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Body image as a case topic for eliciting sensitive health experiences in men (2025)
Journal Article

Understanding the needs and experiences of men across many areas of health and wellbeing has been obstructed by an ongoing difficulty for researchers to sufficiently engage men in qualitative health research. To reach novel, broader insights and idea... Read More about Body image as a case topic for eliciting sensitive health experiences in men.

Voices at the Margins: An exploration of the perceptions of 'vulnerable' children, their families’ and library professionals regarding reading for pleasure and public libraries (2025)
Thesis

Reading for pleasure is defined by Cremin (2014) as volitional, in which there is an anticipated satisfaction from such an activity. However, why children read and how it benefits them, has only been receiving attention in the policy space in the la... Read More about Voices at the Margins: An exploration of the perceptions of 'vulnerable' children, their families’ and library professionals regarding reading for pleasure and public libraries.

Organizing and official development assistance in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Contested conceptions of participation (2025)
Thesis

Participatory approaches to organizing have become standard in development assistance, building on the work of Robert Chambers and rooted in the work of Paulo Fiere on participatory pedagogy. Adopted by organizations ranging from the United Nations t... Read More about Organizing and official development assistance in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Contested conceptions of participation.

Implementation of a hospice community service redesign: Qualitative research identifying lessons learned (2025)
Journal Article

Background: The need to improve equity of access to palliative care is well recognized; however, much less is known about how new models of hospice community services can be successfully introduced. Aim: We aimed to capture learning from the implemen... Read More about Implementation of a hospice community service redesign: Qualitative research identifying lessons learned.

Exploring how entertainment documentaries construct London to account for the residence of the international super-rich in the “hostile environment” for migrants (2025)
Journal Article

Unlike poorer migrant groups, governments offer visa inducements to attract wealthy individuals into a country. However, super-rich migrants’ impact on the UK has been shown to be negative whereas non-super-rich migrants, who are commonly constructed... Read More about Exploring how entertainment documentaries construct London to account for the residence of the international super-rich in the “hostile environment” for migrants.

Research paper predicting the effects of agricultural soil tillage operations on fuel use (2025)
Journal Article

Wastage and economic loss in agricultural productivity during tillage operations could be predicted and reduced at the design stages. This study used a factorial experimental design to optimize tractor hourly fuel consumption during ploughing and... Read More about Research paper predicting the effects of agricultural soil tillage operations on fuel use.

Special issue guest editorial: Alternative education for all? (2025)
Journal Article

Attitudes to brain health and dementia amongst the Chinese population living in the UK (2025)
Journal Article

Background. Just under half a million people who identify as Chinese or Chinese-British are living in the UK. Chinese migrants have a distinctive linguistic and cultural heritage and are likely to differ from the wider UK population in their attitude... Read More about Attitudes to brain health and dementia amongst the Chinese population living in the UK.

Investigation of the properties of fly ash and slag-based geopolymer concrete containing waste glass aggregates (2025)
Journal Article

This paper evaluates the geopolymer concrete produced using industrial waste and waste glass obtained by crushing glass materials. Geopolymer concrete mixtures were prepared with a water-to-binder ratio of 0.35 and an alkali activator solution to bin... Read More about Investigation of the properties of fly ash and slag-based geopolymer concrete containing waste glass aggregates.

Oxygen: Highlights from the journal to mid-2025 (2025)
Journal Article

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Gamifying engagement in spatial crowdsourcing: An exploratory mixed-methods study on gamification impact among university students (2025)
Journal Article

Citizen science now relies heavily on digital platforms to engage the public in environmental data collection. Yet, many projects face declining participation over time. This study examines the effect of three elements of gamification—points, daily s... Read More about Gamifying engagement in spatial crowdsourcing: An exploratory mixed-methods study on gamification impact among university students.

A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry (2025)
Book Chapter

Construction is a dangerous industry to work in, owing to its poor occupational safety and health (OSH) record worldwide. Training and education have, however, been identified in the literature as one of the important means to addressing the poor OSH... Read More about A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry.

Visioning for transport practitioners (2025)
Journal Article

With increasing transport sector interest in vision-led rather than forecast-led planning, there is a growing need to think about what a good vision looks like, how a vision can be created, who should be involved in creating a vision, and, ultimately... Read More about Visioning for transport practitioners.

Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application (2025)
Book Chapter

The current technological revolution is rapid and a disruptive catalyst to existing ways of doing business in every aspect of human endeavour. One of the most recent technologies gaining attention is the metaverse, which offers computer-generated s... Read More about Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application.

General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach (2025)
Book Chapter

Earthship homes are exceptionally sustainable forms of housing, designed as passive solar homes with an emphasis on waste minimisation, water conservation, and energy efficiency. This chapter aims to elicit the perceptions of Earthship homes among in... Read More about General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach.

Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK (2025)
Book Chapter

The use of digitalization to advance sustainability is a path the construction industry is eager to take. earthships as the summit of sustainable housing solutions are facing the challenge of low awareness. To overcome this challenge, this study expl... Read More about Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK.

Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training (2025)
Book Chapter

Infrastructure projects, particularly tunnel construction, demand meticulous safety measures due to the complexities involved and the significant risks posed by heavy machinery operations. Despite relying on traditional safety drills and standardized... Read More about Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training.

Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning (2025)
Book Chapter

Over 50% of onsite hazards remain unrecognized, primarily due to poor hazard perception and attention deficits. Eye-tracking can help in understanding human visual attention and cognitive response, but its application in construction has been restric... Read More about Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning.

Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation (2025)
Book Chapter

Urban risk analysis traditionally relies on 2D maps and models, which, while effective for static risk mapping, lack the ability to realistically simulate dynamic emergency scenarios. The investigation presented in this chapter explores the integrati... Read More about Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation.

Revitalising brownfields: A just transition to clean energy and energy equity (2025)
Journal Article

Energy poverty, affecting millions in the UK, exacerbates social and economic inequality by limiting access to affordable, sustainable energy. This issue is intensified by rising energy costs, inefficient housing and broader systemic injustices. At t... Read More about Revitalising brownfields: A just transition to clean energy and energy equity.