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The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading (2022)
Journal Article
Kaunert, C., Leonard, S., & Wertman, O. (2022). The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading. Social Sciences, 11(7), 266-285. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070266

In this article, we analyze the emergence of a global security norm of the COVID-19 epidemic as a threat to international security. This crisis is one of the gravest crises that humanity has experienced since the end of World War II in terms of the n... Read More about The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading.

Implementation of recommendations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Considerations for development and uptake (2022)
Journal Article
Loza, E., Carmona, L., Woolf, A., Fautrel, B., Courvoisier, D. S., Verstappen, S., …Carrasco, J. M. (in press). Implementation of recommendations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Considerations for development and uptake. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, ard-2022-223016. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard-2022-223016

A clinical guideline is a document with the aim of guiding decisions based on evidence regarding diagnosis, management and treatment in specific areas of healthcare. Specific to rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), adherence to clinical gui... Read More about Implementation of recommendations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Considerations for development and uptake.

Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors (2022)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., & Campbell, C. (in press). Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors. Sex Roles,

Representations of peri/menopause are influential in relation to how peri/menopause is understood and how peri/menopausal women are perceived, both of which have important implications for health and wellbeing. In this paper, we report results from a... Read More about Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors.

User perspectives on the future of mobility assistive devices: Understanding users’ assistive device experiences and needs (2022)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Cramp, M., & Turton, A. (2022). User perspectives on the future of mobility assistive devices: Understanding users’ assistive device experiences and needs. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 9, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/20556683221114790

Introduction: Current assistive devices are inadequate in addressing the needs of some people living with impaired mobility. This study explored the experiences of living with impaired mobility in relation to how wearable assistive adaptive and reh... Read More about User perspectives on the future of mobility assistive devices: Understanding users’ assistive device experiences and needs.

A marriage of convenience: How employers and students working in hospitality view the employment relationship (2022)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Ritchie, C., Drew, H., & Ritchie, F. (in press). A marriage of convenience: How employers and students working in hospitality view the employment relationship. Hospitality and Society,

There is little UK research under ten years old on the casual employment of higher education (HE) students in the hospitality industry. The limited research available has largely: treated students and non-students homogenously, without highlighting s... Read More about A marriage of convenience: How employers and students working in hospitality view the employment relationship.