Applied linguistics (AL) is a broad field of study that often concerns subjective domains such
as beliefs, opinions, perspectives, values and emotions. Q methodology (Q), a mixed …

Describing new techniques and novel applications, Handbook of Research Methods in
Public Administration, Second Edition demonstrates the use of tools designed to meet the …

Wearables paired with data analytics and machine learning algorithms that measure
physiological (and other) parameters are slowly finding their way into our workplace …

Abstract As Official Development Assistance (ODA) tops 180 billion USD per year, there is a
need to understand the mechanisms underlying aid effectiveness. Over the past decade we …

This paper presents and analyses six key approaches to discourse analysis, including
political discourse theory, rhetorical political analysis, the discourse historical approach in …

Digital and agile companies widely use chatbots in the form of integrations into enterprise
messengers such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. However, there is a lack of empirical …

2 Maintenance grant by parental income for full‑time students before 47 and after HE
funding reforms in England 3 The five profiles of the university experience 77 4 Crib sheet …

Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them
on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveals how policy analysis can adapt in an …

Mixing qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods in public health
research is not a recent phenomenon. For example, John Snow's foundational public health …

Q methodology was used to enable the identification of discourses among stakeholders to
the environmental and resource dimensions of sustainability policies and to gain an …