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Dramaturgy of the Shakespearean Libretto (2022)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P. (2022). Dramaturgy of the Shakespearean Libretto. In C. R. Wilson, & M. Cooke (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music (761-804). Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190945145.013.27

From the late seventeenth century (Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen, 1692), Shakespeare’s plays have entered the realm of music theatre and opera, inspiring both composers and their librettists. Operas on Shakespearean themes have played a seminal role in t... Read More about Dramaturgy of the Shakespearean Libretto.

Career Trajectories in The Third Space (2022)
Book Chapter
Louise Lawrence, J. (2022). Career Trajectories in The Third Space. In E. McIntosh, & D. Nutt (Eds.), The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education: Studies in Third Space Professionalism. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037569

Drawing on her roots in feminist philosophy, the author embraces her place on disciplinary, professional, and institutional margins to consider career trajectories in the third space. The chapter reflects on the author’s career progression to PFHEA w... Read More about Career Trajectories in The Third Space.

Green shoots: Emergent systemic leadership and critical systems practice (2022)
Book Chapter
Gregory, A. J., & Atkins, J. P. (2022). Green shoots: Emergent systemic leadership and critical systems practice. In A. Taylor (Ed.), Rethinking Leadership for a Green World (176-189). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190820-10

Climate change is recognised by many to be the defining adaptive challenge of our time. Despite such recognition, the failure of many world leaders to comprehend the scale, scope (bringing a complex mix of environmental, economic and social dimension... Read More about Green shoots: Emergent systemic leadership and critical systems practice.

Bibliometric analysis of management and leadership in the sustainability agenda (2022)
Book Chapter
Dwivedi, A. (2022). Bibliometric analysis of management and leadership in the sustainability agenda. In A. Taylor (Ed.), Rethinking Leadership for a Green World (343-394). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190820-19

In recent years, interest in the role of management and leadership within the broader sustainability agenda has risen significantly, with both academic and business practitioner communities showing significant interest in examining current and emergi... Read More about Bibliometric analysis of management and leadership in the sustainability agenda.

The Aftermath of a Suicide: Social Media Exposure and Implications for Postvention (2022)
Book Chapter
Bell, J., & Westoby, C. (2022). The Aftermath of a Suicide: Social Media Exposure and Implications for Postvention. In M. Pompili (Ed.), Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41319-4_32-1

There is an urgent need to understand the effects of social media and related practices in the aftermath of a suicide. News of a death by suicide can explode like a bomb on social media, the impact of which can be felt around the world. Emerging rese... Read More about The Aftermath of a Suicide: Social Media Exposure and Implications for Postvention.

Populism, anti-system politics and the media: A spotlight on Covid-19 (2022)
Book Chapter
Dover, R. (2022). Populism, anti-system politics and the media: A spotlight on Covid-19. In J. Mair, T. Clark, N. Fowler, R. Snoddy, & R. Tait (Eds.), Populism, the Pandemic and the Media : Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson (148-154). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003253822-24

Anti-system politicians in positions of power and influence and a compliant legacy and digital media have created a climate of disinformation and uncertainty for ordinary citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic, argues Professor Robert Dover

Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur (2022)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2022). Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur. In B. McKercher (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft (309-320). (2nd edition). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016625-31

The world economy, especially international trade in goods and services, was already slowing before the COVID pandemic hit the headlines in early 2020. Mercosur’s sparse institutional structure relies on three main decision-making organs: the Common... Read More about Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur.

Performing in the Studio (2022)
Book Chapter
Slater, M. (2022). Performing in the Studio. In G. McPherson (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Vol.1 (510-527). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190056285.013.31

While studio recordings can resemble live performances and draw upon similar reserves of knowledge and skill, the processes and experiences of performing in the studio are notably different from being on stage in front of an audience. This chapter si... Read More about Performing in the Studio.

Public-Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA (2022)
Book Chapter
Brady, S. A., Goetz, A. R., & Jonas, A. E. (2022). Public-Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA. In S. Hakim, R. M. Clark, & E. A. Blackstone (Eds.), Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol. 1 : Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, Taxis, and Finance (195-222). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83484-5_11

This chapter examines the expanding role of public-private partnerships (PPPs or P3s) in metro transportation projects in the USA through the innovative funding and financing of transit and highway infrastructure. The chapter draws on research undert... Read More about Public-Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA.

Antitumor and Protective Effects of Melatonin: The Potential Roles of MicroRNAs (2022)
Book Chapter
Ashrafizadeh, M., Ahmadi, Z., Yaribeygi, H., Sathyapalan, T., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2022). Antitumor and Protective Effects of Melatonin: The Potential Roles of MicroRNAs. In A. Sahebkar, & T. Sathyapalan (Eds.), Natural Products and Human Diseases (463-471). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73234-9_31

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous short noncoding RNAs with approximately 22 nucleotides. The primary function of miRNAs is the negative regulation of target gene expression via mRNA degradation or translation inhibition. During recent years, much at... Read More about Antitumor and Protective Effects of Melatonin: The Potential Roles of MicroRNAs.

Preface (2021)
Book Chapter
Sahebkar, A., & Sathyapalan, T. (2021). Preface. In A. Sahebkar, & T. Sathyapalan (Eds.), Natural Products and Human Diseases : Pharmacology, Molecular Targets, and Therapeutic Benefits (v). Cham: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73234-9

Populism, Anti-System Politics and the Media: A spotlight on Covid-19 (2021)
Book Chapter
Dover, R. (2021). Populism, Anti-System Politics and the Media: A spotlight on Covid-19. In J. Mair, T. Clark, N. Fowler, R. Snoddy, & R. Tait (Eds.), Populism, the Pandemic and the Media : Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson (148-154). Bury St. Edmunds: Abramis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003253822

Anti-system politicians in positions of power and influence and a compliant legacy and digital media have created a climate of disinformation and uncertainty for ordinary citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Why nature won’t save us from climate change but technology will”: Creating a New Heaven and a New Earth Through Carbon Capture Technologies (2021)
Book Chapter
Ornella, A. (2021). “Why nature won’t save us from climate change but technology will”: Creating a New Heaven and a New Earth Through Carbon Capture Technologies. In S. Maasen, & D. Atwood (Eds.), Immanente Religion - Transzendente Technologie : Technologiediskurse und gesellschaftliche Grenzüberschreitungen (193-223). Leverkusen: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Warnings about climate change often come wrapped in apocalyptic language and scenarios, often as a rhetorical strategy to convey the sense of urgency with which action is required. Similarly, technologies that promise to deliver us from the impending... Read More about “Why nature won’t save us from climate change but technology will”: Creating a New Heaven and a New Earth Through Carbon Capture Technologies.

The Crawling Chaos: H. P. Lovecraft, Closed Gothic Spaces and ‘Dungeon Crawler’ Videogames (2021)
Book Chapter
Corstorphine, K., & Crofts, M. (in press). The Crawling Chaos: H. P. Lovecraft, Closed Gothic Spaces and ‘Dungeon Crawler’ Videogames. In A. Alcala Gonzalez, & C. H. Sederholm (Eds.), Lovecraft in the 21st Century: Dead, But Still Dreaming (213-226). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367713065

Manuel Aguirre’s The Closed Space: Horror Literature and Western Symbolism (1990) drew critical focus to the importance of enclosed spaces and Gothic literature; caverns, catacombs and labyrinths. For Aguirre ‘the world is defined in horror literatur... Read More about The Crawling Chaos: H. P. Lovecraft, Closed Gothic Spaces and ‘Dungeon Crawler’ Videogames.

Scapa 100: The Marine Life Legacy (2021)
Book Chapter
Porter, J., & Want, A. (2021). Scapa 100: The Marine Life Legacy. In M. Edmonds, & J. Park (Eds.), Scapa Flow Legacy : Orkney and the German High Seas Fleet (171--183). Kirkwall: The Orcadian (Kirkwall Press)

English actors in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time of Ladislaus IV. (2021)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P., & Katritzky, M. A. (in press). English actors in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time of Ladislaus IV. In J. Żukowski (Ed.), Warsaw Triumphant Harmony. Warsaw: Arx Regia Publishing

This chapter considers the English players in the light of a radical re-evaluation of previously under-researched visual sources, before focusing on three Habsburg “theatre letters” of 1608, 1617 and 1628 valuably supplementing the sparse documentary... Read More about English actors in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time of Ladislaus IV..

Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels (2021)
Book Chapter
Cheah, K. W., Taylor, M. J., Evans, G., Samson, A., & Skoulou, V. (2022). Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels. In S. Yusup, & N. A. Rashidi (Eds.), Value chain of Biofuels (1-48). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824388-6.00007-5

This chapter introduces the main biomass conversion routes to biofuels currently available in industry. It begins with a general comparison between first- and second-generation lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks, and the lessons learned by utilizing... Read More about Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels.

Pollen productivity estimates from KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa (2021)
Book Chapter
Hill, T. R., Duthie, T. J., & Bunting, J. (2021). Pollen productivity estimates from KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa. In J. Runge, W. D. Gosling, A. Lézine, & L. Scott (Eds.), Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics – The African Pollen Database (259-274). London: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003162766-16

Pollen assemblages from sedimentary sequences reflect the landscapes surrounding the basin at the time of deposition, however the translation of pollen records into estimates or maps of past landcover is complex. Models of the pollen-vegetation relat... Read More about Pollen productivity estimates from KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa.

Modern pollen studies from tropical Africa and their use in palaeoecology (2021)
Book Chapter
Julier, A. C., Manzano, S., Razanatsoa, E., Razafimanantsoa, A. H., Githumbi, E., Hawthorne, D., …Bunting, J. (2021). Modern pollen studies from tropical Africa and their use in palaeoecology. In J. Runge, W. D. Gosling, A. Lézine, & L. Scott (Eds.), Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics – The African Pollen Database (317-348). London: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003162766-21

Modern pollen studies are valuable for the calibration of pollen records and contribute to the understanding of past vegetation dynamics. Here, we present a qualitative review of available published and (where possible) unpublished modern pollen stud... Read More about Modern pollen studies from tropical Africa and their use in palaeoecology.