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Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead? (2024)
Journal Article

Transport planning as a formalised profession is relatively young and there is no doubt it has evolved over time. In Europe, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans reflect a change in emphasis from keeping traffic moving to place-based, people-centric plan... Read More about Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead?.

Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning (2024)
Journal Article

In a changing world, not being able to simply carry on doing what we have always done and getting what we have always got gives rise to an appetite for alternative approaches. Yet an alternative approach must contend with established practice and the... Read More about Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning.

Age determination of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Basin, Canada (2024)
Journal Article

Freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they support are facing unprecedented threats, exemplified by broad declines of freshwater mussels within a global biodiversity hotspot. The Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel (Gonidea angulata) is an at-risk spec... Read More about Age determination of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Basin, Canada.

SmartBioC Top Trumps (2024)
Physical Artefact

"SmartBioC’s Top Trumps" is a card game designed to playfully display information on the performance of biobased building assemblies and compare them against traditional construction methods.

The cards use SmartBioC’s multi-criteria assessment fra... Read More about SmartBioC Top Trumps.

Bio-minded society for net-zero carbon construction (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

This event was held on 17 July 2024 at UWE Frenchay Campus with the aim of exploring ways to overcome barriers-to-adoption and accelerate the uptake of biobased materials in the construction industry amongst diverse stakeholders and ‘end-users’ inclu... Read More about Bio-minded society for net-zero carbon construction.

Exploring the association between growth mindsets and climate action with young people (2024)
Journal Article

Decades of research has demonstrated the power of growth mindsets (i.e. belief in the malleability of the qualities of humans) to shape people’s ways of making sense of their socio-cultural reality and influence their ways of thinking about and actin... Read More about Exploring the association between growth mindsets and climate action with young people.

Functionalizing the electrical properties of kombucha zoogleal mats for biosensing applications (2024)
Journal Article

Kombucha is a type of tea that is fermented using yeast and bacteria. During this process, a film made of cellulose is produced. This film has unique properties such as biodegradability, flexibility, shape conformability, and ability to self-grow, as... Read More about Functionalizing the electrical properties of kombucha zoogleal mats for biosensing applications.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The history of energy in architecture: A critical reflection (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The digital dis-intermediation and social re-intermediation of work and labour in India’s gig economy (2024)
Book Chapter

There is little doubt that we are gradually beginning to have a greater understanding of the platform-based gig economy model and its growing influence on work and labour around the world, and in the global South in particular. Existing accounts from... Read More about The digital dis-intermediation and social re-intermediation of work and labour in India’s gig economy.

Cities and the defence of democracy (2024)
Digital Artefact

This short article outlines ways of countering the rise of the far-right in modern politics. Drawing on the experience of innovative cities and communities three strategies are outlined: 1) Celebrate the achievements of progressive movements; 2) Def... Read More about Cities and the defence of democracy.