All Outputs (129)

Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kitson, J., Williamson, S., Harper, P., McMahon, C., Rosenberg, G., Tierney, M., …Gautam, B. (2017, June). Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities. Paper presented at 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP 2017), Bled, Slovenia

This paper proposes a DC microgrid system based on multiple locally available renewable energy sources in an off-grid rural community, based on a field study carried out in a rural, off-grid village in Nepal. The site has been assessed as suitable fo... Read More about Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities.

Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research (2017)
Book
Edwards, R., Phoenix, A., O'Connor, H., Goodwin, J., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2017). A. Phoenix, H. O'Connor, J. Goodwin, & R. Edwards (Eds.), Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715250

© Rosalind Edwards, John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor and Ann Phoenix 2017. All rights reserved. This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbrea... Read More about Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research.

Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, K. (2017). Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy

A discussion of the work of Fidel Castro in relation to sustainability in Cuba. When Fidel Castro became President of Cuba in 1959, the country's environment was in ruins as a result of hundreds of years of US and Spanish colonial exploitation of nat... Read More about Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy.

Living well within planetary limits (2017)
Book Chapter
Bell, K. (2017). Living well within planetary limits. In E. Márquez (Ed.), Citizenship and quality of life: Debates, challenges and experiences regarding social development in Mexico and Latin America (30-45). Mexico City: UNAM

This chapter explores the Bolivian approach to sustainability and wellbeing - the concept of 'Vivir Bien'. It describes the importance of redistribution of wealth for achieving sustainability and living within the limits of the one planet that we hav... Read More about Living well within planetary limits.

‘Living well’ as a path to social, ecological and economic sustainability (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, K. (2017). ‘Living well’ as a path to social, ecological and economic sustainability. Urban Planning, 2(4), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v2i4.1006

© 2017 by the author. While there is wide agreement on the need to move towards fairer and more sustainable societies, how to best achieve this is still the source of some debate. In particular, there are tensions between more market-based/technologi... Read More about ‘Living well’ as a path to social, ecological and economic sustainability.

Green economy or living well? Assessing divergent paradigms for equitable eco-social transition in South Korea and Bolivia (2016)
Journal Article
Bell, K. (2016). Green economy or living well? Assessing divergent paradigms for equitable eco-social transition in South Korea and Bolivia. Journal of Political Ecology, 23(1), 71-92. https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.v23i1

'Green Economy' and 'Living Well ('Vivir Bien)' have emerged as contending macro-policies in the search for a future direction that meets human needs whilst respecting environmental limits. There are a number of different interpretations of each conc... Read More about Green economy or living well? Assessing divergent paradigms for equitable eco-social transition in South Korea and Bolivia.

How paradata can illuminate technical, social and professional role changes between the Poverty in the UK (1967/1968) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (2012) surveys (2016)
Journal Article
Elliott, H., Gordon, D., Edwards, R., Phoenix, A., Gordon, G., Bell, K., …Fahmy, E. (2017). How paradata can illuminate technical, social and professional role changes between the Poverty in the UK (1967/1968) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (2012) surveys. Quality and Quantity, 51(6), 2457-2473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-016-0403-5

© 2016, The Author(s). This article brings together analyses of the micro paradata ‘by-products’ from the 1967/1968 Poverty in the United Kingdom (PinUK) and 2012 Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (PSE) surveys to explore changes in the conditio... Read More about How paradata can illuminate technical, social and professional role changes between the Poverty in the UK (1967/1968) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (2012) surveys.

Living well indicators (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2016, July). Living well indicators. Paper presented at Reconnecting Development with ‘Living Well’ (Vivir Bien) in Latin America, School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton, England

A discussion of how to measure 'Living Well'/ 'Vivir Bien', the Latin American paradigm for transition to sustainability.

Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times (2016)
Journal Article
Pemberton, S., Fahmy, E., Sutton, E., & Bell, K. (2017). Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times. Social Policy and Administration, 51(7), 1156-1173. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12233

© 2016 The Authors Social Policy & Administration Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Much has been written that details the decline in living standards following the ‘credit crunch’ in the UK. It remains that we understand to a lesser degree the... Read More about Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times.

Evaluation of Easton and Lawrence Hill neighbourhood management (2016)
Report
Bell, K. (2016). Evaluation of Easton and Lawrence Hill neighbourhood management

This evaluation was commissioned by Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management (ELH NM) to provide an evidence base to inform their priorities and business plan for the next five years. It reports on ELH NM’s achievements since 1 April 2010;... Read More about Evaluation of Easton and Lawrence Hill neighbourhood management.

Proving the economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise infrastructure support organisations (2016)
Report
Bell, K. (2016). Proving the economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise infrastructure support organisations

This report summarises the results of a two year study to assess the social and economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector infrastructure support organisations. The research, commissioned by South West Forum, was condu... Read More about Proving the economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise infrastructure support organisations.

Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice? (2015)
Journal Article
Bell, K. (2015). Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice?. Environmental Research Letters, 10(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125017

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. Can a healthy environment for all social groups be delivered through capitalism via market mechanisms? Or is it the capitalist system, itself, that has been at the root of the environmental and social crises we now face? Th... Read More about Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice?.

Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure (2015)
Journal Article
Pemberton, S., Sutton, E., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2016). Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure. Critical Social Policy, 36(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018315601799

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Behavioural explanations of poverty and disadvantage have figured heavily in political rhetoric in the era of austerity, as a means to understand trajectories into poverty and subsequent relationships between benefit cla... Read More about Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure.

Environmental justice: Inspiration from Latin America (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2015, August). Environmental justice: Inspiration from Latin America. Presented at ‘El Sueno Existe’, Machynlleth, Wales

Karen Bell is a Bristol-based environmental justice academic, author and activist. She will discuss how the Latin American left is leading the way globally in achieving environmental justice – and what we can learn from them. Environmental justice as... Read More about Environmental justice: Inspiration from Latin America.

The educational progress of looked after children in England. Technical report 3: Perspectives of young people, social workers, carers and teachers (2015)
Report
Berridge, D., Bell, K., Sebba, J., & Luke, N. (2015). The educational progress of looked after children in England. Technical report 3: Perspectives of young people, social workers, carers and teachers

This is the technical report giving the perspectives of young people, social workers, carers and teachers on the attainment of looked after children in England.

Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice (2015)
Book Chapter
Cemlyn, C., & Bell, K. (2015). Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice. In E. Equality and Diversity Forum (Ed.), Beyond 2015 - Shaping the Future of Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice (42-52). London: Equality and Diversity Forum

Although human rights, equality and social justice are closely aligned, the relationship between them is rarely analysed or articulated. This paper considers this relationship and argues that strengthening their connections and generating solidarity... Read More about Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice.

The educational progress of looked after children in England: Final report (2015)
Report
Sebba, J., Berridge, D., Luke, N., Fletcher, J., Bell, K., Strand, S., …O'Higgins, A. (2015). The educational progress of looked after children in England: Final report

In this context, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Rees Centre, University of Oxford and School for Policy Studies and Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol collaborated on this study to identify key care and educational fac... Read More about The educational progress of looked after children in England: Final report.

Green economy and meeting human needs (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, November). Green economy and meeting human needs. Presented at Contemporary Debates and New Discourses on Social Development International Conference, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico

A discussion about the extent to which the sustainable transition paradigm can been human needs.

Socialism, capitalism and environmental justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, November). Socialism, capitalism and environmental justice. Paper presented at Seventeenth International Conference on Socialism for the Twenty-first Century, School of Political Science from the South and the Higher Institute of International Relations, University of Havana, Cuba

Disussion of different approaches to achieving environmental justice in 6 countries.

Social inclusion and the Green Economy (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, September). Social inclusion and the Green Economy. Paper presented at 12th Annual European Social Policy Association NetworkBeyond the Crisis in Europe - New Opportunities for Reconciling Sustainability, Equality and Economic robustness, Norwegian Social Research Association (NOVA)

This paper looked at the equity and inclusion aspects of recent interpretations of 'Green Economy' e.g. UNEP 2011.