Projects

Applying textual analysis tools to the content of the scientific and patent literature can get us pathways to answering fundamental questions on how science and knowledge spread and diffuse. The research therefore strives to apply computer science techniques (machine learning classification models, network theory and natural language processing) to innovation economics, to answer three research questions: (1) How and where does scientific ...

This dissertation will focus on the meaning of the expression: τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων in the context of Jn 10:11-15. The classical theories of Substitution and Representation interpret the text to mean that the Shepherd died ‘in place of’ the sheep or ‘on behalf of’ the sheep. These theories undoubtedly shed light on the understanding of Jesus’ death but the question is whether they are adequate to interpret Jn 10:11-15. ...

The increasing amount of corporate failures in recent years has spurred organisations to manage their risks more effectively. One approach that has gained prominence during this period is enterprise risk management (ERM), a process designed to identify and control business risks and ensure they are consistent with corporate strategies and risk appetite. Several surveys on ERM practices highlight the CFO’s primary role and ownership ...

This project studies the functional pitch contours in Modern Greek in neutral speech and for two types of
emotion (happy, sad).
First, we describe the pitch movements found in three different speech corpora of spontaneous speech (for emotion-free,happy and sad speech) considering the alignment with syllable structure.
The stylization method introduced by P. Mertens and C. d'Alessandro (1995) is used. It is based on a model of ...

Children have their own spirituality through which they live their day-to-day lives. The children in Sri Lanka have faced a great disaster of war and now are getting adapted to the peaceful environment today. Amidst the growing consciousness of the spirituality of a child, this research seeks to find out how the spirituality of children becomes a means for peacebuilding in the post-war context of Sri Lanka. This is also an effort to show the ...

Critical reports about recent Olympic Games remind us that global sports events are about much more than mere sports. While full attention is given to the intense activities and mobilities during the actual events, there is a different type of human activity and mobility involved during the preparations of these mega events, particularly in relation to the construction of the necessary infrastructures to host all the activities. This social ...

The research is part of a larger project that aims to analyze and contextualize Allan Sekula’s last artistic project, Ship of Fools / The Dockers’ Museum (2010-2013). Broadly speaking the work consists of two lines of inquiry:

Ship of Fools consists of a set of photographs made by Allan Sekula during his voyage on the ship the Global Mariner (1998-2000). This vessel was used for a transnational solidarity and ...

The review of scholarship on Jesus’ ἐξουσία shows that a plethora of literature exists on authority in the New Testament. However, from the linguistic point of view, there is hardly anyone who treats Jesus’ ἐξουσία in a comprehensive manner in the gospel of John. Thus, this project ventures into the study of the ἐξουσία of Jesus in John with a special reference to 5:27: καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κρίσιν ποιεῖν, ὅτι υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν by ...