\switchtotypeface [Custom] [10pt]
\setupheader[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][12pt]}]
\setupfooter[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][12pt]}]
-\setupfootnotes[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][10pt]\italic}]
+\setupfootnotes[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][10pt]\italic},way=bypage]
% Hide header texts and use the header space for text.
\setuphead[chapter][header=high]
\startfrontmatter
\input Titlepage
+\input Chapters/Abstract
\completecontent
% Force a page break so the headers will not apply to the last page of
\stopbodymatter
\startbackmatter
\completepublications
+% The stopbackmatter inserts a non-empty right page, it seems
+\page[emptyright]
\stopbackmatter
\stoptext