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H εκπαίδευση στην κοινωνική εργασία την εποχή της κρίσης στην Ελλάδα: εκπαιδεύοντας το ανθρώπινο δυναμικό να καταπολεμήσει τις ανισότητες
No full textSince 2010, Greece has experienced an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis, which continues to have tremendous social impact. Austerity measures and policy cuts have included a dis-investment in social work and social care and more recently the abolition of one of the four national Social Work Departments providing qualifying social work education. In this context, this study addresses the following question: how does pre-qualifying social work education in Greece influence students’ ability to manage value tensions in relation to anti-oppressive practice? Using a case study methodology, the research was based in one Social Work Department (subsequently abolished). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews from social work students at two points in their professional education (n=32) and once from academic staff/placement supervisors (n=10). Data were analysed drawing on grounded theory techniques. In this paper only one particular dataset is considered in detail: the attitudes and experiences of final year students. The main findings indicate students’ narrow understandings and individualistic approaches towards oppression, reflecting an urgent need to redefine social work education and practice in Greece according to current social justice concerns. Specifically, social work education needs to give greater weight to a structural perspective on the dynamics of oppression
Evaluating the Economical Benefits of using Buckling-Restrained Braces in Hospital Structures
No full textFitting the bill? (Dis)embodied disclosure of sexual identities in the workplace
No full textThe disclosure of lesbian, gay or bisexual identity is generally presented as a conscious act of leaving heterosexuality (Ragins, 2004). Such interpretation fails to take into account the dynamic processes involved in constructing non-heterosexual identities and to what degree such identities are embodied or disembodied. Supported by interview data among lesbian and gay employees in six British workplaces, this article explores how non-heterosexual identities become known in organisational settings by arguing that lesbians and gay men continue to collide with social expectations and stereotypical ideas of how sexual identities should be “worn” and performed. These both shape colleagues’ assumptions about their non-heterosexual identities and can expose lesbians and gay men to negative behaviour at work in highly gendered ways
Synthesis and characterization of β-triketimine cobalt complexes and their behaviour in the polymerization of 1,3-butadiene
No full textEcologies of educational reflexivity and agency – a different way of thinking about equitable educational policies and practices for England and beyond?
No full textThe current UK education policy for Englandemphasis on equity and social mobility focuses on narrowing the educational attainment gap between more and less advantaged groups of young people – an approach that has strong parallels in many Anglophone countries around the world. We argue that these policy and associated practice proscriptions tend to privilege an individualised narrative of agency for young people, teachers and schools more generally. Our paper argues that this individualised approach is highly problematic in that it decontextualizes the complex and real agentic work of young people in schooling, making it difficult to empirically and theoretically account for differences in educational outcome between and within groups of young people. Informed by a social realist perspective, and in particular the work of Margaret Archer, we propose a theoretical model that we suggest provides greater explanatory and predictive power. The model focuses on the way ecologies of development emerge for young people. We suggest that such ecologies reflect different structural and cultural factors and processes, combining in ways that enable and/or constrain young people’s educational reflexivity and agency and their ensuing educational engagement and attainments. We believe that building a typology of such ecologies of educational reflexivity and agency provides improved ways of developing equitable educational policies and practice - ones that relate clearly to the compositional mix of young people in schools and enable the development of interventions that better relate to such ecologies
On the approximate zeroth and first order consistency in the presence of irregular boundaries in SPH obtained by the virtual boundary particle methods
No full textElective Amputation and Neuroprosthetic Limbs
No full textThis paper explores the impact that developments in the field of neuroprosthetics will have on the ethical viability of healthy limb amputation, specifically in cases of Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). Developments in the field have meant that the prospect of such artificial components matching the utility of their biological counterparts is now a possibility. As such, arguments against the provision of therapeutic, healthy limb amputation which are grounded in the perceived resultant harm of disability need to be reconsidered. Drawing on philosophical insights, as well as the field of disability studies and BIID research, this paper argues that such neuroprosthetics presents a challenge for the fundamental dichotomy between the disabled and ‘abled’, including the latter’s perceived superiority. It goes on to suggest that healthy limb amputation, for those with BIID, should not be dismissed simply because of the distastefulness of the procedure, but rather be evaluated based upon its own merits
Digitalisation as a Catalyst for Supplier Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
No full textPurpose:This article investigates digital technologies’ potential to enable supplier diversity, equity and inclusion (SDEI) outcomes by improving procurement processes.Design/Methodology/Approach:An in-depth qualitative case study approach was used to analyse a global energy organisation (Energy-Co) and two of its technology service providers (TSPs), which form two dyads embedded in one case. Thirty-nine interviews were conducted, and internal secondary data was also examined. Line-by-line inductive coding was employed to extract 873 participant insights, leading to first-order codes and six second-order themes.Findings:AI and big data analytics technologies improve SDEI outcomes by transforming procurement processes and organisational subsystems. We identified six digitally enabled process changes spanning DEI-supplier prioritisation, identification, standardisation, onboarding and engagement, development and performance tracking. Using socio-technical systems (STS) theory, we also found that digitalisation functions as a system-level integrator, helping to resolve misalignments across technical, social and environmental subsystems and enabling more scalable, coherent and long-term SDEI procurement outcomes.Originality:This paper theorises that digitalisation enables the systemic embedding of SDEI in procurement. It adopts a distinctive dyadic lens by foregrounding the role of TSPs as active co-creators of inclusive procurement infrastructures. The paper identifies six new digitally enabled procurement process improvements; also, by extending STS theory, it introduces subsystem boundary blurring to explain how digitalisation enables SDEI outcomes regarding both volume and value. By offering a systemic lens for exploring DEI transformations across procurement ecosystems, this paper lays the foundation for a research agenda at the intersection of digitalisation, STS theory and inclusive procurement
Digitalisation as a Catalyst for Supplier Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
No full textPurpose:This article investigates digital technologies’ potential to enable supplier diversity, equity and inclusion (SDEI) outcomes by improving procurement processes.Design/Methodology/Approach:An in-depth qualitative case study approach was used to analyse a global energy organisation (Energy-Co) and two of its technology service providers (TSPs), which form two dyads embedded in one case. Thirty-nine interviews were conducted, and internal secondary data was also examined. Line-by-line inductive coding was employed to extract 873 participant insights, leading to first-order codes and six second-order themes.Findings:AI and big data analytics technologies improve SDEI outcomes by transforming procurement processes and organisational subsystems. We identified six digitally enabled process changes spanning DEI-supplier prioritisation, identification, standardisation, onboarding and engagement, development and performance tracking. Using socio-technical systems (STS) theory, we also found that digitalisation functions as a system-level integrator, helping to resolve misalignments across technical, social and environmental subsystems and enabling more scalable, coherent and long-term SDEI procurement outcomes.Originality:This paper theorises that digitalisation enables the systemic embedding of SDEI in procurement. It adopts a distinctive dyadic lens by foregrounding the role of TSPs as active co-creators of inclusive procurement infrastructures. The paper identifies six new digitally enabled procurement process improvements; also, by extending STS theory, it introduces subsystem boundary blurring to explain how digitalisation enables SDEI outcomes regarding both volume and value. By offering a systemic lens for exploring DEI transformations across procurement ecosystems, this paper lays the foundation for a research agenda at the intersection of digitalisation, STS theory and inclusive procurement