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The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre (2022)
Journal Article
Little, H., Fogg-Rogers, L., & Sardo, A. M. (2022). The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 21(2), Article A01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21020201

Traditionally, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures have always adopted a deficit model for communication, with one or two invited scientists giving lectures to an audience present at the Royal Institution (Ri) and, since 1936, an audience watc... Read More about The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre.

Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences (2021)
Journal Article
Sardo, A. M., Little, H., & Fogg-Rogers, L. (2021). Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2021.2012298

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a landmark in the history of science communication. With today’s changing media landscape, it is important to know who is currently watching, how they are watching, and how they are perceiving the content.... Read More about Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences.

Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change (2021)
Other
Laggan, S., Sardo, M., Franchois, E., Bracke, A., & Maccanni, G. Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change. Zenodo

This guide emerged from the WeCount project and sets out to scale general guidelines for evaluating similar citizen science projects for improved urban mobility, and draw best practice models for engagement and policy recommendations. It accompanies... Read More about Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change.

WeCount Advocacy Toolkit (2021)
Report
Laggan, S. (2021). WeCount Advocacy Toolkit. European Commission

This toolkit is for all citizens who want to advocate for change to urban mobility. Within you will learn about data collection and analysis and the types of advocacy we can be a part of. You'll also learn how to diversify both campaign groups and au... Read More about WeCount Advocacy Toolkit.

Moving Dialogue Online - a guide to shifting conversations onto virtual platforms (2021)
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Laggan, S. (2021). Moving Dialogue Online - a guide to shifting conversations onto virtual platforms. https://www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-and-groups/scu/courses-and-training/practitioner-guides

A practical guide for science communicators and public engagement practitioners interested in or needing to engaging participants online. Within the guide you will find an overview of online tools and platforms, tips on facilitation and moderation, i... Read More about Moving Dialogue Online - a guide to shifting conversations onto virtual platforms.

Traffic-related air pollution reduction at UK schools during the Covid-19 lockdown (2021)
Journal Article
Brown, L., Barnes, J., & Hayes, E. (2021). Traffic-related air pollution reduction at UK schools during the Covid-19 lockdown. Science of the Total Environment, 780, 146651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146651

Elevated urban Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is a consequence of road traffic and other fossil-fuel combustion sources, and the road transport sector provides a significant contribution to UK NO2 emissions. The inhalation of traffic-related air pollution, i... Read More about Traffic-related air pollution reduction at UK schools during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Applying social learning to climate communications- visualising 'people like me' in air pollution and climate change data (2021)
Journal Article
Fogg-Rogers, L., Hayes, E., Vanherle, K., Pápics, P. I., Chatterton, T., Barnes, J., …Longhurst, J. (2021). Applying social learning to climate communications- visualising 'people like me' in air pollution and climate change data. Sustainability, 13(6), Article 3406. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063406

Technological approaches to carbon emission and air pollution data modelling consider where the issues are located and what is creating emissions. This paper argues that more focus should be paid to people-the drivers of vehicles or households burnin... Read More about Applying social learning to climate communications- visualising 'people like me' in air pollution and climate change data.

Mycorrhizal colonisation in roots of Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire Fog) in a permanent pasture under conditions of reduced precipitation (2020)
Journal Article
Ayling, S., George, B., & Rogers, J. (2021). Mycorrhizal colonisation in roots of Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire Fog) in a permanent pasture under conditions of reduced precipitation. Botany, 99(4), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2020-0162

The UK climate is projected to become warmer, with more frequent hotter, drier summers. Many governments and international organisations are concerned about how climate change will affect food production and security. Mycorrhizal fungi are an essenti... Read More about Mycorrhizal colonisation in roots of Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire Fog) in a permanent pasture under conditions of reduced precipitation.

Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Laggan, S. (2020, July). Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive. Presented at Citizens at the Centre webinar series, Online

Slides presented at the final of ClairCity's four webinar series, delivered as an alternative to their planned in-person conference. Sophie spoke alongside colleagues Laura Fogg-Rogers and community organisations in Bristol. The presentation focus... Read More about Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive.

Nano reinforced cement paste composite with functionalized graphene and pristine graphene nanoplatelets (2020)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T. S., & Panesar, D. K. (2020). Nano reinforced cement paste composite with functionalized graphene and pristine graphene nanoplatelets. Composites Part B: Engineering, 197, Article 108063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108063

This study examines and compares the workability, hydration, mechanical, microstructure and transport properties of cement paste composites containing the three forms of graphene-based 2D nanomaterials synthesised from epigenetic graphite deposit, na... Read More about Nano reinforced cement paste composite with functionalized graphene and pristine graphene nanoplatelets.

Access to transport and life opportunities (2019)
Report
Chatterjee, K., Clark, B., Nguyen, A., Wishart, R., Gallop, K., Smith, N., & Tipping, S. (2019). Access to transport and life opportunities. Department for Transport

This report presents the findings from a study conducted by NatCen and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to investigate how access to transport affects the life opportunities and w... Read More about Access to transport and life opportunities.

Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites (2019)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T. S., & Panesar, D. K. (2019). Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites. Construction and Building Materials, 206, 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.01.176

This study examines and compares the performance of two specific forms of graphene nanomaterials in the cement based composite, namely graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO). A typical forms of GO with the average C:O ratio of 54:46 and... Read More about Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites.

Autogenous self-healing of cement with expansive minerals-II: Impact of age and the role of optimised expansive minerals in healing performance (2018)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T., Kanellopoulos, A., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2019). Autogenous self-healing of cement with expansive minerals-II: Impact of age and the role of optimised expansive minerals in healing performance. Construction and Building Materials, 194, 266-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.11.027

This part of the study presents the optimisation of expansive minerals mix proportions and establishes a quantitative and qualitative correlation between self-healing and the cracking age of cementitious materials. The hydration degree of cementitiou... Read More about Autogenous self-healing of cement with expansive minerals-II: Impact of age and the role of optimised expansive minerals in healing performance.

Nano-cement composite with graphene oxide produced from epigenetic graphite deposit (2018)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T. S., Panesar, D. K., Sidhureddy, B., Chen, A., & Wood, P. C. (2019). Nano-cement composite with graphene oxide produced from epigenetic graphite deposit. Composites Part B: Engineering, 159, 248-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.09.095

This study presents the development of a nano-cement composite with graphene oxide (GO) carbon-based nanomaterials synthesized from a high-purity epigenetic graphite deposit. Diamond drill sampled graphite mineralization was upgraded through benefici... Read More about Nano-cement composite with graphene oxide produced from epigenetic graphite deposit.

Encapsulation of expansive powder minerals within a concentric glass capsule system for self-healing concrete (2016)
Journal Article
Qureshi, T., Kanellopoulos, A., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2016). Encapsulation of expansive powder minerals within a concentric glass capsule system for self-healing concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 121, 629-643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.06.030

This study presents the application of encapsulated expansive powder minerals (magnesium oxide, bentonite and quicklime) for self-healing of cement-based mortars. A system of concentric glass macrocapsules was used to envelope the expansive minerals... Read More about Encapsulation of expansive powder minerals within a concentric glass capsule system for self-healing concrete.

Potential challenges facing persons-in-charge of automated buses, and means of recruiting, testing, and training them: An evidence review
Report
Calvert, T., Parkin, J., Parkhurst, G., & Bartle, C. Potential challenges facing persons-in-charge of automated buses, and means of recruiting, testing, and training them: An evidence review. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Innovate UK

Whilst promising many benefits, widespread private automated vehicles also hold potential to increase traffic flows, worsen congestion, worsen public health, and reduce public transport use (Ainsalu et al., 2018). At the same time, there is potential... Read More about Potential challenges facing persons-in-charge of automated buses, and means of recruiting, testing, and training them: An evidence review.