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The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Varghese, R., Rae, A., & Uegaki, W. The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview. 16 July 2025 - 16 July 2025

Take top academics, some thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian…

New for 2025, The Provocateurs promise to blend humour with ground breaking research. Join us for a spirited debate with some of Scotland’s sharpest intellects.

With host comed... Read More about The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview.

Intermediate insights: tracing trematodes infecting amphibians via their first intermediate snail hosts (2025)
Journal Article
Hüsken, A., Schwelm, J., Rückert, S., & Sures, B. (2025). Intermediate insights: tracing trematodes infecting amphibians via their first intermediate snail hosts. Parasites & vectors, 18(1), Article 285. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06920-x

Background: Amphibians are a prime example of the global biodiversity crisis, as they represent the most threatened group of vertebrates. Yet, amphibian macroparasites remain one of the most poorly described groups of parasites, with the majority of... Read More about Intermediate insights: tracing trematodes infecting amphibians via their first intermediate snail hosts.

Climate governance, CSR strategy, and corporate environmental decoupling (2025)
Journal Article
Mushtaq, R., Du, A. M., & Bahoo, S. (2025). Climate governance, CSR strategy, and corporate environmental decoupling. Finance Research Letters, 85(Part A), 107925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.107925

This study, utilizing a global dataset of 32,382 firm-year observations from 2004 to 2023, reveals a positive and statistically significant relationship between climate governance and corporate environmental decoupling. We find that climate governanc... Read More about Climate governance, CSR strategy, and corporate environmental decoupling.

Policing Together: a framework for innovating volunteer policing through community-driven partnerships (2025)
Journal Article
Cheah, P. K., Britton, I., Callender, M., Wolf, R., Frayling, A., Pepper, M., & Wooff, A. (2025). Policing Together: a framework for innovating volunteer policing through community-driven partnerships. Policing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaf022

Police agencies face growing pressure from limited resources and increasingly complex crime patterns. Innovation in public safety is no longer optional, it is imperative. Volunteer policing has long played a vital role in supporting law enforcement.... Read More about Policing Together: a framework for innovating volunteer policing through community-driven partnerships.

Voice Familiarity in a Voice-Reminders App for Elderly Care Recipients and Their Family Caregivers (2025)
Journal Article
Valdivia, K. P., & Li, J. (online). Voice Familiarity in a Voice-Reminders App for Elderly Care Recipients and Their Family Caregivers. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/thms.2025.3582259

This work focuses on the effect of voice familiarity in voice reminders between elders and their caregivers. A voice application (for desktops and smartphones) was created to study these effects. Seniors, and their family care providers along with me... Read More about Voice Familiarity in a Voice-Reminders App for Elderly Care Recipients and Their Family Caregivers.

Is the dissertation dead? If so, what are the alternatives? (2025)
Digital Artefact
Khusainova, R., Sholl, S., & Harte, P. (2025). Is the dissertation dead? If so, what are the alternatives?. [Blog post]

Dissertation alternatives, such as capstone projects and applied group-based projects, could better prepare graduates for their future careers. Discover what these might look like

The effects of contextual bias on face recognition decisions (2025)
Journal Article
Curley, L., Breese, E., Munro, J., Havard, C., Skelton, F., & Pike, G. (in press). The effects of contextual bias on face recognition decisions. Journal of Forensic Sciences,

Contemporary research has demonstrated the effects of bias on, even expert, forensic decision making. The paper aimed to test if forensically relevant face recognition decisions could be influenced by biasing information. A 3 (Bias (within-subjects):... Read More about The effects of contextual bias on face recognition decisions.

Access to services for mental ill-health and substance use among people released from prison in Scotland (RELEASE): Retrospective observational cohort study protocol (2025)
Journal Article
Savinc, J., Kjellgren, R., Connell, C., Dougall, N., & Haddow, C. (in press). Access to services for mental ill-health and substance use among people released from prison in Scotland (RELEASE): Retrospective observational cohort study protocol. International Journal of Population Data Science,

Joint factor and latent class ordered probit analysis of intent to use unstaffed automated buses (2025)
Journal Article
Downey, L., Rahim, A., Fonzone, A., & Fountas, G. (2025). Joint factor and latent class ordered probit analysis of intent to use unstaffed automated buses. npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, 2, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44333-025-00047-3

By adopting a more environmentally friendly driving style and promoting sustainable transportation options, automated buses (ABs) could play a role in achieving long-term sustainability goals. This study explores the factors influencing the willingne... Read More about Joint factor and latent class ordered probit analysis of intent to use unstaffed automated buses.

In the Zone: Continuities of Time, Memory, and Narrative in Julie Doucet’s Time Zone J (2025)
Journal Article
Køhlert, F. B. (in press). In the Zone: Continuities of Time, Memory, and Narrative in Julie Doucet’s Time Zone J. Biography,

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.