ii Abstract This creative writing PhD explores mental health in the light of literary genres and comprises a novel, The Conspiracy Factory, and critical reflection. Set in a psychiatric facility, the novel is told in, through and between different genres, with ‘schizophrenia’ mapp...

This qualitative study advances the concept of exploitative solidarity to explain how co-ethnic support networks can reproduce labour exploitation among Turkish-speaking immigrants in the United Kingdom. Based on in-depth interviews with 15 migrants in London and Leicester, the analysis demonstrates&#...

Contemporary public and corporate discourses frequently celebrate advanced automation as a seamless portal to frictionless, touchless mobility. Critical human geography, however, has long demonstrated that these computational networks remain deeply enmeshed in messy physical procedures and human agencies. ...

Emotions have been at the forefront of philosophers’ and theoreticians’ curiosities for millennia. A great deal of influential research has described how emotions are defined, generated, and regulated, and many theoretical models have further described the processes underlying the maintenance of&...

Despite sustained investment in gender-equity initiatives, hierarchies of authority, legitimacy and reward remain entrenched in higher education. This paper synthesises two staff surveys conducted in Athena Swan-accredited institutions in the United Kingdom and SAGE Athena Swan-accredited institutions in A...

This chapter provides a non-comprehensive overview of the research methods used in cross-cultural studies of children. We present a collage of case studies and methods summaries that outline common practices and explore their theoretical, ethical, and practical implications. ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing public health emergency, driven largely by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Among multidrug-resistant pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii is a major clinical concern due to its ability to survive in hospital environments. Recent studies...

This opening chapter outlines this book’s agenda: to promote a comprehensive, culturally informed approach to studying childhood, and to critically examine the predominance of western centric methodologies in developmental research. By integrating insights from evolutionary, anthropological, and psychological&#...

The aim of the study was to explore the effects of divorce on the international human rights of women in Qatar, with a particular focus on domestic abuse. The critical perspective was utilised under both the socio-legal and doctrinal analyses. The critical perspective was info...