Construing economic behaviour by Theodoulou, Stella

“…Economic behaviour does not take place in a vacuum or separate from other aspects of human behaviour. …”
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Organising and mobilising Central and Eastern European migrant women working in care: a case study of a successful care workers’ strike in Switzerland in 2014 by Rogalewski, Adam

“…This article analyses the experience of Unia, the largest Swiss trade union, in organising Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrant workers in the context of the female workers’ strike that took place in 2014 at Primula, a small care company in Switzerland. …”

Contested gendered space: public sexual harassment and women’s safety work by Vera-Gray, Fiona, Kelly, Liz

“…Drawing from research conducted in the UK, this article sets out in detail the concept of “safety work” and how it relates to not only women’s behaviours but our sense of being in public places. It ends in exploring the possibilities of feminist self defence as a means of making safety work visible and measurable, to both ourselves and the wider world.…”

The role of transnational television in international political decision-making after the cold war by Lekic, Zeljka

“…This research investigates the role of media in the area of foreign policy, and especially the role of the 24/7 international news channels; it argues that media can make an impact on the process of political decision-making, rather than on the content of the policies themselves, and it specifies when, where and under what conditions this interaction can take place, including the most important features of both media coverage and political process. …”
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(En)gendering change: understanding the gendered dynamics of domestic abuse perpetrator programmes by Hughes, William John

“…This article considers how gendered interactions take place within perpetrator groups, and calls for consideration of how they can support or undermine programme efficacy, and narratives of desistance.…”
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Critical conversation (chapter 4) by Barac, Matthew

“…When discussing a project or a place, we architects will often pick up a pencil and absent-mindedly sketch, or draw a diagram on the nearest piece of paper. …”
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Ethnic Minority Restaurateurs and the Regeneration of ‘Banglatown’ in London’s East End by Shaw, Stephen, Bagwell, Sue

“…This chapter examines the circumstances that transformed Brick Lane into ‘Banglatown - London’s Curry Capital’, focusing on the narratives of place promoted by new alliances of local government, business and civil society. …”
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Planning, history … and the environment? (editorial) by Gold, John Robert, Gold, Margaret

“…It might well suggest planning historians pursuing acritical ecological agenda, taking their place alongside other scholars interested in issues such as climate change, disease control, deforestation, desertification, landscape conservation, urban environmental quality, and equitable resource distribution. …”

Ethnoscapes as Spectacle: Reimaging Multicultural Districts as New Destinations for Leisure and Tourism Consumption by Shaw, Stephen, Bagwell, Sue, Karmowska, Joanna

“…This article considers reimaging strategies that trade upon features of the place-product that include ethnic cuisine, street markets and festivals, set against the backdrop of an exoticised urban landscape. …”
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Collaboration in higher education: a new ecology of practice by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra

“…As higher education institutions become ever more competitive to sustain their place in a global, neoliberal education market, students and staff are confronted with alienating practices. …”
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Locating the digital in literary translatorship by Zhang, Wenqian, Akashi, Motoko, Freeth, Peter J.

“…However, despite the focus of sociological and translator studies on the agency and habitus of translators in literary translation processes, little has been done to connect this work to the ever-changing and proliferating digital contexts in which literary translation now takes place. This introductory article therefore seeks to position existing perspectives on literary translatorship within contemporary digital contexts whilst highlighting the increasing role of digital technology within literary translation processes, thereby emphasising the need to include digital technologies within all forms of research on contemporary literary translatorship going forwards.…”
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The future of working from home by Wright, Edward, Gee, Ricky, Axler, Mark, Lundy, Craig, Hutchings, Sharon, Vickers, Tom

“…What are the effects of transforming the home into a place of work? And what forms of intervention to resist or influence this transition are possible and necessary?…”

Work / memories of work by Arkomanis, Ektoras

“…What emerges is a portrait of a place, its present image, and its histories of labour. …”
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Sorption of heavy metals onto polyethylene microbeads and its effect on seabass by Zon, Nur Farhan

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Polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane modified with amine-functionalized zeolitic imidazole framework decorated graphene oxide for antibacterial functionality by Ahmad, Nazerah

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3D-printed Franz type diffusion cells by Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Alvarez, Miguel P., Zhang, Yanling, Kung, Chin-Ping, Hossain, Monjur, Iliopoulos, Fotis, Luo, Lin, Crowther, Jonathan M., Moore, David J., Hadgraft, Jonathan, Hilton, Stephen T.

“…Franz cells are routinely used to measure in vitro skin permeation of actives and must be inert to the permeant under study. …”
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Portable and non-invasive blood glucose monitoring over a prolonged period using whispering gallery modes at 2.4 GHz by Liu, Louis W. Y., Trong, Khiem Nguyen, Hong, Phuc Vo, Thanh, Phong Phan, Hoc, Phuc Tran, Manh, Gioi Bui, Gia, An Trieu, Richardson Escobia, Christian, Dinh, Khoa Chu, Nam, Nguyen Hai, Khoi, Duong Minh, Vinh, Dinh Quang, Quynh, Nguyen Khanh, Hoang, Do Nguyen, Giang, Nguyen Hong Lam, Minh, Duong Thanh, Viet, Nguyen Phan Bao, Luan, Nguyen Tran Minh, Phuong, Nguyen Hoang, Tung, Le Thanh, Thanh, Son Nguyen, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kandwal, Abhishek, Shun, Liu Wai, Lam, Liu Yuen, Eremenko, Zoya

“…Using vacuum suction, the sensor head of the proposed non-invasive glucose sensor forms a whispering gallery resonator out of a skin tissue on an arm during the measurement process. …”
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An exploration of developments of corporate social responsibility by Idowu, Samuel O.

“…The putting in place of the MDGs 2015 brought about calls for more understanding of many of the issues surrounding CSR a number of new scholars in the thriving field of CSR had emerged. …”
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The post-Holocaust memoir: 20 years after 50 years later by Karpf, Anne

“…Hirsch (2012) defined postmemory as those memories of the Holocaust that the 'second generation' had of events that shaped their lives but took place before they were born. Post-postmemory, Karpf suggests, is the process whereby such narratives are themselves modified by subsequent events and re-readings brought about by three kinds of time - personal, historical and discursive. …”
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Student engagement by Harrington, Kathy, Sinfield, Sandra, Burns, Tom

“…This chapter focusses on the responsibility of the teacher set within the context of the contemporary landscape of Higher Education. We place emphasis on the lived experience of being a teacher – the unique perspectives, challenges, limits and potential capacities of the role – and heighten awareness of how engaging with the complexity of the learning relationship can open up possibilities for reducing barriers to students’ meaningful engagement with their learning. …”
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