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What and where are urban left mayors delivering in England? (2025)
Book Chapter

The chapter explores the delivery and impact of urban left mayors in England, focusing on the mayoralties of London, Bristol, and Greater Manchester. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the political strategies and policy implementations o... Read More about What and where are urban left mayors delivering in England?.

Federated learning in IoT environments: Examining the three-way see-saw for privacy, model-performance, and network-efficiency (2025)
Journal Article

This survey paper provides an in-depth exploration of Federated Learning (FL) in Internet of Things (IoT) environments , focusing on privacy-preserving techniques and their influence on model performance and network efficiency. It highlights key chal... Read More about Federated learning in IoT environments: Examining the three-way see-saw for privacy, model-performance, and network-efficiency.

Hannah Arendt, Refugees and the phenomenology of human rights: On the perplexities, failures and prospects of the international human rights law protection regime (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

One common feature of most of the world’s greatest challenges of the last century—persecution, armed conflicts and systematic human rights violations is that they produced large numbers of refugees, thus triggering the global refugee crisis. The phen... Read More about Hannah Arendt, Refugees and the phenomenology of human rights: On the perplexities, failures and prospects of the international human rights law protection regime.

Biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes: Trends, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable applications (2025)
Journal Article

As global energy demand continues to rise, the importance of effective solar management in building design becomes increasingly critical. Solar management encompasses strategies for harvesting, regulating, and utilizing solar energy, contributing sig... Read More about Biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes: Trends, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable applications.

A global call to action for disability inclusion in health research (2025)
Journal Article

Despite bringing great strengths and facing substantial health inequities, disabled people remain underserved by health research; addressing this requires multi-level actions spanning all areas of research.