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Welcome to Edinburgh Napier Research Repository

The ‘Research Repository’ is the open access institutional repository of Edinburgh Napier University. It contains examples of research outputs produced by staff and research students, as well as related information about the university's funded projects and staff research interests.

Whenever possible, refereed documents accepted for publication, or finished artistic compositions presented in public, will be made available here in full digital format, and hyperlinks to standard published versions will be provided. Any questions about submissions to the repository or problems with access to any of its content should be sent to the Repository Team at repository@napier.ac.uk



Latest Additions

Police Adaptation and Innovation in Emerging Technological Infrastructures (2025)
Book Chapter
Horgan, S., & Collier, B. Police Adaptation and Innovation in Emerging Technological Infrastructures. In Research Handbook of Policing and Society

In this chapter, we discuss a selection of ways public police attempt to react to, co-opt, innovate or simply survive the emergence or popularisation of technologies and their criminal or harmful manifestations. We take two thematic case study exampl... Read More about Police Adaptation and Innovation in Emerging Technological Infrastructures.

Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status (2025)
Journal Article
Andrew, M., Barraclough, S., Dugdale, J. H., Reeves, M. J., Triggs, A. O., & Kelly, A. L. (in press). Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status. PLOS ONE, 20(6), Article e0321245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321245

Relative age effects in soccer are typified by an overrepresentation of players born earlier in the selection year. Examinations of relative age effects remain limited in female players and developing soccer nations. The aim of the present study was... Read More about Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status.

Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N., Horgan, S., & Aston, L. (in press). Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom. Police Practice and Research,

In this article, we draw on the concept of misconduct to explore how police organisations frame personnel’s online harms and its impact on managerial perceptions and strategies. The aim is to provide insights into whether and how a focus on organis... Read More about Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom.

Speaking with care: Compassion and relational power in Philippine classrooms (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2025, June). Speaking with care: Compassion and relational power in Philippine classrooms. Paper presented at The Gathering 2025, Edinburgh Napier

This study examines how university educators in the Philippines enact power through caring and compassionate pedagogical practices. Drawing from naturalistic classroom interactions it explores how teachers use specific linguistic devices—politeness... Read More about Speaking with care: Compassion and relational power in Philippine classrooms.

Auditory environments of public libraries: engendering welcoming spaces (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R. (2025, June). Auditory environments of public libraries: engendering welcoming spaces. Poster presented at Conceptions of Library and Information Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

The auditory environments of public libraries are increasingly less quiet as their offerings expand beyond provision of physical materials. The auditory environments now found in public libraries may affect use, as acoustics have been found to impact... Read More about Auditory environments of public libraries: engendering welcoming spaces.