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Operationalising theory; the role of the pracademic in the pedagogy of student police officers (2024)
Book Chapter

As the growth of degree apprenticeships becomes an ever-increasing provision of universities across England and Wales so the need to extend the experiential knowledge in academic teaching grows. It could be argued that none is more high-profile than... Read More about Operationalising theory; the role of the pracademic in the pedagogy of student police officers.

Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter introduces the thematic analysis (TA) family of methods. We highlight key features of TA, including theoretical and design flexibility and its status as a technique that can be used within a wide variety of approaches to qualitative rese... Read More about Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach.

If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society (2024)
Journal Article

In this article the RESPECT team (Racialised Experiences Project: Education, Children and Trust) give an overview of their research about the impact of racism on the mental health and well being of primary school children, and share some examples of... Read More about If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society.

An autoethnographic exploration of emergent therapeutic qualities in the art of drag (2024)
Thesis

Drag is an art, a type of entertainment, and a cultural practice that has exploded into the mainstream in the last 10 years, offering greater acceptance of LGBTQ+ identities and increased awareness around issues facing this community.

Several drag... Read More about An autoethnographic exploration of emergent therapeutic qualities in the art of drag.

The perception of blindness and its impact in the implementation of emotional support for sight loss in Mexico: A psycho-social study in rehabilitation centres (2024)
Thesis

This research is the first psycho-social study to explore the perception of blindness and its impact on the implementation of emotional support for people with sight loss in rehabilitation centres in Mexico.
At an individual level the study deepens... Read More about The perception of blindness and its impact in the implementation of emotional support for sight loss in Mexico: A psycho-social study in rehabilitation centres.

Contagion Capitalism: Pandemics in the Corporate Age (2023)
Book

Contagion Capitalism situates the COVID-19 pandemic within the systems of global political economy and their attendant cultural modes and theorizes that these systems act as facilitators and drivers of global pandemic risk. Contagion Capitalism there... Read More about Contagion Capitalism: Pandemics in the Corporate Age.

Navigating economic governance: German export and investment promotion between varieties of capitalism and multi-level governance (2023)
Thesis

This thesis examines the German system of Export and Investment Promotion Agencies (EIPAs) using a combination of the Varieties of Capitalism (VOC) and Multi-Level Governance (MLG) approaches. It challenges the traditional application of VOC and usin... Read More about Navigating economic governance: German export and investment promotion between varieties of capitalism and multi-level governance.

Modernity and the Pandemic: Decivilization, Imperialism, and COVID-19 (2023)
Book

Modernity and the Pandemic: Decivilization, Imperialism, and COVID-19 applies the tools of critical social theory to make sense of the COVID-19 crisis and presents a critical sociological analysis of aspects of the political and community response to... Read More about Modernity and the Pandemic: Decivilization, Imperialism, and COVID-19.

Issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informed practice (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

This report was kindly produced by Dr Sarah Senker, Dr Anne Eason, Dr Chris Pawson and Professor Kieran McCartan, building upon previous Academic Insights papers and highlighting some of the key issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informe... Read More about Issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informed practice.

Pregnancy as a metaphor of self-cultivation in Dawn (2023)
Journal Article

Nietzsche employs the concept of pregnancy metaphorically at various points in his writings; discussing the pregnancy of philosophers (GM III 8, BGE 292), spiritual pregnancy (EH, Clever 3; GS 72) and being pregnant with thoughts or deeds (D 552). I... Read More about Pregnancy as a metaphor of self-cultivation in Dawn.