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Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies (2016)
Journal Article
Gegout, C. (2016). Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies. Third World Quarterly, 37(12), 2192-2210. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1176855

This article analyses the impact of European Union (EU) policies in the field of fisheries on development in Africa. It contests the premise that the EU promotes local economies, and argues that it often contributes to depleting fish stocks, distorti... Read More about Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies.

Coming together or drifting apart? Income maintenance in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom (2016)
Journal Article
Pierson, C., & Humpage, L. (2016). Coming together or drifting apart? Income maintenance in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Politics and Policy, 44(2), 261-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12150

There has been long-standing debate in the comparative welfare state literature as to whether social policy regimes come to look more alike over time (“converge”) or else retain their distinctiveness. In this article, we explore this question throug... Read More about Coming together or drifting apart? Income maintenance in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights (2016)
Journal Article
Landman, T. (2016). Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights. Human Rights Quarterly, 38(1), https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2016.0014

This paper argues that there is a strong role for empirical analysis to be used to address fundamental normative questions. Using human rights as an example, the article shows that the evolution of the international regime of human rights provides a... Read More about Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights.

Arts-based approaches to research with children: living with mess (2015)
Book Chapter
Parry, B. (2015). Arts-based approaches to research with children: living with mess. In D. Yamada-Rice, & E. Stirling (Eds.), Visual methods with children and young people: academics and visual industries in dialogue. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402295

After the emergence of a distinct sociology of childhood, methodological approaches to research with children have been particularly concerned to work ethically and meaningfully with them. In this volume, Elizabeth Wood (Chapter 9) takes us beyond th... Read More about Arts-based approaches to research with children: living with mess.

Policy masquerading as science: an examination of non-state actor involvement in European risk assessment policy for genetically modified animals (2015)
Journal Article
Hartley, S. (in press). Policy masquerading as science: an examination of non-state actor involvement in European risk assessment policy for genetically modified animals. Journal of European Public Policy, 23(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2015.1049196

In 2013, at the request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced a new risk assessment policy: Guidance on the environmental risks of genetically modified (GM) animals (‘Guidance’). This policy specifies the iss... Read More about Policy masquerading as science: an examination of non-state actor involvement in European risk assessment policy for genetically modified animals.

Enhancing the spatial resolution of satellite-derived land surface temperature mapping for urban areas (2015)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Foody, G., Aplin, P., & Gosling, S. (2015). Enhancing the spatial resolution of satellite-derived land surface temperature mapping for urban areas. Sustainable Cities and Society, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2015.04.007

Land surface temperature (LST) is an important environmental variable for urban studies such as those focused on the urban heat island (UHI). Though satellite-derived LST could be a useful complement to traditional LST data sources, the spatial resol... Read More about Enhancing the spatial resolution of satellite-derived land surface temperature mapping for urban areas.

Gone for good? Subsidies with export share requirements in China: 2002–13 (2015)
Journal Article
Defever, F., & Riaño, A. (2015). Gone for good? Subsidies with export share requirements in China: 2002–13. World Bank Economic Review, 29(supp 1), S135-S144. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhv020

This paper presents a simple model of subsidies with export share requirements (ESR) in a heterogeneous firm environment. A two-country general equilibrium version of the model with a single 100% ESR is calibrated using firm-level data from the 2002... Read More about Gone for good? Subsidies with export share requirements in China: 2002–13.

The meta Taylor rule (2015)
Journal Article
Lee, K., Morley, J., & Shields, K. (2015). The meta Taylor rule. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12169

We characterise U.S. monetary policy within a generalized Taylor rule framework that accommodates uncertainties about the duration of policy regimes and the specification of the rule, in addition to the standard parameter and stochastic uncertainties... Read More about The meta Taylor rule.

Modern slavery research: the UK picture (2015)
Report
Bales, K., Hedwards, B., Silverman, B., Costaguta, L., Trodd, Z., & Wright, N. (2015). Modern slavery research: the UK picture. Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner's Office

A social licence for science: capturing the public or co-constructing research? (2014)
Journal Article
Raman, S., & Mohr, A. (2014). A social licence for science: capturing the public or co-constructing research?. Social Epistemology, 28(3-4), https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2014.922642

The “social licence to operate” has been invoked in science policy discussions including the 2007 Universal Ethical Code for scientists issued by the UK Government Office for Science. Drawing from sociological research on social licence and STS inter... Read More about A social licence for science: capturing the public or co-constructing research?.