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Sustainable finance (2024)
Book Chapter
O'Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable finance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (196-201). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch37

Sustainable finance relates to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking, investment, and insurance activities, and the recognition that in doing so, the financial sector has tremendous leverage to shift international economies... Read More about Sustainable finance.

Stakeholder management (2024)
Book Chapter
Matthews, L., & Ingram, C. (2024). Stakeholder management. In Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (161-167). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch30

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is concerned with the responsibilities of business. Stakeholder management is a complementary approach that helps businesses understand which groups they have responsibilities towards and the nature of these resp... Read More about Stakeholder management.

Sustainable Investment (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Investment. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (207-214). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch39

Sustainable investment, more widely currently known as “responsible investment”, refers to the integration of sustainability issues— otherwise known as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the investment community— into core investmen... Read More about Sustainable Investment.

Sustainable Insurance (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Insurance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (202-206). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch38

Sustainable insurance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into insurance activities. This relates to both property and casualty insurance— otherwise known as ‘non-life’ insurance— as well as life insurance. As wit... Read More about Sustainable Insurance.

Corporate social responsibility (2024)
Book Chapter
Matthews, L., & Ingram, C. (2024). Corporate social responsibility. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (43-54). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch09

In its most general sense, corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be understood as the recognition that corporations have a responsibility to society that includes but is not limited to their economic performance. There are a large number of defin... Read More about Corporate social responsibility.

Sustainable banking (2024)
Book Chapter
Niamh, O. (2024). Sustainable banking. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (187-191). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch35

Sustainable banking refers to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking activities, principally including commercial and retail banking. As with institutional investors, sustainability issues in the banking sector are primarily... Read More about Sustainable banking.

Dynamic behavior of polymers (2024)
Book Chapter
Siviour, C. R., & De Focatiis, D. S. (2024). Dynamic behavior of polymers. In Dynamic Behavior of Materials: Fundamentals, Material Models, and Microstructure Effects (553-595). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-99153-7.00013-x

Measuring, understanding, and modeling the high strain rate properties of polymers are of importance in a wide range of applications. These properties also give unique insight into the processes governing polymer deformation. Compared to metals, howe... Read More about Dynamic behavior of polymers.

De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms (2024)
Book Chapter
Holland, B. (2024). De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms. In P. Schröder (Ed.), Concepts and Contexts of Pufendorf's International Legal and Political Thought (41-58). Oxford University Press (OUP)

This chapter investigates Pufendorf’s concept of systema civitatum or ‘system of states’. The chapter illuminates the concept by excavating it in several contexts. First, it examines the evolution of the term in Pufendorf’s own writings, from his ear... Read More about De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms.

(Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research (2024)
Book Chapter
Anderson, A., & Hobson-West, P. (2024). (Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research. In Researching animal research : What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare (223-246). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526165770.00018

The veterinary profession is complex and heterogeneous, embedded in a variety of social contexts. One such context is the animal research laboratory where, in the UK, Named Veterinary Surgeons (NVSs) have key legislative responsibilities for animal c... Read More about (Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research.

Creative Arts and Eating Disorders in Men (2024)
Book Chapter
Bartel, H. (in press). Creative Arts and Eating Disorders in Men. In P. Crawford, & P. Kadetz (Eds.), Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Health Humanities (1-10). Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan

The Security Council and Impartiality in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (2023)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2023). The Security Council and Impartiality in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes. In R. Buchan, D. Francini, & N. Tsagourias (Eds.), The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement: Challenges and Prospects (317-343). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009076296.018

In this chapter, Nigel White assesses the contribution of the UN’s collective security system to the settlement of international disputes. This chapter tests the assumption that impartial law-based dispute settlement by the Security Council is neithe... Read More about The Security Council and Impartiality in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes.

A Cinema of Pleasure: He Xiaopei’s Home Video Aesthetics and Queer Feminist Politics (2023)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2023). A Cinema of Pleasure: He Xiaopei’s Home Video Aesthetics and Queer Feminist Politics. In F. Chan, F. Elliott, & A. Willis (Eds.), Women in East Asian Cinema: Gender Representations, Creative Labour and Global Histories (13-28). Edinburgh University Press

This article examines He Xiaopei’s films and filmmaking career to discern how they help her articulate a queer feminist politics. He Xiaopei (Figure 1) is one of the best-known queer and feminist filmmakers and activists in contemporary China. She ha... Read More about A Cinema of Pleasure: He Xiaopei’s Home Video Aesthetics and Queer Feminist Politics.

Two-dimensional to three-dimensional dry fibre preforming (2023)
Book Chapter
Chen, S., & Harper, L. (2023). Two-dimensional to three-dimensional dry fibre preforming. In Design and Manufacture of Structural Composites (101-123). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819160-6.00005-6

Preforming is the process of converting two-dimensional (2D) intermediate fibre products, such as fabrics and mats, into complex three-dimensional (3D) shapes to resemble the geometry of the final component. Preforming is a necessary step for all liq... Read More about Two-dimensional to three-dimensional dry fibre preforming.

A Multimodal Linguistic Analysis of Gaze and Active Listenership in Emergency Department Team Interactions (2023)
Book Chapter
Atkins, S., & Chałupnik, M. (2023). A Multimodal Linguistic Analysis of Gaze and Active Listenership in Emergency Department Team Interactions. In K. Tsuchiya, F. Coffey, & K. Nakamura (Eds.), Multimodal Approaches to Healthcare Communication Research: Visualizing Interactions for Resilient Healthcare in the UK and Japan (47–64). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350298507.ch-004

Domácí porody (2023)
Book Chapter
Baron, T. (2023). Domácí porody. In M. Chvílová Weberová, B. Steinlauf Vráblová, & J. Matějek (Eds.), Etika v Neonatologii a Pediatrii. Grada Publishing

Cost, rate, and robustness (2023)
Book Chapter
Hancock, S., & Harper, L. (2023). Cost, rate, and robustness. In Design and Manufacture of Structural Composites (447-471). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819160-6.00022-6

This chapter outlines the most important considerations for the economic evaluation of composites, as assessing both cost and performance in parallel is critical for designing and manufacturing efficient applications. The cost of raw materials is oft... Read More about Cost, rate, and robustness.

Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) (2023)
Book Chapter
Eagleton, G. E., Tanzi, A. S., Mayes, S., Massawe, F., Ho, W. K., Kuswanto, K., Stephenson, R. A., & Khan, T. N. (2023). Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.). In Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food (437-486). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-90537-4.00022-3

Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) is a viny, leguminous, vegetable crop of humid regions in Southern Asia and New Guinea. In 1975, a review of 36 underexploited tropical plants by a US National Academy of Sciences select committee hi... Read More about Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.).

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter
Harper, L., & Clifford, M. (2023). Introduction. In Design and Manufacture of Structural Composites (3-17). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819160-6.00009-3

Fibre-reinforced polymer composites are acknowledged to offer some of the highest specific properties (stiffness, strength) of any engineering materials, but this chapter takes a look at why these materials are not more widely adopted for general str... Read More about Introduction.