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Governmentality, counter-conduct, and modes of governing - accounting and the pursuit of municipal sustainable waste management (2025)
Journal Article
Ahrens, T., & Ferry, L. (in press). Governmentality, counter-conduct, and modes of governing - accounting and the pursuit of municipal sustainable waste management. Contemporary Accounting Research,

Recent research into the uses of accounting as a technology of government has used Foucault’s notion of “counter-conduct” to shed light on various ways in which the governed can seek to alter the regimes to which they are subjected. This paper unpack... Read More about Governmentality, counter-conduct, and modes of governing - accounting and the pursuit of municipal sustainable waste management.

International Business and SDG 8 - Exploring the Relationship between IB and Society (2024)
Book
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Boussebaa, M., & Fletcher, M. (Eds.). (2024). International Business and SDG 8 - Exploring the Relationship between IB and Society. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46802-5

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 aims to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. The twelve associated targets call for action in a number of interconnected domains... Read More about International Business and SDG 8 - Exploring the Relationship between IB and Society.

Shared occupancy and property tax arrears (2024)
Journal Article
Anim-Odame, W. K., Brenni, P. A., Damianov, D. S., & Philip, D. (online). Shared occupancy and property tax arrears. Real Estate Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12522

Shared occupancy arrangements are on the rise in recent years due to affordability constraints in homeownership. This article examines for the first time the property tax compliance behavior of shared dwellings, where homeowners rent out part of thei... Read More about Shared occupancy and property tax arrears.

Beyond conventional financialization: Intersectional insights and Indigenous responses to financial inequality in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Ghafran, C., & Yasmin, S. (online). Beyond conventional financialization: Intersectional insights and Indigenous responses to financial inequality in the UK. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, Article 102771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2024.102771

This study leverages Bourdieu's concepts of capital and habitus, alongside an intersectionality framework, to examine the financialization of daily life within the British-Pakistani diaspora. Amidst the escalating pervasiveness of financialization in... Read More about Beyond conventional financialization: Intersectional insights and Indigenous responses to financial inequality in the UK.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education Policies of UK Universities (2024)
Journal Article
Atkinson-Toal, A., & Guo, C. (2024). Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education Policies of UK Universities. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2, 70-94. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.20

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are becoming integral to academic and professional landscapes, with universities rapidly developing policies that govern ethical and effective usage. Yet such efforts are fragmented across institut... Read More about Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education Policies of UK Universities.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Important Datasets in the Field of Comparative Employment Relations (2024)
Book Chapter
Brandl, B. (2024). The Advantages and Disadvantages of Important Datasets in the Field of Comparative Employment Relations. In J. Parker, N. Donnelly, S. Ressia, & M. Gavin (Eds.), Field Guide to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations (161-174). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035313891

The availability of data with which to perform statistical analyses has always been the Achilles’ heel of empirical research in the field of comparative employment relations (ER). While data availability is challenging for almost all country comparat... Read More about The Advantages and Disadvantages of Important Datasets in the Field of Comparative Employment Relations.

Financialisation of Islamic finance: a Polanyian approach on the hegemony of market logic over Islamic Logic (2024)
Journal Article
Asutay, M., & Yilmaz, I. (online). Financialisation of Islamic finance: a Polanyian approach on the hegemony of market logic over Islamic Logic. New Political Economy, https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2024.2424170

The significant rise of finance in emerging economies evidenced that financialisation is not limited to advanced economies. While financial capitalism spreads to every corner, financialisation appears in emerging economies in the form of variegated f... Read More about Financialisation of Islamic finance: a Polanyian approach on the hegemony of market logic over Islamic Logic.

Investigating the mediating role of national governance bundles and institutional ownership on the relationship between risk governance disclosure and market valuation: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Areneke, G., Tunyi, A., & Nakpodia, F. (online). Investigating the mediating role of national governance bundles and institutional ownership on the relationship between risk governance disclosure and market valuation: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Corporate Governance, https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-07-2023-0321

Purpose
The paper aims to comparatively examine the impact of risk governance disclosure (RGD) on the market valuation of firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the mediating role of institutional investment and national governance bundles (NGB).... Read More about Investigating the mediating role of national governance bundles and institutional ownership on the relationship between risk governance disclosure and market valuation: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Are local government accounts trusted? Exploring the UK Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Verdict (2024)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., Fright, M., Midgley, H., Murphie, A., & Sandford, M. (online). Are local government accounts trusted? Exploring the UK Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Verdict. Public Money & Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2423370

This paper analyses the system of local government accounting and auditing in England and how successfully it is performing its role in supporting democratic accountability. To do this, the paper asks whether the accounts of local councils in England... Read More about Are local government accounts trusted? Exploring the UK Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Verdict.

Scaling research and practice of scholarships impact for peace: The role of theory (2024)
Journal Article
Almassri, A. (2024). Scaling research and practice of scholarships impact for peace: The role of theory. International Journal of Educational Research, 128, Article 102467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102467

The scope of appraising international higher education scholarships’ potential impact on peace should be broadened beyond assessing their contribution to technical recovery and development. Extant research often limits appreciation of this contributi... Read More about Scaling research and practice of scholarships impact for peace: The role of theory.

Inclusion in the Northern Ireland Peace Process: A ‘History of the Present’ (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, C. (online). Inclusion in the Northern Ireland Peace Process: A ‘History of the Present’. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2024.2365512

This article presents a ‘history of the present’ of the concept of inclusion and how it has been centred in analysis of the Northern Ireland process in recent years. Historical discourse analysis is used to deconstruct how the idea of inclusion as a... Read More about Inclusion in the Northern Ireland Peace Process: A ‘History of the Present’.

‘Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm (2024)
Journal Article
Holmes, L., Pinto, V. S., Wroe, L. E., Peace, D., & Firmin, C. (online). ‘Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm. The British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae109

In the UK, there has been increased awareness of the harm adolescents face beyond their families. There is no national strategy for safeguarding adolescents. One intervention that comes with particularly high costs is relocation placements by childre... Read More about ‘Relocating Adolescents’: The Costs of Out-of-Area Placements as a Response to Extra-Familial Risk/Harm.

Rethinking International Scholarships as Peace Interventions in the Palestinian Context of Conflict (2024)
Journal Article
Almassri, A. N. (2024). Rethinking International Scholarships as Peace Interventions in the Palestinian Context of Conflict. Social Sciences, 13(7), Article 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13070336

International education scholarships can be significant interventions at times of conflict and peace. Extant research in International Relations and in International Education begins to demonstrate this significance but predominantly in neo-liberal t... Read More about Rethinking International Scholarships as Peace Interventions in the Palestinian Context of Conflict.

Foreign-language effects in cross-cultural behavioral research: Evidence from the Tanzanian Hadza (2024)
Journal Article
Stibbard-Hawkes, D. N. E., Abarbanell, L., Mabulla, I. A., Endeko, E. S., Legare, C. H., & Apicella, C. L. (2024). Foreign-language effects in cross-cultural behavioral research: Evidence from the Tanzanian Hadza. PNAS Nexus, 3(6), Article pgae218. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae218

Behavioral research in traditional subsistence populations is often conducted in a non-native language. Recent studies show that non-native language-use systematically influences behavior, including in widely used methodologies. However, such studies... Read More about Foreign-language effects in cross-cultural behavioral research: Evidence from the Tanzanian Hadza.

The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning (2024)
Journal Article
Hirst, J., & Spellman, C. (2024). The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 97-109. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.1

This paper addresses a critical need for Higher Education, and Business Schools in particular, to embed Futures Thinking skills into their curricula in order to prepare the incoming generations of leaders for the radical change that the world is faci... Read More about The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning.