Open Research Exeter (ORE): Recent submissions
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Strategic discarding reduces seabird numbers and contact rates with trawl fishery gears in the Southwest Atlantic
(Elsevier, 29 January 2022)Incidental mortality in trawl fisheries is a serious threat to seabird sustainability. Driven primarily by seabirds attracted to discards, limiting discard discharge through strategic batching is a best practice mitigation ... -
South Africa's experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin
(Oxford University Press (OUP) / International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), 16 November 2021)In a scientifically-transformative project, South Africa implemented a decade-long field experiment to understand how fisheries may be affecting its most iconic seabird, the African penguin Spheniscus demersus. This unique ... -
Mechanical properties and microstructure of slag and fly ash alkali-activated lightweight concrete containing miscanthus particles
(Elsevier, 13 January 2022)To improve the early age strength of miscanthus-based composites, alkali-activated binders (ground granulated blast furnace slag and fly ash: AASF) were investigated against Portland cement. The impact of miscanthus content ... -
Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism
(Cambridge University Press (CUP) / American Political Science Association, 22 March 2022)In this article, I show that Richard Rorty’s unduly neglected normative political theory advances a far more distinct and demanding form of liberalism than is usually attributed to him. Attention to how Rorty understands ... -
Is academic freedom at risk from internationalisation? Results from a 2020 survey of UK social scientists
(Routledge, 24 January 2022)The question of the form that academic freedom takes and how it can be maintained in the context of the internationalisation of universities has become prominent in the UK in recent years. Both governmental and societal ...