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Assessment of safety climate perception of maintenance workers during major overhauls, outages, shutdowns or turnarounds (MoOSTs) (2024)
Journal Article

Maintenance activities are used to sustain the reliability of physical industrial assets. However, studies indicate that some of the most devastating industrial accidents are attributable to poor safety perceptions of maintenance workers, especially... Read More about Assessment of safety climate perception of maintenance workers during major overhauls, outages, shutdowns or turnarounds (MoOSTs).

Revolutionizing affordable housing in Africa: A comprehensive technical and sustainability study of 3D-printing technology (2024)
Journal Article

The global challenge of providing affordable and sustainable housing, particularly in Africa's intensified housing crisis, has spurred interest in transformative solutions such as 3D-printing technology. This research addresses a significant gap in u... Read More about Revolutionizing affordable housing in Africa: A comprehensive technical and sustainability study of 3D-printing technology.

AA public programme symposium making home with the students as part of : A cinematic survey of sites of hybrid work in neo liberal sites of architectural education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Screening of the first cut of the experimental film 'The Death and Life of UK Universities as part of a Symposium on 'Making Home with the Students' and a presentation by Professor Igea Troiani ( London South Bank University) of 'A Cinematic Survey... Read More about AA public programme symposium making home with the students as part of : A cinematic survey of sites of hybrid work in neo liberal sites of architectural education.

Socio-temporal dynamics and spatial scales for future home energy transitions and crisis planning -UK insights (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Planning for future equitable home energy transitions and electrification is dependent on multidimensional technical, social, temporal, and spatial insights. Despite growing calls to integrate social, spatial, and temporal insights, most studies have... Read More about Socio-temporal dynamics and spatial scales for future home energy transitions and crisis planning -UK insights.

Bamboo (2024)
Book Chapter

The environmental impacts of construction are momentous. How can architects minimise these by making responsible material choices? Material choices have a global impact. The design and construction industry are responsible for 39% of all carbon emiss... Read More about Bamboo.

Hanging onto the ladder - The impact of biased Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) on Early Career Researchers (ECRs) (2024)
Report

This article looks at the EDI issues and the impact of bias from Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) on the career development of Early Career Researchers. The study summarised previous literature on SET bias that disadvantaged female, non-native En... Read More about Hanging onto the ladder - The impact of biased Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) on Early Career Researchers (ECRs).

‘Gentle disruptions’: A critical reflection on participatory arts in expanding the language system for meaningful community engagement around local climate adaptation (2024)
Journal Article

This paper proposes a critical reflection on the use of language to address the challenge of promoting and supporting civic agencies in adaptation to increasing extreme weather risk. Such reflection needs to focus on the opportunities and limitations... Read More about ‘Gentle disruptions’: A critical reflection on participatory arts in expanding the language system for meaningful community engagement around local climate adaptation.

Biomimetic design of building facades: An evolutionary-based computational approach inspired by elephant skin for cooling in hot and humid climates (2024)
Journal Article

The built environment faces significant challenges in managing energy demands amidst rising temperatures and increasing concerns linked to climate change. Meeting carbon emissions targets and resource management goals necessitates urgent innovation i... Read More about Biomimetic design of building facades: An evolutionary-based computational approach inspired by elephant skin for cooling in hot and humid climates.

Voices in a pandemic: using deep mapping to explore children’s sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK (2024)
Journal Article

Children’s sense of place is important for wellbeing, development and belonging in a community or place. The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic – Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery) project used creative methods and repeat engagement t... Read More about Voices in a pandemic: using deep mapping to explore children’s sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK.

Uncertainty and triple access planning in European sustainable urban mobility plans: A long way to go yet? (2024)
Journal Article

Triple Access Planning (TAP) is the idea that accessibility can be delivered through physical mobility, digital connectivity, and spatial proximity. There is great uncertainty as to how far one of these three elements will substitute for or complemen... Read More about Uncertainty and triple access planning in European sustainable urban mobility plans: A long way to go yet?.

Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making (2024)
Journal Article

Diverse citizens need to be involved in net zero transitions to ensure policy interventions do not entrench inequalities for people from minoritised or disenfranchised groups and ensure public engagement with rapid social changes. This paper illustra... Read More about Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making.