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Games in the Curriculum (2019)
Journal Article
Wake, P., & Illingworth, S. (2019). Games in the Curriculum. Learning and Teaching in Action, 13(1), 131-144

This paper reports the outcomes of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project 'Games in the Curriculum'. The project focussed on the use of 'off the shelf' tabletop games in Higher Education. We examined the use of games in six different settin... Read More about Games in the Curriculum.

Building bridges between experts and the public: a comparison of two-way communication formats for flooding and air pollution risk (2019)
Journal Article
Loroño-Leturiondo, M., O'Hare, P., Cook, S. J., Hoon, S. R., & Illingworth, S. (2019). Building bridges between experts and the public: a comparison of two-way communication formats for flooding and air pollution risk. Geoscience Communication, 2(1), 39-

Urban centres worldwide are adversely affected by flooding and air pollution. Better-prepared citizens are crucial to limiting the impacts of these hazards, and both lay knowledge and personal experiences are important in complementing and challengin... Read More about Building bridges between experts and the public: a comparison of two-way communication formats for flooding and air pollution risk.

Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change? (2018)
Report
McLoughlin, N., Corner, A., Capstick, S., Richardson, H., Bell, A., Muller, C., & Illingworth, S. (2018). Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change?. NERC

What should the aim of engagement on climate change be? What principles should underpin the way it is carried out? What do climate communication practitioners agree on and disagree on? This report acts as a barometer for the current state of UK cl... Read More about Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change?.

Representing the majority and not the minority: the importance of the individual in communicating climate change (2018)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., Bell, A., Capstick, S., Corner, A., Forster, P., Leigh, R., …Shuckburgh, E. (2018). Representing the majority and not the minority: the importance of the individual in communicating climate change. Geoscience Communication, 1(1), 9-24.

This research presents three case studies, through which a creative approach to developing dialogue around climate change is outlined. By working with three distinct communities and encouraging them to discuss and write poetry about how climate chang... Read More about Representing the majority and not the minority: the importance of the individual in communicating climate change.

Unhappy families: using tabletop games as a technology to understand play in education (2018)
Journal Article
Lean, J., Illingworth, S., & Wake, P. (2018). Unhappy families: using tabletop games as a technology to understand play in education. Research in Learning Technology, 26, https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v26.2027

In this article, we argue that tabletop games provide a helpful means of rethinking the affordances of digital games in pedagogy. We argue that tabletop games offer a distinctive technology from digital games in exploring the idea of play as experien... Read More about Unhappy families: using tabletop games as a technology to understand play in education.

Give me five! – reasons for two-way communication between experts and citizens in relation to air pollution risk (2018)
Journal Article
Loroño-Leturiondo, M., O'Hare, P., Cook, S., Hoon, S. R., & Illingworth, S. (2018). Give me five! – reasons for two-way communication between experts and citizens in relation to air pollution risk. Advances in Science and Research, 15, 45-50. https://d

Air pollution is a major environmental concern for many populations worldwide. Communication efforts so far have been based on a one-way provision of evidence and information from experts to society, and have arguably failed in their mission to foste... Read More about Give me five! – reasons for two-way communication between experts and citizens in relation to air pollution risk.

Rhyme and reason-using poetry to talk to underserved audiences about environmental change (2018)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Jack, K. (2018). Rhyme and reason-using poetry to talk to underserved audiences about environmental change. Climate Risk Management, 19, 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2018.01.001

The effects and consequences that environmental change will have on our society are not solely dependent on the ways in which the Earth system responds to anthropogenic effects. They are also affected by the way in which our society decides to mitiga... Read More about Rhyme and reason-using poetry to talk to underserved audiences about environmental change.

The development and trial of an unmanned aerial system for the measurement of methane flux from landfill and greenhouse gas emission hotspots (2018)
Journal Article
Allen, G., Hollingsworth, P., Kabbabe, K., Pitt, J. R., Mead, M. I., Illingworth, S., …Percival, C. J. (2019). The development and trial of an unmanned aerial system for the measurement of methane flux from landfill and greenhouse gas emission hotspots.

This paper describes the development of a new sampling and measurement method to infer methane flux using proxy measurements of CO2 concentration and wind data recorded by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The flux method described and trialed here is a... Read More about The development and trial of an unmanned aerial system for the measurement of methane flux from landfill and greenhouse gas emission hotspots.

‘Saying it without saying it’: using poetry as a way to talk about important issues in nursing practice (2017)
Journal Article
Jack, K., & Illingworth, S. (2017). ‘Saying it without saying it’: using poetry as a way to talk about important issues in nursing practice. Journal of Research in Nursing, 22(6-7), 508-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987117715293

The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which student nurses use self-authored poems to think about important aspects of nursing practice. Being a nurse can be rewarding in that it affords opportunities to care for and communicate with other... Read More about ‘Saying it without saying it’: using poetry as a way to talk about important issues in nursing practice.

Science communication in the field of fundamental biomedical research (editorial) (2017)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Prokop, A. (2017). Science communication in the field of fundamental biomedical research (editorial). Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 70, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.017

The aim of this special issue on science communication is to inspire and help scientists who are taking part or want to take part in science communication and engage with the wider public, clinicians, other scientists or policy makers. For this, some... Read More about Science communication in the field of fundamental biomedical research (editorial).

A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea (2017)
Journal Article
Cain, M., Warwick, N. J., Fisher, R. E., Lowry, D., Lanoisellé, M., Nisbet, E. G., …Pyle, J. A. (2017). A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(14), 7630-7645. https://do

Airborne measurements of a methane (CH4) plume over the North Sea from August 2013 are analyzed. The plume was only observed downwind of circumnavigated gas fields, and three methods are used to determine its source. First, a mass balance calculation... Read More about A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea.

Trapped Deep Beneath the Sewage: Representation of the University in Popular Music (2017)
Journal Article
Gossman, P., & Illingworth, S. (2017). Trapped Deep Beneath the Sewage: Representation of the University in Popular Music. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 5(3), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v5i3.254

This article reviews the lyrics of popular music in order to uncover how the ‘university’ is represented in this art form. The lyrics that feature university are coded into themes and these are discussed. The lyrics are initially coded to negative/po... Read More about Trapped Deep Beneath the Sewage: Representation of the University in Popular Music.

Delivering effective science communication: advice from a professional science communicator (2017)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2017). Delivering effective science communication: advice from a professional science communicator. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 70, 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.04.002

Science communication is becoming ever more prevalent, with more and more scientists expected to not only communicate their research to a wider public, but to do so in an innovative and engaging manner. Given the other commitments that researchers an... Read More about Delivering effective science communication: advice from a professional science communicator.

Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches (2016)
Book
Leal Filho, W., Illingworth, S., Dunk, R. M., Alves, F., Adamson, K., & Azeiteiro, U. M. (Eds.). (2016). Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007

This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety of case studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and projects currently being implemented across the world.... Read More about Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating Strategies and Educational Approaches.

Measurements of δ 13 C in CH 4 and using particle dispersion modeling to characterize sources of Arctic methane within an air mass (2016)
Journal Article
and using particle dispersion modeling to characterize sources of Arctic methane within an air mass. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(23), https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jd026006

A stratified air mass enriched in methane (CH4) was sampled at ~600 m to ~2000 m altitude, between the north coast of Norway and Svalbard as part of the Methane in the Arctic: Measurements and Modelling campaign on board the UK's BAe‐146‐301 Atmosphe... Read More about Measurements of δ 13 C in CH 4 and using particle dispersion modeling to characterize sources of Arctic methane within an air mass.

Aiming for long-term, objective-driven science communication in the UK [Version 2] (2016)
Journal Article
Prokop, A., & Illingworth, S. (2016). Aiming for long-term, objective-driven science communication in the UK [Version 2]. F1000Research, 5, Article 1540. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9079.2

Communicating science to wider lay audiences is an increasingly important part of a scientist's remit, and is something that many scientists are keen to embrace. However, based on surveys carried out amongst the UK public, as well as our own experien... Read More about Aiming for long-term, objective-driven science communication in the UK [Version 2].

Are scientific abstracts written in poetic verse an effective representation of the underlying research? [Version 3] (2016)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2016). Are scientific abstracts written in poetic verse an effective representation of the underlying research? [Version 3]. F1000Research, 5, Article 91. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7783.3

The central purpose of science is to explain (Purtill, 1970). However, who is that explanation for, and how is this explanation communicated once it has been deduced? Scientific research is typically communicated via papers in journals, with an abst... Read More about Are scientific abstracts written in poetic verse an effective representation of the underlying research? [Version 3].