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Patients’ experiences of managing their rare rheumatic disease (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives
The rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRDs) include systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), systemic vasculitis, inflammatory myositis, systemic sclerosis, and Sjögren’s Disease. The objective of the study is to understand patients’ exp... Read More about Patients’ experiences of managing their rare rheumatic disease.

A qualitative study investigating the attitudes of mental health staff towards promoting physical activity within an adult community mental health service (NHS Talking Therapies) (2025)
Thesis

Background:

Despite Scientific literature and public health officials supporting the role of physical activity (PA) in the maintenance of health for several decades, current levels of PA are falling, alongside our populations physical and mental h... Read More about A qualitative study investigating the attitudes of mental health staff towards promoting physical activity within an adult community mental health service (NHS Talking Therapies).

Exploring social perceptions of hiring individuals convicted of sexual offences in the United Kingdom: A methodological review (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose
Employment plays a crucial role in the desistance process, yet individuals with criminal records often face substantial challenges in securing and maintaining jobs. This is particularly problematic for individuals with a sexual offence convi... Read More about Exploring social perceptions of hiring individuals convicted of sexual offences in the United Kingdom: A methodological review.

“It’s difficult when everyone else is drinking, you don’t feel part of the tribe”: A Delphi study of barriers and enablers to alcohol reduction in mid-life women (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives
Midlife women are an important group to target for alcohol reduction, but there is a lack of research on drinking behaviour in this population. To address the gap, this study applied the Behaviour Change Wheel framework, and identified ba... Read More about “It’s difficult when everyone else is drinking, you don’t feel part of the tribe”: A Delphi study of barriers and enablers to alcohol reduction in mid-life women.

Children’s human rights and anti-racism in education: Contrasting approaches in Sweden and England and the challenges of empowering children’s voices (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper critically examines intersections of children’s human rights education and antiracist pedagogy in primary schools, exploring contrasting approaches in Sweden and England. Both contexts embrace human rights as a guiding principle: implement... Read More about Children’s human rights and anti-racism in education: Contrasting approaches in Sweden and England and the challenges of empowering children’s voices.

Phenolic profile, fatty acid composition, and antioxidant activity of Italian Riesling grape pomace from two Transylvanian microclimates (2025)
Journal Article

Italian Riesling is a grapevine (Vitis vinifera) cultivar widely grown in Transylvania vineyards. During the winemaking process, grape pomace (GP) is generated. This study aimed to exploit the potential of the Italian Riesling GP through its composit... Read More about Phenolic profile, fatty acid composition, and antioxidant activity of Italian Riesling grape pomace from two Transylvanian microclimates.

Research careers for paramedics (2025)
Book Chapter

Unlocking the potential of bio-based materials in construction through a multicriteria assessment of value and impact: SmartBioC case study (2025)
Book Chapter

This study introduces a multicriteria assessment framework designed to accelerate the adoption of bio-based materials in the construction sector by systematically evaluating their value and impact compared to conventional materials. Bio-based materia... Read More about Unlocking the potential of bio-based materials in construction through a multicriteria assessment of value and impact: SmartBioC case study.

Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and satisfaction and quality of life in Bristol (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. Understanding how people relate to and feel a sense of belonging in the urban environment is therefore an important research agenda. There is growing evidence abou... Read More about Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and satisfaction and quality of life in Bristol.

Smartphone as a sensor in mHealth: Narrative overview, SWOT analysis, and proposal of mobile biomarkers (2025)
Journal Article

Digital applications for supporting health management often fail to achieve large-scale adoption. Costs related to purchasing, maintaining, and using medical or sensor devices, such as smartwatches, currently hinder uptake and sustained engagement, p... Read More about Smartphone as a sensor in mHealth: Narrative overview, SWOT analysis, and proposal of mobile biomarkers.

A new toolkit for Climate Change Education: (CCC-CATAPULT (Challenging the Climate Crisis: Children’s Agency to Tackle Policy Underpinned by Learning for Transformation)) (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research-informed learning resources are increasingly recognised as essential to help bridge the Value-Action Gap among young people in relation to the climate crisis. This is the gap between pro-environmental values and engagement in individual and... Read More about A new toolkit for Climate Change Education: (CCC-CATAPULT (Challenging the Climate Crisis: Children’s Agency to Tackle Policy Underpinned by Learning for Transformation)).

Doubling down on climate action in highways and transportation (2025)
Report

CLIMATES (Changing Landscapes for Infrastructure and Mobility: Assessing Transport and Environment Scenarios) is a 2024-25 initiative from the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (sponsored by Mott MacDonald and Ringway).

With eng... Read More about Doubling down on climate action in highways and transportation.

Quantifying the role and prominence of nature in cycling experiences and practices (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cycling and nature offer individuals health and wellbeing benefits, as well as the potential to contribute to local, national and global sustainability goals. Sometimes cycling and nature coincide, e.g., cycling through ‘natural’ landscapes or on urb... Read More about Quantifying the role and prominence of nature in cycling experiences and practices.

Autoethnography of a home: Unpacking storage practices for enhanced wellbeing (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The home is a critical element of the city, and to foster healthy, sustainable urban environments, design must begin at the domestic level. This study explores how material possessions shape domestic spaces, emphasising how homes designed with a focu... Read More about Autoethnography of a home: Unpacking storage practices for enhanced wellbeing.

The accessibility of wild swimming spots in England (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Wild swimming, defined as swimming for pleasure in natural waters, has increased in popularity among UK residents since the emergence of Covid-19, with an estimate of 2.1 million people preferring to swim in open water, e.g. lakes, lochs, rivers and... Read More about The accessibility of wild swimming spots in England.

Creating biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on biodiversity offsetting (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The United Kingdom is one of the countries with the lowest biodiversity value globally. Efforts to address biodiversity loss and create more biodiverse urban environments include recent legislative changes in England implementing the mandatory requir... Read More about Creating biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on biodiversity offsetting.

Higher education matters vodcast: Your 'natural' teacher is a myth. Here's why it matters in a multicultural classroom (2025)
Digital Artefact

In this episode host Antony Hill is joined by Ifeoma Dan-Ogosi for a timely discussion that sets the scene for effective teaching in a multicultural classroom. This conversation offers a deep dive into Dr. Dan-Ogosi's personal teaching journey and ho... Read More about Higher education matters vodcast: Your 'natural' teacher is a myth. Here's why it matters in a multicultural classroom.

Financial dominance: Why the ‘market maker of last resort’ is a bad idea and what to do about it (2025)
Journal Article

Financial regulation, influenced by mainstream models of banks as sources of liquidity risk, rather than post-Keynesian models of banks as liquidity providers, fostered the growth of the repo market and shadow banking from the 1980s on. In the repo m... Read More about Financial dominance: Why the ‘market maker of last resort’ is a bad idea and what to do about it.

DTP USP: Microfactory opportunities for Digital Textile Printing (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mass-produced, low-cost textile production, driven by fast fashion, obscures culpability and creates risks in complex supply chains. Consumers struggle to make sustainable choices as it remains unclear where, how, and by whom clothes are made. Overpr... Read More about DTP USP: Microfactory opportunities for Digital Textile Printing.

Are we all in it together? Constructions of responsible leadership through speechmaking at COP26 (2025)
Journal Article

The need for an alternative understanding of leadership that can address grand societal challenges, like the climate crisis, has inspired a rich research field under the umbrella of responsible leadership (RL). This paper explores how alternative mea... Read More about Are we all in it together? Constructions of responsible leadership through speechmaking at COP26.