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Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body

Presentation / Conference
Avdukić, A., & Khaleel, F. (2019, October)
Accounting for the failures of islamic legal theory at public administration: political economy of historical institution of hisbah as a regulatory body. Presented at Sarajevo Islamic Finance and Economics Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The aim in this paper is to examine the implementation and working of market regulations within the Muslim world with the objective of investigating the political economy of i...

Exploring the Ethics of Regulatory Models in the Medieval Muslim World: Historico-Ethical Patterns of Political Economic Narratives on Institutionalisation of Ethics within the Classical Literature (A.D. 950 – 1450)

Presentation / Conference
Khaleel, F. (2022, July)
Exploring the Ethics of Regulatory Models in the Medieval Muslim World: Historico-Ethical Patterns of Political Economic Narratives on Institutionalisation of Ethics within the Classical Literature (A.D. 950 – 1450). Paper presented at The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics: Research Network ‘R’ Virtual Conference, Durham University
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Evaluating the impact of innovative cycling measures in EU cycling cities.

Presentation / Conference
O'Dolan, C., Stewart, K., & Tricker, R. (2014, May)
Evaluating the impact of innovative cycling measures in EU cycling cities. Paper presented at 10th Annual Scottish Transport Research and Applications Conference, Glasgow
The impact of “softer” measures to improve cycling mode share are often difficult to quantify and assess. The CHAMP project is an Intelligent Energy Europe funded project whic...

eParticipation to support the Information Society.

Presentation / Conference
Taylor-Smith, E. (2010, December)
eParticipation to support the Information Society. Paper presented at ePractice workshop on eParticipation, European Commission, Brussels
eParticipation lives in the Internet. The Internet technologies that help us to organise and share information are changing the way we live and work: we live in an Information...

"Fiery Speech": Vision and Violence in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats and Patrick Pearse

Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2016, August)
"Fiery Speech": Vision and Violence in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats and Patrick Pearse. Paper presented at ESSE 2016, National University of Ireland, Galway
This paper examines the work of two of the main protagonists behind the cultural and political revival of Ireland in the early twentieth century, W. B. Yeats and Patrick Pears...

Rewriting 'Selves' and 'Others' in 'Postmigrant' Theatre

Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, J. (2019, November)
Rewriting 'Selves' and 'Others' in 'Postmigrant' Theatre. Paper presented at Translating Cultures, Cultures in Translation (19th Annual Conference of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication), Universitat de València, Spain
The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of German-language plays engaging with stories of migration. After a relatively slow ‘trickle’ of plays narrating the experiences...

Seeking God by strange ways: Symbolism and the Irish Revival

Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2017, December)
Seeking God by strange ways: Symbolism and the Irish Revival. Paper presented at European Revivals Conference V - Cultural Mythologies around 1900, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
This paper will argue that the Irish Revival of the late nineteenth, early twentieth century was first-and-foremost a Symbolist movement. Focusing on the writing, thought and ...

Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot.

Presentation / Conference
Kimpeler, S., Lindner, R., Taylor-Smith, E. & Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P. (2012, July)
Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot. Paper presented at IPSA XXII World Congress of Political Science, Madrid, Spain
Several studies recently identified risks and advantages to young people in using the Internet and explicitly recognise the importance of young people’s informed involvement i...

Understanding the policy assumptions made in youth employment activation from a capability approach.

Presentation / Conference
Egdell, V., Raeside, R., & Graham, H. (2015, July)
Understanding the policy assumptions made in youth employment activation from a capability approach. Paper presented at Inequality in the 21st Century, London School of Economics & Political Science, London
Youth unemployment is a major government concern for countries across Europe. In the UK, in the final quarter of 2013, the unemployment rate for those aged 16-24 years stood a...

Just and Sustainable Places: Extending the Boundaries of Socio-environmental Health.

Presentation / Conference
Elaine, C., & Inglis, G. (2017, November)
Just and Sustainable Places: Extending the Boundaries of Socio-environmental Health. Paper presented at U!REKA Edinburgh 2017: Towards a Research and Education Strategy
Background: Ecological public health encompasses the complex relationship between environment and health - protecting the physical environment and its inhabitants from contami...