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Affective appraisals of urban walking: The role of heritage environments (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bornioli, A., Parkhurst, G., Morgan, P., & Short, M. (2016, January). Affective appraisals of urban walking: The role of heritage environments. Paper presented at Universities Transport Study Group Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

A recent “affective turn” in the social sciences has given new emphasis to the role of affect and emotions in influencing human behaviours (Damasio 2006). Affective experiences can also have major implications on travel behaviours with; investigation... Read More about Affective appraisals of urban walking: The role of heritage environments.

A pilot study of a peer volunteering intervention for promoting active ageing in the community: Project ACE (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Stathi, A., Withall, J., Fox, K., Davis, M., Thompson, J., Gray, S., …Parkhurst, G. (2015, September). A pilot study of a peer volunteering intervention for promoting active ageing in the community: Project ACE. Poster presented at Public Health England Annual Conference 2015, University of Warwick, UK

Project ACE (Active, Connected and Engaged) is a theory-informed, pragmatic intervention using peer volunteering support to promote active ageing. The ACE intervention was one of the outcomes of a 12–month collaborative network, AVONet, that used a... Read More about A pilot study of a peer volunteering intervention for promoting active ageing in the community: Project ACE.