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James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keeble, A. (2025, December). James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling. Paper presented at PERCIVAL - an international conference on the literature and art of Percival Everett, London

This paper considers James within Everett’s famously diverse oeuvre – to date including twenty-four novels, four collections of short fiction, three collections of poetry and a children’s book – a distinctive body of work commonly described as “uncat... Read More about James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling.

The intersection of datafication and data justice in higher education (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fabian, K. (2025, October). The intersection of datafication and data justice in higher education. Presented at Connecting Space, Data and Society: Interdisciplinary Pathways, London

There has been an increasing uptake of technology in the classroom, either for teaching or for classroom management purposes. Along with this uptake is the increasing datafication of education. Datafication is the process of rendering social and natu... Read More about The intersection of datafication and data justice in higher education.

Using the new Scottish Longitudinal Outcomes database (LEO) to understand transitions from university to practice amongst nursing students (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pearsons, A., Mitchell, E., Shields, E., & Atherton, I. (2025, September). Using the new Scottish Longitudinal Outcomes database (LEO) to understand transitions from university to practice amongst nursing students. Paper presented at Administrative Data Research UK Annual Conference 2025, Cardiff

Objectives
Nursing is facing substantial workforce challenges. Applications to study nursing have declined by 25% in Scotland, while 900 vacancies remain unfilled. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan aims to grow the UK nursing workforce from 350,000... Read More about Using the new Scottish Longitudinal Outcomes database (LEO) to understand transitions from university to practice amongst nursing students.

Bridging the Skills Gap through Postgraduate Study: Identifying the Barriers with the Admissions Process for Postgraduate TEM Applicants at a Modern University in Scotland (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tungli, T., Meharg, D., & Sobolewska, E. (2025, September). Bridging the Skills Gap through Postgraduate Study: Identifying the Barriers with the Admissions Process for Postgraduate TEM Applicants at a Modern University in Scotland. Paper presented at BERA Conference 2025, University of Sussex, UK

This work-in-progress research paper explores barriers encountered during the admissions to studying Technology, Engineering, and Maths (TEM) in Scottish higher education and expands the limited body of knowledge regarding postgraduate admissions by... Read More about Bridging the Skills Gap through Postgraduate Study: Identifying the Barriers with the Admissions Process for Postgraduate TEM Applicants at a Modern University in Scotland.

Leadership in Project Environments: Work-related outcomes for Project Professionals across sectors (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huzooree, A., & Doargajudhur, M. (2025, September). Leadership in Project Environments: Work-related outcomes for Project Professionals across sectors. Paper presented at BAM 2025, Kent, England

This proposed study aims to investigate the impact of project managers' leadership styles on work-related outcomes within the dynamic context of project management. Grounded in the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, this research will explore ho... Read More about Leadership in Project Environments: Work-related outcomes for Project Professionals across sectors.

Building the Project Talent Pipeline: Professional Competence for Aspiring Project Managers (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Doargajudhur, M., & Huzooree, A. (2025, September). Building the Project Talent Pipeline: Professional Competence for Aspiring Project Managers. Paper presented at BAM 2025, Kent, England

This proposed study aims to explore the professional preparedness of aspiring project managers as they transition into formal project management positions. Grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory, this research examines how aspiring project manage... Read More about Building the Project Talent Pipeline: Professional Competence for Aspiring Project Managers.

Walking “alone”? Critical autoethnography, assemblage, and the paradoxical co-production of solo-hiker subjectivity (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stanley, P. (2025, August). Walking “alone”? Critical autoethnography, assemblage, and the paradoxical co-production of solo-hiker subjectivity. Presented at Royal Geographical Society International Conference, University of Birmingham

This autoethnographic performance text examines the paradoxical co-production of “aloneness” in nature spaces charged with a politics of memory. The context is hiking “alone” as a fat, middle-aged, queer woman, to Highland Clearances ruins and bothie... Read More about Walking “alone”? Critical autoethnography, assemblage, and the paradoxical co-production of solo-hiker subjectivity.

Theorising Deep and Shallow Diversity: Critiquing The North Face’s Allyship in the Outdoors program (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Witte, A., & Stanley, P. (2025, August). Theorising Deep and Shallow Diversity: Critiquing The North Face’s Allyship in the Outdoors program. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society International Conference, Birmingham, UK

Recreational access to the outdoors is good for human bodyminds (Natural England, 2016a, 2016b). But for many reasons —conceptually divisible into tangible and intangible constraints (Urry, 2007)— some people do not regularly access outdoors spaces.... Read More about Theorising Deep and Shallow Diversity: Critiquing The North Face’s Allyship in the Outdoors program.

Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Witte, A. (2025, August). Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society International Conference, Birmingham

Although the Scottish Outdoor Access Code promises to empower everyone to enjoy nature, access is influenced by complex socio-cultural and structural factors. Neither access nor benefits of participation in outdoor leisure are consistently realised f... Read More about Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland.

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.

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.

Anamorphic Cryptography using Baby-Step Giant-Step Recovery (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., & Gilchrist, J. (2025, September). Anamorphic Cryptography using Baby-Step Giant-Step Recovery. Presented at 14th International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security, Copenhagen, Denmark

In 2022, Persianom, Phan and Yung outlined the creation of Anamor-phic Cryptography. With this, we can create a public key to encrypt data, and then have two secret keys. These secret keys are used to decrypt the cipher into different messages. So, o... Read More about Anamorphic Cryptography using Baby-Step Giant-Step Recovery.

Privacy-aware White and Black List Searching for Fraud Analysis (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Gilchrist, J., Jaroucheh, Z., Timosenko, D., Ramchandani, N., & Ali, H. (2025, September). Privacy-aware White and Black List Searching for Fraud Analysis. Presented at 14th International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security, Copenhagen, Denmark

In many areas of cybersecurity, we require access to Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as names, postal addresses and email addresses. Unfortunately, this can lead to data breaches, especially in relation to data compliance regulations... Read More about Privacy-aware White and Black List Searching for Fraud Analysis.

Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiar, S., Hairstans, R., Livingstone, A., Saint, R., & Stinson, J. (2025, July). Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact. Paper presented at International Retrofit Conference 2025, University of Salford Energy House Labs

The demand for energy efficient retrofitting in residential buildings is rising, particularly in the UK, which has some of the oldest housing stock in Europe. Existing retrofit strategies primarily focus on operational energy savings while overlookin... Read More about Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact.

Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dobas, C., Ernest, G., Hairstans, R., Irfan Abbas Gani, M., Livingstone, A., Stinson, J., & Keyworth, A. (2025, July). Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation. Paper presented at International Retrofit Conference 2025, University of Salford Energy House Labs

To meet the UK Government’s net-zero target by 2050 requires a radical rethink around how existing households optimise and manage energy. Therefore, to accelerate the path to net-zero ‘Clean Heat’ homes, the research focuses on transitioning from car... Read More about Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation.

Intelligent Optimisation of Heat Treatment Strategies for Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., Kourousis, K., & Tingas, S. (2025, September). Intelligent Optimisation of Heat Treatment Strategies for Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel. Presented at 24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Edinburgh

Applying heat treatment to metal (heating to a specific temperature for a set duration) can alter its properties making it suitable for use in specific applications. Due to the costs of heating then testing the metal, it is desirable to minimise... Read More about Intelligent Optimisation of Heat Treatment Strategies for Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel.