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Social art: social industry (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Haywood, P., Kennedy, M., & Ingleson, S. (2007, April). Social art: social industry. Presented at Common Work: a conference exploring socially-related arts practice, Tramways, Glasgow

The emerging role of large cities in transitions to low carbon futures : 'by-passing' the national through political and corporate 'partnerships' (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2007, April). The emerging role of large cities in transitions to low carbon futures : 'by-passing' the national through political and corporate 'partnerships'. Presented at American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA

This paper addresses an issue of increasing contemporary salience: the role of large cities in addressing climate change. Cities perform a central role in the production of greenhouse gas emissions, are highly vulnerable to the consequences of climat... Read More about The emerging role of large cities in transitions to low carbon futures : 'by-passing' the national through political and corporate 'partnerships'.

Local negotiation and alignment of expectations and interlocal transfer of lessons in niche development trajectories : meta-analysis of 22 new energy projects in Europe (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Raven, R., Heiskanen, E., & Hodson, M. (2007, April). Local negotiation and alignment of expectations and interlocal transfer of lessons in niche development trajectories : meta-analysis of 22 new energy projects in Europe. Presented at Workshop on Innovation, Institutions and Path Dependency, Zurich

This paper examines the tension between the need to maintain diversity and the need to support path creation in the promotion of emerging sustainable technologies. The
analysis is framed within the niche development literature and in particular the... Read More about Local negotiation and alignment of expectations and interlocal transfer of lessons in niche development trajectories : meta-analysis of 22 new energy projects in Europe.

Intimate space: Sleep, art and sociology (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Heald, K., & Hislop, J. (2007, March). Intimate space: Sleep, art and sociology. Presented at New Frontiers in Arts Sociology: Creativity, Support and Sustainability, University of Luneburg and Hamburg, Germany

While sleep has captured the imagination of writers and artists throughout the centuries, only recently has it emerged as a subject of interest for sociologists. Yet researching sleep poses an essential dilemma. As a subconscious process, taking plac... Read More about Intimate space: Sleep, art and sociology.

Benefits realisation process for healthcare (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Sapountzis, S., Harris, K., & Kagioglou, M. (2007, March). Benefits realisation process for healthcare. Presented at 4th International SCRI symposium, Salford, UK

During the past ten years in the UK, education, housing, community regeneration and healthcare in particular have witnessed a massive programme of capital investment by the government through Public Private Partnerships (PPP). There is now a need to... Read More about Benefits realisation process for healthcare.

The 3D static FE model and it’s validation (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Tao, K., Liu, A., Nester, C., & Wang, C. (2007, March). The 3D static FE model and it’s validation. Presented at Shanghai International Symposium on Virtual Mechanical Human, Shanghai Jiaotong University

A new approach to conceptual document indexing (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Barresi, S., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Rezgui, Y. (2007, February). A new approach to conceptual document indexing. Presented at Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics, Special Session (CICLing 2007), Mexico City, Mexico

This paper presents a new conceptual indexing technique intended to overcome the major problems resulting from the use of Term Frequency (TF) based approaches. To resolve the semantic problems related to TF approaches, the proposed technique disambig... Read More about A new approach to conceptual document indexing.

Cinque's exploded IP in French (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Rowlett, P. (2007, February). Cinque's exploded IP in French. Presented at Romance Linguistics Seminar, Oxford

This paper focuses on the syntax of four subcategories of verb in French which are compatible with a following bare infinitive and which express various kinds of grammatical tense, mood, modality, aspect and voice, as well as such (more lexical?) not... Read More about Cinque's exploded IP in French.

Conceptualising the trend in burglary in England and Wales (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Hope, T. (2007, February). Conceptualising the trend in burglary in England and Wales. Presented at Colloquium on Property Crime, Project CRIMPREV (FP6, EU), Brussels

Our effort to understand crime rate change is hampered by governmental thinking about crime, and the vested interest governments have in favourable (popular) outcomes. At least as practised in the United Kingdom, thinking about burglary often assumes... Read More about Conceptualising the trend in burglary in England and Wales.

Realising the potential of science cities (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B., & May, T. (2007, February). Realising the potential of science cities. Presented at Science Cities National Conference, Newcastle, UK

Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching techniques? (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Al Ghazali, F. (2007, February). Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching techniques?. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is a creative and disciplined enterprise which is based on a speech act theory that says that language is used not only to describe things but to do things as well (Brown and Yule, 1985). It is essentially an approac... Read More about Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching techniques?.

Personal development planning: friend or foe in higher education? (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2007, January). Personal development planning: friend or foe in higher education?. Presented at 15th International BOBCATSSS Symposium: 'Marketing of Information Services', Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Through The Wardrobe - A Generic Platform To Foster The Evolution Of Creative Problem Solving Skills (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, A., Hiley, A., & Wilson, J. (2007, January). Through The Wardrobe - A Generic Platform To Foster The Evolution Of Creative Problem Solving Skills. Paper presented at Creativity or Conformity? Building Cultures of Creativity in Higher Education, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

Today’s society generates complex challenges which require a creative approach to problem identification and problem solving within a multidisciplinary environment. These are fundamental activities. They encompass, for example, critical evaluation... Read More about Through The Wardrobe - A Generic Platform To Foster The Evolution Of Creative Problem Solving Skills.