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Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector (2013)
Book Chapter
Swan, W. Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector. In W. Swan, & P. Brown (Eds.), Retrofitting the Built Environment. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118273463.ch4

The sustainable retrofit of the domestic stock has been identified as one of the major ways to drive the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy. New systems and products to better insulate our homes, generate energy and control how we use it; all re... Read More about Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector.

Make no assumptions (2013)
Book Chapter
Baker, C., Smith, L., & Swan, W. (2013). Make no assumptions. In W. Swan, & P. Brown (Eds.), Retrofitting the Built Environment. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118273463.ch8

The selection of the correct options to upgrade a building to improve its energy performance is an essential part of the sustainable retrofit process. It requires a complex mix of skills to identify and deliver the most effective combination of measu... Read More about Make no assumptions.

Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience (2013)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2013). Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience. In C. Dalglish (Ed.), Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past (65-75). Woodbridge: Boydell Press

This paper provides an overview of the ‘I Dig Moston’/‘Dig Manchester’ community archaeology project, which took place in Manchester, England, between 2003 and 2008. This project involved the collaboration of local residents, school children, communi... Read More about Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience.

Emerging pedagogies (2013)
Book Chapter
Keegan, H. (2013). Emerging pedagogies. In P. Fraser, & J. Wardle (Eds.), Current Perspectives in Media Education. Palgrave Macmillan

A characteristic of good media educators is their willingness to continually rethink their practice in the light of both classroom experience and the ever-changing nature of the media itself – from introducing different texts for analysis, to trying... Read More about Emerging pedagogies.

Emerging pedagogies (2013)
Book Chapter
Keegan, H. (2013). Emerging pedagogies. In P. Fraser, & J. Wardle (Eds.), Current Perspectives in Media Education. Palgrave Macmillan

A characteristic of good media educators is their willingness to continually rethink their practice in the light of both classroom experience and the ever-changing nature of the media itself – from introducing different texts for analysis, to trying... Read More about Emerging pedagogies.

Rethinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation (2013)
Book Chapter
Perry, B., May, T., Marvin, S., & Hodson, M. (2013). Rethinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation. In H. Andersen, & R. Atkinson (Eds.), Production and Use of Urban Knowledge : European Experiences (151-167). Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8936-6_8

This chapter critically examines the challenges for the development of new styles of urbanism that are not only sustainable but also knowledge-based. It is divided into three sections. In section one, dominant and alternative responses to the twin ch... Read More about Rethinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation.

The dynamic genomes of acidophiles (2013)
Book Chapter
Lopez de Saro, F., Gomez, M., Gonzalez Tortuero, E., & Parro, V. (2013). The dynamic genomes of acidophiles. In J. Seckbach, A. Oren, & H. Stan-Lotter (Eds.), Polyextremophiles : life under multiple forms of stress (81-97). Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6488-0_3

The large-scale sequencing of microbial genomes and environmental samples in the last decade has revealed a huge amount of genetic diversity in natural populations. Extremophilic species in which the genomes of independently isolated strains have bee... Read More about The dynamic genomes of acidophiles.

Educating the Educators: Ethiopian IT PhD Program (2013)
Book Chapter
Negash, S., & Bass, J. (2013). Educating the Educators: Ethiopian IT PhD Program. In S. Negash, & B. D. Lundy (Eds.), Teaching Africa: A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom (240-252). Indiana University Press

Reflexivity (2013)
Book Chapter
May, T. (2013). Reflexivity. In B. Kaldis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. London: Sage

This Encyclopedia is the first of its kind in bringing together philosophy and the social sciences. It is not only about the philosophy of the social sciences but, going beyond that, it is also about the relationship between philosophy and the socia... Read More about Reflexivity.