Michael C. Leach Department of Public Law & Governance, Tilburg Law School, 2021 Download from repository Abstract Since the mid-1990s, the ‘Rule of Law’ as been recognized as being a dominant conceptual frame for legal and governance reform work in… Read More »A kaleidoscope of meaning fragments: Understanding the rule of law’s paradoxes in international development
Andreas Vavvos (vavvosandreas@gmail.com) Department of Psychology, University of Crete & Department of Social Anthropology, University of Saint Andrews, 2025 Download from repository Abstract Guided by two core questions, this dissertation undertakes an exploratory journey into the dialogical dynamics of knowledge… Read More »The Pulse of Dialogue: Explaining Opposition to Energy Policies in Western Macedonia and Crete
Tiyana Jovanovic (website) University of Queensland / Indian Institute Technology Delhi, 2025 Download from repository Abstract This doctoral thesis challenges the dominant modernist paradigm in development thinking and practice, offering a novel conceptualisation of empowerment that transcends the limitations of… Read More »An explanatory empowerment theory for resilient development: a critical realist case study of women’s empowerment through ICT4D in the Indian Context
Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer (website) University of Reading (Henley Business School), 2022 Download from repository Abstract This thesis explores unintended consequences resulting from the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technology systems. It does this through a Critical Realist (CR) lens, which… Read More »Developing a framework for understanding sociotechnical routes to unintended consequences in Internet of Things (IoT) systems: A case study of an IoT parking solution in a Smart City
Stine Harboe Petersen (stineharboep@sdu.dk) Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), 2026 Download from repository Abstract This PhD thesis explores organisational culture (OC) within the Danish construction industry through the lens of critical realism. Conducted as a… Read More »Organisational Culture in Construction – A Critical Realist Perspective
Manuel Heckel University of Sheffield, 2023 Download Abstract Infrastructure backlogs and basic services provision gaps in rapidly urbanising contexts precipitated a reappraisal of commercial debt for development purposes. Donors and international organisations have started to support the mobilisation of private… Read More »Water service providers and debt emitters: Kenya’s transformation of public water and sanitation utilities’ financing
Camlus Odhus (codhus20@gmail.com) University of Lancaster, 2025 Download Abstract Introduction Improving the quality of primary health care (PHC) is an urgent priority, given millions of deaths attributable to poor quality health services. Yet, little is known about the culture of… Read More »Culture, Barriers and Enablers of Primary Health Care Quality Improvement in Kenya
Lisa Ellem (lisa.ellem@scu.edu.au) Education, Southern Cross University, 2023 Download from repository Abstract Today’s adult learners are social and economic revolutionaries who invite change. Adult learners operate in the adult learning industry that holds substantial national, social, and economic benefits. However,… Read More »Adult Learning: What does an adult learner need
Kennedy Masime (kennedy.masime@gmail.com) Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg , 2023 Download from repository Abstract Political scientists are, generally, agreed that political parties play a very important role in the consolidation of democracy. Indeed, parties play several… Read More »Theorising Party and Party System Institutionalisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case Studies of Kenya and Ghana
Theerapat Ungsuchaval School of Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research, University of Kent, 2019 Download from repository Abstract The thesis is an exploratory study of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF), an independent autonomous public organisation (APO) and its NGO… Read More »Metagovernance and NGOisation in Thailand: An Exploratory Study of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF) and Nongovernmental Organisations (NGOs)