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View article: Carbonous Concealment: Governing “Wild” Substances and Subterranean Storage in an Era of Climate Change
Carbonous Concealment: Governing “Wild” Substances and Subterranean Storage in an Era of Climate Change Open
Drawing on ethnographic field research that I conducted in Houston, Texas since late 2018, I explore subterranean storage arrangements utilised by the US hydrocarbon industry. I argue that storage is vital not only to its pluri‐temporal st…
View article: Value as ethics: Climate change, crisis, and the struggle for the future
Value as ethics: Climate change, crisis, and the struggle for the future Open
Drawing on ethnographic research in Houston, Texas, I contribute novel ethnographic insights into how oil and gas experts understand notions of value. I show that prevailing notions of value are normatively defined in economic terms and cl…
View article: Carbon capital: The lexicon and allegories of US hydrocarbon finance
Carbon capital: The lexicon and allegories of US hydrocarbon finance Open
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, grant agreement No. 715146.
View article: ETHICS-2021 Special Session 3: Author meets the critics - ‘Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility’ by Jessica Smith: ETHICS-2021 Author-Meets-Critics Session, Saturday October 30, 2021, 1:00-2:30 PM EDT
ETHICS-2021 Special Session 3: Author meets the critics - ‘Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility’ by Jessica Smith: ETHICS-2021 Author-Meets-Critics Session, Saturday October 30, 2021, 1:00-2:30 PM EDT Open
Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility, MIT Press, 2021, by Jessica Smith.
View article: Power and precariousness in the expert hierarchies of the US hydrocarbon industry
Power and precariousness in the expert hierarchies of the US hydrocarbon industry Open
Drawing on ethnographic research in Houston, Texas, I explore how oil and gas experts negotiate social power and precariousness within the US hydrocarbon sector. In an industry long associated with corporate power, the careers of experts a…
View article: Risk and responsibility: Private equity financiers and the <scp>US</scp> shale revolution
Risk and responsibility: Private equity financiers and the <span>US</span> shale revolution Open
Drawing on ethnographic research in Houston, Texas, I explore how private equity financiers in the US hydrocarbon industry are empowered to define and take financial risks on our collective behalf. The US shale revolution could not have un…
View article: Y-12 Groundwater Protection Program Data Management Plan
Y-12 Groundwater Protection Program Data Management Plan Open
This Data Management Plan (DMP) describes the processes in place to ensure the integrity of groundwater monitoring information collected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Y-12 National…
View article: Poverty as Ideology: Rescuing Social Justice from Global Development Agendas (Book Review)
Poverty as Ideology: Rescuing Social Justice from Global Development Agendas (Book Review) Open
This is an excellent book.Over the course of eight chapters, Fischer outlines how global development agendas led by the World Bank and IMF, and cheered on by popular financial media like The Economist, have and continue to be driven by cap…
View article: Hamilton, Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France (Harvey Miller Publishers, 2019)
Hamilton, Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France (Harvey Miller Publishers, 2019) Open
Review of Tracy Chapman Hamilton, Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France: The Artistic Patronage of Queen Marie of Brabant (Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2019).
View article: Organizing the 1%: How Corporate Power Works
Organizing the 1%: How Corporate Power Works Open
In Organizing the 1%: How Corporate Power Works, Carroll and Sapinski (2018) argue that corporations unify the interests of the one percent, are the root of economic inequality, and shape the agendas of governments and public institutions,…
View article: Bardot and Marvin (eds.), Louis VII and His World (Brill, 2018)
Bardot and Marvin (eds.), Louis VII and His World (Brill, 2018) Open
Review of Michael L. Bardot and Laurence W. Marvin, eds., Louis VII and His World (Leiden: Brill, 2018).
View article: Simulation-based evaluation of anaesthesia residents: optimising resource use in a competency-based assessment framework
Simulation-based evaluation of anaesthesia residents: optimising resource use in a competency-based assessment framework Open
Introduction Simulation training in anaesthesiology bridges the gap between theory and practice by allowing trainees to engage in high-stakes clinical training without jeopardising patient safety. However, implementing simulation-based ass…
View article: Hanley, Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England (Yale University Press, 2016)
Hanley, Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England (Yale University Press, 2016) Open
Review of Catherine Hanley, Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2016).
View article: Can They Teach Each Other? : The Restructuring of Higher Education and the Rise of Undergraduate Student “Teachers” in Ontario
Can They Teach Each Other? : The Restructuring of Higher Education and the Rise of Undergraduate Student “Teachers” in Ontario Open
Changes to public funding regimes, coupled with transformations in how universities are managed and measured have altered the methods for educating undergraduate students. The growing reliance on teaching fellows, teaching assistants, and …