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Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games (2023)
Book Chapter
Donald, I., & Austin, H. J. (2023). Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games. In Research anthology on game design, development, usage, and social impact (1435--1456). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7589-8.ch069

This chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's comics series The Walking Dead. It examines key aspects from the comics series and AMC's adaptive... Read More about Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games.

A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Robertson, M., Pyke, J., & Drake, C. (2023). A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne. In West, East, South, North: Redirection research in tourism, hospitality and events – Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference – Council for Australasian Universities Tourism and Hospitality Education (330-331)

Business events can support the needs of access, equality, and learning for work and social inclusion, and determine a greater range of benefits than had been previously considered (Edwards, Foley, & Schlenker, 2011; Foley, Edwards, & Schlenker, 2014... Read More about A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne.

Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Kitchen, E., Steriopoulos, E., Harkison, T., Drake, C., Goh, E., Robertson, M., …Losekoot, E. (2023). Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience. In West, East, South, North: Redirection research in tourism, hospitality and events – Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian Universities Tourism and Hospitality Education (334)

This paper focuses on the factors that influence the authentic learning practices in the Tourism, Hospitality, and Events (THE) education context from a teacher’s perspective. To align with emerging industry changes due to the COVID pandemic, and als... Read More about Authentic learning in higher education environments: Teacher insight into student experience.

SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Sajjadian, S. M. (2023). SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings. In PLEA STGO 2022: Book of Proceedings Volume 1 (160-164)

The spread of SARS-CoV-2 since 2019 has rapidly become a global crisis with unprecedented records of deaths and hospitalizations in the last century. The infectious particles spread more easily indoors than outdoors and therefore built environment se... Read More about SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings.

Time and landscape in Michel Serres’ The Incandescent (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, J. (2023, September). Time and landscape in Michel Serres’ The Incandescent. Paper presented at ASLE-UKI Biennial Conference, Northumbria

Co-design of an atrial fibrillation mHealth intervention to increase medication adherence (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Pearsons, A., Hanson, C., Gallagher, R., Clark, R., O'Carroll, R., Hanley, J., …Neubeck, L. (2023, June). Co-design of an atrial fibrillation mHealth intervention to increase medication adherence. Poster presented at ACNAP 2023, Edinburgh

1001 days with Bookbug: Public libraries' offer for parents and infants (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Pennington, D., & Jekaterina, T. (2023, June). 1001 days with Bookbug: Public libraries' offer for parents and infants. Paper presented at CILIPS 2023 Annual Conference, Dundee

Maintaining rigour, seeing improvement: The effectiveness of poster presentations as a culturally inclusive approach to post-graduate assessment. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
McLean, L., Gerard, L., & Luong, S. (2023, May). Maintaining rigour, seeing improvement: The effectiveness of poster presentations as a culturally inclusive approach to post-graduate assessment. Paper presented at SEDA Spring Conference 2023: The Role of the Educational Developer in an Ever-evolving Landscape, Online

This project explores perceived and potential challenges and benefits international students encounter when undertaking a non-traditional/unique assessment practice, specifically a narrated poster presentation. Exploring and analysing students’ persp... Read More about Maintaining rigour, seeing improvement: The effectiveness of poster presentations as a culturally inclusive approach to post-graduate assessment..

The role and value of student-led learning communities in post-experience professional education (2023)
Presentation / Conference
McLean, L. (2023, April). The role and value of student-led learning communities in post-experience professional education. Paper presented at 3rd UKCGE Conference on Postgraduate Taught Education, University of Nottingham

The shadowlands of science communication in academia — definitions, problems, and possible solutions (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Gani, S., Arnal, L., Beattie, L., Hillier, J., Illingworth, S., Lanza, T., …Zihms, S. (2023, April). The shadowlands of science communication in academia — definitions, problems, and possible solutions. Presented at EGU 2023, Vienna

Science communication is important for researchers, including those working in the geosciences. However, much of this work takes place in “shadowlands” that are neither fully seen nor understood. With the increasing expectation in academia that all r... Read More about The shadowlands of science communication in academia — definitions, problems, and possible solutions.

From Dissemination to Participation: A Creative Approach to Geoscience Communication (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Illingworth, S. (2023, April). From Dissemination to Participation: A Creative Approach to Geoscience Communication. Presented at EGU 2023, Vienna

Science communication exists on a spectrum: from dissemination to dialogue. While participation is likely to be the most effective way of helping to truly diversify science, there is still a need for geoscience communication initiatives that exist ac... Read More about From Dissemination to Participation: A Creative Approach to Geoscience Communication.

Are referencing styles an oppressive information practice? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, C., Peach, T., Price, L., & Pennington, D. (2023, April). Are referencing styles an oppressive information practice?. Paper presented at LILAC 2023, Cambridge, UK

Poetry as a device to distil science (2023)
Book Chapter
Illingworth, S. (in press). Poetry as a device to distil science. In S. Rowland, & L. Kuchel (Eds.), Teaching Science Students to Communicate: A Practical Guide. Cham: Springer

Predictive CAD System Suggestion for Efficient Engineering Design Reuse (2023)
Other
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Quigley, J., & Sherlock, A. (2023). Predictive CAD System Suggestion for Efficient Engineering Design Reuse. [Magazine article]

Characteristics of prescribing activity within primary care in Scotland 2013–2022 of general practitioners, nurse, pharmacist and allied health prescribers: A retrospective cross-sectional study (2023)
Journal Article
Macvicar, S., & Paterson, R. E. (in press). Characteristics of prescribing activity within primary care in Scotland 2013–2022 of general practitioners, nurse, pharmacist and allied health prescribers: A retrospective cross-sectional study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15658

Background Independent prescribing by nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals is diversifying into a variety of healthcare settings as pressures mount on existing resources. Primary care was an early adopter of prescribing by non-medical... Read More about Characteristics of prescribing activity within primary care in Scotland 2013–2022 of general practitioners, nurse, pharmacist and allied health prescribers: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh Festivals (2023)
Journal Article
Ali-Knight, J., Kerr, G., Stewart, H., & Holmes, K. (in press). Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh Festivals. International Journal of Event and Festival Management,

Purpose In this paper, we explore how Edinburgh’s key Festivals have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their response presents the emergence of more innovative festival delivery models and a different imagining of the festival space. Design/met... Read More about Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh Festivals.

Rubber-Soil mixtures: use of grading entropy theory to evaluate stiffness and liquefaction susceptibility (2023)
Journal Article
Bernal-Sanchez, J., Barreto, D., & Leak, J. (in press). Rubber-Soil mixtures: use of grading entropy theory to evaluate stiffness and liquefaction susceptibility. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01673-3

Rubber-soil mixtures are known to have mechanical properties that enable their use in backfills, road construction or geotechnical seismic isolation systems. The complexity of these mixtures comes from adding soft (i.e. rubber) particles that increas... Read More about Rubber-Soil mixtures: use of grading entropy theory to evaluate stiffness and liquefaction susceptibility.

Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration (2023)
Journal Article
Xu, F. H., Zhou, V. X., Penman, C., & Ratz, S. (2023). Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, 5(1), 93-121. https://doi.org/10.47989/kpdc409

In this article, we examined an oft-observed ‘interaction problem’ in the internationalising classroom by adding some reflections on universities’ internationalisation-interculturality praxis. Drawing on existing research and examples, we scrutinised... Read More about Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration.

Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa (2023)
Journal Article
Soliman, F. (in press). Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa. Critical Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09692-x

In this paper I examine authorities’ management of migrant boats on the island of Lampedusa, Italy, as an example of environmental border harm. A danger to trawlers, sunken wrecks are also hazardous to the environment, with pollutants such as oil and... Read More about Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa.

Designing useful conversational interfaces for information retrieval in career decision-making support (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, M. (2023). Designing useful conversational interfaces for information retrieval in career decision-making support. In Advances in Information Retrieval: 45th European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2023, Dublin, Ireland, April 2–6, 2023, Proceedings, Part III (482-488). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28241-6_56

The proposed research is an interdisciplinary problem-focused study that takes a human-focused approach to explore the usefulness of screen-based conversational information retrieval (CIR) in a complex domain. A research-through-design methodology wi... Read More about Designing useful conversational interfaces for information retrieval in career decision-making support.