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Chatbots in customer service within banking and finance: Do chatbots herald the start of an AI revolution in the corporate world? (2025)
Journal Article

The main aim of this paper is to identify whether chatbots are useful for customer service, how they are impacting customer service in banking, and how professionals feel about the future impact of chatbots. Employing a largely qualitative approach,... Read More about Chatbots in customer service within banking and finance: Do chatbots herald the start of an AI revolution in the corporate world?.

Spaces of uncertainty, vulnerability, and disquiet: Reflecting on the classroom experiences of LGBTQ+ STEM academics (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Even in institutions that consider workplace diversity a positive contributor to institutional success, LGBTQ+ employees often characterise their workplaces as spaces of disquiet and personal compromise. Such experiences persist despite awareness of... Read More about Spaces of uncertainty, vulnerability, and disquiet: Reflecting on the classroom experiences of LGBTQ+ STEM academics.

Looking for the light in a dark age (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Professor Glenn Lyons shares his pessimism at the emergence of a new ‘Dark Age’ in which steps towards more sustainable and thoughtful transport policies are being frustrated. He tries to find a way of approaching this situation positively.

Treatment utilisation and satisfaction with management in individuals with osteoarthritis and metabolic multimorbidity: A cross‐sectional multi‐country study (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose: To compare treatment utilisation for osteoarthritis (OA) and satisfaction with OA management between individuals with and without comorbid metabolic conditions (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension). Methods: Secondary analys... Read More about Treatment utilisation and satisfaction with management in individuals with osteoarthritis and metabolic multimorbidity: A cross‐sectional multi‐country study.

Total least squares algorithm for errors-in-variables systems: Iterative algorithm or two-step algorithm (2025)
Journal Article

The total least squares (TLS) algorithm is a superior identification tool for low-order errors-in-variables (EIV) systems, where the estimate can be obtained by solving an eigenvector of the minimum eigenvalue of an augmented matrix. However, the TLS... Read More about Total least squares algorithm for errors-in-variables systems: Iterative algorithm or two-step algorithm.

A long and winding road: Finding justice for people with complex disabilities ‘stuck’ in Social Care - Leading Discussion Panel (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Drawing on personal narrative and an ecological lens (Bronfenbrenner, 1994), the platform will highlight the types of challenges which thwart the pursuit of liberty, independence and social justice for people with complex disabilities ‘trapped’ in in... Read More about A long and winding road: Finding justice for people with complex disabilities ‘stuck’ in Social Care - Leading Discussion Panel.

Student-led review projects in vulnerable people support settings: Opportunities and challenges (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Facilitating positive change in the lives of homeless people with complex vulnerabilities (e.g., those affected by mental distress, substance misuse and trauma) relies largely on skilled multidisciplinary practitioners working effectively and flexibl... Read More about Student-led review projects in vulnerable people support settings: Opportunities and challenges.

"One team member doesn't make a Pride parade": An international study of people's experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer in motorsport (2025)
Journal Article

In this paper we report our qualitative survey research that explored lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) people’s experiences of motorsport. Fifty-nine participants were recruited with support from Motorsport UK and Racing Pride, who p... Read More about "One team member doesn't make a Pride parade": An international study of people's experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer in motorsport.

What is drawing research? (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

This exhibition, curated by the UWE BCU Drawing Research Group, serves as an introduction and testament to the evolving significance of drawing as a cross-disciplinary tool for research, communication and ideation.
We aim to challenge established p... Read More about What is drawing research?.

What is drawing research? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A poster presentation at Leeds School of Arts conference, Drawing Articulations.
Our poster outlined our current research project, The Handbook of Drawing Research.

APERIODIC (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

APERIODIC was a festival of art, science, music and performance which took place in Bristol. The theme was the mathematics and science of ‘aperiodic order’: the absence of regular or repetitive patterns.
Or, more simply, ‘things that almost repeat,... Read More about APERIODIC.

“I sometimes feel like I can’t win!”: An exploratory mixed-methods study of women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings (2025)
Journal Article

Despite an increase in gym memberships, women are less active than men and little is known about the barriers women face when navigating gym spaces. This study explored women’s body image and experiences exercising in gyms. Two-hundred and seventy-ni... Read More about “I sometimes feel like I can’t win!”: An exploratory mixed-methods study of women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings.

Preservice teachers learning to teach reading using one-to-one tutoring: Does learning 'stick' for tutees and tutors? (2025)
Journal Article

Teaching reading is a key element of initial teacher education programmes in England. This study contributes to the research about the most effective way to ensure preservice teachers have the necessary skills and knowledge to teach reading. One-to-o... Read More about Preservice teachers learning to teach reading using one-to-one tutoring: Does learning 'stick' for tutees and tutors?.

Does nature finance pose macroeconomic risks? Analysis using a stock-flow consistent model with land (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

States, international organisations, financial institutions and businesses are increasingly seeking to mobilise large financial flows to fund ecosystem restoration. This paper asks what these new financial flows mean for the macroeconomy, and how mac... Read More about Does nature finance pose macroeconomic risks? Analysis using a stock-flow consistent model with land.

The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses – Part 3 - Black flags and dumb peals: The spread of news of the defeat (2021)
Digital Artefact

The following series of three articles examine initial public responses to the news of the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords on 8th October 1831 across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The evidential basis of this article is... Read More about The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses – Part 3 - Black flags and dumb peals: The spread of news of the defeat.

Submission to the independent review of the criminal courts – Written evidence on neurodivergence, vulnerability and the criminal courts (2025)
Report

Recent years have seen increased attention to both neurodiversity as a general concept and social concern, and specifically to the way in which the CJS engages with individuals who are neurodivergent. Interest (and, to some extent, action) in this ar... Read More about Submission to the independent review of the criminal courts – Written evidence on neurodivergence, vulnerability and the criminal courts.

Decreasing ‘temperature spike to needle time’ for first dose empiric antibiotics to within 60 minutes within a haematology inpatient setting (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Title: Quality Improvement Project to decrease the ‘temperature spike to needle time’ for first dose empiric antibiotics to within 60 minutes within a haematology inpatient setting.

Background: Neutropenic sepsis following systemic anti-cancer the... Read More about Decreasing ‘temperature spike to needle time’ for first dose empiric antibiotics to within 60 minutes within a haematology inpatient setting.

Physical activity, fatigue severity, and health-related quality of life of community-dwelling stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Physical inactivity among stroke survivors (SSV) may result from fatigue, physical disabilities, and psychosocial factors, all of which adversely affect health-related quality of life (HRQL). Studies on combined interactions among physica... Read More about Physical activity, fatigue severity, and health-related quality of life of community-dwelling stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study.

A pilot study on mixed-reality approaches for detecting upper-limb dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: Insights on cerebellar tremor (2024)
Journal Article

The assessment and rehabilitation of upper-limb functionality are crucial for addressing motor disorders in individuals with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Traditional methods often lack the sensitivity to quantify subtle motor impairments, with cerebell... Read More about A pilot study on mixed-reality approaches for detecting upper-limb dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: Insights on cerebellar tremor.

Mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbances among individuals with cognitive impairment: A scoping review (2025)
Journal Article

Background: This scoping review investigates the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in alleviating sleep disturbances among individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). With the rising prevalence of dementia and... Read More about Mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbances among individuals with cognitive impairment: A scoping review.

Assessing gender essentialist beliefs towards youth athletes: Development and preliminary validation of the gender essentialist beliefs towards girls in sport scale (GEGS) (2025)
Journal Article

Despite evidence refuting the legitimacy of inherent and unchanging qualities and the existence of a gender sport continuum, a prevailing gender essentialist ideology persists among coaches. This ideology perpetuates the belief in a binary, hierarchi... Read More about Assessing gender essentialist beliefs towards youth athletes: Development and preliminary validation of the gender essentialist beliefs towards girls in sport scale (GEGS).

Exploring patient experience of rehabilitation within the surgical pathway for lower limb soft tissue sarcoma in the UK: A single-centre study (2025)
Journal Article

The primary treatment for localised soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is surgery. Surgery for lower limb sarcoma is associated with poorer functional outcomes than other anatomical sites. Rehabilitation is essential, yet provision is not standardised, and pa... Read More about Exploring patient experience of rehabilitation within the surgical pathway for lower limb soft tissue sarcoma in the UK: A single-centre study.