Legal Lessons in History: Theatricality and Performativity of Political Trials
By questioning the power rationalizing and order legitimizing functions of courts, this research project will draw attention to the realm of the ‘political trial’ in which the accused belligerently confronts the legitimacy of the political order of which the court itself is an integral part. Find out more...
Analysis of anti-ganglioside complex antibodies in human neuropathy sera using combinatorial glycoarrays
This project seeks to understand the structural and mechanistic basis underlying this phenomenon in a range of artificial membrane formats and also explore the biological and clinical relevance in cell based systems and disease biomarker profiling studies. Find out more...
Templated Nanostructured Materials for Thermoelectric Renewable Energy Generation
Thermoelectric devices are capable of harvesting waste heat energy produced by other inefficient systems and convert this into useful electrical energy. Nanostructured materials appear to be the most effective way of making these thermoelectric devices more efficient. Find out more...
Microfluidic Diagnostics for Parasitology
Lab-on-a-Chip offers the prospect of changing the outlook for medical diagnostics in the Developing world. By manipulating small amounts of sample, microfluidic technologies will be used in this project to enable the miniaturisation and integration of laboratory tests into low cost, low power, handheld microchip formats. Find out more...
Disease, Local Knowledge and Household Vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa
Working in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this research aims to establish the impact of disease; how diseases are understood; the steps taken to protect household members from disease; and how households mitigate against the impact of disease. Find out more...
Developmental plasticity and phenotypic programming: from genes to behaviour
The project is based on an integrative approach, utilising traditional methods to measure physiological and behavioural responses, coupled with, gene expression profiling to fully understand the potential programming effects of early life stressful circumstances. Find out more...
Language and identity: the transmission of Scottish Gaelic
Language plays an important part in the way we present ourselves to the world. Drawing on sociological theory and methodology this project hopes to explain the changes undergone by the Gaelic sound system. Find out more...
Measuring the impact of events on the cultural capital of socially excluded groups
This research project aims to mitigate the potential negative and enhance the positive impacts from the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which will hopefully contribute to the positive lasting legacy and overall sustainable development of the city of Glasgow. Find out more...
Towards a rational design for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)
This PhD project is aimed at utilising biogeochemical processes effectively used in water treatment technologies to further enhance non-point pollution control in Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems. Find out more...
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