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Smartphones within Psychological Science

Smartphones within Psychological Science provides a comprehensive insight into where psychology has benefited, struggled and failed when it comes to understanding or using mobile technologies as part...

David A. Ellis | 24 Sep 2020

A New Beginning for Human Rights?

The Dark Side of Human Rights! The End/The Endtimes of Human Rights! Not Enough! These are the alarming titles of some recent books on human rights. And indeed, for those who believe in human rights,...

Thomas Mertens | 24 Sep 2020

Remote Teaching Webinar Series

We live in extraordinary times. Nothing like this has ever disrupted how our society functions so completely before. We are isolated, stressed and distracted and living in fear of catching a disease that...

23 Sep 2020

Finite Element Method: Teaching and Learning with Professor Mohamed Gadala

Inspired by over 40 years’ industrial/academic experience in the field, Finite Elements for Engineers with ANSYS Applications by Mohamed Gadala is out now. This textbook targets users of the finite...

17 Sep 2020

The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems

The delivery of healthcare tends to be neglected in much of the policy discussion despite its crucial role in determining many important health outcomes. Our new book, The Changing Role of the Hospital...

Nigel Edwards | 17 Sep 2020

Are We Slaves to Our Genes?

The term ‘slaves’ has taken on fresh and emotive resonances during the year 2020. Such resonances were far from my mind when choosing the title of this book – Are We Slaves to Our Genes? –...

Denis R. Alexander | 17 Sep 2020

How Kabbalah went viral

The impetus behind the shaping of this book was my desire to experience the process of writing narrative history. And indeed, the story of modern Kabbalah is both compelling and instructive for grasping...

Jonathan Garb | 17 Sep 2020

Imperial Emotions: The Politics of Empathy across the British Empire

As clashes over race have become pressing in many countries around the globe, the challenge of understanding the legacies of slavery, colonisation, and exploitation has only sharpened. In 2017 Australian...

Jane Lydon | 16 Sep 2020

Education amidst Covid-19

With the Covid-19 pandemic unfolding across the world, schools, universities, daycare centers and other places of learning went into lockdown. As a response, in many countries education went digital,...

Marius R. Busemeyer, Julian L. Garritzmann, Erik Neimanns | 16 Sep 2020

The Past Can’t Heal Us. The Double Edge Sword of the Human Rights Memorialization Agenda

The world is, and has always been, very short on justice. The recent Black Lives Matter movement is just another example in a long line of collective appeals to repair historical injustices. In my book...

Lea David | 14 Sep 2020

Are international organizations accountable towards individuals when they violate human rights?

International organizations are becoming increasingly powerful. In recent decades states have steadily been conferring powers upon international organizations in order to solve transnational problems...

Stian Øby Johansen | 10 Sep 2020

Artificial Intelligence and Consumer Protection

AI-based applications raise new, so far unresolved legal questions, and consumer law is no exception. The use of self-learning algorithms in Big Data analysis gives companies the opportunity to gain a...

Martin Ebers and Susana Navas | 10 Sep 2020