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An experimental utopia? Learning from temporary use and the making of 'sustainable community hub' (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper offers a critique on framing of temporary practices: meanwhile uses of vacant properties, applied as an effective strategy for recent decline of public life in city centres. In a time of renewed austerity, climate and cost of living crises... Read More about An experimental utopia? Learning from temporary use and the making of 'sustainable community hub'.

Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report (2024)
Report

Schools Under the Microscope was a citizen science project which extended the learning and development undertaken during the HOMEs Under the Microscope project by applying and adapting methods developed during HOMEs to the school context, to facilita... Read More about Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose-
In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Flooding, an already prevalent global hazard, is predicted to worsen in frequency and intensity. Flood Risk Governance has evolved from exclusively combating flooding to now also coexisting with it, aiming to enhance resilience comprehensively and ov... Read More about A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding.

Understanding the large role of long-distance travel in carbon emissions from passenger travel (2024)
Journal Article

Long-distance passenger travel has received rather sparse attention for decarbonization. Here we characterize the long-distance travel pattern in England and explore its importance on carbon emissions from and decarbonization of passenger travel. We... Read More about Understanding the large role of long-distance travel in carbon emissions from passenger travel.

A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale (2024)
Journal Article

Within the coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), social-water interactions exhibit the ‘green-loop’ and ‘red-loop’ patterns, where social development is dependent on the local and external environment for resource provision, respectively. Sustai... Read More about A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale.

Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on a mixed methods study investigating the on-board passenger experience of one of the world’s first autonomous bus trials open to the general public. The MultiCAV project – branded publicly as Mi-Link – was an autonomous bus trial... Read More about Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project.

House in an Olive Grove (2024)
Physical Artefact

A new building that establishes a new 'vernacular' for a rural Greek landscape

The new frontier of urban mobility: A scenario-based analysis of autonomous vehicles adoption in urban transportation (2024)
Journal Article

Urban mobility, as a critical component of urban development and sustainability, is on the brink of a major revolution with the advent and widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, the ambitious vision of a transformative shared econ... Read More about The new frontier of urban mobility: A scenario-based analysis of autonomous vehicles adoption in urban transportation.

The role of enjoyment and affective arousal in air pollution and climate change decision-making (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 talk draws on... Read More about The role of enjoyment and affective arousal in air pollution and climate change decision-making.

Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene (2024)
Journal Article

Cement production significantly contributes to climate change, necessitating alternatives to mitigate the environmental impacts of this essential construction material. This study evaluates 18 environmental impacts of producing Ordinary Portland Ceme... Read More about Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene.

Ecologies of Care in Times of Climate Change (2024)
Book

This book investigates and analyses places in Europe, North America and Asia that are facing the immense challenges associated with climate change adaptation. Presenting real-world cases in the contexts of coastal change, drinking water and the cryos... Read More about Ecologies of Care in Times of Climate Change.

Global inquiry into transparency in the real estate markets (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The research is concerned with the perception, definition, and measurement of transparency in real estate markets and exploring any transparency deficits. Understanding market transparency, beyond the current measures available for selected countries... Read More about Global inquiry into transparency in the real estate markets.

“Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Allotment gardens are widespread across Europe. Their gardeners maintain green oases in otherwise heavily built-up areas by cultivating urban land and caring for the green space. Thus, they generate positive externalities by privately managing public... Read More about “Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland.

Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
This research paper explores the transformative potential of Industry 5.0 for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within corporate settings. This study aims to elucidate the role of Industry 5.0 and its related technologies in... Read More about Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings.

Student responses to climate knowledge: Enabling climate concern to flourish (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to examine a co-produced initiative implemented at the [University Name] between September 2022 and April 2023. The student-led project (Climate, Conversations and Cake: The 3C’s) addressed environmental and climate crisis aw... Read More about Student responses to climate knowledge: Enabling climate concern to flourish.

Nature connection and cycling (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Both cycling and nature connectedness offer benefits to human and planetary wellbeing. A mixed methods MSc research project has explored the ways in which nature in general, and connectedness in particular, interacts with cycling practice... Read More about Nature connection and cycling.

The spatialisation of para-diplomacy: The role of regional power dynamics in the development and operation of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei (Taiwan) (2024)
Journal Article

Through a case study of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Xinyi District, Taipei (Taiwan), this paper contributes to debates in creative city building by emphasising the importance of regional power-dynamics in shaping such spaces; and conceptuali... Read More about The spatialisation of para-diplomacy: The role of regional power dynamics in the development and operation of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei (Taiwan).

What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally (2024)
Journal Article

Just transitions – responses to environmental change that minimise negative impacts on the most affected people and places, while ensuring nobody is left behind – are gaining scholarly and policy significance in areas beyond their original focus on c... Read More about What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally.

On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes (2024)
Journal Article

We investigate the information processing capacities of kombucha−proteinoid proto−brains, focusing on the transducing properties through accommodation spiking, tonic bursting spiking, and optical and acoustic stimulation. We explore self-organization... Read More about On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes.