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Blogging as a form of creative authentic assessment for inclusive education. (2025)
Journal Article
Dencer-Brown, A. (. (2025). Blogging as a form of creative authentic assessment for inclusive education. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 13(1), 272-276. https://doi.org/10.56433/ba2ete39

Whilst some disciplines in HE encourage creative practices and expression in their assessments, they are less common in others, leading to a disparity in creative skillsets which are beneficial for multiple cognitive activities, such as critical thin... Read More about Blogging as a form of creative authentic assessment for inclusive education..

Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach (2023)
Journal Article
Dencer-Brown, A., Carlson-Webster, T., Piccio, B., Anderson, C., Adewale, O., & Taylor, S. (2023). Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 11(3), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v11i3.588

Post-graduate research students (PGRs) often have teaching roles during their studies with little formal training or support (Lueddeke, 1997). Previous support at Edinburgh Napier University consisted of voluntary, unpaid on-campus Learning and Teach... Read More about Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach.

'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions (2023)
Data
Drumm, L., Illingworth, S., Graham, C., Calabrese, P., Taylor, S., Dencer-Brown, I., & van Knippenberg, I. (2023). 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2023.3200728

These data are from a project which aimed to collect and analyse student attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) and their own learning and assessment while they are studying with Edinburgh Napier University. AI tools such as ChatGPT make it easier... Read More about 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions.

Integrating Blue: How do we make Nationally Determined Contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities? (2022)
Journal Article
Dencer-Brown, A. M., Shilland, R., Friess, D., Herr, D., Benson, L., Berry, N. J., Cifuentes-Jara, M., Colas, P., Damayanti, E., López García, E., Gavaldão, M., Grimsditch, G., Hejnowicz, A. P., Howard, J., Tawhidul Islam, S., Kennedy, H., Rashid Kivugo, R., Lang’at, J. K., Lovelock, C., Malleson, R., …Huxham, M. (2022). Integrating Blue: How do we make Nationally Determined Contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 51, 1978-1993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01723-1

Blue Carbon Ecosystems (BCEs) help mitigate and adapt to climate change but their integration into policy, such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), remains underdeveloped. Most BCE conservation requires community engagement, hence communit... Read More about Integrating Blue: How do we make Nationally Determined Contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?.

The Mixed Methods Practical Sustainability Research Framework: An Illustration From Research on the Creeping Problem of Coastal Complexity and Mangrove Management (2021)
Journal Article
Dencer-Brown, A. M., Jarvis, R. M., Alfaro, A. C., & Milne, S. (2022). The Mixed Methods Practical Sustainability Research Framework: An Illustration From Research on the Creeping Problem of Coastal Complexity and Mangrove Management. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 16(2), 242-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/15586898211014422

With a rising world population and pressure on ecosystems due to development, researchers need sophisticated and integrated approaches for conducting sustainability research. We outline a mixed methods practical sustainability research framework, def... Read More about The Mixed Methods Practical Sustainability Research Framework: An Illustration From Research on the Creeping Problem of Coastal Complexity and Mangrove Management.

An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology (2019)
Journal Article
Pannell, J. L., Dencer‐Brown, A. M., Greening, S. S., Hume, E. A., Jarvis, R. M., Mathieu, C., Mugford, J., & Runghen, R. (2019). An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology. Ecosphere, 10(10), Article e02899. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2899

There is a growing need for collaborative and interdisciplinary research in addressing global ecological challenges, and early career researchers (ECRs) often play a vital role in such ventures. But despite the desire for such approaches, forming new... Read More about An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology.