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Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the National Audit Office (2024)
Book
Midgley, H. C., Ferry, L., & Murphie, A. D. (in press). Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the National Audit Office. Routledge

The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK Parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK’s supreme audit institution, examines the very de... Read More about Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the National Audit Office.

Intersectional invisibility: The moderating impact of perceived incongruence between stigmatized identities (2024)
Journal Article
Sternberg, B., Badea, C., Sesko, A. K., & Rubin, M. (online). Intersectional invisibility: The moderating impact of perceived incongruence between stigmatized identities. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241245393

There is evidence that people with multiple stigmatized identities sometimes experience psychological invisibility—perceivers show difficulty remembering information about these targets (e.g., their faces, spoken statements). In three experiments (to... Read More about Intersectional invisibility: The moderating impact of perceived incongruence between stigmatized identities.

A Vision of 6G URLLC: Physical-Layer Technologies and Enablers (2024)
Journal Article
Pourkabirian, A., Kordafshari, M. S., Jindal, A., & Anisi, M. H. (2024). A Vision of 6G URLLC: Physical-Layer Technologies and Enablers. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 8(2), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcomstd.0003.2300018

The anticipated advent of 6G communication holds the promise of enabling mission-critical applications such as traffic detection, forest fire recognition, emergency search and rescue, and widespread communication broadcasting. To fulfill these servic... Read More about A Vision of 6G URLLC: Physical-Layer Technologies and Enablers.

Apathy, Aphasia, and Athambia: Teaching Jamestown and Parodying the History of International Law (2024)
Book Chapter
Jones, H., & O'Donoghue, A. (2024). Apathy, Aphasia, and Athambia: Teaching Jamestown and Parodying the History of International Law. In J.-P. Gauci, & B. Sander (Eds.), Teaching International Law: Reflections on Pedagogical Practice in Context (17-30). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003429265-3

In 2019, the Journal of the History of International Law published an article on the 1622 Jamestown Massacre. This article fell short of every standard of academic publishing, in particular three grounds on which the Committee on Publication Ethics (... Read More about Apathy, Aphasia, and Athambia: Teaching Jamestown and Parodying the History of International Law.

Public Accountability in an Unpredictable World: Tales of the Unexpected (2024)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., Hyndman, N., Liguori, M., & Midgley, H. (in press). Public Accountability in an Unpredictable World: Tales of the Unexpected. Abacus: A Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business Studies,

This paper aims at providing an overview of the different research themes and concepts that surround the investigation of crises and how these affect the delivery of important public services. It offers a critical reflection on what crisis means, how... Read More about Public Accountability in an Unpredictable World: Tales of the Unexpected.