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B Corps – do network ties matter? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, M., Tan, H., & Weaver, M. (2022, August). B Corps – do network ties matter?. Paper presented at British Academy of Management 2022 Conference, University of Manchester

When a director sits on the boards of directors of multiple firms, linkages are established between these firms which are referred to as director interlocks. Resource dependency theory argues that firms benefit from these interlocks as they have acce... Read More about B Corps – do network ties matter?.

Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students (2022)
Thesis
Ratz, S. (2022). Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619

This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and how they understand and act on their structural environments (through multi... Read More about Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students.

Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children (2022)
Book Chapter
Mwenyango, H., & Palatttiyil, G. (2022). Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children. In N. Tan, & P. Shajahan (Eds.), Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era (59-76). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08352-5_5

Although migration is often perceived as an immediate response to humanitarian crises, people affected by forced displacement face significant risks and vulnerability. Drawing on mixed-methods research findings from Uganda’s Nakivale Refugee Settleme... Read More about Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children.

Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2022, August). Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?. Paper presented at IASPM UK and Ireland Conference, University of Liverpool

In December last year, a number of record labels based in the UK signed the Music Climate Pact in which they committed to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases by 50% by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050. Signatories of the pact included the th... Read More about Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?.

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-04-2021-0035

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.

Information literacy impact framework: Final project report (2022)
Report
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Milosheva, M. (2022). Information literacy impact framework: Final project report

This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a framework for impactful IL interventions, including development of parameters to guide impact... Read More about Information literacy impact framework: Final project report.

‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2022, August). ‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance. Paper presented at MacDiarmid at 100, Online

The first number of The Scottish Chapbook was published in August 1922 and the journal ran until November/December 1923. The most important of MacDiarmid’s several journal projects, it is significant in several ways. Edited by C. M. Grieve, the first... Read More about ‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance.

Вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Перспективи людей з інвалідністю і що це означає в контексті інших надзвичайних ситуацій, включаючи кофлікт та пост-конфліктну реконструкцію (2022)
Report
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Nazarenko, V., Polishchuk, O., & Burova, O. (2022). Вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Перспективи людей з інвалідністю і що це означає в контексті інших надзвичайних ситуацій, включаючи кофлікт та пост-конфліктну реконструкцію. Edinburgh: AHRC

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hejjas, K., Bratton, A., & Gilek, M. (2022, August). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement. Paper presented at British Academy of Management (BAM) 2022, Manchester, England

Homeworking arrangements are increasing with many office-based employees working either fully or part time from home. Despite benefits associated with homeworking, including increased flexibility, limitations include a direct impact of this work arra... Read More about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement.

Implicit Bias Training is Dead, Long Live Implicit Bias Training: The evolving role of human resource development in combatting implicit bias within organizations (2022)
Book Chapter
McFadden, C. (2022). Implicit Bias Training is Dead, Long Live Implicit Bias Training: The evolving role of human resource development in combatting implicit bias within organizations. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (383-398). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-779-420221037

Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, B., Hall, H., & McGregor, I. (2022, August). Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format. Paper presented at Archives and Records Association Annual Conference 2022, Chester, UK

We report the findings of a research project funded by the AHRC, with support of the BBC, British Library, and a community museum. This exploits, augments, and exhibits a set of existing archive data by transforming a young woman’s personal testimony... Read More about Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format.

Interpretative Tools (2022)
Book Chapter
Urquhart, E. (2022). Interpretative Tools. In D. Buhalis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing

The entry focusses on a central activity, not only for visitor attractions, but for other leisure, tourism and destinations environments. Interpretation involves a variety of tools and techniques used to communicate the significance of assets within... Read More about Interpretative Tools.

A Multirobot Cooperative Area Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Bioinspired Neural Network in Unknown Environments (2022)
Journal Article
Chen, B., Zhang, W., Zhang, F., Liu, Y., & Yu, H. (2023). A Multirobot Cooperative Area Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Bioinspired Neural Network in Unknown Environments. IEEE Systems Journal, 17(2), 1995-2006. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2022.3198712

This article proposes a novel approach based on a bioinspired neural network (BIN) for multirobot area coverage search in unknown environments. We obtain the dynamic environment information in the search process of the multirobot by combining the BIN... Read More about A Multirobot Cooperative Area Coverage Search Algorithm Based on Bioinspired Neural Network in Unknown Environments.

Socio-ecological risks management dynamic simulation in megaproject development of the Edinburgh Tram Network (2022)
Journal Article
Boateng, P., Omotayo, T., Osunsanmi, T., & Ekundayo, D. (online). Socio-ecological risks management dynamic simulation in megaproject development of the Edinburgh Tram Network. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-05-2022-0076

Purpose
The inherent risks and their interactive impacts in megaproject development have been found in numerous cases worldwide. Although risk management standards have been recommended for the best practice in engineering construction projects, the... Read More about Socio-ecological risks management dynamic simulation in megaproject development of the Edinburgh Tram Network.

Denoising Architecture for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time-Series (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skaf, W., & Horváth, T. (2022, September). Denoising Architecture for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time-Series. Presented at ADBIS 2022: 26th European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, Turin, Italy

Anomalies in time-series provide insights of critical scenarios across a range of industries, from banking and aerospace to information technology, security, and medicine. However, identifying anomalies in time-series data is particularly challenging... Read More about Denoising Architecture for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time-Series.

Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study (2022)
Journal Article
Frost, H., Tooman, T., Cowie, J., Gillespie, N., Ackerman, P., Krievs, E., & Dziedzic, K. (2022). Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study. Physiotherapy, 117, 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2022.08.007

Objective
To explore the acceptability, barriers and enablers of NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in the Scottish primary care setting using the Joint Implementation of Guidelines for Osteoarthritis in Western Europe (JIGSAW-E) model and investiga... Read More about Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study.

‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Price, T., Foster, R., Trayner, K. M. A., Sumnall, H. R., Livingston, W., Perkins, A., Cairns, B., Dumbrell, J., & Nicholls, J. (2022). ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00679-5

Background
People who use drugs in Scotland are currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of drug-related deaths. Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are harm reduction services that offer a safe, hygienic environment where pre-obtained drugs c... Read More about ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland.