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A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Nsobya, C., Moncaster, A., Potter, K., Mabon, L., & Ramsay, J. (2024). A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012078

Flooding, an already prevalent global hazard, is predicted to worsen in frequency and intensity. Flood Risk Governance has evolved from exclusively combating flooding to now also coexisting with it, aiming to enhance resilience comprehensively and ov... Read More about A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
Journal Article
Makkanai Sudhakaran, G., Prabhakaran, A., Booth, C., Abbey, S., Mahamadu, A., Georgakis, P., & Pohle, M. (in press). Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-10-2023-0321

Purpose- In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Chun, K., & Mijic, A. (2024). A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale. Journal of Cleaner Production, 468, Article 143064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143064

Within the coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), social-water interactions exhibit the ‘green-loop’ and ‘red-loop’ patterns, where social development is dependent on the local and external environment for resource provision, respectively. Sustai... Read More about A meta-model for understanding ‘green-red loop’ social-water interactions at a global scale.

Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene (2024)
Journal Article
Tarpani, R. R. Z., Yunusa-Kaltungo, A., Su, M., Manu, P., Cheung, C. M., Watson, M., …Gallego-Schmid, A. (2024). Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene. Cleaner Environmental Systems, 14, Article 100206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100206

Cement production significantly contributes to climate change, necessitating alternatives to mitigate the environmental impacts of this essential construction material. This study evaluates 18 environmental impacts of producing Ordinary Portland Ceme... Read More about Environmental assessment of cement production with added graphene.

Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings (2024)
Journal Article
Rehman, A., & Umar, T. (in press). Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings. Corporate Governance, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-11-2023-0502

Purpose This research paper explores the transformative potential of Industry 5.0 for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within corporate settings. This study aims to elucidate the role of Industry 5.0 and its related technologies in... Read More about Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings.

Nature connection and cycling (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Cairns, M., & Jain, J. (2024, June). Nature connection and cycling. Poster presented at Nature Connections 2024, Derby, UK

Background Both cycling and nature connectedness offer benefits to human and planetary wellbeing. A mixed methods MSc research project has explored the ways in which nature in general, and connectedness in particular, interacts with cycling practice... Read More about Nature connection and cycling.

On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes (2024)
Journal Article
Mougkogiannis, P., Nikolaidou, A., & Adamatzky, A. (in press). On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes. ACS Applied Biomaterials, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00535

We investigate the information processing capacities of kombucha−proteinoid proto−brains, focusing on the transducing properties through accommodation spiking, tonic bursting spiking, and optical and acoustic stimulation. We explore self-organization... Read More about On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes.

Measuring the impacts of participatory citizen science: Lessons from the WeCount sustainable mobility project (2024)
Journal Article
Sardo, M., Laggan, S., Fogg Rogers, L., Franchois, . E., Maccani, G., Vanherle, K., & Hayes, E. (2024). Measuring the impacts of participatory citizen science: Lessons from the WeCount sustainable mobility project. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 23(5), Article 01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23050801

WeCount was designed to empower citizens in five case studies across Europe to take a leading role in the production of data, evidence, knowledge and solutions for local sustainable mobility. This practice insight aims to explore the suitability and... Read More about Measuring the impacts of participatory citizen science: Lessons from the WeCount sustainable mobility project.

Rescuing transport from inequities: How can automated and connected transport contribute to a more inclusive transport system? (2024)
Book Chapter
Beyazit, E., Soh, E., & Martens, K. (2024). Rescuing transport from inequities: How can automated and connected transport contribute to a more inclusive transport system?. In N. Thomopoulos, M. Attard, & Y. Shiftan (Eds.), Sustainable Automated and Connected Transport (139-159). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2044-994120240000019008

The massive investment in, and development of, automated and connected transport (ACT) technology development has triggered much debate about this breakthrough technology’s potential positive and negative impacts. Multiple studies have explored the p... Read More about Rescuing transport from inequities: How can automated and connected transport contribute to a more inclusive transport system?.

Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship (2024)
Book Chapter
Parkhurst, G., Cabanelas, P., & Paddeu, D. (2024). Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship. In N. Thomopoulos, M. Attard, & Y. Shiftan (Eds.), Sustainable Automated and Connected Transport (161-185). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2044-994120240000019009

Rapid technological change in the transport sector is leading to a growing range of potential and actual ‘business models’ deployable for the movement of goods and people. Two key uncertainties arise from this proliferation: first, concerning which o... Read More about Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship.

Innovative methods to improve the seismic performance of precast segmental and hybrid bridge columns under cyclic loading (2024)
Journal Article
Badar, J., Umar, T., Akbar, M., Abbas, N., Shahzad, Q., Chen, W., & Arshid, M. U. (2024). Innovative methods to improve the seismic performance of precast segmental and hybrid bridge columns under cyclic loading. Buildings, 14(6), Article 1594. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14061594

This paper investigates the seismic performance of prefabricated segmental bridge columns (PSBCs) with hybrid post-tensioned tendons and energy dissipation (ED) bars under cyclic loading. PSBCs with unbonded and hybrid bonded prestressed tendons and... Read More about Innovative methods to improve the seismic performance of precast segmental and hybrid bridge columns under cyclic loading.

Electroactive composite biofilms integrating Kombucha, Chlorella and synthetic proteinoid Proto-Brains (2024)
Journal Article
Nikolaidou, A., Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2024). Electroactive composite biofilms integrating Kombucha, Chlorella and synthetic proteinoid Proto-Brains. Royal Society Open Science, 11(5), Article 240238. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240238

In this study, we present electroactive biofilms made from a combination of Kombucha zoogleal mats and thermal proteinoids. These biofilms have potential applications in unconventional computing and robotic skin. Proteinoids are synthesized by therma... Read More about Electroactive composite biofilms integrating Kombucha, Chlorella and synthetic proteinoid Proto-Brains.

Exploring opportunities for public sector organisations to connect wellbeing to resource loops in a regional circular economy (2024)
Journal Article
De Laurentis, C., Beverley, K., Clifton, N., Bacon, E., Rudd, J., & Walpole, G. (in press). Exploring opportunities for public sector organisations to connect wellbeing to resource loops in a regional circular economy. Contemporary Social Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2024.2356190

This paper contributes towards our understanding of the role of public sector organisations in delivering circular economy (CE) goals, suggesting that such organisations seek to deliver social value when implementing CE activities. Through empirical... Read More about Exploring opportunities for public sector organisations to connect wellbeing to resource loops in a regional circular economy.

The role of GBGI in levelling up in Bristol (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bray, I., Sinnett, D., & West, H. (2024, May). The role of GBGI in levelling up in Bristol. Paper presented at RECLAIM Conference 2024, London

We examined the association between provision and experience of a range of green-blue-grey infrastructure and neighbourhood satisfaction, life satisfaction, wellbeing and general health. We found that satisfaction with greenspace was the most consist... Read More about The role of GBGI in levelling up in Bristol.

Separateness in the home: From home-ness to work-ness in a post-covid environment (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Marco, E., Sinnet, D., & Oliveira, S. (2024, May). Separateness in the home: From home-ness to work-ness in a post-covid environment. Presented at Urban Studies Conference, Helsinki, Finland

COVID-19 brought unprecedented restrictive lockdown measures across the globe. This ‘enforced togetherness’ brought transformative changes in how homes were used and inhabited. The home was tested to its limits and the use of its spaces renegotiated,... Read More about Separateness in the home: From home-ness to work-ness in a post-covid environment.