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Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia (2024)
Journal Article
Woloshyn, V. E., Illingworth, S., & Obradović-Ratković, S. (2024). Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia. Brock Education, 33(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.26522/BROCKED.V33I1.1118

Academic writing is essential for disciplinary learning, academic success, knowledge creation, social status, and career advancement within academia (Fang, 2021). Academic research, writing, and publishing form the foundations of the majority of acad... Read More about Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia.

Learned words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in higher education (2024)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Grimwood, M. (2024). Learned words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 48(2), 208-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2023.2301006

This research uses poetry as a form of data to explore a sense of ‘belonging’ for staff working in higher education. Poetic content analysis was explored as a research method and using poetry in this way has allowed for a nuanced exploration of quest... Read More about Learned words: how poetry can be used to reflect on staff belonging in higher education.

A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation (2023)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2023). A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation. Geoscience Communication, 6(4), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-131-2023

This review article is a written contribution to accompany the 2023 Katia and Maurice Krafft Award from the European Geosciences Union. Through a consideration of my own practice and that of the wider literature, I explore how creative approaches (pr... Read More about A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation.

A transdisciplinary model for teaching and learning for sustainability science in a rapidly warming world (2023)
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Kelly, O., White, P., Butera, F., Illingworth, S., Martens, P., Huynen, M., …Cowman, S. (2023). A transdisciplinary model for teaching and learning for sustainability science in a rapidly warming world. Sustainability Science, 18(6), 2707-2722. https://

Transdisciplinary sustainability science integrates multiple perspectives, promotes internal reflexivity and situated learning, and engages with multiple stakeholders to solve real-world sustainability challenges. Therefore, transdisciplinary approac... Read More about A transdisciplinary model for teaching and learning for sustainability science in a rapidly warming world.

Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning (2023)
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Jack, K., & Illingworth, S. (in press). Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2023.2256361

Empathy is an important aspect of therapeutic relationships in health and social care settings. Health educators can foster empathy development in learners through creative writing activities. Drawing on the humanities, specifically poetry, this pape... Read More about Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning.

Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities (2023)
Journal Article
Quinnell, R., Motion, A., Illingworth, S., Calyx, C., Bray, H., & Borda, A. (2023). Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 31(1)

Citizen science, though well established in Australia has not yet found wide use in tertiary science education. We offer case studies to illustrate that Citizen Science approaches are slowly being adopted and we highlight the spectrum of experiences... Read More about Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities.

‘I have struggled’: how individual identities impacted staff working experiences in higher education during COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Zike, J. (in press). ‘I have struggled’: how individual identities impacted staff working experiences in higher education during COVID-19. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2023.

The impact of individual identities on university staff’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound. We conducted a survey of 118 staff members at one Scottish university to explore how their identities were impacting on their experi... Read More about ‘I have struggled’: how individual identities impacted staff working experiences in higher education during COVID-19.

Teaching medical writing (2023)
Journal Article
Verran, J., Illingworth, S., Pritchett, J., & Redfern, J. (2023). Teaching medical writing. Medical Writing, 32(1), 92-98. https://doi.org/10.56012/lbsg8046

Few universities offer courses in medical writing, and students from the biomedical sciences who wish to become medical writers typically need to learn written communication skills on the job. In this article, Joanna Verran and colleagues offer insig... Read More about Teaching medical writing.

“I am here because I wanted to shine”: how poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ first-year chemistry or related course experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S., & Radhakrishnan, M. L. (2023). “I am here because I wanted to shine”: how poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ first-year chemistry or related course experiences. Chemistry Education Research and Practice,

In this study we investigate how first-year chemistry/biology undergraduate students’ original poetry can be used as a reflective tool for others to understand their course experiences. By inviting students from an integrated first-year chemistry/bio... Read More about “I am here because I wanted to shine”: how poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ first-year chemistry or related course experiences.

GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change (2022)
Journal Article
Hall, C. A., Illingworth, S., Mohadjer, S., Roxy, M. K., Poku, C., Otu-Larbi, F., …Morales, J. (2022). GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change. Geoscience Communication, 5(3), 275-280. https://doi.org/10.519

There is still a significant lack of diversity and equity in geoscience education, even after decades of work and widespread calls for improvement and action. We join fellow community voices in calls for improved diversity, equity, inclusion, and jus... Read More about GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change.

Gender and placemaking: talking to women about clean air and sustainable urban environments in changing cities (2022)
Journal Article
Loroño-Leturiondo, M., & Illingworth, S. (2023). Gender and placemaking: talking to women about clean air and sustainable urban environments in changing cities. Journal of Place Management and Development, 16(1), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-04-2

Purpose This purpose of this study is to explore the voices of women in conceptualizing a city with clean air, and how this relates to urban structural changes being made more environmentally and socially sustainable. Design/methodology/approach... Read More about Gender and placemaking: talking to women about clean air and sustainable urban environments in changing cities.

GC Insights: Geoscience students' experience of writing academic poetry as an aid to their science education (2022)
Journal Article
Wardle, A., & Illingworth, S. (2022). GC Insights: Geoscience students' experience of writing academic poetry as an aid to their science education. Geoscience Communication, 5(3), 221-225. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-221-2022

A survey was completed by 11 geoscience students in order to explore their experience of writing poetry as an aid to their science education. A thematic analysis found that themes could be categorised as being related to either the “Task Process” (“I... Read More about GC Insights: Geoscience students' experience of writing academic poetry as an aid to their science education.

Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education (2022)
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Kelly, O., Illingworth, S., Butera, F., Dawson, V., White, P., Blaise, M., …Cowman, S. (2022). Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education. Frontiers in Sustainability, 3, Article 920375. https://d

Higher education institutes (HEI) face considerable challenges in navigating how to respond to the escalating and intertwined socio-ecological sustainability crises. Many dedicated individuals working in the sector are already driving meaningful acti... Read More about Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education.

Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play (2022)
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Hollett, R., Tomkinson, S., Illingworth, S., Power, B., & Harper, T. (2022). Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play. PLOS ONE, 17(2), Article e0263560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0

This article considers players’ experiences seeking out new games to play, and their use of the Australian National Classification Scheme in doing so. The global video game industry is booming, with hundreds of games being released each month across... Read More about Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play.

Editorial: Geoscience communication – planning to make it publishable (2021)
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Hillier, J. K., Welsh, K. E., Stiller-Reeve, M., Priestley, R. K., Roop, H. A., Lanza, T., & Illingworth, S. (2021). Editorial: Geoscience communication – planning to make it publishable. Geoscience Communication, 4(4), 493-506. https://doi.org/10.5194/

If you are a geoscientist doing work to achieve impact outside academia or engaging different audiences with the geosciences, are you planning to make this publishable? If so, then plan. Such investigations into how people (academics, practitioners,... Read More about Editorial: Geoscience communication – planning to make it publishable.

The future of conferences: lessons from Europe's largest online geoscience conference (2021)
Journal Article
Gibson, H., Illingworth, S., & Buiter, S. (2021). The future of conferences: lessons from Europe's largest online geoscience conference. Geoscience Communication, 4(3), 437-451. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-437-2021

In the early months of 2020, as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) swept across the globe, millions of people were required to make drastic changes to their lives to help contain the impact of the virus. Among those changes, scientific conferences of e... Read More about The future of conferences: lessons from Europe's largest online geoscience conference.

Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and nonscientists (2020)
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Illingworth, S. (2020). Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and nonscientists. FEBS Letters, 594(15), 2333-2338. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.13891

Science communication is often perceived as an opportunity for scientists to broadcast their expertise and knowledge to a general public, so that this lay audience might better understand a specific field of study. However, in order for science to be... Read More about Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between scientists and nonscientists.

In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries (2020)
Journal Article
Soldati, A., & Illingworth, S. (2020). In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. Geoscience Communication, 3(1), 73-87. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-73-202

In this study we investigate what poetry written about volcanoes from the 1800s to the present day reveals about the relationship between volcanoes and the societies and times represented by poets who wrote about them, including how it evolved over t... Read More about In my remembered country: what poetry tells us about the changing perceptions of volcanoes between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.