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University students’ sense of belonging and the impact of commuting (2025)
Journal Article
Tett, L., Riddell, S., Christie, H., King, R., & Shan, S. (online). University students’ sense of belonging and the impact of commuting. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2025.2522547

A strong sense of belonging is positively related to students’ emotional wellbeing, academic motivation, and success in higher education (HE). The research on which this paper is based was conducted in an ancient Scottish university and used a mixed... Read More about University students’ sense of belonging and the impact of commuting.

Digital tax administration, investor risk perception, and stock return volatility (2025)
Journal Article
Tu, W., Du, A. M., & Borthwick Saddler, S. (2025). Digital tax administration, investor risk perception, and stock return volatility. International Review of Economics and Finance, 103, Article 104434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.104434

This study investigates the impact of digital tax administration on stock return volatility amid heightened market uncertainty. Leveraging the staggered rollout of China's Golden Tax Phase III from 2013 to 2016 as a quasi-natural experiment, we emplo... Read More about Digital tax administration, investor risk perception, and stock return volatility.

Improving Novelty Search with a Surrogate Model and Accuracy Objectives to Build High-Performing Ensembles of Classifiers (2025)
Journal Article
Cardoso, R. P., Hart, E., & Pitt, J. V. (2025). Improving Novelty Search with a Surrogate Model and Accuracy Objectives to Build High-Performing Ensembles of Classifiers. SN Computer Science, 6(6), Article 631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-025-04056-4

Neuroevolution combined with Novelty Search to promote behavioural diversity is capable of constructing high-performing ensembles for classification. However, using gradient descent to train evolved architectures during the search can be computationa... Read More about Improving Novelty Search with a Surrogate Model and Accuracy Objectives to Build High-Performing Ensembles of Classifiers.

Systematic Review Historical Building Energy Retrofit Focusing on the Whole Life Cycle Assessment-A Systematic Literature Review (2025)
Journal Article
Obead, R., Khaddour, L., & D'Amico, B. (2025). Systematic Review Historical Building Energy Retrofit Focusing on the Whole Life Cycle Assessment-A Systematic Literature Review. Architecture, 5(3), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture5030049

Climate change is becoming one of humanity's major concerns. Remarkable steps are being implemented to reduce global emissions in all economic sectors, including the built environment. Historical buildings use a considerable amount of energy and prod... Read More about Systematic Review Historical Building Energy Retrofit Focusing on the Whole Life Cycle Assessment-A Systematic Literature Review.

Smart sensing and anomaly detection for microalgae culture based on LoRaWAN sensors and LSTM autoencoder (2025)
Journal Article
Soon, C. F., Jamia’an, M., Mohamed Sunar, N., Arifin, S. N. H., Tay, K. G., Heng, C., See, C. H., Mat Nayan, N. H., & Tee, K. S. (2025). Smart sensing and anomaly detection for microalgae culture based on LoRaWAN sensors and LSTM autoencoder. Aquaculture International, 33(6), Article 438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-025-02104-7

The increasing demand for sustainable aquaculture solutions has accelerated interest in microalgae as an alternative fish feed source. This study presents a novel integration of Long-Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) sensors and a Long Short-Term Mem... Read More about Smart sensing and anomaly detection for microalgae culture based on LoRaWAN sensors and LSTM autoencoder.

Shame- and guilt-proneness as mediators of PTSD/DSO symptoms in young adults (2025)
Journal Article
Oasi, O., Shevlin, M., Lasalvia, A., Bonetto, C., Cristofalo, D., Marzocco, G., Somma, C., Toscano, M., Karatzias, T., & Cavalera, C. (in press). Shame- and guilt-proneness as mediators of PTSD/DSO symptoms in young adults. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy,

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between trauma exposure, shame- and guilt-proneness, and the development of PTSD and Disturbances in Self-Organization (DSO) symptoms in young adults. Specifically, we hypothesized that trauma... Read More about Shame- and guilt-proneness as mediators of PTSD/DSO symptoms in young adults.

Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Wagland, Z., Sterman, J., Scott-Cole, L., Spassiani, N., & Njelesani, J. (2025). Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review. Neurodiversity, 3, https://doi.org/10.1177/27546330251357479

Historically, educational and clinical practice with autistic children centred on developing their ability to ‘fit in’ and achieve neurotypical milestones. The neurodiversity movement aims to shift the focus from normalising behaviours to acceptance... Read More about Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review.

The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products (2025)
Journal Article
Cazzagon, V., Vanhauten, R., Hanlon, J., Sánchez Jiménez, A., Harrison, S., Auffan, M., Braakhuis, H., Boyles, M., Candalija, A., Katsumiti, A., Rodriguez-Llopis, I., Catalan, J., Cross, R. K., Lahive, E., Morel, E., Simeone, F. C., Delpivo, C., Clavaguera, S., Seddon, R., Salmatonidis, A., …Vázquez-Campos, S. (online). The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products. Environmental Science: Nano, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5en00312a

Simple, cost-effective and reliable methods are needed for pragmatic, flexible, safe and sustainable evaluations at early stages of product (chemical/material) development. This is especially true for nanoforms and nano-enabled products, for which gu... Read More about The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products.

Nitrate Pollution Mapping for Reservoirs Using Flexible Sensors Integrated with Underwater Robot (2025)
Journal Article
Markapudi, P. R., Beg, M., Kadara, R. O., Paul, F., Kerrouche, A., See, C. H., & Manjakkal, L. (online). Nitrate Pollution Mapping for Reservoirs Using Flexible Sensors Integrated with Underwater Robot. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3588067

Water pollution monitoring is crucial for environmental protection, playing a key role in safeguarding ecosystems, protecting public health and promoting sustainable development. However, traditional methods face challenges related to accessibility,... Read More about Nitrate Pollution Mapping for Reservoirs Using Flexible Sensors Integrated with Underwater Robot.

Berlinale 75: Fiabe e pastiche (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Cicchetti, P. (2025). Berlinale 75: Fiabe e pastiche

In the second half of my long-form report from the 2025 edition of the Berlinale, I discuss the merits and limitations of a maximalist tendency displayed by several films included in the programme. I then contrast these titles with others that rely m... Read More about Berlinale 75: Fiabe e pastiche.

Berlinale 75: A posteriori (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Cicchetti, P. (2025). Berlinale 75: A posteriori

The first half of a long-form report I wrote after attending the 75° of the Berlinale. I discuss the ongoing currency of some of the representational strategies I had identified in 2024, and offer critical remarks on a few notable films in the progra... Read More about Berlinale 75: A posteriori.

Generative Adversarial Networks-enabled Anomaly Detection Systems: A Survey (2025)
Journal Article
Saeed, U., Jan, S. U., Ahmad, J., Shah, S. A., Alshehri, M. S., Ghadi, Y. Y., Pitropakis, N., & Buchanan, W. J. (online). Generative Adversarial Networks-enabled Anomaly Detection Systems: A Survey. Expert Systems with Applications, 296(B), Article 128978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128978

Anomaly Detection (AD) is an important area of research because it helps identify outliers in data, enabling early detection of errors, fraud, and potential security breaches. Machine Learning (ML) can be utilized for distinct AD systems, and Generat... Read More about Generative Adversarial Networks-enabled Anomaly Detection Systems: A Survey.

Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S., & Rihova, I. (2025, July). Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre. Presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference 2024, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, UK

Cities are under growing pressure to address the challenge of supporting more inclusive and sustainable communities. Festivals and events, increasingly used as urban development tools, can assist in the creation of sustainable cities with prosperous,... Read More about Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre.

Kerb heights - Phase 4 (2025)
Report
Langdon, P., & Olowosegun, A. (2025). Kerb heights - Phase 4. Transport Scotland

The Inclusive Kerbs Phase 4 research project gathered data using a representative example of standard kerbs within a controlled laboratory environment to understand how people with various impairments interacted with them. The study was conducted by... Read More about Kerb heights - Phase 4.

Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3 (2025)
Report
Langdon, P., & Olowosegun, A. (2025). Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3. Transport Scotland

The Inclusive Kerbs Phase 3 research project gathered data from a representative example of kerbs within The City of Edinburgh to understand what kerbs are present in the city and how people with various impairments use them. The study was conducted... Read More about Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3.

Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions (2025)
Journal Article
Wight, C., Podoshen, J., Wyatt, B., & Lennon, J. (online). Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions. Tourism Recreation Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2025.2521277

This study invited dark tourism practitioners to comment on the salient academic discourses concerning dark tourism and propose new ways forward for research. Through a genre analysis of dark tourism literature and semi-structured interviews with an... Read More about Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions.

Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McFarlane, A., & Kawaf, F. (2025, July). Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing, Cork, Ireland

This research investigates consumers’ green engagement with cloth nappies amid the challenges of early parenthood. This qualitative study utilised visual diaries and online focus groups with 27 users within the Instagram community #clothbummums. Find... Read More about Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies.

Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population (2025)
Journal Article
Thornton, M., Wilson, D., Leitch, A., Roos, S., & White, P. (online). Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population. Bird Study, https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2025.2513542

Capsule: Over three decades, the garden bird community composition in Edinburgh has changed, probably in response to increased garden bird feeding, and this has increased prey biomass for Eurasian Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus, coinciding with a signi... Read More about Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population.

Transactional scaffolding improves learning engagement within blended learning environments in Scottish Higher Education (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D. (2025, July). Transactional scaffolding improves learning engagement within blended learning environments in Scottish Higher Education. Presented at SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025, Antwerp

Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird (2025)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Butler, A., Wanless, S., Newell, M. A., Harris, M. P., Burthe, S. J., Gunn, C. M., Howells, R. J., & Daunt, F. (in press). Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird. Animal Behaviour,

In iteroparous, socially monogamous species, individuals vary in the extent of mate fidelity across breeding attempts, often with important fitness consequences. Numerous studies have demonstrated intrinsic drivers of mate fidelity, notably previous... Read More about Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird.