Outputs (208)

Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies (2025)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2025). Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies. In Go West! Conceptual Explorations of “the West” in the History of Education ( 181-203). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111408989-011

A simple question: What is Europe? is often focal for numerous disciplines such as area studies, cultural geography, history, postcolonial studies, and recently also gender & sexuality studies. Although richly diverse, perhaps one common thread among... Read More about Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies.

A Crisis of Energy: War and Heat in the Professional Kitchens of North East England (2025)
Journal Article
Maclean, G., & Hill, D. (online). A Crisis of Energy: War and Heat in the Professional Kitchens of North East England. Current Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921251324738

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 led to a dramatic increase in energy prices in the UK. Chefs interviewed in the North East of England were found already struggling with post-lockdown re-opening, now huge energy bills and food short... Read More about A Crisis of Energy: War and Heat in the Professional Kitchens of North East England.

Towards Circular Buildings in Hong Kong: A New Integrated Technology-Material-Design (TMD) Circularity Assessment Framework (2025)
Journal Article
Lau, E. K. S., Chan, D. W. M., Oluleye, B. I., & Olawumi, T. O. (2025). Towards Circular Buildings in Hong Kong: A New Integrated Technology-Material-Design (TMD) Circularity Assessment Framework. Buildings, 15(5), Article 814. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15050814

As Hong Kong faces increasing pressure on resources and environmental sustainability, there is a growing need to shift towards circular building practices. The ever-increasing demand for sustainable urban development necessitates innovative approache... Read More about Towards Circular Buildings in Hong Kong: A New Integrated Technology-Material-Design (TMD) Circularity Assessment Framework.

The RESIST Project Events. Confronting "Anti- Gender" Mobilizations across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Challenges and Queer-Feminist Resistances (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Filep, E., Jarosz, S., Kulpa, R., Mayerchyk, M., Plakhotnik, O., Sasunkevich, O. (., & Zabrzewska, A. (2025, March). The RESIST Project Events. Confronting "Anti- Gender" Mobilizations across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Challenges and Queer-Feminist Resistances. Presented at Confronting "Anti- Gender" Mobilizations across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Challenges and Queer-Feminist Resistances, Online and Warsaw, Poland

During the event, the RESIST Project Team and our guest speakers led discussions on queer-feminist resistances to “anti-gender” mobilizations in and across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia – four distinct national case studies that intersect at a... Read More about The RESIST Project Events. Confronting "Anti- Gender" Mobilizations across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Challenges and Queer-Feminist Resistances.

The RESIST Project Dataset: Data from the Work Package 1 (2024)
Data
Lynch, S., Titley, G., Filep, E., & Kulpa, R. (2024). The RESIST Project Dataset: Data from the Work Package 1. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.11179225

This record for the Dataset from the Work Package 1 (Mapping Anti-Gender Discourses in Media and Parliamentary Debates) of the RESIST Project has been created in the Zenodo open repository, in line with the RESIST Project’s Data Management Plan, and... Read More about The RESIST Project Dataset: Data from the Work Package 1.

The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research (2024)
Journal Article
Herron, R. J. M., Mendiwelso Bendek, Z., Salinas Navarro, D. E., Vilalta‐Perdomo, E., & Weaver, M. W. (2025). The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 42(1), 51-68. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3100

The body of work of Mike Jackson covers several major themes in OR/Systems Thinking and articulates key aspects of Critical Systems Thinking; with an interest throughout in applications to complex social challenges. In this paper, as a direct respons... Read More about The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research.

Gender and Social Sciences. Dr Roberto Kulpa speaks on the TVP Nauka, Polish Public Broadcaster (2024)
Digital Artefact
Kulpa, R. (2024). Gender and Social Sciences. Dr Roberto Kulpa speaks on the TVP Nauka, Polish Public Broadcaster. [Video interview]

Dr Roberto Kulpa speaks about the importance of the 'gender' category in social sciences, incl. reflections from the RESIST project. Other guests featured in the programme are Dr Sylwia Chutnik, Dr J. Szpilka, and Dr Mira Marcinów.

Programme title... Read More about Gender and Social Sciences. Dr Roberto Kulpa speaks on the TVP Nauka, Polish Public Broadcaster.

Skrajna prawica tak samo walczy z genderem w całej Europie [raport] (2024)
Digital Artefact
Roberto, K. (2024). Skrajna prawica tak samo walczy z genderem w całej Europie [raport]. [Radio interview]

Dr Roberto Kulpa from the RESIST Project talks with Anna Piekutowska on the Polish radio TOK.FM about the 'anti-gender' mobilisations in Poland and Europe, and how to educate about gender equalities. Dr Kulpa have introduced a selection of findings p... Read More about Skrajna prawica tak samo walczy z genderem w całej Europie [raport].

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.

The new path towards ecopreneurship education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harte, P., Fonseca, A. P., & Peisl, T. (2024, November). The new path towards ecopreneurship education. Presented at Heriot Watt University Sustainability Week, Edinburgh

The chapter will provide our working definition of ecopreneurs as (start-up) entrepreneurs who focus on an environmental or green aspect in their product or service innovations (Harte et al., 2021) and the roadmap for the chapter.

A brief literatu... Read More about The new path towards ecopreneurship education.

The RESIST Project Events. Online Findings Launch: Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodó-Zárate, M., Blidon, M., Akyüz, L., Boulila, S. C., Browne, K., Carastathis, A., Filep, E., & Kulpa, R. (2024, October). The RESIST Project Events. Online Findings Launch: Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe. Presented at The RESIST Project Events. Online Findings Launch: Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe, Online

The online launch event for the “Effects of, and Resistances to ‘Anti-Gender’ Mobilisations Across Europe”, an output from the Work Package 2 (WP2) of the RESIST Project. Recording of the event available on RESIST Project YouTube Channel: https://www... Read More about The RESIST Project Events. Online Findings Launch: Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe.

The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies (2024)
Report
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 Dataset: Data from the Work Package 2 (Interviews & Focus Groups) (2024)
Data
RESIST Project Team. (2024). The RESIST Project Dataset: Data from the Work Package 2 (Interviews & Focus Groups). [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.11180867

This record for the Dataset 1 (Interviews & Focus Groups) from the Work Package 2 (Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe) of the RESIST Project has been created in the Zenodo open repository, in line with the RESIST... Read More about The RESIST Project Dataset: Data from the Work Package 2 (Interviews & Focus Groups).

The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city (2024)
Journal Article
Piccio, B., Todd, L., & Robertson, M. (2024). The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city. Tourism Management Perspectives, 54, Article 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101317

This paper explores issues women face in achieving leadership positions in the festivals sector, and their experiences of gender inequality. The setting is Edinburgh, the UK's leading festivals' tourism destination. Underpinned by feminist research,... Read More about The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city.

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

Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R., & Filep, E. (2024, October). Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights. Presented at 'The EU Public Diplomacy. Russia' Project. A Feminist Foreign Policy Perspective on War and Society, Warsaw, PL

'The EU Public Diplomacy. Russia' Project is funded by the EU’s Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI). It aims at creating space for dialogue and strengthening the ties between the EU and selected Russian audiences. As part of the project activities, Dr K... Read More about Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights.

Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing (2024)
Journal Article
Mazloomzadeh, I., Uddin, G., Khomh, F., & Sami, A. (2025). Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing. ACM transactions on software engineering and methodology, 34(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3691627

Stack Overrow incentive system awards users with reputation scores to ensure quality. The decentralized nature of the forum may make the incentive system prone to manipulation. This paper ooers, for the rst time, a comprehensive study of the reported... Read More about Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing.

Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2024, September). Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’. Presented at 7th European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (EGSC) 2024, University of Brighton, UK

Anti-feminist and anti-LGBTIQ+ mobilisations have taken roots transnationally, denying individuals autonomy, rights to bodily integrity or self-determination, and attacking selected groups of people (e.g. trans* people, people doing abortion) in orde... Read More about Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’..

Multi-Attribute Analysis For Sustainable Reclamation Of Urban Industrial Sites: Case From Damascus Post-Conflict (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaddour, L., Osunsanmi, T., Olawumi, T., & Bradly, L. (2024, June). Multi-Attribute Analysis For Sustainable Reclamation Of Urban Industrial Sites: Case From Damascus Post-Conflict. Presented at The 2024 World Sustainable Built Environment Conference (WSBE24), Online

The reclamation of urban industrial zones presents intricate challenges within urban planning, notably in post-disaster scenarios aimed at revitalizing urban landscapes. This study delves into the complexities and decision-making intricacies involved... Read More about Multi-Attribute Analysis For Sustainable Reclamation Of Urban Industrial Sites: Case From Damascus Post-Conflict.

UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers" (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2024, May). UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers". Presented at Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, PL

In this invited contribution, Dr Kulpa will share reflections on how EDI (equality, diversity, and inclusion) and decolonialisation work in the UK academic contexts, embedded in the processes of neoliberalization of higher education in the anglophone... Read More about UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers".