All Outputs (12)

The motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children (2023)
Journal Article
Palmer, C. E., Coffey, A., & Rees, A. (2023). The motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children. Adoption and Fostering, 47(2), 211-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/03085759231174906

This article explores the motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children from the UK care system. It draws on interview data from parents from 14 adoptive families to consider what influenced their decision to adopt an... Read More about The motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children.

Bristol advisory committee on climate change: One City climate strategy progress review - February 2023 (2023)
Report
Longhurst, J., Venn, A., Dietzel, A., Smith, B., Pettengell, C., Tudgey, D., …Clayton, W. (2023). Bristol advisory committee on climate change: One City climate strategy progress review - February 2023. https://thebaccc.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/baccc-occs-progress-review_final-26-april-2023.pdf: Bristol One City Office

This report from the Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change (BACCC) reviews citywide progress on tackling the climate crisis and concludes that, although there is some positive progress, the city is still way off meeting its 2030 carbon neutra... Read More about Bristol advisory committee on climate change: One City climate strategy progress review - February 2023.

Names in adoption law and policy: Representations of family, rights and identities (2022)
Journal Article
Pilcher, J., & Coffey, A. (2024). Names in adoption law and policy: Representations of family, rights and identities. Families, Relationships and Societies, 13(1), 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674322X16651391589015

Names have heightened importance in adoption, affecting the identities of individuals who are adopted and adoptive family making. In this article, we use critical discourse analysis to gauge how names, and especially children’s forenames, are address... Read More about Names in adoption law and policy: Representations of family, rights and identities.

Higher education and the sustainability agenda. Opportunities and challenges (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J. (2022, October). Higher education and the sustainability agenda. Opportunities and challenges

Part one will consider the changing expectations of current and future students as they confront the reality of the climate and ecological emergencies. Part two will be a discussion of whole institution responses to the sustainability challenge... Read More about Higher education and the sustainability agenda. Opportunities and challenges.

Sustainability at UWE Bristol: A 28 year Journey (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J. (2022, August). Sustainability at UWE Bristol: A 28 year Journey. Presented at The Eighth International SEEDS Conference 2022, UWE Bristol

This presentation: Briefly discusses the role of higher education as both a cause and a solution to our multiple sustainability crises; Explores the changing expectations of current and future students as they confront the reality of the climate... Read More about Sustainability at UWE Bristol: A 28 year Journey.

Contribution of procurement capacity of public agencies to attainment of procurement objectives in infrastructure procurement (2021)
Journal Article
Manu, P., Asiedu, R. O., Mahamadu, A., Olomolaiye, P. O., Booth, C., Manu, E., …Agyekum, K. (2021). Contribution of procurement capacity of public agencies to attainment of procurement objectives in infrastructure procurement. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28(10), 3322-3345. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-05-2020-0375

Purpose: Effective procurement of infrastructure is linked to the attainment of the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. While the capacity of organisations is generally thought to be related to organisational performance, there i... Read More about Contribution of procurement capacity of public agencies to attainment of procurement objectives in infrastructure procurement.

Names and naming in adoption: Birth heritage and family‐making (2020)
Journal Article
Pilcher, J., Hooley, Z., & Coffey, A. (2020). Names and naming in adoption: Birth heritage and family‐making. Child and Family Social Work, 25(3), 568-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12728

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd In this article, we consider the significance and practices of names and naming in adoption to develop understanding of the issue amongst scholars, policymakers, adoption practitioners, and adoption communities. Researc... Read More about Names and naming in adoption: Birth heritage and family‐making.

The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Boddy, M., & Fudge, C. (2019, December). The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980

A collection of three main papers (abstracted separately) and eight workshop reports devoted to different areas of practice: planning, housing, personal social services, education, inner city, health services, state workers, local economic policy. Th... Read More about The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980..

Doing Ethnography (2018)
Book
Coffey, A. (2018). Doing Ethnography. LONDON: SAGE Publications

The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study (2018)
Journal Article
Meakings, S., Ottaway, H., Coffey, A., Palmer, C., Doughty, J., & Shelton, K. (2018). The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study. Adoption and Fostering, 42(1), 58-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308575917750824

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. This article reports on findings from the Wales Adoption Study which used a sequential, mixed-method design to explore the early support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families. Ninety-six adoptive parent... Read More about The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study.

The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships: Experiences and Support Needs of Newly Formed Adoptive Families (2017)
Journal Article
Meakings, S., Coffey, A., & Shelton, K. H. (2017). The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships: Experiences and Support Needs of Newly Formed Adoptive Families. British Journal of Social Work, 47(6), 1781-1799. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx097

For better or worse, the significance of the sibling relationship throughout the life course is widely acknowledged. This paper explores the ways in which sibling relationships, in their various forms, are affected by adoption. The case-file records... Read More about The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships: Experiences and Support Needs of Newly Formed Adoptive Families.

Changing public-private sector relationships in the industrial development process (1983)
Book Chapter
Boddy, M. (1983). Changing public-private sector relationships in the industrial development process. . Macmillan

The outcome of highly complex interdependencies which follow from closer forms of public-private partnerships in the industrial development process is expressed in industrial floorspace and shares of the financial returns. The more profound, longer-t... Read More about Changing public-private sector relationships in the industrial development process.