by Cairn Macfarland | 16th January 2023
Thesis Title: Transformation Zones: Digital Hubs, Class and (Geo)politics in Jordan Abstract: My project seeks to map the political agencies embedded in the development of digital infrastructures through an ethnographic study of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ)...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis title: Militarized national development in Brazil: origins and civil-military implications of the Brazilian military’s central role in domestic development activities. Abstract: In Brazil, the state has repeatedly turned to the military to handle domestic...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: The determinants of nutritional choices and obesity & behavioural interventions for food behavior change Abstract: The greatest strain on public health is the continued increase in noncommunicable diseases (NDCs), which account for more than 70% of...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Exploring ‘The Research Experience’: Inviting those who work in research and whose who participate in research to narrate their experience and their expectations of research. Abstract: The philosopher Charles Fried refers to the ethical foundation of...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Building digital markets: the impact of voluntary regulation on the personal data economy Abstract: The project explores the standards and rules voluntarily created and adopted by organizations to establish forms of personal data circulation. Some...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Understanding natural disasters and disease outbreaks in Nepal: Through the lens of an intersectional approach Abstract: My research is mostly concerned with utilising an intersectional approach to comprehend the connection between flood disasters and...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: What is the nature of influence in Georgia and to what extent are social movement organisations able to develop alternative networks of influence in Georgia’s hybrid democracy? Abstract: Monika Gill is a Doctoral Researcher, based in the King’s Centre...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: The Voice of Silence: How ‘Illegal’ Immigrant Populations Become Emancipated Through Silent Forms of Political Participation Abstract: In the face of rising global migration, we are witnessing how migrants, in particular refugees, are forming an...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Thinking beyond the workplace Abstract: Historically, dockworkers and their representative trade unions have been involved in political processes that exceed the confines of the workplace, such as decolonisation and the Civil Rights Movement. This is in...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Government by the People and Numbers: Assembling the Government of Rural Development through Commensuration Techniques and Participatory Budgeting. Abstract: My research aims to explore the way village development quantifications mediates rural...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: A psycholinguistic exploration of the linguistic barriers to women’s entry into the Egyptian labour market. Abstract: The current structure of my research is centered around 3 key phases; understanding the existing recruitment practices currently used in...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Cognitive linguistic approaches to discourse and menopause Abstract: The public discourse in the UK is experiencing a drive for menopause awareness to tackle the stigma surrounding the condition. This is reflected in movements such as...
