Publications
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Introduction to Central Banking
(2021)
This open access book gives a concise introduction to the practical implementation of monetary policy by modern central banks. It describes the conventional instruments used in advanced economies and the unconventional ...
Co-creation for Responsible Research and Innovation
(2022)
This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an ...
Representations of Transnational Human Trafficking
(2018)
This open access edited collection examines representations of human trafficking in media ranging from British and Serbian newspapers, British and Scandinavian crime novels, and a documentary series, and questions the ...
Computer Aided Verification
(2020)
The open access two-volume set LNCS 12224 and 12225 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32st International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2020, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in July 2020.* The 43 ...
Flexibel studieren – Vereinbarkeit ermöglichen
(2019)
Imke Buß weist in ihrem Open-Access-Buch nach, dass Hochschulen durch die strategische Gestaltung ihrer Studienstrukturen die Vereinbarkeit von Studium, Familie und Beruf ermöglichen können. Die Autorin entwickelt ein ...
Banishment in the Late Medieval Eastern Netherlands
(2022)
This open access book analyses the practice of banishment and what it can tell us about the values of late medieval society concerning morally acceptable behaviour. It focuses on the Dutch town of Kampen and considers the ...
Advances in Production Technology
(2015)
Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Machinery and Machine Elements
The Great Mindshift: How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand
(2016)
sustainable development; sociology; environmental economics
Reviving Classical Liberalism Against Populism
(2024)
This open access book by Nils Karlson explores the strategies used by left- and right-wing populists to make populism intelligible, recognizable, and contestable. It presents a synthesized explanatory model for how populists ...
Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela
(2017)
petro-state; corruption; extractive capitalism; Hugo Chavez; revolution
Vulnerability and Transformation of Indonesian Peatlands
(2023)
This open access book deals with restoring degraded peatlands to help mitigate global warming, to which SDG 15 and SDG 13 are directly related. The book analyzes peatland degradation and restoration of the Indonesian ...
Russische Errungenschaften in der Physiologie der Verdauung
(2021)
Dieses Buch ist den wichtigsten wissenschaftlichen Ereignissen rund um die Geschichte und Physiologie der Verdauung in Russland gewidmet. Das Fundament der modernen Wissenschaft auf diesem Gebiet wurde durch die gemeinsame ...
Regeneration of the Built Environment from a Circular Economy Perspective
(2020)
This open access book explores the strategic importance and advantages of adopting multidisciplinary and multiscalar approaches of inquiry and intervention with respect to the built environment, based on principles of ...
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
(2013)
Urbanization is a global phenomenon and the book emphasizes that this is not just a social-technological process. It is also a social-ecological process where cities are places for nature, and where cities also are dependent ...
Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy
(2017)
The overall aim of this book, an outcome of the European FP7 FET Open NESS project, is to contribute to the ongoing effort to put the quantitative social sciences on a proper footing for the 21st century. A key focus is ...
Indigenous Law and the Politics of Kincentricity and Orality
(2023)
This Palgrave Pivot strives to recount and understand Indigenous Law, as set within a remote community in northern Australia. It pays close attention to the realpolitik and high-level political functioning of Indigenous ...
Theories in and of Mathematics Education
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching
Time Predictions
(2018)
time predictions; human judgement; overoptimism; uncertainty; project management
Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants
(2014)
Developmental Biology; Plant Sciences; Cell Biology
Qualitative Freedom - Autonomy in Cosmopolitan Responsibility
(2019)
In the light of growing political and religious fundamentalism, this open access book defends the idea of freedom as paramount for the attempt to find common ethical ground in the age of globality. The book sets out to ...