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Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe (2025)
Digital Artefact
Titley, G., Filep, E., & Kulpa, R. (2025). Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe. [Online article]

Les questions de genre jouent un rôle central dans la structuration de la nouvelle internationale réactionnaire et dans sa (résistible) ascension, en Europe et au-delà. Mais si d’autres chercheur·euses se sont déjà penché·es sur les menaces qui pèsen... Read More about Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe.

Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event (2025)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M., & Wight, C. (in press). Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event. In B. Wyatt, H. Stewart, J. Kennell, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Dark Events. Routledge

This paper navigates the complex interplay between cultural tradition and controversy through an in-depth exploration of Penitensya, a Filipino Lenten ritual known for its violent self-mortification practices. By employing indigenous research methods... Read More about Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event.

Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design (2025)
Report
McGregor, I. (2025). Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design. Geneva, Switzerland (Zenodo is hosted by CERN): Edinburgh Napier University

This technical report outlines an ethical framework for adaptive sound feedback systems grounded in behavioural consent, emotional tone sensitivity, and user autonomy. It introduces novel concepts including passive consent loops, quiet mode, tone mis... Read More about Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design.

Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness (2025)
Journal Article
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., Tan, H., & Pokorna, K. (online). Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness. Journal of the Operational Research Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2486698

The grand challenges encapsulated in the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030, are complex, messy and interconnected. Fulfilling these goals necessitates a shift in mindset from ego-to-ecosystems awareness and an imperati... Read More about Systems Thinking for Sustainability: Shifting to a Higher Level of Systems Consciousness.

Practising Systemic Sustainability for the Circular Economy Concept (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Pokorna, K., Osowska, R., Chipulu, M., Fonseca, A., & Tan, H. (2025, June). Practising Systemic Sustainability for the Circular Economy Concept. Presented at 34th European Conference on Operational Research 2025, Leeds, UK

Systems thinking is essential for addressing sustainability challenges & promoting sustainable development. While management approaches like Doughnut Economics & the Circular Economy are rooted in systems thinking, research in this area is limited. C... Read More about Practising Systemic Sustainability for the Circular Economy Concept.

Raport z projektu RESIST. Skutki i opór wobec mobilizacji "antygenderowych" w Europie. Raport o Polsce (2025)
Report
Kulpa, R., & Kania, T. (2025). Raport z projektu RESIST. Skutki i opór wobec mobilizacji "antygenderowych" w Europie. Raport o Polsce. European Commission

Zmieniający się krajobraz społeczno-kulturowy Polski był przez lata areną intensywnego politycznego zaangażowania w zagadnienia płci i seksualności. Kwestie te stały się polem bitwy dla całego spektrum zróżnicowanych poglądów i interesów grupowych. N... Read More about Raport z projektu RESIST. Skutki i opór wobec mobilizacji "antygenderowych" w Europie. Raport o Polsce.

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.

Business Events and the Efficacy of UN SDGS for the Knowledge City (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2025, February). Business Events and the Efficacy of UN SDGS for the Knowledge City. Paper presented at Tourism Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Models of knowledge cities, the learning city, the incubation city, the smart city, and knowledge region are well established. With the evolution of the innovation paradigm, the understanding of regional innovation is being expanded. Business events... Read More about Business Events and the Efficacy of UN SDGS for the Knowledge City.

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 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 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.