Mara Wendebourg

Mara Wendebourg

Thesis title: Science-Policy Interfaces and Risk Governance in International Environmental Law Abstract: Mara is a PhD candidate at the Law School of King’s College London. Her research focuses on international environmental law and law of the sea, looking at how risk...
Katherine (Katie) Thompson

Katherine (Katie) Thompson

Thesis title: Social isolation from childhood to young adulthood: Identifying patterns of stability and change for a better understanding of later health and functioning Abstract: Positive social relationships, particularly at a young age, are critical for later...
Samantha Day

Samantha Day

Thesis title: Forest Conservation NGOs performing Legitimation: a discourse analysis Abstract: Forest conservation Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) have significantly increased their role on the global stage, filling diverse roles from consultants,...
Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson

Thesis title: How does Chinese Official Development Assistance impact the Official Development Assistance efforts of traditional and other emerging donors? Abstract: China has experienced miraculous socioeconomic transformation in the last four decades, most readily...
Merrill Hopper

Merrill Hopper

Thesis title: The Matter of Difference: Exploring the affective embodiment of differential ontology in walls Abstract: This project exploits the contradiction of walls. They epitomise fixed physicality yet maintain fluidity in their meaning. A wall might be solid to...

Drake Siard

Thesis title: AI Applications in Future Energy Markets Abstract: Initially attempting to answer the questions: “to what extent publicly available data on the energy system can be used to reverse-engineer trading strategies?”, “how agents may behave in a market with...
Iveta Tsenkova

Iveta Tsenkova

Thesis title: Realist Evaluation of a Psychosocial Substance Use Intervention for Young Adults Experiencing Housing Insecurity Abstract: Young adults between 16 and 25 living in housing insecurity are more likely to present to local authorities with mental health and...
Harley McIntosh

Harley McIntosh

Thesis title: Do multiple meaningful groups promote resilience to stressors? Abstract: Stress is a fact of life. In the UK, 85% of adults regularly experience stress, with 74% of these adults reporting that at least once in the last year, they have felt so stressed...

Dara Leyden

Thesis title: The struggle for upgrading: A study of electronics global value chains in Thailand. Abstract: Global Value Chains (GVCs) have grown rapidly since 1990 to account for over half of world trade by 2008. GVCs are defined as stages of production that span...
Zoe Chui

Zoe Chui

Thesis title: Ethnicity and exposure to workplace violence for hospital-based and community nurses Abstract: As the NHS is suffering its worst ever staffing crisis, several non-UK studies have found that a key detrimental factor in recruitment and retention is...
Kallum Pembro

Kallum Pembro

Thesis title: Worker Organisation in the UK: A Taxonomy of Struggle in the ‘Gig Economy’ Abstract: The last few years have witnessed a notable shift in labour markets towards types of digital platform-mediated work that are further characterised by ‘self-employment’,...
Matilda Dunn

Matilda Dunn

Thesis title: Investigating the UN System Wide Framework of Strategies on the Environment for supporting the implementation of the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Abstract: In 2015, the United Nations released the Sustainable...