Wither the plurality of decolonising the curriculum? Safe spaces and identitarian politics in the arts and humanities classroom (2022)
Journal Article
Mendes, A., & Lau, L. (2022). Wither the plurality of decolonising the curriculum? Safe spaces and identitarian politics in the arts and humanities classroom. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 21(3), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/14740222221100711

Contributing to the debate on decolonising the curriculum, this reflective article questions: What does a safe space in a decolonised classroom mean? For whom is it safe? And at what cost? Must we redraw the parameters of 'safe'? Prompted by a real-l... Read More about Wither the plurality of decolonising the curriculum? Safe spaces and identitarian politics in the arts and humanities classroom.

The Necessity of Conceivability (2022)
Journal Article
Allen, S., & Cumpa, J. (2022). The Necessity of Conceivability. Synthese, 200(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03534-z

In his conceivability argument, Chalmers assumes that all properties have their causal powers contingently and causal laws are also contingent. We argue this claim conflicts with how conceivability itself must work for the conceivability argument to... Read More about The Necessity of Conceivability.

George Perry (c.1718-1771): industrialist, cartographer and naturalist (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). George Perry (c.1718-1771): industrialist, cartographer and naturalist. Archives of Natural History, 102 - 116. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2022.0761

George Perry (c.1718–1771) is known for his involvement in the development of the iron and engineering industries of Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire and Liverpool, and also for his ambition to publish a history together with new maps of L... Read More about George Perry (c.1718-1771): industrialist, cartographer and naturalist.

Powers and the Hard Problem of Consciousness: Conceivability, Possibility and Powers (2022)
Journal Article
Allen. (2022). Powers and the Hard Problem of Consciousness: Conceivability, Possibility and Powers. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-022-00451-3

Do conceivability arguments work against physicalism if properties are causal powers? By considering three different ways of understanding causal powers and the modality associated with them, I will argue that most, if not all, physicalist powers the... Read More about Powers and the Hard Problem of Consciousness: Conceivability, Possibility and Powers.

Politics of commemoration and memory (2022)
Book Chapter
Richardson. (2022). Politics of commemoration and memory. In Applied Linguistics and Politics

Adopting a Gramscian theoretical framework, the five parts of this volume focus on the various ways in which the political is discursively and materially realized in its dialogic co-constructions within the media, the economy, culture and ...

Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations (2022)
Journal Article
Noor. (2022). Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07508-6

U.S.-based research suggests conservatism is linked with less concern about contracting coronavirus and less
preventative behaviors to avoid infection. Here, we investigate whether these tendencies are partly attributable to
distrust in scientific... Read More about Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations.

Public language, private language, and subsymbolic theories of mind (2022)
Journal Article
Dupre, G. (2022). Public language, private language, and subsymbolic theories of mind. Mind and Language, 38(2), 394-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12400

Language has long been a problem-case for subsymbolic theories of mind. The reason for this is obvious: Language seems essentially symbolic. However, recent work has developed a potential solution to this problem, arguing that linguistic symbols are... Read More about Public language, private language, and subsymbolic theories of mind.

Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors. (2022)
Journal Article
Cakal. (2022). Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors. PloS one, e0264421 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264421

The present research investigates the individual and aggregate level determinants of support for thin-centred ideology parties across 23 European countries. Employing a multilevel modelling approach, we analysed European Social Survey data round 7 20... Read More about Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors..

Privacy International and Quadrature du Net: One Step Forward Two Steps Back in the Data Retention Saga? (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Privacy International and Quadrature du Net: One Step Forward Two Steps Back in the Data Retention Saga?. European Public Law, 123-154. https://doi.org/10.54648/euro2022007

The present contribution aims to critically reflect on the future direction of data retention at the EU and the national levels by discussing the lessons arising from two seminal Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) decisions: Privacy International and... Read More about Privacy International and Quadrature du Net: One Step Forward Two Steps Back in the Data Retention Saga?.

Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated “covid-corruption” in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2021). Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated “covid-corruption” in the United Kingdom. Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii, 39-61. https://doi.org/10.7420/AK2021.33

The pandemic presented a uniquely unrestricted bonanza in many countries for opportunistic profitmaking at the public expense. In the United Kingdom, this took the form of collusion between senior political figures and business associates in purchasi... Read More about Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated “covid-corruption” in the United Kingdom.

Imagination and Revision (2021)
Book Chapter
D'Oro, G., & Jonas, A. (2021). Imagination and Revision. In The Routledge Companion to Historical Theory (215-232). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367821814-14

When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257757

Context: The Covid-19 pandemic hit the developed world differentially due to accidental factors, and countries had to respond rapidly within existing resources, structures, and processes to manage totally new health challenges. This study aimed to id... Read More about When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy.

Political Connections and Seasoned Equity Offerings (2021)
Journal Article
Nnadi, M. I., Sorwar, G., Eskandari, R., & Chizema, A. (2021). Political Connections and Seasoned Equity Offerings. Journal of Banking and Finance, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106312

This study examines the impact of political connections on seasoned equity offerings. Using seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) from 2001 to 2018 in the USA, we find that politically connected issuers enjoy a lower cost of seasoned equity issuance than... Read More about Political Connections and Seasoned Equity Offerings.

Postapocalyptic narratives in climate activism: their place and impact in five European cities (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Postapocalyptic narratives in climate activism: their place and impact in five European cities. Environmental Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2021.1959123

As climate movements are growing around the world, so too is a postapocalyptic form of environmentalism. While apocalyptic environmentalism warns of future catastrophe in case of inaction, its postapocalyptic sibling assumes that catastrophe is alrea... Read More about Postapocalyptic narratives in climate activism: their place and impact in five European cities.

Making Sense of Salafism: Theological foundations, ideological iterations, and political manifestations (2021)
Book Chapter
Sheikh. (2021). Making Sense of Salafism: Theological foundations, ideological iterations, and political manifestations. In The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Politics and Ideology. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367816230-16

"This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions - Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism - in a variety of contexts, regions and countries.

A commitment to marginalized children in the European Union: The hope and challenges of the EU Child Guarantee (2021)
Journal Article
Rigby, M. J. (2022). A commitment to marginalized children in the European Union: The hope and challenges of the EU Child Guarantee. Child: Care, Health and Development, 48(1), 170-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12907

While children in general are usually seen as a societal priority, many children are disadvantaged by marginalization, with adverse effects on health and development. Following feasibility studies, the European Commission has now adopted a formal Chi... Read More about A commitment to marginalized children in the European Union: The hope and challenges of the EU Child Guarantee.

A holistic framework for reshaping urban energy infrastructure in Global South cities, a case study of the Greater Cairo Region, Egypt (2021)
Journal Article
Khalofa, Y., George, S., & Catney, P. (2021). A holistic framework for reshaping urban energy infrastructure in Global South cities, a case study of the Greater Cairo Region, Egypt

After the European Global Vaccination Summit-The need for practical policies to boost vaccination delivery to children in Europe. (2021)
Journal Article
Rigby, M. J. (2021). After the European Global Vaccination Summit-The need for practical policies to boost vaccination delivery to children in Europe. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(6), 1998-2010. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3282

BACKGROUND: Low childhood vaccination rates in Europe continue to cause concern and have triggered much policy study. However, regarding children, making immunisation a stand-alone issue cuts across integrated child health services. Most initiatives,... Read More about After the European Global Vaccination Summit-The need for practical policies to boost vaccination delivery to children in Europe..

Plastics talk/talking plastics: the communicative power of plasticity (2021)
Book Chapter
McKay. (2021). Plastics talk/talking plastics: the communicative power of plasticity. In Plastic Legacies Pollution, Persistence, and Politics (225-244). https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771993272.01

'We did everything we could': An account of toxic leadership (2021)
Journal Article
Paton, C. (2021). 'We did everything we could': An account of toxic leadership. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(6), 1972-1989. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3264

BACKGROUND: The UK government's reckless and incompetent response to Covid-19 has produced an outcome which is amongst the worst in the world, and arguably the worst in terms of deaths per 100,000 population of major countries (especially when one me... Read More about 'We did everything we could': An account of toxic leadership.