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Understanding Domestic Abuse in Civil and Criminal Cases: Preliminary Review (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whitecross, R., Mair, J., & Burman, M. (2018, October). Understanding Domestic Abuse in Civil and Criminal Cases: Preliminary Review. Paper presented at Improving the experience of Family Justice in Scotland, Edinburgh

Whitecross, R., Mair, J., & Burman, M. (2018, October). Understanding Domestic Abuse in Civil and Criminal Cases: Preliminary Review. Paper presented at Improving the experience of Family Justice in Scotland, Edinburgh.

Can policy forums overcome echo chamber effects by enabling policy learning? Evidence from the Irish climate change policy network (2018)
Journal Article
Wagner, P. M., & Ylä-Anttila, T. (2020). Can policy forums overcome echo chamber effects by enabling policy learning? Evidence from the Irish climate change policy network. Journal of Public Policy, 40(2), 194-211. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x18000314

Research has repeatedly shown that individuals and organisations tend to obtain information from others whose beliefs are similar to their own, forming “echo chambers” with their network ties. Echo chambers are potentially harmful for evidence-based... Read More about Can policy forums overcome echo chamber effects by enabling policy learning? Evidence from the Irish climate change policy network.

Over and over: local fans and spectator sport tourist engagement (2018)
Journal Article
Cordina, R., Gannon, M. J., & Croall, R. (2019). Over and over: local fans and spectator sport tourist engagement. Service Industries Journal, 39(7-8), 590-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2018.1534962

This study investigates consumer engagement within the live sport-as-service industry by exploring the match-day experiences of spectator sport tourists. It highlights the importance of authentic and sincere experiences manifest through tourists’ int... Read More about Over and over: local fans and spectator sport tourist engagement.

The future of animals in tourism recreation: Social media as spaces of collective moral reflexivity (2018)
Journal Article
Mkono, M., & Holder, A. (2019). The future of animals in tourism recreation: Social media as spaces of collective moral reflexivity. Tourism Management Perspectives, 29, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2018.10.002

Over the last few years, a number of high profile incidents involving animals in tourism recreation contexts have sparked heated animal welfare debate on a global scale, giving rise to ethical movements mediated by various online platforms. This stud... Read More about The future of animals in tourism recreation: Social media as spaces of collective moral reflexivity.

'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L. (2018, October). 'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar. Presented at Leisure Talks' series, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester

The ‘festival city’ has become a topic of theoretical debate within tourism and events research. In strategic destination management practice a festival city presents a significant and sustained portfolio of planned festivals and events as a means of... Read More about 'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar.

Political myth as a legitimation strategy: The case of the golden age myth in the discourses of the Third Way (2018)
Journal Article
Kranert, M. (2018). Political myth as a legitimation strategy: The case of the golden age myth in the discourses of the Third Way. Journal of Language and Politics, 17(6), 882-906. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.17059.kra

Golden age myths as an answer to political crises are a recurrent phenomenon. This article demonstrates how the idea of a past golden age as the answer to a crisis of society was employed in the discourses of the Third Way: At the turn of the 20th ce... Read More about Political myth as a legitimation strategy: The case of the golden age myth in the discourses of the Third Way.

Age management in the workplace: manager and older worker accounts of policy and practice (2018)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Maclean, G., Raeside, R., & Chen, T. (2020). Age management in the workplace: manager and older worker accounts of policy and practice. Ageing and society, 40(4), 784-804. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X18001307

The impact of an ageing workforce on the workplace is a concern internationally. Governments are increasingly encouraging the continued labour market participation of older workers, seeking to remove previous barriers to the extension of working live... Read More about Age management in the workplace: manager and older worker accounts of policy and practice.

Music Generated Narratives: Elaborating the Da Capo Interview Technique (2018)
Journal Article
Cortazzi, M., Pilcher, N., & Jin, L. (2018). Music Generated Narratives: Elaborating the Da Capo Interview Technique. Qualitative Report, 23(10),

Qualitative researchers draw on multiple, creative ways to elicit participant narratives. Our previous use of playing researcher-selected music to participants to elicit narratives at the end of a traditional interview, in what we call the ‘Da Capo’... Read More about Music Generated Narratives: Elaborating the Da Capo Interview Technique.

Cross-border insolvency and rescue law theory: moving away from the traditional debate on universalism and territorialism (2018)
Journal Article
Ghio, E. (2018). Cross-border insolvency and rescue law theory: moving away from the traditional debate on universalism and territorialism. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 29(12), 713-724

Suggests why the EU framework for cross-border insolvency and rescue law, based on territorialism or universalism, should be replaced by a structure reflecting current realities. Discusses the benefits and drawbacks of territorialism and universalism... Read More about Cross-border insolvency and rescue law theory: moving away from the traditional debate on universalism and territorialism.

Lean Six-Sigma: the means to healing an ailing NHS? (2018)
Journal Article
Bancroft, J., Saha, K., Li, D., Lukacs, G., & Pierron, X. (2018). Lean Six-Sigma: the means to healing an ailing NHS?. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 35(9), 1976-1988. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-01-2017-0006

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine England’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) arm of the National Health Service (NHS). It considers the positive impact that Lean has had and Six-Sigma can have in A&E departments to improve the quality and... Read More about Lean Six-Sigma: the means to healing an ailing NHS?.

Critical Turns in Tourism Studies (2018)
Book Chapter
Ateljević, I., Pritchard, A., Morgan, N., Čaušević, S., & Minnaert, L. (2018). Critical Turns in Tourism Studies. In C. Cooper, S. Volo, W. C. Gartner, & N. Scott (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management: Applications of Theories And Concepts to Tourism. SAGE Publications

Job quality, flexibility and obstacles to collective agency (2018)
Book Chapter
Mendonca, P. (2018). Job quality, flexibility and obstacles to collective agency. In T. Isidorsson, & J. Kubisa (Eds.), Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility: Experiences in a European Context. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203710678

This chapter empirically examines the way job quality is dynamically shaped by the employers and trade unions in a large bottling hall in Scotland. In particular, this chapter analyses how trade unions are able or unable to influence and regulate fle... Read More about Job quality, flexibility and obstacles to collective agency.

The Short Business Case Study: A reactive solution to changing educational circumstances or the proactive and pragmatic fusion of technology and pedagogy? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gallagher, J., Stevenson, D., & Fordyce, E. (2018, June). The Short Business Case Study: A reactive solution to changing educational circumstances or the proactive and pragmatic fusion of technology and pedagogy?. Presented at WACRA 2018, Rotterdam, Netherlands

The object of this paper is to examine the role short case studies might play in an educational landscape which is under increasing pressure to reform itself. Here, the use of traditional business case studies is examined in terms of whether they are... Read More about The Short Business Case Study: A reactive solution to changing educational circumstances or the proactive and pragmatic fusion of technology and pedagogy?.

The Problem of the Authority of the International Criminal Court (2018)
Journal Article
Moran, C. F. (2018). The Problem of the Authority of the International Criminal Court. International Criminal Law Review, 18(5), 883-901. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01805001

This research examines the problem of the authority of the International Criminal Court (ICC), focusing on its claim to jurisdiction as its primary exercise of authority. The research questions the basis of the Court's authority, beginning with an an... Read More about The Problem of the Authority of the International Criminal Court.

Job quality in an era of flexibility (2018)
Book Chapter
Kubisa, J., & Mendonca, P. (2018). Job quality in an era of flexibility. In T. Isidorsson, & J. Kubisa (Eds.), Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility: Experiences in a European Context. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203710678

This chapter introduces the discussions on the relation between job quality and flexibility that spread in European labour markets despite differences in countries’ institutional arrangements. The authors state that organisations currently are under... Read More about Job quality in an era of flexibility.

Critical Event Studies: Issues and Perspectives (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Ong, F., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Ali-Knight, J. (2018). Critical Event Studies: Issues and Perspectives. Event Management, 22(6), 865-874. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15346132863193

In considering critical event studies, a brief reference to critical pedagogy is made before an initial look at Critical Management Studies (CMS) prior to consideration of Crtical Event Studies (CES). As most students of education and teaching will k... Read More about Critical Event Studies: Issues and Perspectives.

Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note) (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Hutton, A., & Brown, S. (2018). Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note). Event Management, 22(6), 1073-1081. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15346132863157

This work, a conceptual forward-looking paper, examines the management of audiences at music festivals now and indicates a critical manoeuvre of focus for the future. The theoretical objectives and conclusions of a body of work by Robertson – discuss... Read More about Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note).