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This open access collection of new interdisciplinary essays discusses philosophical and social implications of new biotechnologies, methods, and tools used in agriculture from a multispecies perspective. Contributors employ philosophy, sociology, and history of...
This is an open access book. As our global population continues to expand, the demand for food surges alongside it, placing unprecedented pressure on our agricultural systems. However, this growth comes at a cost to our planet, as unsustainable farming practices...
This open access book explores the rise of new forms of electricity capital, examining how evolving energy systems shape energy consumption and access in five different case studies from the global South. Structured in seven chapters, it begins with a clear theoretical...
This book is an open access. The 2025 International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Biological Science (CEBS 2025) will be held on June 27-29, 2025 in Hangzhou, China. The conference aims to bring together the world's top scientists, engineers and industry...
This open access book Design Participation presents doable and demonstrated ways by which design can become a major contributor to social and environmental change.This entails a shift from seeking to define solutions to opening spaces in which others—activists,...
This open-access volume provides a comprehensive guide to the most pressing challenges arising from the technologies that enable personalized medicine. It brings together theoretical, empirical, and case study-based contributions that span across disciplinary boundaries...
This open access book thematically reflects on and analyses the nature of change and transformation with respect to gender equality, inclusion and diversity across higher education in Ireland, from the perspectives of those who are pioneering change. The authors propose...
This open access book provides an introductory set of lectures on generalized global symmetries, originally delivered at the Jena TPI School on Quantum Field Theory and Holography. It is designed to be accessible to readers with a basic understanding of quantum field...
This open access book unravels the geo-climatic source of the West’s emancipatory struggles and why the spirit of these struggles is about to spread around the world beyond its original geo-climatic root—which we describe as the Cool Water (CW-) Condition: that is, the...
This is an open access book. Politeknik Negeri Jakarta MICE Study Program is hosting the International Scientific Conference of MICE for the second time with ISCOMICE 2024. The conference focuses on fostering international discussions about current trends of the...
This open access book explores the acculturation, identity development, and cultural reconnection of newer-generation (1.5- and second-generation) Korean New Zealander youth who grew up in New Zealand after the 1990s. Based on in-depth interviews, it shows how many of...
This open access monograph presents an in-depth study of the problem of how agency fits into the physical world. In particular, the authors focus on agency as a precondition of free will. They present a detailed and physically well motivated formal model to anchor their...
This open access book delves deep into the heart of efficient energy storage and transportation of energy, addressing a pressing energy challenge. With a rising global demand for sustainable energy solutions, this book provides a timely exploration of sustainable energy...
This is open access book. Welcome to The 5th International Conference on New Computational Social Science which will be held on July 11-13, 2025, Guilin, Guangxi, China. The focus of this conference are mainly five aspects: Big data acquisition and analysis,...
This open access book on climate change assesses past climatic change from a geoscience perspective and directly and effectively addresses common misconceptions on climate and climate change. A geoscience perspective on the multiple causes, rates, and consequences of...
This is an open access book. The Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah Branch is pleased to host the 3rd International Conference on Business, Finance, Management and Economics (BizFAME) 2024 from 24-25 October 2024. BizFAME 2024 will...
This book is an open access. Reshaping the Future of Food Security in IKN Nusantara Through Advanced and Sustainable Agriculture
This open access book outlines four scenarios for the future of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories as a broad canvas on which the interests, roles and perspectives of the key stakeholders involved in occupation are subsequently painted. An indirect...
This open access book investigates the phenomenon of recycling institutions in urban mining using social sciences lenses on the empirical context of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), landfills as a potential resource pool and the recycling of...
This open-access brief tackles the idea, prevalent in some industrial sectors, that decommissioning, de-pollution and waste management are a necessary evil rather than a predictable phase of industry for which preparations can and should be made in advance. The brief...
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