Unaccountable corporate polluters profit short term at the expense of global economic sustainability. The purpose of the study was to determine if carbon dioxide (CO2 ) penalties on the airline emissions would result in financial statement disclosure and emission mitigation. Con…
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This dissertation examines the nexus of complexity theory and peace education and its implications for developing educational praxis that engages with the demands of global complexity. In this thesis, I argue that as societies become more globalized and complex (global complexit…
Projects and programmes are inherently complex; the interaction of people, systems, processes and data within a dynamic environment creates an intricate network of agents whose behaviour can be unpredictable and unexpected. The management of this complexity is ordinarily concern…
Achievements in second language learning vary in magnitude from that of near monoglots, who might know a handful of words in other languages, to overachieving hyperpolyglots, who are fluent in at least six languages. Explanations for success in learning languages typically consi…
This study traces the enlistment of concepts and metaphors from nonlinear science (e.g. chaos and complexity theories) by the U.S. military in its attempts to cope with the perceived demands of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), as well as an emerging post-in…
This research uses complexity theory to analyze the Islamist terrorist network with a focus on the emergence of geographic and social self-organization. The multi-space nature of complex systems provides the theoretical and methodological foundation for the research. The methodo…
Historically, in each of America’s past wars a significant proportion of each of them had to first be fought by an initial military strategy leading to defeat. The nation endured, and was perhaps lucky, until the winning military strategies were innovated by generals eventually …
This thesis explores the teaching and learning of English for Medical Purposes (EMP) in a Syrian Arab university (Tishreen University). It investigates the inherent contradictions in the position of EMP in an Arab-medium university by drawing on the socio-political and economic …
This study explores the shifting anthropological constructs of identity for the Middle Tanana people through time. It first summarizes this theme through contemporary regional Native American internal and external influences. A discussion is then given on how these constructs be…