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Towards a computational approach for integrating photovoltaics and street art (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Building facades play an essential social role in cities by serving as media for communication and providing a canvas for cultural expression and debate. This is particularly evident in street art which uses architectural surfaces to display large im... Read More about Towards a computational approach for integrating photovoltaics and street art.
Looking for the light in a dark age (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Professor Glenn Lyons shares his pessimism at the emergence of a new ‘Dark Age’ in which steps towards more sustainable and thoughtful transport policies are being frustrated. He tries to find a way of approaching this situation positively.
Barriers to the adoption of lean construction in the UK construction industry (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Purpose: The UK construction industry has long struggled with improving quality and efficiency, despite numerous reform efforts over the years. Persistent performance issues, compounded by recent crises, highlight the need for transformative solution... Read More about Barriers to the adoption of lean construction in the UK construction industry.
Spaces of uncertainty, vulnerability, and disquiet: Reflecting on the classroom experiences of LGBTQ+ STEM academics (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Even in institutions that consider workplace diversity a positive contributor to institutional success, LGBTQ+ employees often characterise their workplaces as spaces of disquiet and personal compromise. Such experiences persist despite awareness of... Read More about Spaces of uncertainty, vulnerability, and disquiet: Reflecting on the classroom experiences of LGBTQ+ STEM academics.
Chatbots in customer service within banking and finance: Do chatbots herald the start of an AI revolution in the corporate world? (2025)
Journal Article
The main aim of this paper is to identify whether chatbots are useful for customer service, how they are impacting customer service in banking, and how professionals feel about the future impact of chatbots. Employing a largely qualitative approach,... Read More about Chatbots in customer service within banking and finance: Do chatbots herald the start of an AI revolution in the corporate world?.