Department of Politics, People & Place
Recent Submissions
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Predicting real-time traffic conflicts using deep learning
(Article)Recently, technologies for predicting traffic conflicts in real-time have been gaining momentum due to their proactive nature of application and the growing implementation of ADAS technology in intelligent vehicles. In ... -
Divided and connected: Regional inequalities in the North, the UK and the developed world – State of the North 2019
(Other)At a time of great upheaval, uncertainty and division, instead of looking inward this year’s State of the North looks outward – to the country and across the developed world to show how the North fits into a bigger picture. ... -
Problematising Philanthropy in the UK Cultural Sector
(Book chapter)This chapter outlines the post-recession funding landscape in the UK cultural sector as one view of the creative economy. Focusing on the promotion of philanthropy as a hegemonic funding model for arts organisations and ... -
The gap in soft skills perceptions: A dyadic analysis
(Article)Previous studies have shown that soft skills play a significant role in applicants’ employability and in the job search, recruitment, selection and hiring process. However, past research indicates a gap in perceptions of ... -
Islamophobia in Belgium: National Report 2018
(Technical Report)As with preceding years, Islamophobia in Belgium has continued to grow and to per- meate diverse aspects of Belgian society. The nature of Islamophobia in Belgium re- mains constant – it is based on narratives of threat ... -
Islamophobia in Belgium: National Report 2017
(Technical Report)During 2017, Islamophobia in Belgium has continued to grow at a steady rate. The most notable difference between the state of Islamophobia in the country and that documented in the European Islamophobia Report in previous ... -
Islamophobia in Belgium. National Report 2016
(Technical Report)As with previous years Islamophobia in Belgium has continued to grow through- out the country in 2016. The most notable peak in anti-Muslim hate arose in the weeks following the Brussels terror attacks at Zavantem Airport ... -
Islamophobia in Belgium: National Report 2015
(Technical Report)This section of the European Islamophobia Report details the state of Islamophobia in Belgium in 2015 and establishes its significant growth across the country over the year. Islamophobia in Belgium is shaped by factors ... -
The Gendered Dimension of Islamophobia in Belgium
(Book chapter)This chapter asserts the underlying mechanisms of the gendered dimensions of Islamophobia in Belgium an states that historically rooted narratives contribute to modern-day 'othering' and paradoxically simultaneous alleged ... -
Countering Islamophobia in Europe
(Book)The treatment of Muslims is the touchstone of contemporary European racism across its many nations and localities. We make a definitive case for two arguments in this book: firstly, the recognition of the accelerating and ... -
Leading and recognizing public value
(Article)This article examines the relationship between leadership and public value, which is particularly challenging in a context of explicit contest and conflict. The theoretical framework is illustrated through a case study of ... -
Work and Employment in the Times of Automation and Artificial Intelligence: The Indian Case
(Book chapter)This chapter is a study of how automation and AI may impact employment and skills, probing the role of institutions and actors, and its policy implications. To the purpose, it critically assesses the National Strategy on ... -
Embedding Saudi Capitalism at the Workplace
(Book chapter)This chapter critiques political economy approaches for their focus on state-capital relations and the neglect of capital-labour relations in Southern capitalisms. It argues that they are insufficient to understand southern ... -
Institutional Voids and Innovation Governance: A Conceptual Exposition of the Open versus Closed Architecture Choice
(Article)The choice of open versus closed innovation is shaped by the interplay between firms' analytical orientation and the institutional conditions within firms' operating environments. Whereas there is a plethora of research ... -
Shared leadership: a place-based leadership analysis of voluntary organisations
(Conference)Positivistic and neo-positivistic approaches to research have dominated the way leadership is studied. It has been argued that leadership is a relational concept (Vallance et al, 2019; Bouden and Liddle, 2018) and the ... -
Democratic innovations and the policy process
(Book chapter)This chapter situates democratic innovation within broader processes of institutional change in public administration and develops the argument that they have vulnerable potential to act as a democratising force, through ...
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