The contributors to this volume make a crucial and forceful point. There are numerous theories and methodologies that can be used to yield research findings about the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to make a positive difference in people’s lives. Whether the findings in any particular research project actually contribute in this way depends on multiple factors,…
This book covers a wide range of subjects which have enormous relevance to the interface between human society and the use and conservation of natural resources. This is a theme on which perhaps much more could have been done by researchers and academics, but possibly the integration of various disciplines, particularly through those dealing with the physical sciences and researchers involved i…
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol were adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and opened for signature on 30 March 2007. They entered into force on 3 May 2008. The CRPD is unique in its complexity for many reasons. It encompasses both civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural r…
For more than two decades, Romania’s higher education system has been undergoing reforms, experiencing far-reaching changes and striving for academic excellence. The rate of change has been accelerated by a multitude of factors. Among them, the growing demand of a diversified public for higher education qualification and the ever-increasing societal expectations with regard to higher educatio…
On March 11, 2011, the most disastrous earthquake and tsunami in modern Japanese history occurred in northeast Japan. They caused a great calamity for the people and industries on the Pacifi c coast of the Tohoku region of Japan, one of the most important regions for Japanese fi sheries. The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) was covered by a 15-m-high tsunami, and the electric power…
Disseminating cutting edge theories and empirical research in the field of industrial relations and conflict management, from an interdisciplinary approach, and firmly based in theories on human ehaviour in relation to work and organizations. Formally the series will publish monographs and contributed or edited volumes from leading psychology scholars. Specifically, the series integrates theori…