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‘Carry on laughing and I’ll punish you as well!’: Humour, power, and relationship negotiation in a prison workshop (2025)
Journal Article

Drawing on a 10-month ethnographic study of a private prison in the UK, this paper examines how humour is used between prisoners and prison staff to negotiate working relationships in prison. We show how both the presence and absence of humour can sh... Read More about ‘Carry on laughing and I’ll punish you as well!’: Humour, power, and relationship negotiation in a prison workshop.

Working towards an environmentally sustainable and equitable future? New evidence on green jobs from linked administrative data in the UK (2025)
Journal Article

Given the urgency of the transition to net-zero, there is a need for a robust evidence base to support an environmentally sustainable and equitable economy. Employing a linked administrative dataset and using both cross sectional and panel estimation... Read More about Working towards an environmentally sustainable and equitable future? New evidence on green jobs from linked administrative data in the UK.

Impact of 3-PLY facemasks on the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by the oral microbiome (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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Wearing of facemasks has transcended the era of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and has gradually become incorporated into fashion and our daily lives, especially in large gatherings and public spaces. However, prolonged usage of masks has been... Read More about Impact of 3-PLY facemasks on the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by the oral microbiome.