Outputs (797)

A Scoping Review on the Opportunities for Social Engagement and Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults (2024)
Journal Article
Fowler Davis, S., Benkowitz, C., Holland, C., Gow, A., & Clarke, C. (2024). A Scoping Review on the Opportunities for Social Engagement and Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults. Public Health Reviews, 45, 1606494. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2024.1606494

Cognitive frailty (CF) is defined as the clinical syndrome of the combination of physical frailty and cognitive impairment, without dementia. Numerous risk factors for CF have been previously identified but this scoping review focusses on the critica... Read More about A Scoping Review on the Opportunities for Social Engagement and Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults.

Can the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities help upscale investments into urban nature-based solutions? (2023)
Journal Article
Papari, C., Toxopeus, H., Polzin, F., Bulkeley, H., & Menguzzo, E. V. (2024). Can the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities help upscale investments into urban nature-based solutions?. Environmental Science and Policy, 151, Article 103598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103598

We analyze the potential of the European Union (EU) Taxonomy (ET) for Sustainable Activities to mobilize investments for the sustainability transition toward urban nature-based solutions (UNBS). We map the current investment landscape of UNBS in Euro... Read More about Can the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities help upscale investments into urban nature-based solutions?.

Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Bruce, M., Gangoli, G., Mates, L., Millican, A. S., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2023). Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19. Student engagement in higher education journal, 5(1), 61-82

The rapid move to predominately online learning engendered by the COVID-19 crisis created an urgent need to rethink support mechanisms central to student engagement and transition, namely community-building and identity within the institution. One im... Read More about Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19.

Transnational Governing at the Climate-Biodiversity Frontier: Employing a Governmentality Perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Fransen, A., & Bulkeley, H. (2023). Transnational Governing at the Climate-Biodiversity Frontier: Employing a Governmentality Perspective. Global Environmental Politics, https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00726

Transnational governance initiatives (TGIs) are increasingly recognized as central actors in the governing of climate change and biodiversity loss. Yet, their role in linking these domains has yet to be explored. As the climate crisis comes to be inc... Read More about Transnational Governing at the Climate-Biodiversity Frontier: Employing a Governmentality Perspective.

Cinderella’s Family Tree. A Phylomemetic Case Study of ATU 510/511 (2023)
Journal Article
Sakamoto Martini, G., Kendal, J., & Tehrani, J. J. (2023). Cinderella’s Family Tree. A Phylomemetic Case Study of ATU 510/511. Fabula: Journal of Folktale Studies, 64(1-2), 7-30. https://doi.org/10.1515/fabula-2023-0002

This case study contributes to recent attempts to apply “phylomemetic” methods derived from computational biology to oral traditions, where the aim is to trace the mutation and diversification of folk narratives as they get passed on from generation... Read More about Cinderella’s Family Tree. A Phylomemetic Case Study of ATU 510/511.

“I’ve got a mountain of paperwork to do!” literacies and texts in a cycle technicians’ workshop (2023)
Journal Article
Tummons, J. (2023). “I’ve got a mountain of paperwork to do!” literacies and texts in a cycle technicians’ workshop. Journal of Education and Work, 36(5), 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2023.2226076

Derived from an ethnography of working cultures and practices at a bike shop in the North of England, this paper rests on a critical application of social practice theories of literacy (Literacy Studies) in order to explore the complex and heterogene... Read More about “I’ve got a mountain of paperwork to do!” literacies and texts in a cycle technicians’ workshop.

Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: A model for education and social transmission of contraceptive use (2023)
Journal Article
Denton, K. K., Kendal, J. R., Ihara, Y., & Feldman, M. W. (2023). Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: A model for education and social transmission of contraceptive use. Theoretical Population Biology, 153, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2023.06.001

The evolution of a cultural trait may be affected by niche construction, or changes in the selective environment of that trait due to the inheritance of other cultural traits that make up a cultural background. This study investigates the evolution o... Read More about Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: A model for education and social transmission of contraceptive use.

Digital cultural knowledge and curriculum: the experiences of international students as they moved from on-campus to on-line education during the pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Costa, C., & Li, H. (2023). Digital cultural knowledge and curriculum: the experiences of international students as they moved from on-campus to on-line education during the pandemic. Learning, Media and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2023.2218097

This paper explores how COVID-19 affected the experiences of international students enrolled to UK on-campus universities and how they made sense, navigated and lived out the on-line university as the possible educational alternative put in place dur... Read More about Digital cultural knowledge and curriculum: the experiences of international students as they moved from on-campus to on-line education during the pandemic.

Mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia: Policy and practice brief (2023)
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Ziyachi, M., Castellani, B., Heckels, N., Clarke, C., Fullertonf, N., Barbrook-Johnson, P., & Bicketc, M. (2023). Mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia: Policy and practice brief. [https://www.art-sciencefactory.com/InSPIREPolicyBrief.pdf]

Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life course is detrimental to brain health, including cognitive decline and dementia. Social determinants such as socio-economic deprivation, environmental... Read More about Mitigating the impact of air pollution on brain health and dementia: Policy and practice brief.

Theorising the everyday work of cycle mechanics (2023)
Journal Article
Tummons, J. (2023). Theorising the everyday work of cycle mechanics. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2023.2206712

Drawing on interim findings from an ethnography of a cycle mechanics’ workshop, this article demonstrates how the work of the mechanics rests on not only specific and contextualised craft expertise but also on distributed networks of both people and... Read More about Theorising the everyday work of cycle mechanics.