All Outputs (8)

Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers (2022)
Journal Article
Newbutt, N., Rice, L., Lemaignan, S., Daly, J., Charisi, V., & Conley, I. (2022). Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers. Interaction Studies, 23(2), 204-242. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.21031.new

Social robots have the potential to support autistic school children with their wellbeing. This research reveals how a co-design approach with autistic children and their teachers was undertaken. Focus groups with autistic children and teachers colla... Read More about Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers.

The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community (2022)
Journal Article
Bell, K., Hermoza, R. T., Staddon, C., Willems, B., Maldonado, F. C., Berrocal, N. T., & Flores, L. P. (2023). The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community. Journal of Rural Studies, 97, 224-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.10.004

In this study of the Andean town of Chuschi and its surrounding district of the same name, we consider the impacts of the proliferation of fencing on once open land. The paper contributes to a growing body of literature on the practice and impact of... Read More about The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community.

Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms (2022)
Journal Article
Yousefzadeh Barri, E., Farber, S., Jahanshahi, H., & Beyazit, E. (2022). Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms. Journal of Transport Geography, 105, Article 103482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103482

Building an accurate model of travel behaviour based on individuals’ characteristics and built environment attributes is of importance for policy-making and transportation planning. Recent experiments with big data and Machine Learning (ML) algorithm... Read More about Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms.

Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads (2022)
Journal Article
Thomas, A., & Aldred, R. (2024). Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 15, Article 101124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2023.101124

This paper meta-analyses traffic data extracted from monitoring reports for 46 Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes in 11 London boroughs introduced between May 2020 and May 2021. Schemes are controversial with still limited academic evidence on impacts... Read More about Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads.

Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships (2022)
Journal Article
van den Hurk, M., Williams, D., Luis dos Santos Pereira, A., & Tallon, A. (2024). Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships. Urban Research and Practice, 17(2), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2022.2144430

Internationally, brownfield regeneration projects are delivered through public-private partnerships that form complex legal and structural delivery mechanisms. Utilizing private-sector finance and skills is an accepted practice to reduce financial ri... Read More about Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships.

Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss (2022)
Journal Article
Yu, X., Bhatti, M. R., Ren, X., Steiner, P., Di Sacco, F., Dong, M., …Bilotti, E. (2022). Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss. Composites Science and Technology, 229, Article 109695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2022.109695

Polymer based dielectric materials with simultaneously high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss are highly desirable in various applications like energy storage, thermal management and electronic packaging. Polymer dielectrics generally bene... Read More about Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss.

Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes (2022)
Journal Article
Thomas, A., Furlong, J., & Aldred, R. (2022). Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 110, Article 103402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103402

School Streets are a street space reallocation scheme that has proliferated since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, reducing motor traffic on streets outside many schools. Utilising a minimum-standards approach to equity, this paper e... Read More about Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes.

Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions (2022)
Journal Article
Che Ibrahim, C. K. I., Manu, P., Belayutham, S., Mahamadu, A. M., & Antwi-Afari, M. F. (2022). Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions. Journal of Building Engineering, 52, Article 104352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104352

For past decades, design for safety (DfS) has gained growing interest among scholars and practitioners in different geographical contexts as one of the innovative practices integrating worker health and safety in the front-end of the project lifecycl... Read More about Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions.