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The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies (2024)
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RESIST Project Team. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies

This report explores the lived experiences of encountering ‘anti-gender’ politics, its effects, and resistances in nine case studies: Belarus, people living in exile in Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Switzerland. We used the... Read More about The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies.

The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland (2024)
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Kulpa, R., & Kania, T. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland

Poland's transforming socio-cultural landscape has witnessed across the years an intensified political focus on issues of gender and sexuality, which have become a battleground for a diverse spectrum of views and group interests. There has been notab... Read More about The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland.

White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings (2024)
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Costa Pereira, C. (2024). White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings. Implementation Working Group on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IWG5)

The built environment is responsible for 35% of the greenhouse gas emissions and 85% of the buildings in Europe are older than 25 years. It is therefore a big task to reach a 100% renewable heated and cooled built environment. This White Paper descri... Read More about White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings.

Great Expectations! Work and Workplace Expectations, Realities, and Retention of Police Officers in Scotland (2024)
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Grant, K., Heidl, B., Backhaus, C., & Vincent, D. (2024). Great Expectations! Work and Workplace Expectations, Realities, and Retention of Police Officers in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)

This research compares the work and workplace expectations of probationers (new recruits) and early career officers (with up to two years of experience) with the lived experiences of established police officers (with three or more years of experience... Read More about Great Expectations! Work and Workplace Expectations, Realities, and Retention of Police Officers in Scotland.

Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures (2024)
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Gerli, P. (2024). Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures. British Academy

Over the past two decades, community broadband networks, platform cooperatives, and data cooperatives have emerged as promising models to counterbalance market distortions and power asymmetries in the governance of digital infrastructures, services a... Read More about Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures.

The Climate Investment Case for the Livestock Sector (2024)
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Wheelhouse, N., Bisson, A., Chamberlin, R., Wisser, D., & MacLeod, M. (2024). The Climate Investment Case for the Livestock Sector. Global Research Alliance on Greenhouse Gases

Key Messages
• Livestock are vital for nutrition, food security, and livelihoods in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), but climate change threatens these benefits.
• The livestock sector also presents an environmental challenge, contributing... Read More about The Climate Investment Case for the Livestock Sector.

Biodiversity net gain (2024)
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Wentworth, J. (2024). Biodiversity net gain. UK Parliament

Mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) is a new requirement in addition to existing biodiversity and wildlife planning policy. The 2019 impact assessment for the policy states that developers causing the most environmental damage should face the highe... Read More about Biodiversity net gain.

Quality prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027 (2024)
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Cook, A., Mair, A., Smith, G., & Strath, A. (2024). Quality prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027

Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are indicated for a variety of conditions including the short-term relief of severe insomnia and some anxiety disorders. People can quickly become tolerant to the therapeutic effects of benzodiazepines and z-drugs, renderi... Read More about Quality prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027.

Quality prescribing for antidepressants: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027 (2024)
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Cook, A., Mair, A., Smith, G., & Strath, A. (2024). Quality prescribing for antidepressants: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027

The prescribing of antidepressants continues to increase in Scotland, with many people receiving antidepressants for two years or more. This may be appropriate for some individuals, but it is important that ongoing treatment is reviewed regularly and... Read More about Quality prescribing for antidepressants: guide for improvement 2024 to 2027.

Creative Informatics Final Report (2024)
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Terras, M., Osborne, N., McDonald, C., Henderson, D., Pirie, E., Tyndall, A., Sulaiman, Y., Smyth, M., Panneels, I., Speed, C., Bates, C., Black, S., Jones, V., Zeller, F., Murray, V., Dale Steyn, I., & Smythe, J. (2024). Creative Informatics Final Report. Edinburgh: AHRC

This Creative Informatics Final Report summaries the work of Creative Informatics, a partnership project which has been supporting creatives in Edinburgh and South East Scotland from 2018-2024. We look back over the different strands of the programme... Read More about Creative Informatics Final Report.

Young men and violence against women prevention: Exploring reactions and emotions (2024)
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McQueen, F. (2024). Young men and violence against women prevention: Exploring reactions and emotions. Edinburgh: School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University

There has been an increase in attention paid to the need for prevention work in response to the pervasive issue of violence against women (VAW) which includes femicide, rape and other violence. The need to directly address men and boys in prevention... Read More about Young men and violence against women prevention: Exploring reactions and emotions.