All Outputs (16)

In Our Hands- Nepali Nature Inspired Climate Solutions In The Anthropocene (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panneels, I., Phillips, R., Dhakal, S., Chitrakar, A., & Chitrakar, S. (2024, September). In Our Hands- Nepali Nature Inspired Climate Solutions In The Anthropocene. Presented at IOTA 2024, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia

This paper considers material based making practices as found in the traditional handicraft, contemporary crafts practices and design innovation communities in Nepal. Using case studies from the Road to COP26 Innovation Programme and In Our Hands pro... Read More about In Our Hands- Nepali Nature Inspired Climate Solutions In The Anthropocene.

In Our Hands: Nepali Nature inspired climate solutions in the Anthropocene (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panneels, I., Philips, R., Dhakal, S., Chitrakar, A., & Chitrakar, S. (2024, September). In Our Hands: Nepali Nature inspired climate solutions in the Anthropocene. Presented at Futuring Craft, Indian Ocean Triennial (IOTA24), Perth, Australia

This paper considers material based making practices as found in the traditional handicraft, contemporary crafts practices and design innovation communities in Nepal. Using case studies from the Road to COP26 Innovation Programme and In Our Hands pro... Read More about In Our Hands: Nepali Nature inspired climate solutions in the Anthropocene.

The Serviceberry: this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Illingworth, S. (2024). The Serviceberry: this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics

Thought Experiments in Design Ethics (2024)
Journal Article
Buwert, P., & Sinclair, M. (2024). Thought Experiments in Design Ethics. Temes de Disseny, 40, 54-73. https://doi.org/10.46467/tdd40.2024.54-73

How is the designer to approach questions of responsibility, obligation, or right and wrong in relation to their role in creating, sustaining and altering the complex worlds which we inhabit together? Every design decision stands as the first teeteri... Read More about Thought Experiments in Design Ethics.

Green IT and BYOD: Driving Sustainability, Job Performance, and Well-being in Remote Work (2024)
Journal Article
Doargajudhur, M., Huzooree, A., Hosanoo, Z., Lichy, J., & Dell, P. (online). Green IT and BYOD: Driving Sustainability, Job Performance, and Well-being in Remote Work. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-08-2024-4768

Purpose: This study explores the impact of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices on teleworkers' job performance, work-life conflict, and their implications for environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on Green IT in the post-pandemic r... Read More about Green IT and BYOD: Driving Sustainability, Job Performance, and Well-being in Remote Work.

Global Policies Influencing the Greater Adoption of Timber in Construction (2024)
Report
Hairstans, R., Ridley Ellis, D., Cramer, M., Plowas, W., Hart, S., Rogers, L., Connell-Skinner, K., & Seminara, P. (2024). Global Policies Influencing the Greater Adoption of Timber in Construction. Forest Industries Ireland

This report prepared on behalf of the Timber in Construction Steering Group and Forest Industries Ireland and authored by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) and Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), emphasises the critical role of increa... Read More about Global Policies Influencing the Greater Adoption of Timber in Construction.

Sustainable Events, Net Zero, UN SDGs and "stickiness” (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2024, August). Sustainable Events, Net Zero, UN SDGs and "stickiness”. Presented at 5th International Conference on Tourism and Business (ICTB) (Rethinking Tourism Sustainability: The Role of Destinations), Bangkok, Thailand

Through case study research, this conference paper consider the work of events as destination dynamics (Robertson, Mair, Lockstone-Binney & Duignan, 2022) and the significance of university commitment to SDGs as ‘bond’ and ‘bridge’ – sticky agents –... Read More about Sustainable Events, Net Zero, UN SDGs and "stickiness”.

900 Voices (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Irvine, Z. (2024). 900 Voices. [Sound]. 2 August 2024 - 19 October 2024

900 Voices is a participative sound art project by Zoë Irvine with Lindsay Perth and Jules Rawlinson. It has been commissioned as part of Edinburgh’s St Giles Cathedral’s momentous 900th Anniversary celebrations.

900 Voices is a sound art installa... Read More about 900 Voices.

Introducing hospitable destinations (2024)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., Lugosi, P., & Todd, L. (2024). Introducing hospitable destinations. Hospitality and Society, 14(2), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00082_2

This editorial introduces the concept of hospitable destinations and sets the context for the Special Issue articles. It begins by exploring the complex nature of destinations more generally and highlighting their links with place. The discussion the... Read More about Introducing hospitable destinations.

Navigating the Future: Innovations and Challenges in the Unmanned Aircraft Industry (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plant, E., Drysdale, J., Dooly, G., & MacCriostail, C. (2024, May). Navigating the Future: Innovations and Challenges in the Unmanned Aircraft Industry. Presented at CILT Ireland, Online

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Ireland Policy Research Committee presents the policy research framework they have developed for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drones). A panel discussion regarding safety of UAS and best practice will... Read More about Navigating the Future: Innovations and Challenges in the Unmanned Aircraft Industry.

Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., Beetham, H., Cronin, C., & McIlwhan, R. (2024, May). Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections. Presented at Fourteenth International Conference on Networked Learning, University of Malta, Valetta, Malta

May 2024 finds us eighteen months on since the release into the wild of unregulated generative AI models and their chatbot front-ends. While Higher Education (HE) has been playing catch-up in terms of policy and regulation (e.g. Russell Group 2023, C... Read More about Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections.

Can a brand be conscientious? A study of consumer perceptions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tjandra, N., Feri, A., Ind, N., Seegebarth, B., Backhaus, C., Iglesias, O., & Woisetschläger, D. (2024, April). Can a brand be conscientious? A study of consumer perceptions. Presented at 17th Global Brand Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Navigating Authenticity: A Study on Brand Activism’s Influence on Consumer Responses and Role of Emotional Brand Attachment and Brand Passion (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tjandra, N., Cheung, M., Backhaus, C., & Lee, Z. (2024, April). Navigating Authenticity: A Study on Brand Activism’s Influence on Consumer Responses and Role of Emotional Brand Attachment and Brand Passion. Paper presented at 17th Global Brand Conference, Edinburgh

This study is based on Vredenburg et al. (2020)’s typology of brand activism to propose that authentic brand activism can be directly and indirectly explain for consumer’s responses through emotional brand attachment and brand passion. Moreover, empa... Read More about Navigating Authenticity: A Study on Brand Activism’s Influence on Consumer Responses and Role of Emotional Brand Attachment and Brand Passion.

Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide) (2024)
Other
Robertson, M. (2024). Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide). [PDF]

This guide is for Business Event client (UK or International) hosting conference, convention or other large business-related event in Edinburgh. It is a guide for application of the measurement matrix created by Dr Martin Robertson in 2022 as part of... Read More about Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide).

The Review of Potential Applications and Modification Approaches of SWAT for Efficient Environmental Management, an Engineering Approach (2024)
Book Chapter
Ashraf, I., Ahmad, S. T., Khan, J. N., Ahmad, R., Kumar, R., Ramzan, S., Malik, F. A., & Ashraf, A. (2024). The Review of Potential Applications and Modification Approaches of SWAT for Efficient Environmental Management, an Engineering Approach. In A. L. Singh, S. Jamal, & W. S. Ahmad (Eds.), Climate Change, Vulnerabilities and Adaptation: Understanding and Addressing Threats with Insights for Policy and Practice. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49642-4

The hydrological processes involve significant complex interactions that simple empirical equations or conceptual models cannot extensively represent. Physical approach models have the capability to simulate these complex hydrological phenomena elabo... Read More about The Review of Potential Applications and Modification Approaches of SWAT for Efficient Environmental Management, an Engineering Approach.

The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Egan, C. (2024). The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden

Callum Egan explains how his academic community transformed The Lions’ Gate at Napier University, Edinburgh, into a series of permaculture gardens to create a healthier, nature-focused form of educational workplace