Bamboo is regarded as the most versatile woody plant worldwide. It accompanied humans from prehistoric times and contributed much to the socio-cultural and technological development of many small-scale and large-scale societies in Asia, the Americas, and Africa. Moreover, bamboo…
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Using the Ancient Petitions (SC8) a collection of documents housed in the UK National Archives (TNA) as the case study, this dissertation proposes an open-access Resource Description Framework (RDF) structured by integrating a hybrid of traditional analytic descriptions from cod…
Gentrification is a contentious topic both theoretically and politically. A subset of urbanization, gentrification displaces existing residents as wealthier residents and developers move into an area and invest in local housing, commerce, and public infrastructure. Some view gen…
The motivation for this research comes from the belief that an over reliance on a social constructivist perspective has caused development studies in general, and post-development in particular, to under-theorize the role of discourse in development. A key issue in post-developm…
The construction industry in the UK is one of the major employers, involving many different firms and professional bodies, and it comprises of a wide range of products, services and technologies. Nonetheless, for many decades the industry has suffered several structural challeng…
The aim of this research is to account for the life of an industrial site and to show the dynamism of the site by exploring what its trajectory in space and time can tell us about socio-economic and political tendencies occurring during its lifespan. This research will focus on …
This project explores the dynamics of medical innovation using the development of deep brain stimulation therapy in paediatric neurology as a case study. Ethnographic research was conducted with a multidisciplinary clinical team developing a novel clinical service that uses deep…
This research examines whether study of the controversial evolution of energy systems and emerging energy technologies can contribute to the debates in energy policy and STS, especially those concerning the ongoing search for solutions to energy and environmental problems throug…
Shipping transports between 80-90% of world trade (Smith et al. 2015). In 2012 the industry accounted for around 3% of global emissions with a predicted increase of between 50 and 250% by 2050 (Scott et al, 2017). As such, the question of how to regulate Shipping's CO₂ emissions…
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), is a symptomatically defined and debilitating condition that presents as a range of physiological and psychological effects. Post-exertional fatigue and ongoing low energy levels are cardinal fea…
Numerous management scholars argue that management theory is anthropocentric and considers humans as being separate from the environment. Further anthropocentrism does not enable theory and organisations to contribute to sustainable development. To counter this it is argued theo…
This is a study of architectural competitions as they engage with the design practices of architects within the UK and Europe. Since only one firm or one design emerges at the end, and the project programme exists prior to the submissions, there tends to be a gap between program…
This study places the intended creation and implementation of an inter-professional education strategy at the intersection of three networks. The networks in question are cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), actor network theory (ANT), and a complex healthcare organisatio…
The "Saracen" is an archetypal figure recurrent in medieval romance who often functions as a vehicle for political ends. Christian authors commonly depicted Saracens either as willing converts to Christianity, emulative doubles, or morally degenerate monsters. The medieval roman…
Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) goes beyond a technological modification to automate the identification of US clients and report their information to the IRS. FATCA implementation requires foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to learn the new re…
Improvement in information sharing and communication about the foreign aid resources between the donors and the aid-recipient countries have always been considered very important. In recent years, the integration of advanced technology in the area of aid coordination has receive…
his study attempts to obtain a holistic view of ICT application and its impact in the context of a developing economy taking the Lebanese Ministry of Finance as a case study. It draws on the works of Heeks and Stanforth (2007) and Tseng (2008) for the pre-deployment phase of the…
This thesis is an inquiry into possibilities and problems of a sociology of translation. Beginning with a recognition that actor network theory represents a sociological account of social life premised upon on recognition of multiple ontologies, interruptions and translations, t…
This dissertation titled, “Labors of Malwa: Opium, Environment, Work and the Making of Modern Life” explores the entanglements of working lives in the nineteenth century. Focusing on the work of opium-poppy cultivation and opium production in the Central Indian province of Malwa…