Outputs (621)

Towards a psycho-social pedagogy as a relational practice and perspective (2013)
Journal Article

This article focuses on social pedagogy as a relational practice and revolves around the number three. Its central organising principle is thirdness, as defined in the work of Benjamin (2004) and it has three connected aims. First it aims to introduc... Read More about Towards a psycho-social pedagogy as a relational practice and perspective.

From a lack of engagement and mistrust to partnership? Public attitudes to the disclosure of sex offender information (2013)
Journal Article

This paper discusses public attitudes to the current limited disclosure of sex offender scheme in the UK. The study focuses on two ‘countries’ of the UK (ie, Northern Ireland and Wales) where, up until now, no direct research has been done with t... Read More about From a lack of engagement and mistrust to partnership? Public attitudes to the disclosure of sex offender information.

Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is arguing that some fundamental needs of student staff relationships in the university have remained consistent but the capacity for them to be met within higher education has changed, as society, and the university as one instantiation o... Read More about Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries.

Feminism: We're not calling for equal inequality (2013)
Journal Article

Speech given to the Feminism in London Conference 2013 and published in Open Democracy in English and Turkish.

Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding (2013)
Journal Article

This paper develops a psycho-social understanding of difficult and disabling life transitions, particularly in relation to old age. The paper brings together a biographical case study and theoretical analysis that draws on three sources: the work of... Read More about Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding.

"It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body (2013)
Journal Article

Women's and men's bodies and sexuality can be understood as socially situated and socially produced. This means they are affected by, and developed in relation to, patterned sociocultural meanings and representations. We aim here to understand a rece... Read More about "It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body.

Kierkegaard and vulnerability (2013)
Book Chapter

Age of consent in the UK (2013)
Journal Article

Preventing child maltreatment in low- and middle-income countries. Parent support programs have the potential to buffer the effects of poverty (2015)
Journal Article

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Coming off drugs in prison: Drug withdrawal and prison time (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper reports on findings from a qualitative study on experiences of coming off heroin in prison. Existing research is mostly evaluation studies of professional treatment services in which drug dependent prisoners are conceptualised as passive re... Read More about Coming off drugs in prison: Drug withdrawal and prison time.

The brave struggle: Jan Patočka on Europe’s past and future (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The British Society for Phenomenology. This article proposes to investigate Jan Patočka’s idea of “postEurope”, in the context of his understanding of European contemporary history. Therefore, I first stress how important it is for Patočka to... Read More about The brave struggle: Jan Patočka on Europe’s past and future.

Phenomenology and the idea of Europe: Introductory remarks (2016)
Journal Article

Introduction to the Special Issue of the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 'Phenomenology and the Idea of Europe'.

Lifeworld, civilisation, system: Patočka and Habermas on Europe and its crisis (2016)
Journal Article

© FRANCESCO TAVA, 2016. The aim of this article is to show how both Jan Patočka and Jürgen Habermas, starting from a reinterpretation of the idea of «lifeworld», engaged a critique of modern civilisation, aiming (with different outcomes) at a redefin... Read More about Lifeworld, civilisation, system: Patočka and Habermas on Europe and its crisis.

Changing course: From a victim/offender duality to a public health perspective (2016)
Book Chapter

Research suggests that only a more comprehensive multilevel approach to sexual violence prevention will integrate existing efforts to incarcerate offenders and provide services to victims into broader strategies to educate communities and change the... Read More about Changing course: From a victim/offender duality to a public health perspective.

Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Shenderovich et al. Background: Rates of youth violence are disproportionately high in many low- and middle-income countries [LMICs] but existing reviews of risk factors focus almost exclusively on high-income countries. Different search strat... Read More about Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries.

New frontiers of family - Naomi Moller and Victoria Clarke explore embryo donation and voluntary childlessness, ahead of their Society seminar series (2016)
Journal Article

March sees the first of four seminars on ‘New Frontiers of Family’, a British Psychological Society sponsored series that aims to examine the psychological implications of emerging forms of family in the UK – those beyond genetic relatedness, and tho... Read More about New frontiers of family - Naomi Moller and Victoria Clarke explore embryo donation and voluntary childlessness, ahead of their Society seminar series.

Romanian IVF: a brief history through the ‘lens’ of labour, migration and global egg donation markets (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Author This paper centres on a history of Romanian IVF, including the achievement of significant milestones and the establishment of key clinics. In addition to examining some of the legal and ethical aspects of IVF in Romania, the paper a... Read More about Romanian IVF: a brief history through the ‘lens’ of labour, migration and global egg donation markets.

Beyond the blank cheque: Arming iran during the ford administration (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. When President Gerald Ford decided tomaintain and deepen arms relations with Iran, he cemented a momentum that became near impossible for a successor to break by continuing the policy of his predecessor Richard Nixon. Nixon... Read More about Beyond the blank cheque: Arming iran during the ford administration.

Measuring and monitoring national prevalence of child maltreatment: A practical handbook (2016)
Report

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Farewell, dear friend: The sociology of pet grief (2016)
Journal Article

An introduction to the sociology of pet grief, looking at data from the British Mass Observation Project and considering theories from the field of Animal Studies as well as Butler's theory of 'grievability'.