Regulation

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Sampson, H. (2023) 'Beyond Borders: The Regulation of the Living and Working Conditions of International Seafarers' in E. Boris, H. Gottfried, J. Greene and J.C. Tham (Eds) Global Labour Migration: New Directions, University of Illinois Press.

Sampson, H., Ellis, N. (2022) Scoping exercise relating to the future evaluation of evidence underpinning decision-making in the shipping industry, Cardiff: SIRC.

Sampson, H. (2022) 'Beyond the State': The limits of international regulation and the example of abandoned seafarers', Marine Policy, Vol 140, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105046.

Poulsen, R.T., Sampson, H. (2020) 'A swift turnaround? Abating shipping greenhouse gas emissions via port call optimization', Transportation Research Part D, Vol 86, DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102460.

Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. (2019) 'Between a rock and a hard place': the implications of lost autonomy and trust for professionals at sea, Work, Employment and Society', 33(4): 648-665, DOI: 10.1177/0950017018821284.

Sampson, H. (2016) '"Seabirds Matter More Than Us!" Understanding the Complex Exercise of CSR in the Global Shipping Industry', Journal of Sustainable Mobility, 3(2):101-119, DOI 10.9774/GLEAF.23502016de.00007.

James, P., Walters, D., Sampson, H. and Wadsworth, E. (2015) 'Regulating the employment dynamics of domestic supply chains', Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(4): 526-543, DOI: 10.1177/0022185615582235.

Sampson, H., Bloor, M., Baker, S. and Dalhgren, K. (2015) ‘Greener shipping? A consideration of the issues associated with the introduction of emission control areas’, Maritime Policy & Management, 43(3): 295-308. DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2015.1040862.

Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. (2015) ‘Elusive corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global shipping’, Journal of Global Responsibility, 6(1): 80-98. DOI 10.1108/JGR-08-2014-0028.

James, P., Walters, D., Sampson, H. and Wadsworth, E. (2014) 'Protecting workers through supply chains: Lessons from two construction case studies', Economic and Industrial Democracy, 36(4): 727-747. DOI: 10.1177/0143831X14532296.

Abila, S. S. and Tang, L. (2014) ‘Trauma, post-trauma, and support in the shipping industry: The experience of Filipino seafarers after pirate attacks’, Marine Policy, 46(2014): 132-136. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.01.012.

Bloor, M., Sampson, H., Baker, S. and Dahlgren, K. (2013) 'The instrumental use of technical doubts: Technological controversies, investment decisions and air pollution controls in the global shipping industry', Science and Public Policy, 41(2): 234-244, DOI: 10.1093/scipol/sct050.

Akamangwa, N. (2013) 'Global Environmental Regulation and Workers in the Shipping Industry', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Bloor, M., Sampson, H., Baker, S.,  Walters, D., Dahlgren, K., Wadsworth, E. and James, P. (2013) 'Room for Manoeuvre? Regulatory Compliance in the Global Shipping Industry', Social & Legal Studies, 22(2): 171-189. DOI: 10.1177/0964663912467814.

Bloor, M., Baker, S. and Sampson, H. (2011) Written evidence to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee Inquiry on Sulphur Emissions by Ships. London, UK: House of Commons Transport Select Committee Inquiry.

Sampson, H. (2011) 'Spilling oil, spilling blood: Cost and corporate decision making concerning safe working practices', Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 9(1): 17-32. DOI: 10.1080/14774003.2011.11667754.

Abou-Elkawam, M. (2011) 'Seafarers and Growing Environmental Concerns: To Comply or Not to Comply - Choices and Practices', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, 6-7 July, ISBN 1-900174-39-1.

Sampson, H., Gekara, V.O. and Bloor, M. (2011) 'Water-tight or sinking? A consideration of the standards of the contemporary assessment practices underpinning seafarer licence examinations and their implications for employers', Maritime Policy & Management, 38(1): 81-92, DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2010.533713.

Yang, P. (2010) 'Romance of the Three Unions: Identity Discourses of Three Indian Maritime Trade Unions', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Bhattacharya, S. (2009) 'The Impact of the ISM Code on the Management of Occupational Health and Safety in the Maritime Industry', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Bloor, M. and Sampson, H. (2009) 'Regulatory enforcement of labour standards in an outsourcing industry: the case of the shipping industry', Work, Employment and Society, 23(4): 711-726. DOI: 10.1177/0950017009344915.

Abou-Elkawam, M. (2008) 'Seafarers' quest for better auditing regimes', The Sea, Issue 196, Nov/Dec.

Sampson, H. (2008) Review of ‘Flagging Standards – Globalisation and Environmental, Safety, and Labour Regulations at Sea’ by Elisabeth R. DeSombre. The MIT Press, London, 2006, xi +308 pp., ISBN 0 262 54190 4 in British Journal of Industrial Relations (BJIR) an International Journal of Employment Relations, 46(4): 822-823, ISSN 0007-1080 (print), 1467- 8543 (online).

Bhattacharya, S. (2007) 'Seafarers' participation in safety management on board cargo ships', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, July, ISBN 1-900174-31-6.

Kahveci, E. (2007) 'The maritime security code three years on', The Sea, London: Mission to Seafarers, Issue 189, Sep/Oct.

Sampson, H. and Bloor, M. (2007) 'When Jack gets out the box: the problems of regulating a global industry', Sociology, 41(3): 551-569. DOI: 10.1177/0038038507076623.

Walters, D. (2007) 'Chemical risk management', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, July, ISBN 1-900174-31-6.

Kahveci, E. (2006) ‘Neither at sea nor ashore: the abandoned crew of the Obo Basak’, Annuaire de droit maritime, University of Nantes, France, pp. 279-320.

Kahveci, E. and Nichols, T. (2006) ‘The Other Car Workers’, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 211 pp, ISBN 1-4039-4191-2.

Bhattacharya, S. (2006) 'How well does the safety code really work?', The Sea, issue 182, Jul/Aug, p 4.

Bloor, M., Datta, R., Gilinskiy, Y. and Horlick-Jones, T. (2006) ‘Unicorn among the cedars: on the possibility of 'smart regulation' of the globalised shipping industry’, Social & Legal Studies, 15(4): 534-551. DOI: 10.1177/0964663906069546.

Anner, M., Greer, I., Hauptmeier, M.,  Lillie, N. and Winchester, N. (2006) ‘Industrial Determinants of Transnational Solidarity: Global Union Politics in Shipping, Autos and Apparel’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 12(1): 7-27. DOI: 10.1177/0959680106061368.

Bernfled, J. (2006) 'Second registers have to be judged on their merits', The Sea, issue 183 Sep/Oct 2006, p 4.

Winchester, N. (2005) 'Spotting a fake is no simple matter', The Sea, London: Mission to Seafarers, Issue 178 Nov/Dec.

Winchester, N. (2005) ‘Global regulation of seafarer certification’, SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, July, ISBN 1-900174-26-X.

Bloor, M., Datta, R. (2004) ‘Port state control inspectors – the seafarer’s friend?’, The Sea, London: Mission to Seafarers, Issue 168, Mar/Apr, pp 4-5.

Bloor, M., Pentsov, D., Levi, M. and Horlick-Jones, T. (2004) ‘Problems of Global Governance of Seafarers' Health and Safety’, SIRC: Cardiff University, November, ISBN: 1-900174-24-3.

Calderon Veiga, M. (2004) 'A Comparative Analysis of the European and North-American Approaches to Dealing with Major Oil Spills', WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, 3(2): 171-192. DOI: 10.1007/BF03195058.

Datta, R. and Bloor, M. (2004) ‘Port state control and ILO conventions’, Seaways, March, pp 13-16 & 21.

Obando-Rojas, B., Welsh, I., Bloor, M., Lane, A.D., Badigannavar, V. and Maguire, M. (2004) ‘The political economy of fraud in a globalised industry: the case of seafarers' certifications’, Sociological Review, 52(3): 295-313. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2004.00481.x.

Wu, B. and Veiga, J. (2004) ‘EU seafarer careers: Impact of EU enlargement on the seafaring labour market’, Seaways: the International Journal of Nautical Institute, July, pp 24-27, ISSN 0144-1019.

Sampson, H. (2004) ‘Romantic rhetoric, revisionist reality: the effectiveness of regulation in maritime education and training’, Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 56(2): 245-267, ISSN 1363-6820. DOI: 10.1080/13636820400200256.

Sampson, H., (2003) ‘Powerful unions vulnerable workers: the representation of seafarers in the global labour market’, Brazilian Congress of Anthropologists and Sociologists (ANPOCS), 21-15 October.

Bloor, M. (2003) ‘Problems of Global Governance: Port-State control and ILO conventions’, SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, September 19th, ISBN 1-900174-22-7.

Belcher, P.M. (2003) ‘Criminalising the seafarer’, Forum debate, Safety at Sea International, September, p 14, ISSN 0142 0666.

Belcher, P. and Winchester, N. (2003) ‘The World’s Maritime Industry in 2002’, in The International Transport Workers’ Federation Flags of Convenience Campaign Update, ITF: London, ISBN 0-901969-98-2.

Veiga, J. (2004) Book Review: ‘The Common EU Maritime Transport Policy: Policy Europeanisation in the 1990s’, European Urban and Regional Studies, 11(2): 188-190. DOI: 10.1177/0969776404041425.

Winchester, N. (2003) ‘Flags must hoist a different standard’, The Sea, September/October.

Winchester, N. and Alderton, T. (2003) ‘Flag State Audit 2003’, SIRC: Cardiff University, ISBN 1-900174-19-7.

Alderton, T. and Winchester, N. (2002) ‘Globalisaton and de-regulation in the maritime industry’, Marine Policy, 26(2002): 35-43. DOI: 10.1057/9780230209381_2.

Alderton, T. and Winchester, N. (2002), ‘Flag States and Safety: 1997-1999’, Maritime Policy & Management, 29(2): 151-162. DOI: 10.1080/03088830110090586.

Alderton, T. and Winchester, N. (2002), ‘Regulation, Representation and the Flag Market’, Journal for Maritime Research, 4(1): 89-105. DOI: 10.1080/21533369.2002.9668323.

Bergantino, A.S., Marlow, P.B. (1997) ‘An Econometric Analysis of the Decision to Flag Out - Final Report’, June, ISBN 1-900174-01-0.