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"User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users (2007)
Journal Article

Despite the General Medical Council emphasising the value of service users to medical students' education, there is scant literature about service user involvement in medical education. Although some research has outlined the effectiveness of service... Read More about "User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users.

From uncertainty to risk?: Scientific and news media portrayals of nanoparticle safety (2007)
Journal Article

This article examines how nanotechnology has been portrayed in the British newspaper press over an extended period (from April 1, 2003 to July 1, 2006) and the views of scientists involved in nanotechnology research and journalists who wrote news sto... Read More about From uncertainty to risk?: Scientific and news media portrayals of nanoparticle safety.

Barriers and opportunities to successful local air quality management consultation in England (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Local air quality management in England: Issues and challenges in consulting stakeholders and the public (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

"From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions (2007)
Journal Article

Reporting and analyzing interactional data collected during focus groups can be a significant challenge for qualitative health researchers. In this article, the authors explore the use of humor among focus group participants as one area of interactio... Read More about "From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions.

Robot thought final evaluation report (2007)
Report

Barriers and opportunities to successful local air quality management consultation in England (2007)
Book Chapter

The next revolution (2007)
Digital Artefact

Submission for the competition "String Theory in Two Minutes or Less", by a group of scientists led by Erik Stengler of the Science Museum of Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Science communication: Local air quality management consultation in the UK (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management (2006)
Journal Article

There exists a clear imperative across the EU and within the UK towards the enhanced integration of community knowledge in environmental and health decision-making processes. The underlying social force that underpins this dynamic is the drive for a... Read More about A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management.

Service user involvement in medical education: the benefits and costs of real versus simulated patients (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Service user involvement in medical education: exploring the roles of key stakeholders (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Service user involvement in medical education: exploring the roles of key stakeholders (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control (2006)
Journal Article

This paper presents a design methodology for a class of behaviour-based control systems, arguing its potential for application to safety critical systems. We propose a formal basis for subsumption architecture design based on two extensions to Lyapun... Read More about A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control.

Nanotechnology in the news (2006)
Journal Article

Nanotechnology has been the topic of intense media scrutiny over the last couple of years. From grey goo to body-repairing nanobots to space elevators and even to more down-to-earth applications such as targeted drug delivery and nanoelectronics, the... Read More about Nanotechnology in the news.

A preliminary review of local air quality management consultation practices in England (2006)
Book Chapter

The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article investigates how developments in nanotechnology were framed in the British national newspaper press during a formative period in their rising public salience. Specifically, an intervention by Prince Charles in April 2003 is shown to have... Read More about The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press.

On formal specification of emergent behaviours in swarm robotic systems (2005)
Journal Article

Reflexive science communication: LAQM consultation in the UK (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A fantastic voyage: the making of news on nano-medicine (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution