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Exploring river and natural flood management using Minecraft (2025)
Journal Article

Science Hunters is a programme of projects that uses Minecraft to engage children with environmental science, geography, engineering and other related areas. Two recent projects, Building to Break Barriers and Engineering for Sustainable Societies us... Read More about Exploring river and natural flood management using Minecraft.

Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age (2025)
Journal Article

With biodiversity loss escalating globally, a step change is needed in our capacity to accurately monitor species populations across ecosystems. Robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) offer technological solutions that may substantially advance terrest... Read More about Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age.

Physiotherapy capabilities in the health care of adult patients at increased risk of osteoporotic fractures: A scoping review protocol (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives: This scoping review will explore and map the extent and type of literature related to physiotherapy capabilities in the health care of adult patients at increased risk of osteoporotic fractures and identify gaps in the literature. Backgro... Read More about Physiotherapy capabilities in the health care of adult patients at increased risk of osteoporotic fractures: A scoping review protocol.

The needs, challenges, and priorities for advancing global flood research (2025)
Journal Article

In recent years, numerous flood events have caused loss of life, widespread disruption, and damage across the globe. These devastating impacts highlight the importance of a better understanding of flood generating processes, their impacts, and their... Read More about The needs, challenges, and priorities for advancing global flood research.

“It’s a kind of double-edged sword”: exploring the social media-related experiences of adults with visible differences using photo-elicitation interviews (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives: Visible differences are associated with experiences of stigma, discrimination, anxiety, and social isolation. Social media provides a space to connect with others with the same condition, gain information and support, raise awareness, and... Read More about “It’s a kind of double-edged sword”: exploring the social media-related experiences of adults with visible differences using photo-elicitation interviews.

User-centered design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for people living with dementia (2025)
Journal Article

As the population of persons living with dementia (PwDs) continues to rise, technological advancements offer an unprecedented opportunity to enhance their independence and quality of life while lowering the burden on the caregivers. Notably, the Inte... Read More about User-centered design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for people living with dementia.

Final year undergraduate students’ experiences of completing a qualitative psychology dissertation: Implications for teaching and practice (2025)
Journal Article

In recent years qualitative research methods have become increasingly popular amongst students conducting their final year psychology projects. Qualitative research methods offer students the opportunity to conduct innovative and exciting research pr... Read More about Final year undergraduate students’ experiences of completing a qualitative psychology dissertation: Implications for teaching and practice.

Psychological responses to occupational injury in British horseracing staff (2025)
Thesis

Background: Horseracing perpetuates a negative injury culture, with staff reporting lack of support provision, stigma, presenteeism and high rates of injury. In 2019, recommendations to review injury impact on horseracing employees were identified, y... Read More about Psychological responses to occupational injury in British horseracing staff.

2081 Micro silica beads for verification of profiles and outputs factors of a Leksell Gamma Knife (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose/Objective:
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) using a Gamma Knife (GK) uses finely collimated radiation fields, known as shots, to
deliver tightly conforming dose distributions to small benign and malignant targets, with rapid dose fall-off at... Read More about 2081 Micro silica beads for verification of profiles and outputs factors of a Leksell Gamma Knife.

Leveraging behavioural economics in personal insolvency (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Human-centered robotics for healthcare: Perspectives of cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics (2025)
Book Chapter

The pervasive integration of human-centred robotic systems in healthcare encompasses applications like assistance, prosthetics, rehabilitation, and surgery. However, the introduction of smart mechatronic devices in biomedical contexts faces significa... Read More about Human-centered robotics for healthcare: Perspectives of cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics.

Pregnancy‐related venous thromboembolism risk perception and prevention in risk‐averse times - Significant change required: A commentary (2025)
Journal Article

Between 2020 and 2022 in the United Kingdom (UK), there were 45 maternal deaths from venous thromboembolism (VTE), out of more than 2 million maternities. This occurred despite extensive risk assessment and prescribing of low molecular weight heparin... Read More about Pregnancy‐related venous thromboembolism risk perception and prevention in risk‐averse times - Significant change required: A commentary.

Trauma has an echo: A qualitative study of barriers to routine healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in UK higher education (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives: To explore barriers to healthcare among survivors of sexual violence (SV) and the behavioural pathways behind avoidance, focusing on survivor-led solutions. Design: A mixed methods study collated qualitative interviews/surveys to explore... Read More about Trauma has an echo: A qualitative study of barriers to routine healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in UK higher education.

Small bank insolvency resolution: Perspectives from India (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter critically examines the underexplored issue of resolving small, systemically non-important banks within the global banking resolution framework. While post-Global Financial Crisis reforms have focused predominantly on large, complex inst... Read More about Small bank insolvency resolution: Perspectives from India.

Dementia research and me (2025)
Exhibition / Performance

This Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West public engagement event aimed to bring dementia research to local people in Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset. There were talks from dementia researchers across the South West and fun activities from... Read More about Dementia research and me.

Living well with Dementia - Dementia research and me presentation (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation given at the Dementia Research and Me, NIHR ARC West public engagement event in Weston-super-Mare.
Presented to people living with dementia, their family members, paid supporters and dementia researchers.

(Re)conceptualising science communication through the lens of science-theatre (2025)
Book Chapter

INTRODUCTION
I am a science communication researcher with an interest in science-theatre and as such I often look at science-theatre from within the frame and perspectives of science communication. However, my work with science-theatre has suggested... Read More about (Re)conceptualising science communication through the lens of science-theatre.

Investigating the impact of deformable, movable, and rigid surfaces on force-input interactions (2025)
Journal Article

The force modality fundamentally transforms the interaction space of traditional touch input. When paired with compliant devices, which deform under force and provide immediate haptic feedback, there is potential to enhance user interactions signific... Read More about Investigating the impact of deformable, movable, and rigid surfaces on force-input interactions.

Living kombucha electronics with proteinoids (2025)
Journal Article

The work introduces a composite material that combines Kombucha cellulose mats with synthetic thermal proteinoids to create electroactive biofilms, capable for sensing and computation. The synthesis of proteinoids involves heating amino acid mixtures... Read More about Living kombucha electronics with proteinoids.

Change management: A systematic review on implementing robotic technology in healthcare (2025)
Journal Article

This study investigates how change management (CM) practices support the adoption of robotic technologies in healthcare. It aims to identify effective implementation strategies and develop a framework tailored to the organisational realities of compl... Read More about Change management: A systematic review on implementing robotic technology in healthcare.