Roundtable-XXVI-27 (2025)
Digital Artefact
Bright, R. (in press). Roundtable-XXVI-27. [ https://hdiplo.org/to/RT26-27]

This is my introduction to the Roundtable: Stuart Ward. Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Facing up to the foundational economy: regional development, public policy and employment in Wales (2025)
Journal Article
Sissons, P., & Green, A. (in press). Facing up to the foundational economy: regional development, public policy and employment in Wales. Regional Studies, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2435521

There has been increasing interest in Foundational Economy (FE) ideas, with academics seeing the FE as a way of thinking radically differently about local development. Amongst policymakers, the Welsh Government has been a leader in exploring ways to... Read More about Facing up to the foundational economy: regional development, public policy and employment in Wales.

Economic aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe (2024)
Book
Fernandez Martin, R. M. (2025). Economic aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The EU has been an advocate of more sustainable practices for a long time, and many consider it a world leader. It becomes then justified to look into how the EU has been doing over time and what its plans are for the future in this key issue. The qu... Read More about Economic aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe.

How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay (2024)
Digital Artefact
Fernandez Martin, R. M. (2024). How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay. [Blog style article]

The transition to a greener society will involve huge investments in wind farms, electric cars and trains, new ways to heat homes, and much more. Yet the UK government is sending mixed messages over whether it intends to finance such projects at anyt... Read More about How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay.

The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era (2024)
Journal Article
Parker, J. (2024). The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era. Journal of Political Science Education, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2024.2354972

The rise in populism and movements that threaten trust in science and expertise has been labelled a post-truth world. What challenges does this environment present for higher education, and how should it respond? This article examines the character... Read More about The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era.

State Intimacies: Sterilization, Care and Reproductive Chronicity in Rural North India (2024)
Book
Fiks, E. (2024). State Intimacies: Sterilization, Care and Reproductive Chronicity in Rural North India. Berghahn Books

The public healthcare system in rural India is chronically under-resourced. It embodies and often perpetuates the wider politics of the Indian state towards its rural communities with provisions of care that are deeply entangled with violence and dis... Read More about State Intimacies: Sterilization, Care and Reproductive Chronicity in Rural North India.