Vernon Press

18 May

2016

Spotlight: Designing Technology, Work, Organizations and Vice Versa

Technology, work, and organizations are three main pillars of contemporary societies. Much has been written about each of them separately as well as about their interrelations. This volume collects empirical cases and conceptual discussions which explicitly look for the close interweaving of work, technology, and organizations by questioning their design. Unlike similar works this volume uses the idea of design as a sensitizing concept in order to unpack and at the same time highlight the complex relations between form and function, between creating and doing. Common themes include: heterogeneous engineering, sociomateriality, performativity, situated action and knowledge, invisible work and design trajectories.

18 Mar

2016

Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Intergenerational Responsibility in the 21st Century

Vernon Press invites chapter proposals for a forthcoming collected volume on ‘Intergenerational Responsibility in the 21st Century’ edited by Julia M. Puaschunder (Harvard University and The New School Department of Economics).

11 Feb

2016

Latest calls for proposals

Call for book chapters: The Organisational and Strategic Communication Section of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) - opens a Call for Publication of short chapters to be included in a forthcoming book on Strategic Communication for Non-Profit Organisations: Challenges and Alternative Approaches edited by Evandro Oliveira (University of Leipzig, Germany), Ana Duarte Melo (University of Minho, Portugal) and Gisela Gonçalves (University of Beira Interior, Portugal) to be published by Vernon Press in the Fall of 2016. Deadline for chapters is March 14, 2016. More details on the call can be found here.

04 Dec

2015

Celebrating Einstein: 100 years of General Relativity

Coinciding with the centenary anniversary of Einstein's field equations, we are pleased to announce the publication of an up-to-date account of Einstein's life and achievements, by renowned historian of science David Topper. Einstein for Anyone: A Quick Read fills the gap for a brief, simple and current story of Einstein's life, thought and contributions to 20th century physics and beyond. A fitting tribute to the enduring legacy of the man who reworked our conceptions of space, time, and motion.

20 May

2015

Spotlight: "Economic Growth: How it Works and How it Transformed the World", by Ed Hudson

Ed Hudsons magisterial work tracks economic growth from its very beginning to the present day. Authoritative, formally rigorous, yet imminently accessible, this is a book that deserves to be read by growth scholars, development economists and policy makers concerned with future growth prospects.

"A valuable synthesis of literature on the sources of economic growth and, simultaneously, a challenge for more research on the relationship between technological change, economic growth and social transformations."

Diego Comin, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College.