Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’ (2022)
Journal Article
Phillips, A. (2022). Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’

In the latest in a series of interviews with leading figures involved in the research and investigation of organised crime, Policing Insight’s Chris Allen spoke to Dr Amber Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of the West of Eng... Read More about Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’.

Solidarity and data access: Challenges and potentialities (2021)
Journal Article
Tava, F. (2021). Solidarity and data access: Challenges and potentialities. Phenomenology and Mind, 20, 118-126. https://doi.org/10.17454/pam-2010

This paper provides an account of the challenges and potentialities of a solidarity-based approach to data access and governance. To do that, it offers an infraethical understanding of solidarity that describes it as a structural moral enabler that c... Read More about Solidarity and data access: Challenges and potentialities.

Solidarity today: A problem-based approach (2021)
Book Chapter
Tava, F. (2021). Solidarity today: A problem-based approach. In M. Cojocaru, D. Finkelde, J. Wallacher, A. Filipovic, & M. Reder (Eds.), Jahrbuch Praktische Philosophie in globaler Perspektive: Schwerpunkt: Solidarität am Scheideweg (65-85). Freiburg, München: Verlag Karl Alber

This chapter aims at establishing a problem-based approach to solidarity by describing its main characteristics and by testing its effectiveness in light of three pivotal issues today: immigration, the future of work, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The c... Read More about Solidarity today: A problem-based approach.

Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2022). Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis. Qualitative Psychology, 9(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000196

Thematic analysis (TA) is widely used in qualitative psychology. In using TA, researchers must choose between a diverse range of approaches that can differ considerably in their underlying (but often implicit) conceptualizations of qualitative resear... Read More about Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis.

Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men (2021)
Book Chapter
Batchelor, R., & Mulholland, J. (2021). Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men. In C. Parfitt (Ed.), Cultural Memory and Popular Dance: Dancing to Remember, Dancing to Forget (101-119). Basingstoke UK: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71083-5_6

Ascend the winding stair to LugarGay, an LGBT Community Centre in Buenos Aires and queer tango venue, and you pass a reproduction of an old photograph of men, wearing aprons, in a market, posing in tango couples. Elsewhere in Buenos Aires, a cropped... Read More about Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men.

‘Thematic analysis has travelled to places that we’ve never heard of’: Astrid Coxon meets Victoria Clarke and Virginia Braun, to hear about using thematic analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Coxon, A., Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2021). ‘Thematic analysis has travelled to places that we’ve never heard of’: Astrid Coxon meets Victoria Clarke and Virginia Braun, to hear about using thematic analysis. Psychologist, 2022(February), 38-43

Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke first wrote about thematic analysis – a technique for analysing qualitative data – in 2006, in a paper entitled Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology. Thematic analysis focuses on exploring patterning and meaning in... Read More about ‘Thematic analysis has travelled to places that we’ve never heard of’: Astrid Coxon meets Victoria Clarke and Virginia Braun, to hear about using thematic analysis.

The collective securitization of aviation in the European Union through association with terrorism (2021)
Journal Article
Kaunert, C., Callander, B., & Léonard, S. (2021). The collective securitization of aviation in the European Union through association with terrorism. Global Affairs, 7(5), 669-686. https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2021.2002099

This article analyses the expansion of European Union cooperation on aviation security using the framework of collective securitization. It establishes how 9/11 was a precipitating event that put terrorism and aviation security in the spotlight. 9/11... Read More about The collective securitization of aviation in the European Union through association with terrorism.

Intimacies and relationships (2021)
Book Chapter
Twamley, K., & Carter, J. (2021). Intimacies and relationships. In K. Murji, S. Neal, & J. Solomos (Eds.), An Introduction to Sociology. SAGE Publications

This innovative textbook introduces you to the key theories, themes, and concepts in the discipline of sociology and helps you to develop as a sociologist by providing comprehensive coverage of all the main areas of study. Presenting you with the his... Read More about Intimacies and relationships.

Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide (2021)
Book
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2021). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. London: Sage

Developed and adapted by the authors of this book, thematic analysis (TA) is one of the most popular qualitative data analytic techniques in psychology and the social and health sciences. Building on the success of Braun & Clarke's 2006 paper first o... Read More about Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide.

Refugee flows and terrorism in the European Union: Securitization through association (2021)
Journal Article
Léonard, S., & Kaunert, C. (2021). Refugee flows and terrorism in the European Union: Securitization through association. International Politics, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-021-00359-4

This article contributes to the debates on the securitization of asylum and migration in Europe by focussing on the securitization of asylum-seekers through their association with terrorism during the ‘refugee crisis’, which coincided with a ‘terrori... Read More about Refugee flows and terrorism in the European Union: Securitization through association.

Burglars as optimal foragers: Exploring modern-day tricks of the trade (2021)
Journal Article
Addis, N., Evans, A., & Malleson, N. (2021). Burglars as optimal foragers: Exploring modern-day tricks of the trade. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 23(4), 359-380. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41300-021-00125-x

Based on semi-structured interviews with 23 incarcerated burglars, this paper details findings from a qualitative examination into how the principles of Optimal Forager Theory (to minimise time and effort, minimise risk of detection, and maximise rew... Read More about Burglars as optimal foragers: Exploring modern-day tricks of the trade.

Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex (2021)
Book
Mackay, F. (2021). Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex. London: Bloomsbury

Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars provides important theoretical background and context to the 'gender wars' or 'TERF wars' – the violent feminist fracture at the forefront of the LGBTQ international conversation. Using queer and female mascul... Read More about Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex.

Recommendation regarding the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of a sexual offence (2021)
Report
McCartan, K., Fuglestved, M., Slade, H., & Penological Co-operation (PC-CP), . (2021). Recommendation regarding the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of a sexual offence. Council of Europe

Incorporating quaternary prevention: Understanding the full scope of public health practices in sexual abuse prevention (2021)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., & Kemshall, H. (2023). Incorporating quaternary prevention: Understanding the full scope of public health practices in sexual abuse prevention. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 67(2–3), 224–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X211049204

This discussion piece argues for a refinement in our understanding of prevention in sexual abuse, suggesting that we include quaternary prevention on the grounds that this concept from medical literature has potential and helpful application to crimi... Read More about Incorporating quaternary prevention: Understanding the full scope of public health practices in sexual abuse prevention.

The arbitration of nature: State, water, and civil engineering in Northern Ireland directly after partition (2021)
Journal Article
Reinsborough, M. (2021). The arbitration of nature: State, water, and civil engineering in Northern Ireland directly after partition. Water History, 13, 337–373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-021-00284-6

Begun in the summer of 1923, the Silent Valley Reservoir was the first large scale civil engineering project after the division between the North and the South of Ireland. It was the continuation of a previous project. In the late Nineteenth Century... Read More about The arbitration of nature: State, water, and civil engineering in Northern Ireland directly after partition.

Key stakeholder perspectives on primary care for young people with an eating disorder: A qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Malson, H., Tischner, I., Hertzig, H., Kitney, D., Phillips, C., Norweg, S., …Oldham-Cooper, R. (2022). Key stakeholder perspectives on primary care for young people with an eating disorder: A qualitative study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 288-301. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2575

This paper examines the provision of primary care for young people with an eating disorder within the UK from the perspectives of three key stakeholder groups: young people with an eating disorder, carers of young people with an eating disorder and G... Read More about Key stakeholder perspectives on primary care for young people with an eating disorder: A qualitative study.

It’s like bisexuality, but it isn’t: Pansexual and panromantic people’s understandings of their identities and experiences of becoming educated about gender and sexuality (2021)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., & Křížová, K. (2021). It’s like bisexuality, but it isn’t: Pansexual and panromantic people’s understandings of their identities and experiences of becoming educated about gender and sexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 21(2), 167-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2021.1911015

In this paper, we report on our survey research which sought to explore how pansexual and panromantic people experience and understand their identities. Eighty participants, mainly in the U.K., were recruited via social media and internet forums. The... Read More about It’s like bisexuality, but it isn’t: Pansexual and panromantic people’s understandings of their identities and experiences of becoming educated about gender and sexuality.

Essentials of Thematic Analysis (2021)
Book
Terry, G., & Hayfield, N. (2021). Essentials of Thematic Analysis. Washington DC: American Psychological Association

Terry, G. and Hayfield, N. (forthcoming, July 2021) Essentials of thematic analysis. American Psychological Association.

Place, power and leadership: Insights from mayoral governance and leadership innovation in Bristol, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R., Sweeting, D., & Oliver, T. (2022). Place, power and leadership: Insights from mayoral governance and leadership innovation in Bristol, UK. Leadership, 18(1), 81-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150211028122

This article aims to enhance understanding of the role of place in urban leadership by examining the way leadership changed significantly following the introduction of mayoral governance into a UK city. In 2012, 10 cities in England held referendums... Read More about Place, power and leadership: Insights from mayoral governance and leadership innovation in Bristol, UK.

Tips on writing a qualitative dissertation or thesis, from Braun & Clarke – Part 1 (2021)
Digital Artefact
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (in press). Tips on writing a qualitative dissertation or thesis, from Braun & Clarke – Part 1. [Blog post]

Our advice here relates to many forms of qualitative research, and particularly to research involving the use of thematic analysis (TA). Based on our experience of supervising students over two decades, as well as our writing on qualitative metho... Read More about Tips on writing a qualitative dissertation or thesis, from Braun & Clarke – Part 1.