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Experimental Research: Brief Essays on Timeless Concepts offers a unique exploration of the experimental process that transcends disciplinary boundaries and technological trends. Through a series of concise, thought-provoking essays, this book distills enduring principles of scientific inquiry. Addressing foundational topics from measurement and dimensional analysis to cognitive factors in research and technical communication, it cultivates a deep, reflective understanding of experimentation as both an intellectual craft and a scientific discipline.

Organized into seven thematic sections, the essays delve into topics rarely addressed in conventional manuals, including the epistemology of experimentation, creative thinking in research, principles of device design and the thoughtful integration of modern tools into contemporary experimental work. Rather than focusing on discipline-specific techniques, the authors emphasize universal aspects of experimentation that cut across fields, blending conceptual insight with practical relevance and historical perspective. The result is a timeless perspective on experimental methods that balances accessibility with intellectual rigor.

This volume is an essential resource for young scholars learning to design, conduct and interpret experiments independently, such as graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty who, despite solid technical backgrounds, have received little formal guidance in the conceptual and cognitive aspects of experimentation. For educators and established researchers, it offers fresh perspectives on mentoring the next generation of experimentalists in an era of rapid technological change.

Drawing on a broad array of theoretical viewpoints including liberal, postmodernist, and historical materialist accounts, the Encyclopedia examines key foundational concepts along the continuum of sociology, organization studies, business and critical management. Entries embrace the plurality of organizations to include and go beyond corporate workplaces, extending to universities, informal groups, cooperatives, libraries, and more. Key topics covered are work/life balance, intersectionality, Marxism, gig work, power, gendering, and race. Entries in this volume reflect the pressing issues that are currently reshaping the field such as algorithmic control, coercive organizations, digital nomads, greenwashing, organizational ecology, and systems thinking.

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology is an essential resource for scholars and students exploring empirical research and theory in the interdisciplinary field of organizational sociology, and its interface with a range of other disciplines such as political science, economics, psychology, and business management.

Key Features:

• Contains over 130 accessible entries
• Includes contributions from an international cohort of authors across the Global South and North
• Highlights the variety of styles, themes, methodologies, and theories across organizational sociology

In the era of ubiquitous computing and the Internet of things, is it still possible to go, or be, offline? Can we still find a more embedded, autonomous, and attentive way of being, away from the constant distraction of our phones and screens? Or is it time to reconcile ourselves to a future, where every thought and action is mediated by an algorithm?You Can Never Go Offline Again is an autoethnographic search for an elsewhere to the Internet. It chronicles the author's weekend digital detoxes, travels to Internet blackout zones, efforts at mindful consumption, and daily struggles to reign in his online activities, concluding that today there is no longer a meaningful distinction between online and off. The two have merged into one intermediated reality. Integrating literary memoir with anthropology, media studies, and philosophy, it takes stock of our digitally-saturated moment and attempts to chart a path forward. Written in accessible prose and illustrated with evocative photography, You Can Never Go Offline Again is essential reading for students and researchers of digital culture and anyone struggling to carve out a space for the in-person and face-to-face at a time when online has already become the default mode of being.

Contributors investigate complex interplays to explain how sexuality manifests across locations, time, cultures and contexts. They propose that sexuality is not merely a biological function, but a social construct that encompasses desire, identity and behavior. From the basis of desire to marriage and infidelity and from the construction of sexuality to fantasies and the future of sex, this Encyclopedia explores the diversity of sexual norms and practices across societies.

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Sex and Society is an essential resource for scholars and students of social policy, sociology, gender and sexuality. Government policymakers will similarly benefit from its actionable recommendations for fostering inclusion and diversity.

Key Features:

• Outlines how globalization has facilitated the exchange of sexual norms and practices
• Provides insight into how sexuality has shaped human history and continues to influence the world today
• Assesses the symbiotic relationship between sexuality and society across the public spheres of law, religion and media
• Evaluates how the global spread of LGBTQIA+ rights has met with both progress, as in the legalization of same-sex marriage, and backlash, evidenced by anti-gay legislation in parts of Africa and Eastern Europe

This illuminating Research Agenda opens up current debates and outlines potential developments in participatory mapping, an approach and set of practices relating to people's spatial knowledge and dedicated to spatial and environmental justice. Leading experts analyse scientific, methodological, social-political-cultural and technical issues in participatory mapping and Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS), emphasising ethics and good practice.

Investigating key issues, contested approaches and methodologies, researchers highlight the ethical dimensions of respect, safety and authority of knowledge. Chapters assess participatory mapping and PPGIS in citizen science and in affirming identity, with specific applications ranging from mapping indigenous culture and memories, to traditional land management and inclusive urban accessibility. Critiquing both innovative developments such as soundscapes and projection models, as well as established tools such as 3D modelling, remote sensing and phone apps, chapters also address meta issues, including evaluating outcomes of mapping applications and the impacts of AI.

A Research Agenda for Participatory Mapping and PPGIS is a valuable resource for scholars and students of geography, participatory research approaches and politics and public policy. Practitioners looking to implement PPGIS will benefit from its evaluation of current debates and potential developments in the field.

This conceptual Atlas of Medieval and Renaissance Thought, Philosophy and Science presents visual overviews, thematic outlines, surveys and summaries of the many thematic aspects of this long period of European intellectual history, c. 400 to 1600.

Conceptual charts and 'maps' are well suited for structuring, organizing and presenting information, although this approach is rarely used in the humanities. The pictorial representations in this atlas are multi-dimensional: chronological, thematic, rating the importance of the thinker or tradition and showing affinities and tensions between them. Many of the diagrams are chronologically proportional which gives the reader an immediate sense of time and historical distance. This book constitutes a sort of 'intellectual atlas', in many ways comparable to a geographical atlas, but instead charting out the intellectual landscape of this period. The topics covered include the history of medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam; the history of science; the Renaissance; the history of books, literacy and education; the history of knowledge; and medieval and Renaissance historiography.

Each diagram offers the perfect starting point to a fuller understanding of an aspect of medieval and Renaissance thought, allowing students to engage with the topic visually to support making their own assessments. The atlas can function as a companion volume to, or as a reference work for, a wide range of courses, approaches to and interests in medieval and Renaissance history.

Entries examine diverse topics including how law informs the practice of peace negotiation and peace mediation; the legal status of peace agreements; critical approaches to peacemaking drawn from indigenous, feminist, queer, environmental and TWAIL perspectives; legal protections for negotiators and mediators; the work of legal institutions in resolving disputes including international and regional courts and customary approaches to dispute resolution; and how law can inform the resolution of contested issues such as accountability, detainees, institutional reform, and governance. Covering a wide range of international law regimes, as well as elements of domestic and customary law, the Encyclopedia explores how law can foster or safeguard peace. It highlights gaps in this area of scholarship, as well as emerging approaches and practices.

The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Peace is a vital resource for scholars and students of law, international relations, and peace and conflict studies. It is also beneficial for legal practitioners, policymakers, mediators, negotiators and NGOs.

Key Features:

• Contains over 130 entries
• Provides crucial reference points for further reading
• Evaluates the connections between topics in an accessible short form
• Presents interdisciplinary perspectives from criminology, anthropology, international relations, history and peace and conflict studies

The contributors build on the concept of cooperative strategy to demonstrate how cooperation works in individual organisations, industry networks and global initiatives. Outlining why working together matters and how it can be designed effectively, the book underscores the importance of cooperation in fostering resilient organisations and positive long-term social impact.

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Cooperative Strategy is an essential resource for scholars and students of business, economics and strategic management. Corporate strategy practitioners as well as public policy and administration professionals will similarly benefit from its groundbreaking insights and actionable recommendations.

Key Features:

• Features more than 50 entries from 78 international scholars
• Built on a systematic review of three decades of research, providing readers with an authoritative synthesis of emerging trends and developments
• Incorporates the full breadth of collaborative strategy, from theory to real-world application
• Draws on a diverse range of real-world case studies from healthcare, technology and sustainability to explain key ideas such as trust and digital collaboration

he Encyclopedia is organised via an A-Z listing of concepts, cases, and principles, but also historical documents and people, institutional structure, and policy fields. Each entry sets forth the basics of its topic not as a research piece, but rather as a statement of expertise.

Key features:

• 400 carefully curated entries, written by practitioners and scholars from across the region
• Accounts of the main European law topics, but also of emerging concepts and fields
• A view of European law with a strong practical focus, yet anchored in solid academic research
• Insights into the importance of the concepts and the principles, their attached challenges and likely evolution
• Further reading suggestions for those who want to dive deeper into the subject

Entries examine both individual and collective voice mechanisms, including established forms such as trade unions, grievance procedures and whistleblowing, while also addressing contemporary and emerging developments including AI-calibrated voice and social media. Highlighting inclusive and ethical approaches across varied organisational and institutional contexts, the Concise Encyclopedia identifies that voice serves not only as a mechanism for organisational improvement, but also as a vital component of healthy and engaging work environments.

The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Employee Voice is an essential resource for scholars and students of business and management, organisation studies and employment relations. Human resource management practitioners and labour regulation policymakers will similarly benefit from its actionable recommendations.

Key Features:

• Fulfils the growing need to formulate more inclusive and conceptually coherent understandings of employee voice
• Investigates workplace silence as a reflection of fear, strategic withholding and perceived risks associated with speaking up
• Entries from 60 leading experts from around the globe, showcasing interdisciplinary approaches across a wide geographic range

This Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference work in the field. It combines public and private international law perspectives, while transcending the traditional confines of cultural heritage protection.

Bringing together renowned authors from over 60 countries, the Encyclopedia covers the history, evolution, and current state of the field. It sheds light on the rules, institutions, and processes related to this transversal domain of international cooperation, as well as state practices concerning the implementation of international commitments, good practices, and dispute resolution.

This unique multidisciplinary reference work is addressed to a range of readers: from academics, researchers and students to practitioners, policy makers and general knowledge seekers.

Key Features:

• More than 100 thematic entries
• 15 selected cases of famous cultural heritage disputes
• 300 country-focused entries across 60 different jurisdictions, covering different parts of the world
• Entries organized alphabetically for ease of navigation
• Fully cross-referenced
• Entries written by the world's foremost scholars and practitioners of Art and Cultural Heritage Law

This book provides a wealth of insights for research in the Caribbean and the global South more broadly.

Its premise - that the specifics of life in these parts of the world are essential in observing, documenting, and transmitting knowledge in and about them - challenges Western-centric approaches and expands visual research methodologies for Caribbean-specific contexts. Visual research methods offer a pathway to documentation and representation of phenomena across multiple domains in various genres of experiences. This compendium of conceptual/theoretical, arts-based and non-arts based empirical research makes the case for visual modality in those research methodologies.

The chapters document research in the small countries in the Greater and Lesser Antilles and those that are adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, such as Belize and Bermuda. Altogether, they provide qualitative insight into the human story of sub-populations as well the usefulness of visual tools in representing, documenting, and expressing the meaning and meaning-making that resides there.

This book explores the role of creativity in research, challenging the conventional boundaries of methodology and practice. Through personal narratives and reflective essays, it sheds new light on the often overlooked detours that shape the research journey. Fully revised and expanded, this second edition introduces fresh perspectives on socio-cultural and socio-material creativity, the role of art in theorizing, embodied and relational research practices, and the ethics of care in knowledge production. New chapters address creative preservation for sustainability, activist scholarship, and the role of technologies, including generative AI, as companions in research.?

An invaluable resource for scholars and students in social sciences and humanities, this edited collection encourages a culture of creativity and innovation, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamic interplay between life and research.

This book provides a concise and easily-digested overview of the field of research ethics, highlighting the key issues and everyday ethical dilemmas that researchers are likely to face in different contexts.

Covering a range of methods, the book provides clear guidance for researchers on how to identify an approach that fits with their moral and intellectual framework. It explores ethical issues relating to 'traditional' research methods as well as to new and emerging methods and approaches - particularly visual and online methods.

Chenhall builds on the success of the first edition by providing an international focus, including examples, resources and regulations from around the world and updating current and relevant regulations, guides and ethics statements from countries including Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US. In addition, the book includes updates to current issues in qualitative research ethics, covering key contemporary topics such as ethical issues raised by emerging approaches in qualitative research, qualitative research in online environments, Indigenous methodologies and data governance for Indigenous/First Nation populations, and institutional ethics requirements. The book also contains new sections on data sharing and big data, data sovereignty and artificial intelligence.

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The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2026 is an essential guide to understanding the complex architecture of the international system.

Within a clear, unique framework the structure and recent activities of all major intergovernmental organizations and multilateral institutions are described in detail. With additional extensive background information this publication offers an insight into the role and evolving functions of these organizations in today's world.

The contact details, key personnel and activities of more than 2,000 international and regional entities have again been thoroughly researched and updated for this 26th edition.

Highlights in this edition include:

- the response of the international community to humanitarian emergencies, conflicts and climate crises throughout the world.

- specially-commissioned introductory essays, including on the role of international organizations in a changing global order.

- a fully revised Who's Who section with biographical details of the key players in the international system.

A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of one of the most complex, interesting, and vibrant countries in Latin America.

Beyond what appears in the news or the facile explanations of political factions, Venezuelan history holds a wealth of knowledge that is largely unknown. With world-renowned figures such as Simon Bolivar, the largest oil reserves in the world, and enormous crises such as the one experienced between 2016 and 2022, Venezuela is a country of contrasts, great achievements, and great problems. It is not surprising that it was the country where magical realism was invented.

Historical Dictionary of Venezuela, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Venezuela.

Discover the complexities of the Afghanistan War, the United States' longest military operation and a conflict with far-reaching impacts in Afghanistan and around the globe.

In this accessible ready-reference encyclopedia, more than 200 entries highlight key people, groups, battles, and concepts and provide valuable insights into the causes, course, and legacy of this lengthy conflict. Cross referencing and further readings accompany each entry, helping readers make connections and pointing them toward resources for additional study. The main text is complemented by a chronology that provides an at-a-glance overview of important events, allowing readers to trace the evolution of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.

The 2001 U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in response to 9/11, aimed to dismantle Al-Qaeda and topple the Taliban regime. While the initial invasion achieved these goals, the war transformed into a long and costly struggle against insurgents. Despite efforts to build a new Afghan state, the conflict quickly became a stalemate. The 2021 withdrawal by the United States and NATO and the subsequent return to power of the Taliban ended a war with a complex legacy. The protracted conflict reshaped the United States' role in the world, highlighted the challenges of nation-building, and has left the future of Afghanistan uncertain.

This accessible guide explores the fascinating intersections between neuroscience, psychology, and education, offering an easy-to-navigate A-Z format that unpacks key concepts, debates, and themes essential to understanding how the brain learns.

From emotions and motivation to memory and attention, the authors reveal how groundbreaking neuroscience challenges traditional beliefs about learning and provides practical insights for transforming education. With clear explanations, concrete examples, and evidence-based recommendations, this book empowers readers to apply neuroscience to real-world teaching and learning. Readers can dip into individual entries or explore the guide in its entirety. It serves as a trusted reference for topics such as growth mindset, screen time, dyslexia, and more. Cross-referenced entries allow readers to follow interconnected ideas, while curated "top ten" lists offer tailored starting points for specific audiences.

This indispensable resource is essential reading for students of psychology, neuroscience, and education, providing a lively and comprehensive primer. It is equally valuable for teachers, school leaders, SEND specialists, and policymakers, equipping them with evidence-based insights to inform their decisions and unlock the potential of every learner.

Mauritania comprises a diverse mix of ethnicities and cultures, and its paths of political, economic, and social development have proven challenging. In the midst of severe environmental pressures, regional instabilities, internal divisions of race, ethnicity, and tribe, and wide inequality, Mauritania has nonetheless undergone significant transition and experienced tangible economic growth since 2000. Recent years have brought a fragile sense of stability, but enormous challenges remain.

Historical Dictionary of Mauritania, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mauritania.

Research methodology is a well-known course designed to train students in the process of conducting research. After teaching research methodology in various universities, supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and engaging in discussions with researchers from around the world, the book's authors recognized that university students and novice researchers face challenges when it comes to writing dissertations and scientific papers.

This book provides the guidance needed for crafting dissertations and scientific articles. It serves as a step-by-step guide for those interested in learning about academic writing and publishing. One of the main challenges for novice researchers and scientists in the realm of academic writing is understanding how to publish and what to publish. The authors of this book have personally faced these challenges and have created this book as a solution for fellow young researchers.

The book focuses on the various components of dissertations and scientific papers, detailing how they should be written, formatted, and what key elements should be included in each section, which sets the book apart from others that have been published. It offers insights into the research process and provides a thorough explanation of each part of a dissertation, from the research title to the results and discussion of findings.

This volume will be a valuable resource for university students working on their dissertations as well as for researchers and lecturers who teach research methodology courses or prepare scientific papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Research Ethics, Integrity, and Transparency guides researchers through ethics, integrity, and transparency when using big data, social media, and AI, with practical advice on consent, GDPR, bias, and open science. Bringing research ethics into the realities of digital data, this volume helps readers plan, run, and publish studies that can stand up to scrutiny. It reframes ethics and transparency as enabling conditions for trustworthy work, not a bureaucratic afterthought, and shows how to translate principles into defensible choices across the full research workflow.

Written for PhD candidates and early-career researchers across the social sciences and management, this volume also supports supervisors, methods instructors, research ethics committees, and research offices who need an up-to-date reference for integrity and transparency in the digital age.