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Bales, Kevin and Robbins, Peter T. (2001). No One Shall Be Held in Slavery or Servitude: A critical analysis of international slavery conventions. Human Rights Review, 2(2) pp. 18–45.

Clark, Norman; Chataway, Joanna; Hanlin, Rebecca; Kale, Dinar; Kaplinsky, Raphael; Muraguri, Lois; Papaioannou, Theo; Robbins, Peter and Wamae, Watu (2009). Below the radar: What does innovation in the Asian driver economies have to offer other low income economies.

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Chataway, Joanna; Robbins, Peter and Smith, James (2009). Exploring participation in science, technology, and innovation: tissue culture bananas in Kenya. In: Wilson, Gordon; Furniss, Pamela and Kimbowa, Richard eds. Environment, Development, and Sustainability: Perspectives and cases from around the world. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 194–202.

Cook, Guy; Robbins, Peter T. and Pieri, Elisa (2006). 'Words of Mass Destruction': British coverage of the Genetically Modified food debate, expert and non-expert reactions. Public Understanding of Science, 15(1) pp. 5–29.

Cook, Guy; Robbins, Peter and Pieri, Elisa (2004). 'The scientists think and the public feels': expert perceptions of the discourse of GM food. Discourse and Society, 15(4) pp. 433–449.

Huzair, Farah and Robbins, Peter (2011). Human life science and agricultural biotechnology in transition: an introduction. In: Robbins, Peter and Huzair, Farah eds. Exploring Central and Eastern Europe's Biotechnology Landscape. The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, 9. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 1–11.

Huzair, Farah and Robbins, Peter (2008). Life Sciences Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe: Conceptual Frameworks and Contributions. Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(2)

Kaplinsky, Raphael; Chataway, Jo; Hanlin, Rebecca; Clark, Norman; Kale, Dinar; Muraguri, Lois; Papaioannou, Theo; Robbins, Peter and Wamae, Watu (2009). Below the radar: What does innovation in emerging economies have to offer other low-income economies? International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 8(3) pp. 177–197.

Porporator, Marcela and Robbins, Peter (2010). Privatisation and corporate governance in emerging economies: What went wrong with Aguas Argentinas S.A.? International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2(3-4) pp. 187–209.

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Robbins, Peter; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon (2021). Engineering for Development. In: Allen, Tim and Thomas, Alan eds. Poverty and Development in the 21st Century Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 416–432.

Robbins, Peter; Wield, David; Wilson, Gordon; Watkins, Andrew and MacPhail, Peter (2020). Global (best) together with (or against) local networks and practices? Liquid engineering and the uses programme. Journal of International Development, 32(1) pp. 118–28.

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Robbins, P.; Wield, D. and Wilson, G. eds. (2020). Journal of International Development 32 (1). Special issue and policy arena: The global and the local in engineering and international development. Wiley.

Robbins, Peter; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon (2020). Exploring the Global and the Local in Engineering and International Development: towards a liquid engineering approach. Journal of International Development, 32(1) pp. 5–10.

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Robbins, Peter; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon (2020). Engineering for Development as Borderland Activity. Engineering Studies, 12(1) pp. 58–78.

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Robbins, Peter T.; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon (2017). Mapping Engineering & Development Research Excellence in the UK: An Analysis of REF2014 Impact Case Studies. Journal of International Development, 29(1) pp. 89–105.

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Robbins, Peter; Watkins, Andrew; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon (2017). Development Engineering Meets Development Studies. Third World Quarterly, 38(10) pp. 2187–2207.

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Robbins, Peter and Huzair, Farah (2011). Final remarks. In: Robbins, Peter and Huzair, Farah eds. Exploring Central and Eastern Europe's Biotechnology Landscape. The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, 9. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 201–220.

Robbins, Peter T. (2010). Partnerships and sustainability in the tea industry: a critical analysis of dynamics between smallholders and estates in Tanzania. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 34(8) pp. 862–877.

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Robbins, Peter (2009). Contextualizing the global development and innovation challenge. In: Innovation Systems for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods Development in SADC Countries, 22-25 Jun 2009, Namibia.

Robbins, Peter (2009). The genesis of synthetic biology: Innovation, interdisciplinarity and the IGEM student competition. In: American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 8-11 Aug 2009, San Francisco, CA.

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Robbins, Peter (2009). Regulating agricultural biotechnologies in the context of pblic attitudes. In: RCUK Summer School on Governance and Regulation of Emerging Biotechnologies, 1-12 Jun 2009, Beijing.

Robbins, Peter and Huzair, Farah (2008). Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe: An Editorial. Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(2)

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Robbins, Peter; Calvert, Jane and Frow, Emma (2008). Genome engineering futures and the role of the Synthetic Biologist. In: Synthetic Biology 4.0, 10-12 Oct 2008, Hong Kong.

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Robbins, Peter T. and Crow, Ben (2007). Engineering and development: interrogating concepts and practices. Journal of International Development, 19(1) pp. 75–82.

Robbins, Peter T. (2007). The reflexive engineer: perceptions of integrated development. Journal of International Development, 19(1) pp. 99–110.

Robbins, Peter (2004). Global Visions and Globalizing Corporations: An Analysis of Images and Texts from Fortune Global 500 Companies. Sociological Research Online, 9(2)

Robbins, Peter T.; Pieri, Elisa and Cook, Guy (2004). GM scientists and the politics of the risk society. In: Haugestad, Anne K. and Wulfhorst, J.D. eds. Future as fairness: ecological justice and global citizenship. At the interface/Probing the boundaries, 10 (10). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi, pp. 85–102.

Robbins, Peter T. (2003). Transnational corporations and the discourse of water privatization. Journal of International Development, 15(8) pp. 1073–1082.

Robbins, Peter Thayer (2001). Greening the corporation: management strategy and the environmental challenge. London, UK: Earthscan.

Sklair, Leslie and Robbins, Peter T. (2002). Global Capitalism and Major Corporations from the Third World. Third World Quarterly, 23(1) pp. 81–100.

Tiberghien, J. E.; Robbins, P. T. and Tyrrel, S. F. (2011). Reflexive assessment of practical and holistic sanitation development tools using the rural and peri-urban case of Mexico. Journal of Environmental Management, 92(3) pp. 457–471.

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