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Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'

In Wagner’s composition of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried Act III Scene 1 marks a significant milestone both in terms of its drama and its music. Wagner’s first significant work on the Ring was his sketch of 4 October 18482 but with the purpose o... Read More about Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'.

An “in the wild” longitudinal cross-site study of networked public displays user communities through situated snapshots
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Memarovic, N., Schieck, A. F. G., Schnädelbach, H., Kostopoulou, E., North, S., & Ye, L. (2016). An “in the wild” longitudinal cross-site study of networked public displays user communities through situated snapshots. . Manuscript submitted for publication

Networked public displays are a new medium, and as such they can improve the quality and experience of urban spaces by providing new means to engage members of place-based communities. As they are located in different public spaces understanding comm... Read More about An “in the wild” longitudinal cross-site study of networked public displays user communities through situated snapshots.

Trajectories of quality of life, health status and personal wellbeing up to two years after curative intent treatment for colorectal cancer: results from the UK ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) cohort study
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, C., Haviland, J., Winter, J., Grimmett, C., Chivers Seymour, K., Batehup, L., …Richardson, A. Trajectories of quality of life, health status and personal wellbeing up to two years after curative intent treatment for colorectal cancer: results from the UK ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) cohort study.

Chinese student mobility, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England: an empirical study
Book Chapter
Wu, B. (2016). Chinese student mobility, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England: an empirical study. In H. Wang, & Y. Liu (Eds.), Entrepreneur and talent management from a global perspective : Chinese returnees. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Unprecedented growth and circulation of Chinese international students cannot be fully understood unless the roles of host societies including diaspora Chinese communities are taken into account. This chapter draws attention to a phenomenon of local... Read More about Chinese student mobility, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England: an empirical study.

Contractual networks in European private international law
Journal Article
Grušic, U. Contractual networks in European private international law. International and Comparative Law Quarterly,

This article examines private international law issues raised by transnational contractual networks. The focus is on choice-of-law questions that arise in the context of 1) relations between network members who are contractually bound to one another,... Read More about Contractual networks in European private international law.

Deep learning the dynamic appearance and shape of facial action units
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaiswal, S., & Valstar, M. F. (2016). Deep learning the dynamic appearance and shape of facial action units.

Spontaneous facial expression recognition under uncontrolled conditions is a hard task. It depends on multiple factors including shape, appearance and dynamics of the facial features, all of which are adversely affected by environmental noise and low... Read More about Deep learning the dynamic appearance and shape of facial action units.

Troubleshooting methods for the generation of novel pseudotyped viruses
Journal Article
King, B., Temperton, N., Grehan, K., Scott, S., Wright, E., Tarr, A. W., & Daly, J. M. Troubleshooting methods for the generation of novel pseudotyped viruses. Future Virology,

A pseudotyped virus (PV) is a virus particle with an envelope protein originating from a different virus. The ability to dictate which envelope proteins are expressed on the surface has made pseudotyping an important tool for basic virological studie... Read More about Troubleshooting methods for the generation of novel pseudotyped viruses.

New voices: multicultural short stories
Book Chapter
Ward, A. (2016). New voices: multicultural short stories. In D. Head (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to the British and Irish short story. Cambridge University Press

‘Ceremonious ape!’: creaturely poetics and anthropomorphic acts
Journal Article
Anderton, J. ‘Ceremonious ape!’: creaturely poetics and anthropomorphic acts. Performance Research, 20(2),

Creaturely life partly refers to the nostalgia for a former human status hinged on normative, established forms of signification. In response, creaturely poetics is concerned with ways of composing the accentuated material and categorical vulnerabili... Read More about ‘Ceremonious ape!’: creaturely poetics and anthropomorphic acts.

Placing fashion: art, space, display and the building of luxury fashion markets through retail design
Journal Article
Crewe, L. Placing fashion: art, space, display and the building of luxury fashion markets through retail design. Progress in Human Geography,

This paper explores the performative and affective affordances enshrined in contemporary fashion space. Fashion markets need to be placed in a much more serious conceptual way. Whilst much critical attention has been focused on the geographies of fas... Read More about Placing fashion: art, space, display and the building of luxury fashion markets through retail design.

Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, S., & Swan, M. Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses.

This paper describes intervention resources designed to provide opportunities for student self-regulation, with a particular focus on setting subgoals when problem solving. Each task includes a range of pre-written interrelated “sample student respon... Read More about Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses.

Utilizing gravity in movement-based games and play
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hämäläinen, P., Marshall, J., Kajastila, R., Byrne, R., & Mueller, F. ‘. (2015). Utilizing gravity in movement-based games and play.

This paper seeks to expand the understanding of gravity as a powerful but underexplored design resource for movement-based games and play. We examine how gravity has been utilized and manipulated in digital, physical, and mixed reality games and spor... Read More about Utilizing gravity in movement-based games and play.

International division of labor
Book Chapter
Lim, K. F. International division of labor. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. L. Kobayashi, & R. Marston (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley-Blackwell

International division of labor refers to a conception of economic production as intrinsically transnational; of the interdependence between economic production and geographically-differentiated labor power in the first instance. ‘Old’ and ‘new’ vers... Read More about International division of labor.

Labor market
Book Chapter
Lim, K. F. Labor market. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. L. Kobayashi, & R. Marston (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley-Blackwell

Labor markets are socially-constructed entities that facilitate the buying and selling of labor power. They are effectively political-geographic institutions, governed predominantly by state regulations that apply within specific territorial boundari... Read More about Labor market.

Regulation/deregulation
Book Chapter
Lim, K. F. Regulation/deregulation. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. L. Kobayashi, & R. Marston (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley Blackwell

Economic regulation is dynamically entwined with deregulation. Contrary to the logic of market fundamentalism, producers and/or consumers do not always benefit from deregulation. Rational-choice theories of regulation have not impacted economic-geogr... Read More about Regulation/deregulation.

Grand Push Auto: a car based exertion game
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marshall, J., Loesche, F., Linehan, C., Johnson, D., & Martelli, B. (2015). Grand Push Auto: a car based exertion game.

Grand Push Auto is an exertion game in which players aim to push a full sized car to ever increasing speeds. The re-appropriation of a car as essentially a large weight allows us to create a highly portable and distributable exertion game in which th... Read More about Grand Push Auto: a car based exertion game.

Aid and taxation
Book Chapter
Morrissey, O., & Torrance, S. Aid and taxation. In B. M. Arvin, & B. Lew (Eds.), Handbook on the economics of foreign aid. Edward Elgar