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• Constructed Realities, Divine Incomprehensibility, and the Vocative Self: Towards an Epistemology for Christian Education

  Author: Fraser, J., 10 Aug 2023

  Supervisor: Grant, J. (Supervisor) & Visagie, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Mapping of Digital Connectivity and Island Governance: A Comparative Study of the Scottish Archipelagos and Irish Islands.

  Author: Ward, F. L., 27 Apr 2023

  Supervisor: Jennings, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Community Land Trusts: resilient in a crisis and a potential model for local development in the Outer Hebrides

  Author: Campbell, R., 1 Jun 2023

  Supervisor: Rennie, F. (Supervisor) & Davies, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Exploring the role of technology-enabled dementia education and support for health and social care practitioners in rural Scotland

  Author: Muirhead, K., 18 Apr 2023

  Supervisor: Macaden, L. (Supervisor) & Smyth, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• The Essence of Home: An ethnography of the home and its meaning in the context of extended hospital stays in a pandemic

  Author: Hughes, K. R., 23 Apr 2023

  Supervisor: Grindle, M. (Supervisor) & Gorely, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Design and Development of a Novel Immunological Method to Quantify target-specific cysteine redox state in a microplate

  Author: Tuncay, A., 31 Jul 2023

  Supervisor: Cobley, J. (Supervisor) & Husi, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• The future social implications of seaweed cultivation for bioenergy production

  Author: Rostan, J., 2 Mar 2023

  Supervisor: Hughes, A. (Supervisor) & Billing, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• The governance of rewilding in Scotland: discourse, process, and practice

  Author: Martin, A., 29 Jun 2023

  Supervisor: Smith, M. (Supervisor), Fischer, A. (Supervisor) & McMorran, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Language and culture as a societal asset: Strategic alignment of language policy to a sustainable socio-economic market for gaelic

  Author: Cameron, G., 30 May 2023

  Supervisor: Ó Giollagáin, C. (Supervisor), De Lima, P. (Supervisor) & Caimbeul, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Improvements Deferred: An historical-archaeological study of transitional farms in the Grampian Highlands of Scotland, during the Agricultural Improvements of the 18th and 19th centuries.

  Author: Worth, S., 21 Jun 2023

  Supervisor: Robertson, I. J. M. (Supervisor) & Timpany, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Assessing the risk to aquaculture from Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)

  Author: Gianella, M. D. F., 6 Feb 2023

  Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor) & Burrows, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Balancing outdoor tourism and recreation development and environmental conservation after major infrastructure improvements: dualling the A9 through Cairngorms National Park.

  Author: Schulz, L. K., 3 Jan 2023

  Supervisor: Price, M. F. (Supervisor), Bryce, R. (Supervisor) & Bowditch, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Womanhood & the Body: An investigation of experience, community, and reclamation, through Practice as Research.

  Author: Walker, L., 5 Apr 2023

  Supervisor: Mickel, L. (Supervisor) & Jennings, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)

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• Typology according to Matthew: A Study of Contextuality and the Theological Foundations of Typological Interpretation in Matthew’s Missionary Discourse

  Author: Institoris, J., 18 Feb 2023

  Supervisor: Morrison, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• A Historical Archaeology of Whisky in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. c.1500-1850

  Author: Bratt, D. D. M., 20 Feb 2023

  Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor) & Ritchie, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Bioprospecting for novel marine polysaccharides for the life sciences

  Author: Trimby, G., 14 Apr 2023

  Supervisor: Green, D. (Supervisor), Ditchfield, A. (Supervisor) & Boag, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

• Assessing Dynamic Seabed Change on the Scottish Continental Shelf

  Author: Armstrong, C., 5 Aug 2023

  Supervisor: Howe, J. (Supervisor), Allen, C. (Supervisor) & Bates, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Seabird use of tidal stream environments and potential interactions with tidal energy devices

  Author: Isaksson, N., 6 Apr 2023

  Supervisor: Masden, E. (Supervisor) & Benjamins, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

• Surveyance of the marine environment for beached plastic debris using a novel, hyperspectral shortwave infrared camera on an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV)

  Author: Cocking, J. L., 9 May 2023

  Supervisor: Cottier, F. (Supervisor), Narayanaswamy, B. (Supervisor) & Williamson, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Seabird usage of tidal stream environments in relation to fine-scale surface turbulent features- using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a survey tool.

  Author: Slingsby, J., 18 May 2023

  Supervisor: Williamson, B. (Supervisor) & McIlvenny, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

• Words and Waves: Ecological Dialogism as an Approach to Discourse, Community, and Marine Renewable Energy in Orkney

  Author: Ford, R., 21 Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Heddle, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Removal of Metformin and Clarithromycin from aqueous media using Magnetic Brewery Spent Grain

  Author: Shearer, L. K., 17 Oct 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Developing the visitor appeal of Orkney’s Norse heritage sites: A route to more sustainable tourism?

  Author: Thuesen, A., 28 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Sanmark, A. (Supervisor) & Cottier, F. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Exploring the Role of Health Literacy in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Approach

  Author: Walters, C., 14 Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Gorely, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Investigating change in toxic algae in Scottish coastal waters

  Author: King, C., 27 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor) & Taggart, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Predicting risks from acoustic deterrents

  Author: Findlay, C., 25 May 2022

  Supervisor: Wilson, B. (Supervisor) & Risch, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Scotland’s blue carbon: the contribution: the contribution from seaweed detritus

  Author: O'Dell, A., 20 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Burrows, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

• Improving the applicability of metabarcoding to monitor salmon farming impacts on benthic environments

  Author: Venkatesh, S., 20 Nov 2022

  Supervisor: Wilding, T. (Supervisor) & Pritchard, V. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Nitrogen uptake and phytoplankton productivity in the changing Barents Sea

  Author: Braun, J., 10 Aug 2022

  Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor) & Pritchard, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• The potential for the refurbishment of historic hydropower generation for the benefit of local communities in the Highlands & Islands region

  Author: Bachell, A. J., 7 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Price, M. F. (Supervisor) & Boyd, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• A B-cell or a key player?: The role of the humoral immune response in melanoma, highlighting the importance of method development

  Author: Rodgers, C., 20 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Pritchard, A. (Supervisor) & Wei, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Addressing the impact of the EU CFP landing obligation on the northern North Sea ecosystem and Shetland fisheries in a changing climate.

  Author: Hill, C. E., 26 May 2022

  Supervisor: Fox, C. (Supervisor) & Heymans, S. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• The siting of renewable energy developments in a crowded marine space

  Author: Withouck, I., 7 Dec 2022

  Supervisor: Shucksmith, R. (Supervisor) & Tett, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Survival potential of microalgae for long-term space missions

  Author: Pardasani, Y., 13 Dec 2022

  Supervisor: Davey, M. (Supervisor) & Green, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)

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• Interactions between harbour porpoises and aquaculture on the west coast of Scotland

  Author: Sim, T. M. C., 27 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Wilson, B. (Supervisor) & Benjamins, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Bog in a Box: Is Long Term Peat Storage for Future Restoration Viable?

  Author: Detrey, I., 29 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Andersen, R. (Supervisor) & Bremner, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• A comprehensive study of the impact of contrast medium on endothelial cells in vitro: validating the protective effects of n-acetylcysteine and assessing the importance of endothelin-1 and glutathione on contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with chronic kidney disease

  Author: Khuram, R., 31 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Megson, I. (Supervisor), Treweeke, A. (Supervisor) & Cobley, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Hydrodynamic Characterisation and Wave Current Interaction around Dunnet Head in the Pentland Firth with Implications for Marine Energy Generation

  Author: MacDowall, C., 25 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Gleizon, P. (Supervisor), Williamson, B. (Supervisor) & Murray , R. O. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• A Critical Exploration and Theological Critique of Michael Polanyi’s Structured Ontology

  Author: Steiger, A. W., 18 Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Visagie, I. (Supervisor) & Grant, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

• Optimising the decommissioning of pipeline protection structures in the North Sea

  Author: Depauw, E., 13 Dec 2022

  Supervisor: Davey, M. (Supervisor) & Green, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Host pathogen interaction between European strains of red algae 'Bangia' and oomycete Olpidiopsis porphyrae var. scotiae, and phylogenetic analysis for European 'Bangia' strains

  Author: Attar, B., 3 Aug 2022

  Supervisor: Brakel, J. (Supervisor), Gachon, C. (Supervisor) & Green, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)

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• Assessing the condition of the Flow Country peatlands to support their future protection: Monitoring blanket bog functioning during drought and mapping post-wildfire recovery

  Author: Sterk, H. P., 24 Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Andersen, R. (Supervisor) & McIlvenny, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Assessing the Ability of Marine Plastic Waste to Adsorb Heavy Metals and Emerging Organic Contaminants from Water

  Author: Zhang, H., 29 Nov 2022

  Supervisor: Pap, S. (Supervisor) & Gibb, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Occurrence, characterisation and variations of microplastics and cellulose fibres in the Scottish Atlantic coastal marine environment

  Author: Paradinas, L., 15 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Narayanaswamy, B. (Supervisor), James, N. (Supervisor) & Dale, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• The Impact of Wind-Driven Mixing in the Barents Sea

  Author: Rodgers, J., 11 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Cottier, F. (Supervisor), Davies, G. (Supervisor) & Inall, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Artificial reef creation using decommissioned pipeline protection structures - environmental performance in the North Sea.

  Author: Redford, M., 21 Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Wilding, T. (Supervisor) & Rouse, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Nightlands: Playwriting in the Ruins of the Soviet-Arctic

  Author: Reid, J. M., 3 Mar 2021

  Supervisor: Mickel, L. (Supervisor) & Jennings, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)

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• An Analysis of Kirkwall's Royal Charters

  Author: Rosie, S. J., 31 May 2021

  Supervisor: Plumb, O. (Supervisor) & Heddle, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)

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• From monasteries to monopolisers: the salmon fishing industry of the inner Moray Firth region, 1500 to 1800

  Author: Thomas, J. E., 25 Nov 2021

  Supervisor: Worthington, D. (Supervisor), Harland, J. (Supervisor) & Marcello, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

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• Investigating the Immunological Effect of Schizophrenia-Related Antigens and Anti-psychotic Medication.

  Author: Whelan, R., 27 Apr 2021

  Supervisor: Wei, J. (Supervisor) & Pritchard, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

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