Institute for Policy & Social Research
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2024-03-29T14:05:07ZIndigenous research sovereignties: Sparking the deeper conversations we need
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/34269
Indigenous research sovereignties: Sparking the deeper conversations we need
Johnson, Jay T.; Brewer, Joseph P., II; Nelson, Melissa K.; Palmer, Mark H.; Louis, Renee Pualani
This article seeks to spark a conversation and further debate through the 15 papers and 3 commentaries comprising this special issue entitled “Indigenous Research Sovereignty.” By inviting the authors to publish in this special edition and address Indigenous Research Sovereignty from a variety of viewpoints, we have brought together a collection that inspires, transforms, and expands on the ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers are engaging with Indigenous communities to address the research agendas of communities across the globe. Through our work together over the past 8 years, the editorial team have identified eight themes within this broad concept of Indigenous Research Sovereignty. This article provides an introduction to those eight themes in the broadest strokes, while the papers and commentaries explore and refine them with significant depth. We seek to spark a conversation, we do not intend to provide answers to any of the dilemma facing Indigenous communities as they engage, or choose not to engage, in research. Our primary goal is to express an all-encompassing concern for the protection of Indigenous Communities’ inherent rights and knowledges.
This article is part of the Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods and Practice special issue on ‘Indigenous Research Sovereignty’, edited by Jay T. Johnson, Joseph P. Brewer II., Melissa K. Nelson, Mark H. Palmer, and Renee Pualani Louis.
2023-05-23T00:00:00ZEnvironment and Planning F: Special issue on Indigenous Research Sovereignty
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/34268
Environment and Planning F: Special issue on Indigenous Research Sovereignty
Johnson, Jay T.; Brewer, Joseph P., II; Nelson, Melissa K.; Palmer, Mark H.; Louis, Renee Pualani
This is the 2023 special issue about Indigenous Research Sovereignty published in the journal Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods, and Practice, volume 2, numbers 1-2. It was edited by Jay T. Johnson, Joseph P. Brewer II, Melissa K. Nelson, Mark H. Palmer and Renee Pualani Louis.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZBroadband in Kansas: The Challenges of Digital Access and Affordability
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/34031
Broadband in Kansas: The Challenges of Digital Access and Affordability
Ginther, Donna K.; Halegoua, Germaine; Wedel, Xan; Becker, Thomas; Hurd, Genna; Goettlich, Walter
The Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) at the University of Kansas received funding from the Economic Development Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce under the CARES Act to study broadband access in the state of Kansas. To
conduct this study, IPSR examined existing data, fielded our own survey of broadband speeds and access, conducted focus groups, and commissioned a chapter on the digital divide within the state of Kansas. The report discusses available data sources and introduces the speed test data collected by IPSR in order to map the broadband access landscape in Kansas. Along with speed tests, the Kansas broadband survey collected information regarding broadband access, adequacy, affordability and satisfaction. The survey data were enhanced by interviews and focus groups that allowed Kansans to share their struggles with internet access in their own words. The report also investigates digital equity using surveys and interviews conducted at public libraries that revealed the challenges faced by library patrons, including lack of digital access and literacy. The report that is summarized below indicates a rural-urban digital divide in terms of access, affordability, and satisfaction with broadband services. The data in this report indicate that up to 1,000,000 Kansans live in regions that lack access to highspeed broadband services, now considered to be 100 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload (100/20). Close to half of survey respondents (46%) report dissatisfaction with broadband services.
2023-03-01T00:00:00ZActivating dinitrogen for chemical looping ammonia Synthesis: Mn nitride layer growth modeling
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/33691
Activating dinitrogen for chemical looping ammonia Synthesis: Mn nitride layer growth modeling
Aframehr, Wrya Mohammadi; Pfromm, Peter H.
The earth-abundant transition metal manganese (Mn) has been shown to activate dinitrogen (N2) and store nitrogen (N) as nitride for subsequent chemical reaction, for example, to produce ammonia (NH3). Chemical looping ammonia synthesis (CLAS) is a practical way to use Mn nitride by contacting nitride with gaseous hydrogen (H2) to produce ammonia (NH3). Here, the dynamic process of N atoms penetrating into solid Mn has been investigated. Nitride layer growth was modeled to quantitate and predict the storage of activated N in Mn towards designing CLAS systems. The N diffusion coefficient (DN) and reaction rate constant K for the first-order nitridation reaction were estimated at 6.2 ± 5.5 × 10-11 m2/s and 4.1 ± 3.5 × 10-4 1/s, respectively, at atmospheric pressure and 700 °C. Assuming spherical particles of Mn with a diameter of < 10 μm, about 56.8 metric tons of Mn is sufficient to produce a metric ton of NH3 per day using CLAS.
2022-04-28T00:00:00Z