Publications
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Security Sector Reform
(2011)
The persistent gap between theory and practice in SSR can be a source of much irritation and disappointment at failures to implement SSR norms as well as in response to concepts and strategies that seem unhelpfully far ...
Thoughts and Ways of Thinking
(2017)
"Why do we think differently from one another? Why do religious people adhere to their faith even against reason, whilst atheist thinkers label it “nonsense”? Why do some judges turn more to moral values and others less? ...
Arab Uprisings and Armed Forces
(2011)
Since late 2010, an unprecedented wave of protests has swept across much of the Arab world. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of the armed forces when confronted with anti-regime uprisings that demand greater ...
The Paradox of Gendarmeries
(2013)
This paper describes and explains the evolution of gendarmerie-type forces, i.e. police forces with a military status, over the past three decades. It focuses on their institutional features and functions, including material ...
Linking Mine Action and SSR through Human Security
(2016)
Security sector reform (SSR) and mine action share a strong common conceptual basis, which draws from a shared understanding of security. They both reflect a conceptualization of security that is not limited to the level ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information
(2016)
"This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has become available in the form of user-generated content accessible over the Internet through mobile and Web applications. The ...
Garden Learning: A Study on European Botanic Gardens' Collaborative Learning Processes
(2015)
"From 2007-2013 the European 7th Framework Program Science in Society (FP7) funded a multitude of formal and informal educational institutions to join forces and engage in alternative ways to teach science—inside and outside ...
Digital Classics Outside the Echo-Chamber
(2016-01-01)
This volume, edited by the organizers of the “Digital Classicist” seminars series, presents research in classical studies, digital classics and digital humanities, bringing together scholarship that addresses the impact ...
Animal (De)liberation
(2016)
"In this book, Jan Deckers addresses the most crucial question that people must deliberate in relation to how we should treat other animals: whether we should eat animal products. Many people object to the consumption of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Application of Molecular Methods and Raman Microscopy
(2019)
"This book has been prepared with the aim to present the application of these two state-of-the art technologies in agricultural sciences and food technology, and to explain the protocols for analyses of different plant, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Turn on the light on science
(2017)
"Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of ‘scientist’. ...
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 ...
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 ...