Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises

Histories we tell never emerge in a vacuum, and history as an academic discipline that studies the past is highly sensitive to the concerns of the present and the heated debates that can divide entire societies. But does the study of the past also have something to teach us about the future? Can history help us in coping with the planetary crisis we are now facing? By analyzing historical s…

Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics III

This open-access proceedings volume brings selected, peer-reviewed contributions presented at the Fourth Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics (STUOD) 2023 Workshop, held at IFREMER in Plouzané, France, September 25–28, 2023. The STUOD project is supported by an ERC Synergy Grant, and led by Imperial College London, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic…

The Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Regimes

This open access book contributes new theoretical and comparative insights on migrant agency, undocumentedness and informality in non-Western, non-democratic migration regimes. The book is conceived as a critical reflection on the contemporary migration regime scholarship, and, more generally, on comparative migration studies, which primarily focus on migrants’ experiences and immigration pol…

Particle Polarization in High Energy Physics; An Introduction and Case Studie…

Selain mengulas secara bertahap berbagai gagasan fundamental, buku ini juga menyajikan beberapa studi kasus yang relevan dengan analisis fisika yang sedang berlangsung di LHC, termasuk peluruhan lepton-antilepton pada keadaan vektor (Drell-Yan, boson Z dan W, quarkonia, dan lain-lain). Buku ini juga menawarkan diskusi rinci tentang peluruhan bertingkat, di mana partikel vektor adalah anak dari …

Collider Physics within the Standard Model; A Primer

Dengan buku primer tingkat pascasarjana ini, prinsip-prinsip model standar fisika partikel menerima eksposisi khusus yang terampil, pribadi, dan abadi oleh salah satu kontributor hebat di bidang ini. Pada tahun 2013 almarhum Prof: Penemuan boson Higgs dan tidak teramatinya partikel-partikel baru atau fenomena eksotis telah membuat langkah besar untuk menyelesaikan konfirmasi eksperimental dari …

The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus

This Open Access book analyses the interplay between governing, evaluation and knowledge with an empirical focus on Swedish higher education. It investigates the origins, logics, and mechanisms of evaluation and quality assurance reforms and their dynamic interactions with institutional, national and European policy contexts. The chapters report findings from extensive empirical studies that of…

NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2021

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1

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978-94-6265-471-6

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NL ARMS

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XI, 309

(Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam

This thoughtful and wide-ranging open access volume explores the forces and issues shaping and defining contemporary identities and everyday life in Brunei Darussalam. It is a subject that until now has received comparatively limited attention from mainstream social scientists working on Southeast Asian societies. The volume helps remedy that deficit by detailing the ways in which religion, gen…

Case Studies in Biocultural Diversity from Southeast Asia

This open access book demonstrates the linkages between local languages, traditional knowledge, and biodiversity at the landscape level in Asia, providing a fresh approach to discussions on Asia’s biocultural diversity. The book carries forward earlier analyses but importantly focuses on ‘traditional ecological calendars,’ ‘folk medicine,’ and ‘folk names’ in the context of the vi…

Responsible Innovation 1

This book addresses the methodological issues involved in responsible innovation and provides an overview of recent applications of multidisciplinary research. Responsible innovation involves research into the ethical and societal aspects of new technologies (e.g. ICT, nanotechnology, biotechnology and brain sciences) and of changes in technological systems (e.g. energy, transport, agriculture …