This book examines the ways in which European queens engaged with De institutione foeminae Christianae (1524), the most popular instructional manual for women in sixteenth-century Europe. Vives (c. 1493-1540) dedicated the volume to Catherine of Aragon, queen of England as the wife of Henry VIII. Richard Hyrde did the same with his English translation. Juan Justiniano dedicated his Spanish translation to Germaine de Foix, dowager queen of Aragon as the wife of Ferdinand II. Catherine's support for De institutione and the association of its translations with a royal household, printer, or event became an important feature of its production and longevity. This book restores women to the history of De institutione and recovers a cultural understanding of its vernacular editions in England and Spain, especially with regard to queenship and public authority.

Comprehensive scholarship on fatherhood from evolutionary, physiological, and psychological perspectives

Now in its Sixth Edition, The Role of the Father in Child Development remains the authoritative reference on paternal influences across cultures and contexts. Edited by Michael E. Lamb, whose research has shaped family law and policy internationally, this volume synthesizes recent scholarship from evolutionary biology, physiology, psychology, and sociology to provide a rounded understanding of contemporary fatherhood worldwide.

This edition presents up-to-date summaries of fatherhood research, including a chapter from leading psychologist James Rilling, whose specialized work on evolutionary and neurological bases of paternal behavior reaches a broader audience here. The volume examines father-child relationships across diverse family structures, including post-divorce arrangements, foster care, adoption, and LGBTQ+ parenting contexts.

The book also covers:

• Cross-cultural perspectives on father involvement and paternal roles across diverse societies and family structures around the world
• Evolutionary and physiological foundations of fathering behavior drawn from current biological anthropology and neuroscience research findings
• Research-based guidance for legal practitioners working on custody evaluations, divorce proceedings, and family court matters
• Evidence informing policy decisions on fostering, adoption, and diverse family arrangements including same-sex and LGBTQ+ parenting
• Multidisciplinary frameworks integrating psychology, sociology, and family social science perspectives on contemporary paternal engagement

Essential for scholars, researchers, and advanced students in developmental psychology and family studies, The Role of the Father in Child Development also serves practitioners in psychology, social work, and criminology. Legal professionals handling family and custody matters, custody evaluators, and policy makers will find authoritative evidence to inform their work with fathers and families.

This book brings together contributions from female authors on feminicide and violence against women. Steilneset Memorial in Finnmark, Norway was built by Norwegian Scenic Routes to commemorate the victims of the Finnmark witchcraft trials in the seventeenth century. The memorial was opened in 2011, and is based on three components: art, architecture, and history. The artist is Louise Bourgeois, who created an art installation. The architect is Peter Zumthor, who designed the memorial's two buildings. The historian is Liv Helene Willumsen, who wrote one commemoratory text for each of the victims. The majority were women: of the 91 persons who were executed, 77 were women and only 14 were men. This book therefore uses Steilneset Memorial as a starting point to explore contemporary feminicide and violence against women, as the misogyny which was fundamental to the persecution of alleged witches in the 1600s is still seen today throughout the world.

Flourishing Through the Art of Living is a theoretical study of school education which begins by questioning its purpose. The book provides an answer to this question that is grounded in a view of what "flourishing" means for humans living in the social order of high modernity, and outlines the implications on the institutional, curricular, and pedagogical aspects of school education.

Education professor Thomas Falkenberg argues that school education has to address developmental aspects of flourishing as part of its mandate in order to contribute in a very substantial way to the developing political and societal concern for human flourishing. The book first explicates the specific demands that living in high modernity of the 21st century has on humans and then goes on to develop an understanding of the specificity of human existence and functioning. Next, the author expounds on an understanding of human flourishing as it is relevant to living in high modernity; and finally, proposes an approach to school education that supports such flourishing.

Flourishing Through the Art of Living is an interdisciplinary investigation that advances a vision for school education that will infuse sustained meaning, purpose, and hope in the lives of students.

Across England, families are struggling with the cost of food, with some children arriving at school hungry. Entrenched poverty, low and insecure incomes, gaps in the welfare system and the cost-of-living crisis have made it even harder in recent years for families to get the food they need. As a result, food banks, pantries and other forms of food provision have become a growing feature of school life, with teachers and support staff taking on responsibilities that extend well beyond education.

Drawing on a wide range of data, theory and evidence, this book examines the rise of food aid in schools. It explores how and why these forms of provision have developed, what they reveal about the collateral damage of poverty and inequality and what they mean for the changing role of schools.

This edited volume is a compilation of research and training activities related to the UNI-T Academy (European Civic Teacher Academy) project. It seeks to promote a shared vision of teacher education and foster a common understanding of the diverse structures and approaches to teacher education across European countries. Specifically, its objectives include International Perspectives in Teacher Education, Inclusive and Intercultural Approaches in Teacher Education, Critical and Reflective Practices in Teacher Education, and Innovative Learning Environments and Approaches. Coordinated by Aix-Marseille Universite (particularly through the Institut National Superieur du Professorat et de l'Education d'Aix-Marseille), the UNI-T Academy project is among 11 initiatives selected by the European Commission under the 2022 Erasmus+ Teacher Academies call for projects. This collection of work, undertaken by academics, advances teacher education by integrating international perspectives and fostering collaborative innovation.

Close comprehension gaps by centering students-and the books they read

When students don't understand a text, what should teachers do? Team Up With the Text: A Practical Guide to Analyzing-and Improving-Students' Comprehension offers a field-tested framework for supporting reading comprehension-one that unites the science of reading, data-driven instruction, and the heart of English class itself: the rich, complex works students read.

The book explores the idea that the problem isn't that students can't "find the main idea," but that we've been analyzing reading the wrong way. It offers a model for supporting reading comprehension, charting a course away from reteaching isolated reading standards and toward practice that is both research-aligned and practically sound. Reading student work can tell us how students struggled, but analyzing their texts can tell us why.

Readers will find:

• A systematic alternative to repeatedly reteaching isolated reading skills like inference without measurable student gains
• Step-by-step guidance for diagnosing the root causes of comprehension breakdowns through close analysis of student work
• Methods for making student thinking visible so educators can respond to it with precision
• Strategies for designing targeted response lessons that address specific gaps
• Real classroom examples demonstrating how teachers across grade levels have applied the framework to raise achievement

Written for English teachers, literacy coaches, and instructional leaders who embrace the science of reading and are looking for what comes next, this book delivers a new, research-based approach to diagnosing comprehension problems and responding with precision.

Over 80% of practitioners in the UK arts sector work on a freelance basis. While freelancing offers scope for autonomy and creative freedom, it is also characterized by widespread precarity, low pay, long hours and systemic inequalities. Funding cuts and recent challenges have only intensified these conditions.

This book provides an evidence-based account of what it means to work as a freelancer in the UK performing arts sector, drawing on data from the Big Freelancer Survey (2020-2025). It presents a unique insight into arts-based freelance work in the UK, providing workable recommendations for change.

This book examines the pressing issue of biodiversity decline and its far-reaching implications for sustainable development. It brings together leading experts to examine the causes, impacts, and solutions to one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time.

Across 38 chapters, the book explores key drivers of biodiversity loss, including deforestation, climate change, land-use change, pollution, habitat degradation, and unsustainable resource use. It presents global case studies, innovative technologies, ecosystem restoration strategies, and community-based conservation approaches that support sustainable development.

Covering diverse ecosystems and regions, the volume highlights how biodiversity loss affects climate resilience, food security, ecosystem services, livelihoods, and environmental governance. Combining scientific evidence with practical solutions, this book serves as both a warning and a roadmap for action.

An essential resource for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, educators, and all who are committed to safeguarding life on Earth and building a sustainable future.

This book examines how stakeholder theory can inform urban governance in an era of rapid change, sustainability challenges and digital innovation. Combining theoretical and practical insights, it explores how power dynamics, engagement strategies and decision-making processes shape modern cities.

Including engaging international case studies, the text highlights the importance of collaboration, transparency and inclusivity in building resilient urban communities. It challenges traditional governance models, advocating for integrative approaches that empower diverse stakeholders and strengthen democratic values. Designed as a roadmap for scholars, policy makers and planners, this book will empower local communities in their pursuit of sustainable and equitable cities.

This volume incorporates a large amount of research focused primarily on urban planning and oriented mainly at the architectural and building scale. It highlight emerging researches that emphasizes the importance of developing integrated concepts of art and culture in the design of urban and architectural landscapes for sustainable development. Through the research presented, the concept of reinventing the built environment is emphasized through emerging trends and field experiences, highlighting changes and illustrating methods and tools for renewed architectural design. In detail, the contributions have been collected with the aim of illustrating examples and case studies that can suggest new approaches, the use of innovative tools and emerging theories for sustainable design and management of the built environment that is increasingly attentive to the prospects of carbon neutral urban cities.

The book is an important guide for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. By providing a comprehensive and coherent framework for sustainability, the book will empower readers to contribute meaningfully to global efforts for a more sustainable and resilient urban future.

Introduction to Cultural Geography makes the case for why thinking geographically about culture matters. Across its chapters, the book examines how cultural geographers have approached the relationship between geography and culture through topics from house floor plans and international migration to colonialism and digital geographies.

The book's first section develops a conceptual framework for studying cultural geography and its key concepts. From there, its chapters look at how and where people make and claim place across four spheres of our everyday lives: dwelling, moving, working, and playing. The book's final section addresses debates around materialities, assemblages, and artificial intelligence. Each chapter pairs theoretical engagement with concrete examples that enable readers to apply key concepts to the world around them.

Introduction to Cultural Geography:

• Features topics that resonate with students today, including artificial intelligence, social media, and contemporary cultural politics
• Presents complex ideas, theories and concepts in an accessible form
• Covers a wide range of themes such as tourism, memory and heritage, social movements, and pop culture with both historical and contemporary case studies

Written with multiple audiences in mind, Introduction to Cultural Geography is a great resource for instructors and scholars seeking a current survey of theoretical debates and a compelling way to help students understand the world around them. Written for both students who are new to cultural geography and scholars already familiar with the field, this book is an essential read for all human geographers.

Apartment City investigates the high-rise apartment boom that took place in post-war Toronto. After 1950, pro-growth politicians and business interests undertook a large-scale program of private rental apartment construction. By the end of the 1960s, an increasingly consolidated development industry had replaced a number of low-rise neighbourhoods with a radically different form of housing: high-rise apartment towers using modernist designs. The apartment boom had a major impact on the city's built form, planning system, housing market, and property rights.

Urban planning expert Paul Hess and historical geographer Robert Lewis argue that the apartment boom was the product of an institutional fix that worked to adjust property rights using tools such as zoning, construction finance, and planning oversight. Politicians and developers sought to achieve political and economic value from apartment projects using the twinned narratives of redevelopment and decay. Apartments became the focal point of an active ratepayer politics as residents fought developers looking to build apartments, many in middle-class areas of low-rise houses. Despite this resistance, pro-growth actors successfully redeveloped these neighbourhoods into high-rise apartment districts that became home to young professionals and the elderly.

In the process, Toronto was transformed from a small, parochial city in 1945 to the centre of a vibrant metropolis by the 1970s.

This book challenges the city-centered view of Europe by highlighting the importance of suburbs and peripheries, where millions live. It argues that Europe has long been shaped by suburbanization, which, since World War II, is closely linked to international immigration.

Through historical and geographical analysis, A Continent of Suburbs explores the diversity of suburban models across Europe and expands the 'post-suburban' concept to reflect blurred boundaries and evolving definitions. Social geographer Yannis Tzaninis and sociologist Lorenzo De Vidovich bring their expertise together to study the intersections of these disciplines. Case studies from the Amsterdam and Milan regions illustrate how demographic shifts, mobility, economic change, and land development have created new forms of suburban life. By connecting immigration and suburbanization to broader urban histories, the book offers fresh insights for urban studies, geography, planning, and European studies, and invites readers to see Europe's peripheries as central to understanding the continent's development and future.

This essential textbook prepares future managers and leaders to drive positive social change across non-profit, public and for-profit organizations.

From experts in social justice-oriented management studies, chapters examine how effective management and leadership can tackle poverty, economic inequality, and discrimination, while promoting fairness and inclusion.

Key features include:

*A values-driven approach exploring critical challenges in addressing economic and social inequalities through leadership and management roles.

*Comprehensive coverage of social justice entrepreneurship, marketing and supply chain management, social and environmental accounting, living wage and volunteer management, regulations, fundraising and impact evaluation.

*Leadership, collaboration, advocacy and storytelling skills.

*Engaging learning activities and contemporary international case studies.

This textbook is vital for students pursuing mission-driven careers, helping to build the next generation of leaders and managers for social justice.

Now in its Second Edition, Visual Communication Insights and Strategies equips advanced undergraduates with five theoretical lenses-visual rhetoric, semiotics, visual metaphor, visual narrative, and visual symbolic convergence-for analyzing and producing visual content. Written by Fulbright awardee Janis Teruggi Page, the book applies its Research Evaluate Create approach to professional fields including advertising, marketing, public relations, journalism, and social media.

This updated edition includes more than 90 new visual images and expanded chapters on marketing, public relations, events, organizational communication, and a new chapter on social media and websites. Coverage of AI addresses both its strategic applications in brand marketing and data visualization and its role in faked imagery and misinformation.

Readers will also find:

• Evocative chapter-opening imagery that prompts discussion on how visuals shape social and mediated worlds and professional practice
• A three-part progressive structure moving from foundational visual communication theory through interpretation methods to career-focused professional applications
• Coverage of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics including immigrant rights, body image, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ identities throughout
• Intercultural communication content expanded globally to address visual meaning-making across cultural contexts and international audiences
• Rhetorical criticism paired with creative engagement, teaching students to recognize symbols, analogies, stories, fantasies, and gestalts in images

Designed for 300- and 400-level courses in visual communication, visual rhetoric, visual literacy, visual culture, and media criticism, this text serves advanced undergraduates preparing for careers in advertising, marketing, public relations, journalism, graphic design, and social media who need both analytical frameworks and applied creative skills. Refreshed practice activities close each chapter.

Replace intuition with evidence-based methods for executive hiring decisions

Over-reliance on resumes, references, and interviews leaves organizations unable to assess critical competencies like writing, presentation, and leadership skills, contributing to high rates of leadership failure. Beyond Interviews: Moving from Intuition to Evidence-Based Executive Assessment provides specific steps to designing systematic, skills-based assessment methods. Built on techniques refined over twenty years across over 300 executive placements, each chapter challenges readers to reconsider current practices.

The authors' February 2024 study found that over 96% of executives placed through their processes either remain in position, stayed at least five years, or received a promotion. The book applies a structured, research-grounded approach across chapters, moving practitioners from traditional hiring methods toward objective assessment with recommendations including a motivation-based model for finalist interviews.

Readers will also find:

• A systematic framework for evaluating practical, actionable leadership skills rather than the theoretical knowledge typically revealed through interviews alone
• Methods for generating objective assessment data on writing, presentation, and leadership competencies that complement professional intuition
• Structured guidance for designing selection processes tailored to senior management roles in mission-driven organizations and higher education
• Research-based techniques for reducing bias and improving consistency across every stage of the executive recruitment and evaluation process
• Practical tools for boards and hiring committees to assess candidates through skills-based demonstrations beyond traditional resume and reference review

Written for managers, CEOs, directors of mission-driven organizations, and academic administrators, this book also serves HR professionals, elected officials in local government, and non-profit board members. Beyond Interviews equips decision-makers with a proven system that directly reduces the risk of executive hiring failure.

This book offers the first in-depth account of Swedish techno-utopianism and its everyday practices. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork, it follows transhumanists, biohackers, cryonicists, and adjacent communities who believe that emerging technologies can address humanity's greatest challenges and open radically transformed futures. Yet despite this expansive optimism, these groups often struggle to imagine futures that meaningfully diverge from the present, revealing a subtle tension between technological faith, everyday practice, and limited futural horizons.

Tracing the historical and cultural roots of Swedish techno-optimism-from welfare-state modernism to Silicon Valley transhumanism and global techno-utopian networks-the book examines how hopes for progress are enacted through bodily experimentation, mundane routines, and references to ancient narratives such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. Offering rare empirical insight into an understudied Scandinavian context, it illuminates how technological imaginaries shape collective understandings of progress, possibility, politics, and the human future.

For decades, pioneer communities in Silicon Valley and beyond have been at the forefront in shaping our ideas of digital futures, from social media platforms and self-tracking practices to groundbreaking lab initiatives. Their latest frontier, artificial intelligence, is already pushing the imagined boundaries of human potential.

Pioneer Communities is the first book to explore these influential groups and their global impact. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, the book explores the spread of pioneer communities, from the Whole Earth Network and the Maker and Quantified Self movements, to more recent communities such as Ethereum. It uncovers their visions for digital futures, their life cycles, their idea of the world as a lab, and the role of organizational elites in curating their narratives. The book reveals how these communities foster a "quiet futuring" - a process that, though often unseen, profoundly impacts our perceptions of technological advancement.

Rich with concrete examples and surprising insights, Pioneer Communities offers a comprehensive understanding of the groups that influence our future. It is essential reading for students, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners eager to explore the potential of AI and other digital technologies in shaping our tomorrow.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

This book provides a critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage and support education systems in conflict-affected contexts.

Exploring a wide range of issues from development assistance to education, peacebuilding, de-radicalisation programmes and global governance, it evidences the challenges and the promises of education's complex relationship to war and peace. The book highlights the field's entanglements with geopolitics and imperial interventions, which have shaped its actions and undermined and limited its potential to support social transformation towards peace with social justice.