory ...
Conversations with Kenelm
(2013)
In a celebratory moment of the Paradiso, Dante has Thomas go round the circle of sage spirits identifying each in turn in point of proper calling and confirming how it is that self is everywhere present to the other-than-self ...
Strindberg and Autobiography
(2013)
This is a book about Strindberg and about the nature of autobiographical writing. In this sensitive and discerning study, Michael Robinson has turned aside from the more traditional biographical approach to Strindberg. ...
Dante and Aquinas
(2013)
Christopher Ryan’s study of Dante and Aquinas, touching on issues of nature and grace, of explicit and implicit faith, and of desire and destiny, is intended to mark the difference between them in key areas of theological ...
Studies in Strindberg
(2013)
In this volume Strindberg's accomplishments as a dramatist are set against his achievements in other fields, as an autobiographer, painter, letter writer and theatre director. There are studies of individual plays, in which ...
Reading With My Eyes Open
(2013)
Untangling the various approaches to language teaching and their history, Gerdi Quist maps recent thinking in language studies at university. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, drawn from educational philosophy, ...
Imagining the Future City
(2013)
London is one of the world’s leading cities. It is home to an extraordinary concentration and diversity of people, industries, politics, religions and ideas, and plays an important role in our highly globalised and tightly ...
Open Source, Free Software e Open Format nei processi di ricerca archeologica Atti del II Workshop (Genova, 11 maggio 2007)
(2013)
Archaeology---Open source---Software---archeologica (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bae)
Issues in Open Research Data
(2014)
In 2010 the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science were published. These principles were founded upon the idea that 'Science is based on building on, reusing and openly criticising the published body of scientific ...
Ebooks in education
(2014)
Ebooks are coming of age in education, as this exciting collection commissioned by Jisc demonstrates. Case studies, reflecting ebook success stories across the higher and further education sectors, include:
- An innovative ...
The Past in the Present
(2014)
The Past in the Present deals with the complexities in the operation and management of living heritage sites. It presents a new interpretation of such sites based on the concept of continuity, and its evolution to the ...
Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development
(2015)
"This book brings together a series of working papers, produced by interdisciplinary groups of academics within the project, on progress made under the Millennium Development Goals and introduces current debates surrounding ...
The Value of the University Armed Service Units
(2015)
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the value of the university armed service units – the University Officer Training Corps, University Royal Naval Units and University Air Squadrons. The units, many of which ...
Mobile Research Methods
(2015)
Daily activity sees data constantly flowing through cameras, the internet, satellites, radio frequencies, sensors, private appliances, cars, smartphones, tablets and the like. Among all the tools currently used, mobile ...
Högskolans ansvar
(2015)
What should a university be? How can universities make a sounder and more lasting contribution to better lives and better societies in a globalised world? From a Swedish perspective, this new book challenges current ideas ...
Cultural heritage in the realm of the commons
(2020)
Cultural heritage was invented in the realm of nation-states, and from an early point it was considered a public asset, stewarded to narrate the historic deeds of the ancestors, on behalf of their descendants. Nowadays, ...
Migration of the Ukrainian Population
(2017)
"Ukraine is a 'border' society, situated culturally and socio-politically between Eurasian and Euro-Atlantic poles of attraction. The influence of these two distinct cultures can be seen throughout Ukrainian society, but ...
The Nexus Between Security Sector Governance/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16
(2021)
This Security Sector Reform (SSR) Paper offers a universal and analytical perspective on the linkages between Security Sector Governance (SSG)/SSR (SSG/R) and Sustainable Development Goal-16 (SDG-16), focusing on conflict ...
The Security Sector Governance–Migration Nexus
(2021)
The main argument is that improving migrants’ rights and conceptual linkages between SSG/R and migration is best achieved, by decentring our gaze, namely going beyond the ‘national’ and ‘state-centric’ view that characterizes ...
"The Star" for Beginners
(2021)
Political Science at the LSE
(2021)
This monograph traces the emergence and evolution of the LSE Government Department from 1895 to 2020, focusing on the personalities that guided the development of the Department, the social and political contexts the ...
The Nexus Between Security Sector Governance/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16
(2021)
This Security Sector Reform (SSR) Paper offers a universal and analytical perspective on the linkages between Security Sector Governance (SSG)/SSR (SSG/R) and Sustainable Development Goal-16 (SDG-16), focusing on conflict ...
Parliaments’ Contributions to Security Sector Governance/Reform and the Sustainable Development Goals
(2022)
The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 calls for the establishment of peaceful, just and inclusive societies. The security sector has the potential to contribute to SDG16 through the fulfilment of its ...
Virtual Heritage
(2021)
Virtual heritage has been explained as virtual reality applied to cultural heritage, but this definition only scratches the surface of the fascinating applications, tools and challenges of this fast-changing interdisciplinary ...
Monstrous Liminality
(2022)
This book examines the transformation of the figure of the stranger in the literature of the modern age in terms of liminality. As a ‘spectral monster’ that has a paradoxical and liminal relationship to both the sacred and ...
Plan S for Shock
(2022)
Plan S for shock: the open access initiative that changed the face of global research. This is the story of open access publishing – why it matters now, and for the future. In a world where information has never been so ...
Ethnographies of Collaborative Economies across Europe
(2022)
“Sharing economy” and “collaborative economy” refer to a proliferation of initiatives, business models, digital platforms and forms of work that characterise contemporary life: from community-led initiatives and activist ...
Unlocking Environmental Narratives
(2022)
Understanding the role of humans in environmental change is one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. Environmental narratives – written texts with a focus on the environment – offer rich material capturing ...
Leaving No One Behind, Leaving No One Unaccountable
(2023)
How does the nexus between security, human rights and good governance play out in the sustainable development context? Based on state-of-the-field, interdisciplinary research with a global perspective, Leaving no one behind, ...
Can’t Touch This
(2023)
What are the implications of digital representation on intellectual property and ownership of cultural heritage? Are aspirations to preservation and accessibility in the digital space reconcilable with cultural sensitivities, ...
The Polar Star
(2024)
The 1st duke of Hamilton played an important role in the politics and life of Britain in the first half of the seventeenth century. Born in 1606 into the Scottish ancient noble family of Hamilton, who enjoyed a blood ...
Accountability, Discourse, and Service Provision
(2024)
Civil society has become an indispensable part of the global discourses on democratization, good governance, sustainable development, and security. Differing perspectives view civil society as a legitimizing actor, a ...
Leveraging Digital Innovation
(2024)
Digital technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for organizations to realize efficiency gains and explore new lines of business. However, their integration into existing corporate structures and routines hardly ...
Entrustable Professional Activities and Entrustment Decision-Making in Health Professions Education
(2024)
This book discusses the ins and outs of a new approach to competency-based education in the education and training of health professionals, including doctors and medical specialists, but also nurses, dentists, pharmacists, ...
Microcredentials for Excellence
(2024)
Institutions all over the world are setting up microcredentials in responses to calls from governments and industry. These are short courses, usually offered online, with an emphasis on the needs of the workplace. More ...
Innovative Language Teaching Practices in Higher Education in a Post-COVID Era
(2024)
Innovative Language Teaching Practices in Higher Education in a Post-COVID Era is a comprehensive and timely exploration of how the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advancements, and socio-economic shifts have dramatically ...
Innovative Language Teaching Practices in Higher Education in a Post-COVID Era
(2024)
Innovative Language Teaching Practices in Higher Education in a Post-COVID Era is a comprehensive and timely exploration of how the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advancements, and socio-economic shifts have dramatically ...
The Ultimate Case Guide
(2024)
Unlock the secrets to mastering the teaching and writing of case studies with The Ultimate Case Guide. This essential resource offers faculty, educators, and trainers in all management disciplines a comprehensive exploration ...
Decentralised Energy
(2020-01-01)
As the contribution of renewable energy increases to meet climate change objectives, so does the extent to which electricity is generated by individuals and communities, moving a centralised system to a more decentralised ...