Michael Flavin
Biographic Data
| ID | 2114474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Flavin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Flavin |
| SIGNATURE | FLAVIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9183-2977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘I do solemnly promise … ’ the IRA’s Green Book and its Community of Practice
Leadership failings: The Irish republican socialist party, the Irish national liberation army and the Irish people’s liberation organisation, 1974–1992
This paper analyses leadership in the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the Irish National Liberation Army, and the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation, 1974–1992. All three organisations emerged from the Official IRA and the split it underwent at the end of 1969. This paper is the first study of its kind, analysing these three organisations from a leadership perspective, using an established theory, the Full Range Leadership Model. The paper …
Neoliberal values and the UK university undergraduate prospectus
This paper examines the extent to which Neoliberalism features in undergraduate prospectuses of UK universities, using Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, and subsequent writers on Neoliberalism, as an analytical lens. Prospectuses convey an impression of the outcomes students might gain; the specific research question is, ‘To what extent do the prospectuses of UK universities espouse neoliberal values for their prospective stude…
Was Gerry Adams a transformational leader
Gerry Adams was the foremost Irish Republican leader in The Troubles (1968–1998). This paper analyses the extent to which he was a transformational leader, shifting Republicanism from armed struggle to politics. The paper analyses three texts by Adams at milestone points in the conflict. The first (1976) at the height of the armed campaign; the second (1986) as political engagement was increasing; and the third (2003), after the conflict had form…
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles
This paper surveys leadership in the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles (1968–1998), using four typologies to frame its analysis: position-based leadership; person-based leadership; results-based leadership; and process-based leadership. The paper considers the question—Are the four typologies a useful way of analysing leadership within the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles? The paper examines milestone points in The Troubl…
What higher education ministers talk about when they talk about innovation
This article analyses speeches made by UK higher education ministers, from the election of the Conservative government in May 2015 through to September 2020. The article uses disruptive innovation as a theoretical framework through which to analyse ministers’ perspectives on innovation. The methodology is content analysis with a directed approach. Fourteen speeches are analysed. Innovation is shown to serve an economic agenda, enabling students t…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Virtual Learning Environments
This is a literature review analysing articles published on virtual learning environments (VLEs), otherwise known as learning management systems, in higher education in the years 2014–2018. The Web of Science database was used to identity relevant articles over this five-year period. The sample comprises 99 peer-reviewed, academic journal articles. A coding sheet is used to analyse each article, identifying the research method, the classification…
Disruptive innovation, the episteme and technology-enhanced learning in higher education
This paper combines the theory of disruptive innovation with Foucault's concept of the episteme, in order to analyse the extent to which the integration of Foucauldian analysis clarifies understandings of disruptive innovation; the process by which innovation happens; and its applications in higher education. The theory of disruptive innovation is summarized, as is the episteme, and the idea of skeuomorphic design is used to link disruptive innov…
Size matters: An analysis of UK higher education institution mission statements
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have mission statements as a matter of course. This article analyses 127 mission statements from UK HEIs, comprising 76.048% of the mainstream UK higher education sector. The statements were divided into the categories of Russell Group; Other; and Specialist Institution. A mixed methods research approach was adopted. The article identifies the fifty-seven most frequently used terms in mission statements. It al…
Exploratory study of “real world” implementation of a clinical poverty tool in diverse family medicine and pediatric care settings
Poverty screening is important and acceptable to clinicians and patients. However, multiple barriers need to be addressed to allow for successful implementation of poverty screening and intervention in health care settings
Are observed associations between a high maternal prepregnancy body mass index and offspring IQ likely to be causal
BACKGROUND: A high maternal prepregnancy body mass index has been associated with lower offspring IQ, but it is unclear if the relationship is causal. To explore this, our objectives were to compare maternal and paternal estimates and to assess whether certain factors mediate the association. METHODS: We analysed data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which initially recruited 14 541 women residing in Avon, UK, with an exp…
Primary care providers’ lived experiences of genetics in practice
To effectively translate genetic advances into practice, engagement of primary care providers (PCPs) is essential. Using a qualitative, phenomenological methodology, we analyzed key informant interviews and focus groups designed to explore perspectives of urban and rural PCPs. PCPs endorsed a responsibility to integrate genetics into their practices and expected advances in genetic medicine to expand. However, PCPs reported limited knowledge and …
To give an outsider an idea of what it could be like’: A case study of the creative representation of hearing voices
This paper reports on a case study which aims to recreate the hearing voices symptom in schizophrenia. The case study was submitted for a co-curricular module at King’s College London by a first-year undergraduate Music student, Bethany James, and was created using the web application, Mahara. The core of the case study consists of a soundscape of both everyday and unusual sounds, in conjunction with an original musical composition. The paper des…
Disraeli: The Romance of Politics , by Robert O’Kell
Disraeli: The Romance of Politics, by Robert O'Kell, University of Toronto Press, 2013, xii, 595 pp. $95.00 US (cloth). Benjamin Disraeli was a phenomenally successful individual in nineteenth-century Britain. Without nobility (something he eventually gained in 1876 as Earl of Beaconsfield), and hampered by his Jewish origins colliding with the prejudices of the time, he nevertheless rose to be Prime Minster twice and, moreover, a successful nove…
Size matters: An analysis of UK higher education institution mission statements
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have mission statements as a matter of course. This article analyses 127 mission statements from UK HEIs, comprising 76.048% of the mainstream UK higher education sector. The statements were divided into the categories of Russell Group; Other; and Specialist Institution. A mixed methods research approach was adopted. The article identifies the fifty-seven most frequently used terms in mission statements. It al…
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles
This paper surveys leadership in the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles (1968–1998), using four typologies to frame its analysis: position-based leadership; person-based leadership; results-based leadership; and process-based leadership. The paper considers the question—Are the four typologies a useful way of analysing leadership within the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles? The paper examines milestone points in The Troubl…
What higher education ministers talk about when they talk about innovation
This article analyses speeches made by UK higher education ministers, from the election of the Conservative government in May 2015 through to September 2020. The article uses disruptive innovation as a theoretical framework through which to analyse ministers’ perspectives on innovation. The methodology is content analysis with a directed approach. Fourteen speeches are analysed. Innovation is shown to serve an economic agenda, enabling students t…
Disraeli: The Romance of Politics , by Robert O’Kell
Disraeli: The Romance of Politics, by Robert O'Kell, University of Toronto Press, 2013, xii, 595 pp. $95.00 US (cloth). Benjamin Disraeli was a phenomenally successful individual in nineteenth-century Britain. Without nobility (something he eventually gained in 1876 as Earl of Beaconsfield), and hampered by his Jewish origins colliding with the prejudices of the time, he nevertheless rose to be Prime Minster twice and, moreover, a successful nove…
To give an outsider an idea of what it could be like’: A case study of the creative representation of hearing voices
This paper reports on a case study which aims to recreate the hearing voices symptom in schizophrenia. The case study was submitted for a co-curricular module at King’s College London by a first-year undergraduate Music student, Bethany James, and was created using the web application, Mahara. The core of the case study consists of a soundscape of both everyday and unusual sounds, in conjunction with an original musical composition. The paper des…
Primary care providers’ lived experiences of genetics in practice
To effectively translate genetic advances into practice, engagement of primary care providers (PCPs) is essential. Using a qualitative, phenomenological methodology, we analyzed key informant interviews and focus groups designed to explore perspectives of urban and rural PCPs. PCPs endorsed a responsibility to integrate genetics into their practices and expected advances in genetic medicine to expand. However, PCPs reported limited knowledge and …
Exploratory study of “real world” implementation of a clinical poverty tool in diverse family medicine and pediatric care settings
Poverty screening is important and acceptable to clinicians and patients. However, multiple barriers need to be addressed to allow for successful implementation of poverty screening and intervention in health care settings
Are observed associations between a high maternal prepregnancy body mass index and offspring IQ likely to be causal
BACKGROUND: A high maternal prepregnancy body mass index has been associated with lower offspring IQ, but it is unclear if the relationship is causal. To explore this, our objectives were to compare maternal and paternal estimates and to assess whether certain factors mediate the association. METHODS: We analysed data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which initially recruited 14 541 women residing in Avon, UK, with an exp…
Size matters: An analysis of UK higher education institution mission statements
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have mission statements as a matter of course. This article analyses 127 mission statements from UK HEIs, comprising 76.048% of the mainstream UK higher education sector. The statements were divided into the categories of Russell Group; Other; and Specialist Institution. A mixed methods research approach was adopted. The article identifies the fifty-seven most frequently used terms in mission statements. It al…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Virtual Learning Environments
This is a literature review analysing articles published on virtual learning environments (VLEs), otherwise known as learning management systems, in higher education in the years 2014–2018. The Web of Science database was used to identity relevant articles over this five-year period. The sample comprises 99 peer-reviewed, academic journal articles. A coding sheet is used to analyse each article, identifying the research method, the classification…
Disruptive innovation, the episteme and technology-enhanced learning in higher education
This paper combines the theory of disruptive innovation with Foucault's concept of the episteme, in order to analyse the extent to which the integration of Foucauldian analysis clarifies understandings of disruptive innovation; the process by which innovation happens; and its applications in higher education. The theory of disruptive innovation is summarized, as is the episteme, and the idea of skeuomorphic design is used to link disruptive innov…
What higher education ministers talk about when they talk about innovation
This article analyses speeches made by UK higher education ministers, from the election of the Conservative government in May 2015 through to September 2020. The article uses disruptive innovation as a theoretical framework through which to analyse ministers’ perspectives on innovation. The methodology is content analysis with a directed approach. Fourteen speeches are analysed. Innovation is shown to serve an economic agenda, enabling students t…
Neoliberal values and the UK university undergraduate prospectus
This paper examines the extent to which Neoliberalism features in undergraduate prospectuses of UK universities, using Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, and subsequent writers on Neoliberalism, as an analytical lens. Prospectuses convey an impression of the outcomes students might gain; the specific research question is, ‘To what extent do the prospectuses of UK universities espouse neoliberal values for their prospective stude…
Was Gerry Adams a transformational leader
Gerry Adams was the foremost Irish Republican leader in The Troubles (1968–1998). This paper analyses the extent to which he was a transformational leader, shifting Republicanism from armed struggle to politics. The paper analyses three texts by Adams at milestone points in the conflict. The first (1976) at the height of the armed campaign; the second (1986) as political engagement was increasing; and the third (2003), after the conflict had form…
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles
This paper surveys leadership in the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles (1968–1998), using four typologies to frame its analysis: position-based leadership; person-based leadership; results-based leadership; and process-based leadership. The paper considers the question—Are the four typologies a useful way of analysing leadership within the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles? The paper examines milestone points in The Troubl…
Leadership failings: The Irish republican socialist party, the Irish national liberation army and the Irish people’s liberation organisation, 1974–1992
This paper analyses leadership in the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the Irish National Liberation Army, and the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation, 1974–1992. All three organisations emerged from the Official IRA and the split it underwent at the end of 1969. This paper is the first study of its kind, analysing these three organisations from a leadership perspective, using an established theory, the Full Range Leadership Model. The paper …
‘I do solemnly promise … ’ the IRA’s Green Book and its Community of Practice
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Irish and British Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works)