All Outputs (71)

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?.

Social media and protest mobilization: evidence from the Tunisian revolution (2014)
Journal Article
Breuer, A., Landman, T., & Farquhar, D. (2014). Social media and protest mobilization: evidence from the Tunisian revolution. Democratization, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2014.885505

This article explores how social media acted as a catalyst for protest mobilization during the Tunisian revolution in late 2010 and early 2011. Using evidence from protests we argue that social media acted as an important resource for popular mobiliz... Read More about Social media and protest mobilization: evidence from the Tunisian revolution.

Popular culture, participation and progression in the literacy classroom (2014)
Journal Article
Parry, B. (2014). Popular culture, participation and progression in the literacy classroom. Literacy, 48(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12027

In this paper, I share an account of what happens when a teacher values children's experiences of popular culture in a classroom activity. Drawing on a socio-cultural approach to learning, I suggest that children are not simply enthused when their li... Read More about Popular culture, participation and progression in the literacy classroom.

Reading and re-reading Shrek (2009)
Journal Article
Parry, B. (2009). Reading and re-reading Shrek. English in Education, 43(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2009.01037.x

This article presents the findings of a small-scale research project which aimed to enable young people to reflect on their childhood responses to the popular films, ‘Shrek’ and ‘Shrek 2’. During the project the participants develop new readings of t... Read More about Reading and re-reading Shrek.

Use of the deficit model in a shared culture of argumentation: the case of foot and mouth science (2006)
Journal Article
Wright, N., & Nerlich, B. (2006). Use of the deficit model in a shared culture of argumentation: the case of foot and mouth science. Public Understanding of Science, 15(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662506063017

The "deficit model" as an explanation of the public understanding of science has attracted sustained criticism. While acknowledging the limitations of the deficit model, we argue that researchers should not abandon all interest in exploring it. Our r... Read More about Use of the deficit model in a shared culture of argumentation: the case of foot and mouth science.

Taiwan and China in a global value chain: the case of the electronics industry
Book Chapter
Lee, C. (in press). Taiwan and China in a global value chain: the case of the electronics industry. In S. Tsang (Ed.), Taiwan's impact on China: why soft power matters more than economic or political inputs. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter aims to examine how Taiwan impacted upon China through the technology flow from Taiwan to China, and how Taiwan played a part in linking China’s manufacturing with the United States. Theoretically this chapter challenges the Global Value... Read More about Taiwan and China in a global value chain: the case of the electronics industry.