All Outputs (37)

A phenomenology of hesitation, open-mindedness, and intergenerational habitus formation at older age (2025)
Journal Article

In this article, I explore how older people can experience the tensions between ‘keeping an open mind’ at older age, intergenerational shifts in cultural norms, and social separation between generations— interpreting this phenomenologically as a rupt... Read More about A phenomenology of hesitation, open-mindedness, and intergenerational habitus formation at older age.

Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure (2025)
Book

This essential book discusses what reading for pleasure is and what it is not, introducing some fundamental ideas about how we learn to read and how this process can impact on a child’s identity as a reader in classrooms that promote equality, inclus... Read More about Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure.

Rethinking economic growth: The impact of media narratives on inequality, wealth and growth (2025)
Digital Artefact

High levels of inequality are harmful to economic growth (Alesina & Perotti, 1996) yet claims about growth often focus on increases at the ‘top’, which can lead to increased inequality (Phillips, 2020). By exploring how talk about poverty, wealth and... Read More about Rethinking economic growth: The impact of media narratives on inequality, wealth and growth.

From social justice to social value: The changing fortunes of using public purchasing for social ends (2025)
Journal Article

The aim of this article is to trace the concept of ‘social value’ in public procurement (purchasing by the public sector from private and third sector contractors of goods, services and works) in the UK through four decades of the incorporation of so... Read More about From social justice to social value: The changing fortunes of using public purchasing for social ends.

We’re all in this together: Safety, policy and the translation of human rights into multi-person virtual environments (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As immersive technologies and spatial computing paradigms move into the mainstream, public and political interest in the ‘metaverse’ is growing.



For many, virtual spaces offer an exciting view of the future, one in which we, as a global commu... Read More about We’re all in this together: Safety, policy and the translation of human rights into multi-person virtual environments.

Sex and the social order: Creative approaches to teaching the history of gender and sexuality in modern Britain (2025)
Journal Article

As History researchers and teachers, we want our students to discover the excitement that can be found in original historical research, and in how this research can be used to make a difference in and with our communities. Teaching, research, and pub... Read More about Sex and the social order: Creative approaches to teaching the history of gender and sexuality in modern Britain.

Air pollution and environmental justice in the UK (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

Jo Barnes draws on a forthcoming Air Quality Expert Group report, looking at the links between exposure to pollutants and social inequalities.

Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing (2024)
Book

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management s... Read More about Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing.

Family Court Guide for those with experience of domestic abuse (2024)
Other

The Family Court Guide is a practical, digital guide for those with experience of domestic abuse. It explains exactly how to apply to the Family Court for a 'non-molestation order' (if personal protection is needed urgently) and for an 'occupation o... Read More about Family Court Guide for those with experience of domestic abuse.

Wholesale building moving in Northern Sweden: Here, now and then (2024)
Journal Article

This study is part of continuing collaborative research into the phenomena of wholesale moving buildings in northern Sweden. It raises questions about sustainability, through consideration of re-use in a moment of the further extensive application of... Read More about Wholesale building moving in Northern Sweden: Here, now and then.

Capitalism, Colonisation and the Ecocide-Genocide Nexus (2024)
Book

With climate change and a looming ecological crisis impacting the systems and institutions that support life, this timely publication examines the drivers of ecologically induced genocide – the environmental destruction resulting in conditions of lif... Read More about Capitalism, Colonisation and the Ecocide-Genocide Nexus.

What’s going on inside that head? Embracing the wonders of neurodiversity in our sector (2024)
Report

It is estimated that 1 in 7 or 1 in 5 people in society's neurodiverse population are neurodivergent, as opposed to neurotypical. In a neurotypically designed society, being neurodivergent can be challenging. But neurodivergent people also have talen... Read More about What’s going on inside that head? Embracing the wonders of neurodiversity in our sector.

Evaluation briefing. Pedestrian pound update (3rd Edition) (2024)
Report

This briefing on the evaluation of public realm interventions is part of the research for The Pedestrian Pound (third edition). The evidence for greater investment in walkable high streets can be found in the main report. Public realm investment sits... Read More about Evaluation briefing. Pedestrian pound update (3rd Edition).

The pedestrian pound (3rd edition) (2024)
Report

Making our outdoor public spaces more accessible, attractive, comfortable and safe for people walking or wheeling can help to increase pedestrian footfall and revitalise high streets, district, town and city centres. This report updates the evidence... Read More about The pedestrian pound (3rd edition).

Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment (2024)
Report

The report collated information from 18 trials, pilots or research programmes considering e-cycle interventions. In particular, the review looked for evidence of behavioural changes related to the chance to try an e-cycle without having to purchase o... Read More about Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The learning for practitioners report outlines 15 lessons learned from the pilot, to help inform th... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The appendices present the full results of social research conducted for the evaluation, alongside... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one.

The main evaluation report reveals that:

- the pilot was successful in attracting interest f... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation.

UnMuseum digital heritage consultation co-producing a digital archive (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation considered how we could develop a digital media archive that prioritises community values and access. The outcome was a digital archive platform specification for the UnMuseum project. The process considered the following:
Key Obje... Read More about UnMuseum digital heritage consultation co-producing a digital archive.

Ecologically induced genocide: A new synthesis (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter will contribute to an emerging “ecological turn” in genocide studies that places the material “extra-human environment” at the core of the biological and cultural integrity of social groups such as Indigenous peoples and territorially de... Read More about Ecologically induced genocide: A new synthesis.