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“The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions”: New Cosmopolitanism and Pacifist Warriors
(2022-01-01)Since the end of the Cold War “New Cosmopolitans” have justified the renaissance of “righteous war” by providing cosmopolitan, humanitarian, human rights and even pacifist justifications for military intervention. This ... -
Influence of pitch and speaker gender on perception of creaky voice
(2024-01-01)Creaky voice is a non-modal voice quality generally described as sounding pulse-like and low in pitch. While empirical studies have produced mixed results when it comes to creak prevalence by speaker gender, creaky voice ... -
‘Tick boxes are just tick boxes’: Problematising evidence-based teaching and exploring the space of the possible through a complexity lens
(2024-01-01)This article seeks to provide a new paradigm for questioning how quality and excellence in teaching practices are understood and evaluated. By combining ideas from complexity theory and Michel Foucault’s conception of ... -
Analysing neoliberal discourse in Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework (EIF) through a Foucauldian lens
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Autistic adults’ experiences with social media: Creativity, Connectedness, and Control
(Queen Mary University of London, 2023) -
Adapting digital networks and resources for autistic users. A toolkit for the third and public sector
(Queen Mary University of London, 2023)This toolkit offers practical support to any third and public sector professional who wants to adapt their use of digital platforms. -
Understanding Autistic Adults’ Use of Social Media
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023-10-01) -
Autistic sociality on Twitter: Enacted affordances and affiliation strategies
(SAGE Publications, 2022-08-01)While there is an increasing focus on the use of online networks among autistic users, how autistic adults communicate in social networking sites remains underexplored. The article puts forward an argument for combining ... -
How can we design social media to be inclusive?
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China Pushed the Pink Tide and the Pink Tide Pulled China: Intertwining Economic Interests and Ideology in Ecuador and Bolivia (2005–2014)
(2020-12-01)This article examines the rise of leftist ideology in Ecuador and Bolivia in light of their deepening economic relations with China from 2005 to 2014. First, it reveals that market trends account for trade fluctuations but ...