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Estimating the social value of nature-based solutions in European cities (2022)
Journal Article
Bockarjova, M., Botzen, W. W., Bulkeley, H. A., & Toxopeus, H. (2022). Estimating the social value of nature-based solutions in European cities. Scientific Reports, 12(2022), Article 19833. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23983-3

By implementing nature-based solutions (NBS), cities generate value for their residents, such as health and wellbeing. We estimate the aggregate social value to urban residents of 85 NBS projects implemented across Europe and find that the majority y... Read More about Estimating the social value of nature-based solutions in European cities.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children under 2 years old (2022)
Journal Article
Moore, T. H., Phillips, S., Heslehurst, N., Hodder, R. K., Dawson, S., Gao, Y., …Summerbell, C. D. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in children under 2 years old. Cochrane Library, 2022(11), Article CD015324. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd015324

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The overall aim of the review is to determine the effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children under two years old. This includes to assess obesi... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children under 2 years old.

Nature for Resilience? The Politics of Governing Urban Nature (2022)
Journal Article
Tozer, L., Bulkeley, H., Kiss, B., Luque-Ayala, A., Voytenko Palgan, Y., McCormick, K., & Wamsler, C. (2023). Nature for Resilience? The Politics of Governing Urban Nature. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1113(3), 599-615. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2130867

Transcending initial efforts to make cities ‘climate smart’ by focusing on the potential of new technologies and infrastructural interventions, various actors are increasingly interested in deploying nature to help achieve urban resilience. In this c... Read More about Nature for Resilience? The Politics of Governing Urban Nature.

Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalisations in academic writing (2022)
Book Chapter
Bruce, M. (2023). Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalisations in academic writing. In Teaching English with Corpora: A Resource Book. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b22833-68

This chapter explores how nominalizations (the use of noun forms) can operate alongside other techniques to increase the overall formality of a text. Drawing on searches using the Durham University FOCUS corpus, it guides students through some search... Read More about Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalisations in academic writing.

"Don't write like that!" Avoiding contractions in academic writing (2022)
Book Chapter
Bruce, M. (2023). "Don't write like that!" Avoiding contractions in academic writing. In Teaching English with Corpora - A resource book. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b22833-61

This chapter aims to identify common areas of informality in academic writing and suggest alternatives that are more appropriate. Focusing particularly on extended writing in the sciences, but with applicability to a wider range of contexts, it help... Read More about "Don't write like that!" Avoiding contractions in academic writing.

Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021 (2022)
Journal Article
Hodder, R. K., O'Brien, K. M., Lorien, S., Wolfenden, L., Moore, T. H., Hall, A., …Summerbell, C. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021. EClinicalMedicine, 54, Article 101635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101635

Background Childhood obesity remains a global public health priority due to the enormous burden it generates. Recent surveillance data suggests there has been a sharp increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The C... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015–2021.

The effects of social and organizational connectedness on employee well-being and remote working experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Brown, A., & Leite, A. (2023). The effects of social and organizational connectedness on employee well-being and remote working experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(2), 134-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12934

Maintaining social connectedness is crucial for health and well-being—especially during uncertain times such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study examined (1) the effects of general and organizational indicators of connectedness on employee we... Read More about The effects of social and organizational connectedness on employee well-being and remote working experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice: becoming and being a cycle technician (2022)
Journal Article
Tummons, J. (2022). Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice: becoming and being a cycle technician. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2022.2132527

This paper provides an account of the everyday workplace learning of cycle technicians. Derived from an ethnography of working cultures and practices at a bike shop in the North of England, this paper rests on a critical reading of Communities of Pra... Read More about Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice: becoming and being a cycle technician.

Border troubles: urban nature and the remaking of public/private divides (2022)
Journal Article
Armstrong, A., Bulkeley, H., Tozer, L., & Kotsila, P. (2022). Border troubles: urban nature and the remaking of public/private divides. Urban Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2022.2125669

Traditional interventions to “bring nature into the city” were often motivated by a concern to create forms of public space which would provide a public good. Despite such well-intentioned motivations, these public forms of urban nature have always b... Read More about Border troubles: urban nature and the remaking of public/private divides.

Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Lawlor, E., Ellis, K., Adams, J., Jago, R., Foley, L., Morris, S., …Panter, J. (2023). Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Transport Reviews, 43(3), 478-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2022.2119298

Infrastructure for active travel (AT) is receiving attention as a low-cost, sustainable transport option that promotes physical activity. However, the planning and implementation of new AT infrastructure often brings challenges. This review synthesis... Read More about Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.

Does Group Contact Shape Styles of Pictorial Representation? A Case Study of Australian Rock Art (2022)
Journal Article
Granito, C., Tehrani, J., Kendal, J., & Scott-Phillips, T. (2022). Does Group Contact Shape Styles of Pictorial Representation? A Case Study of Australian Rock Art. Human Nature, 33(3), 237-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-022-09430-2

Image-making is a nearly universal human behavior, yet the visual strategies and conventions to represent things in pictures vary greatly over time and space. In particular, pictorial styles can differ in their degree of figurativeness, varying from... Read More about Does Group Contact Shape Styles of Pictorial Representation? A Case Study of Australian Rock Art.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old  (2022)
Journal Article
Moore, T. H., Phillips, S., Hodder, R. K., O'Brien, K. M., Hillier-Brown, F., Dawson, S., …Summerbell, C. D. (2022). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old . Cochrane Library, 2022(9), Article CD015326. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd015326

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The overall aim of the review is to determine the effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in two‐ to four‐year‐old children. The four objectives are: 1.... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old .

Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation (2022)
Journal Article
MacLeod, A., Cameron, P., Luong, V., Kovacs, G., Patrick, L., Fredeen, M., …Tummons, J. (2023). Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28(1), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-022-10152-4

Human body donation (HBD) serves an essential function in many medical schools, particularly in institutions where people engage in cadaver-based simulation (CBS) as a pedagogical approach. The people who facilitate HBD and CBS have a highly speciali... Read More about Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation.

Approachable modeling and smart methods: a new methods field of study (2022)
Journal Article
Schimpf, C., & Castellani, B. (2022). Approachable modeling and smart methods: a new methods field of study. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2022.2111817

Advances in the integration of smart technology with interdisciplinary methods has created a new genre, approachable modeling and smart methods – AM-Smart for short. AM-Smart platforms address a major challenge for applied and public sector analysts,... Read More about Approachable modeling and smart methods: a new methods field of study.