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Scenarios—using the complexity frame of reference to inform the construction of available futures in the possibility space (2024)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. S. (2024). Scenarios—using the complexity frame of reference to inform the construction of available futures in the possibility space. Frontiers in Complex Systems, 2, Article 1306328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcpxs.2024.1306328

The global socio-ecological system in the era of the Capitalocene—the world system created by the use of fossil fuels to provide energy for the development of a growth-oriented capitalist logic in all areas of production and consumption—is facing a s... Read More about Scenarios—using the complexity frame of reference to inform the construction of available futures in the possibility space.

Mechanisms That Promote and Support Family Preservation for Children at the Edge of Care: A Realist Synthesis (2024)
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Redgate, S., Smart, D., Barrett, S., Barron, C., Burns, S., Frost, H., …McGovern, R. (2024). Mechanisms That Promote and Support Family Preservation for Children at the Edge of Care: A Realist Synthesis. SAGE Open, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241260998

Children in care of the state are amongst the most disadvantaged in society. They have often experienced adverse childhood experiences leading to their care entry including abuse and neglect. Longitudinal data suggests problems children in care of th... Read More about Mechanisms That Promote and Support Family Preservation for Children at the Edge of Care: A Realist Synthesis.

Can Black Critical Theory sit with Mad Studies in education in Britain? (2024)
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Doharty, N. (online). Can Black Critical Theory sit with Mad Studies in education in Britain?. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2366287

This article draws on the scholarship of Black Critical Theory in education. It enriches this literature by provocatively commanding scholarly and methodological space for Mad Studies to explore, understand and address, distressed Black pupils’ exper... Read More about Can Black Critical Theory sit with Mad Studies in education in Britain?.

Youth justice and social harm: Towards a ‘theory of the good’ (2024)
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Gray, P., & Smith, R. (2024). Youth justice and social harm: Towards a ‘theory of the good’. Criminology & Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958241254446

This article seeks to develop a distinctive conceptual framework for the purpose of (re)imagining progressive youth justice. We begin by utilising zemiological insights to relate the widely recognised impacts of neoliberalism to the social harms asso... Read More about Youth justice and social harm: Towards a ‘theory of the good’.

Fertility apps, datafication and knowledge production in reproductive health (2024)
Journal Article
Geampana, A. (2024). Fertility apps, datafication and knowledge production in reproductive health. Sociology of Health & Illness, 46(6), 1238-1255. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13793

Despite being the target of much criticism, commercialised digital technologies have proliferated in reproductive health arenas. Fertility applications (apps) are now some of the most popular and ubiquitous digital health tracking technologies, with... Read More about Fertility apps, datafication and knowledge production in reproductive health.

Analysing adherence to guidelines for time-lapse imaging information on UK fertility clinic websites (2024)
Journal Article
Perrotta, M., Zampino, L., Geampana, A., & Bhide, P. (2024). Analysing adherence to guidelines for time-lapse imaging information on UK fertility clinic websites. Human Fertility, 27(1), Article 2346595. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647273.2024.2346595

This study aims to systematically analyze the provision of information on Time-lapse Imaging (TLI) by UK fertility clinic websites. We conducted an analysis of 106 clinic websites that offer fertility treatment to self-funded patients. The analysis a... Read More about Analysing adherence to guidelines for time-lapse imaging information on UK fertility clinic websites.

Relational epistemic safety: what young people facing harm in their communities want and need from professionals tasked with helping them (2024)
Journal Article
Owens, R., Walker, J., & Bradbury-Leather, V. (online). Relational epistemic safety: what young people facing harm in their communities want and need from professionals tasked with helping them. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2348727

When young people are harmed beyond their families, what kinds of professional relationships help to keep them safe? Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to creating safety in community and school contexts that asks how changes can be made in the e... Read More about Relational epistemic safety: what young people facing harm in their communities want and need from professionals tasked with helping them.

Was Hannah Twynnoy Killed by a Tiger in England in 1703? A Historical Sociological Approach (2024)
Journal Article
David, M. (2024). Was Hannah Twynnoy Killed by a Tiger in England in 1703? A Historical Sociological Approach. Sociology Lens, 37(3), 480-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/johs.12464

This paper approaches globalization through the lens of folk lore, myth, and John Law's hopeful monsters, focusing on Hannah Twynnoy, a woman allegedly killed by a tiger in Malmesbury (England) in 1703. Hannah's death was taken up three hundred years... Read More about Was Hannah Twynnoy Killed by a Tiger in England in 1703? A Historical Sociological Approach.

The material basis of elite schooling: capital and the state (2024)
Journal Article
Gamsu, S., Courtois, A., & Boden, R. (2024). The material basis of elite schooling: capital and the state. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 45(3), 305-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2024.2335001

This editorial for the special issue outlines a framework for understanding the material basis for elite schooling. It examines how we can conceptualise the paradoxical nature of the relations between capital, the state and elite schools. It synthes... Read More about The material basis of elite schooling: capital and the state.

Elite schools and slavery in the UK – capital, violence and extractivism (2024)
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Gamsu, S., Ashe, S., & Arday, J. (2024). Elite schools and slavery in the UK – capital, violence and extractivism. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 45(3), 325-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2024.2335002

Elite schools in the UK are bound to the history of British colonialism. This paper examines the material ties between these schools and the transatlantic slave trade. We combine a range of sources to examine which educational institutions and their... Read More about Elite schools and slavery in the UK – capital, violence and extractivism.

Criminal Justice Policy and Victim-Survivor Empowerment: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes in England and Wales (2024)
Journal Article
Barlow, C., Walklate, S., & Renehan, N. (2024). Criminal Justice Policy and Victim-Survivor Empowerment: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes in England and Wales. feminists@law, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.1259

Empowering victim-survivors has long been recognised as one key strategy in reducing domestic abuse. This article explores whether Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes as a criminal justice response to preventing domestic abuse in the United Kingdom... Read More about Criminal Justice Policy and Victim-Survivor Empowerment: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes in England and Wales.

Addressing the Black Box of AI - A Model and Research Agenda on the Co-Constitution of Aging and Artificial Intelligence (2024)
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Gallistl, V., Banday, M. U. L., Berridge, C., Grigorovich, A., Jarke, J., Mannheim, I., Marshall, B., Martin, W., Moreira, T., Van Leersum, C. M., & Peine, A. (2024). Addressing the Black Box of AI - A Model and Research Agenda on the Co-Constitution of Aging and Artificial Intelligence. The Gerontologist, 64(6), Article gnae039. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae039

Algorithmic technologies and (large) data infrastructures, often referred to as Artificial Intelligence (AI), have received increasing attention from gerontological research in the last decade. While there is much literature that dissects and explore... Read More about Addressing the Black Box of AI - A Model and Research Agenda on the Co-Constitution of Aging and Artificial Intelligence.

A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK (2024)
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Ziyachi, M., & Castellani, B. (2024). A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(5), Article 650. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050650

Despite the existence of significant research on the mental health care challenges of migrants, particularly refugees and asylum seekers, less attention has been paid to treatment approaches. We used a case study from the UK to look at the topic from... Read More about A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK.

‘Fog on the tyne’? The ‘common-sense’ focus on ‘sportswashing’ and the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United (2024)
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Crossley, S., & Woolf, A. (2024). ‘Fog on the tyne’? The ‘common-sense’ focus on ‘sportswashing’ and the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 16(2), 307-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2024.2342394

On 7 October 2021, a controversial takeover of the English Premier League team Newcastle United Football Club saw an 80% stake acquired by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), the country’s sovereign wealth fund. Public discussion and medi... Read More about ‘Fog on the tyne’? The ‘common-sense’ focus on ‘sportswashing’ and the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United.