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Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2020, February). Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti. Paper presented at Department of Learning and Teaching Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

What compels students to solicit personal advice from strangers by writing inscriptions on the toilet wall? Why resort to graffiti to cope with depression, deal with the fear of ‘coming out’ or even to express their (dis)satisfaction with the univer... Read More about Wall of Support: New Perspectives on Students’ Use of Graffiti.

Grade in Britain: enabling a wider range of home grown species (2021)
Book Chapter
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2021). Grade in Britain: enabling a wider range of home grown species. In Timber 2020 Industry Yearbook (132-137). High Wycombe: TRADA

Dan Ridley-Ellis summarises the different home-grown species currently available, and looks to the future of strength grading for an increasingly wide range of species.

InFutURe Wood Report 1: Design for deconstruction and reuse of timber structures – state of the art review (2020)
Report
Cristescu, C., Honfi, D., Sandberg, K., Sandin, Y., Shotton, E., Walsh, S., Cramer, M., Ridley-Ellis, D., Risse, M., Ivanica, R., Ui Chulain, C., Harte, A., De Arana-Fernandez, M., Llana, D., Iniguez-Gonzalez, G., Garcia Barbero, M., Nasiri, B., Hughes, M., & Krofl, Z. (2020). InFutURe Wood Report 1: Design for deconstruction and reuse of timber structures – state of the art review. ForestValue

This report represents the first publication of the InFutURe Wood project - Innovative Design for the Future – Use and Reuse of Wood (Building) Components. InFutUReWood is supported under the umbrella of ERA-NET and financed by funding agencies from... Read More about InFutURe Wood Report 1: Design for deconstruction and reuse of timber structures – state of the art review.

Some awkward questions about density (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., & Cramer, M. (2020, September). Some awkward questions about density. Presented at Timber 2020, Online

There are several different concepts of wood density, such as specific gravity, basic density, dry density, and oven dry density. These are often confusing, and sometimes poorly described in the literature, but they can be unambiguously defined and m... Read More about Some awkward questions about density.

Discursive representations of restorative justice in international policies (2021)
Journal Article
Pali, B., & Maglione, G. (2023). Discursive representations of restorative justice in international policies. European Journal of Criminology, 20(2), 507-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708211013025

The European Directive 2012/29/EU, the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)8), and the recently launched updated United Nations Handbook (2020) testify to the increasing policy recognition of restorative justice at international level. And y... Read More about Discursive representations of restorative justice in international policies.

How to solve the problems of solid waste pollution at high altitudes in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan: The case of Lenin Peak (2021)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., & Komissarov, V. (2021). How to solve the problems of solid waste pollution at high altitudes in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan: The case of Lenin Peak. Tourism of Kyrgyzstan: Practice; Problems and Perspectives, 17(1),

This paper reports on recent activities to remove solid waste from 4,250 metres on Lenin Peak and current proposals to establish an appropriate governance solution to support the longer term protection of this high altitude natural area.

Critical assessment of mountaineering tourism on Peak Lenin, Kyrgyzstan: Current problems and possible solutions. Results of the 2018 study (2019)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., & Komissarov, V. (2019). Critical assessment of mountaineering tourism on Peak Lenin, Kyrgyzstan: Current problems and possible solutions. Results of the 2018 study. Tourism of Kyrgyzstan: Practice; Problems and Perspectives, 15(1), 47-65

This reports the findings of a wide ranging investigation of mountaineering tourism on the 7,134metre Lenin Peak on the Kyrgyz/Tajikistan border. The nature of current tourism demand and supply are investigated and a range of key issues and proble... Read More about Critical assessment of mountaineering tourism on Peak Lenin, Kyrgyzstan: Current problems and possible solutions. Results of the 2018 study.

A Tale of Two Cities: Building Collaboration with an International Partner (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jarman, D. (2016, January). A Tale of Two Cities: Building Collaboration with an International Partner. Paper presented at Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

This talk allowed the opportunity to examine and share the relationship I had built up with Breda University in The Netherlands. Over several years it has resulted in scores of their students visiting Edinburgh on study trips, visits by me to Breda i... Read More about A Tale of Two Cities: Building Collaboration with an International Partner.

The ethical dilemma of encouraging citizen participation in mega sport event planning: the case of the London 2012 Olympic Games (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S. (2016). The ethical dilemma of encouraging citizen participation in mega sport event planning: the case of the London 2012 Olympic Games. In 8th International Sports Business Symposium

Mega sporting events have been shown to produce negative impacts, particularly on the host communities, in the location(s) where they are staged. This is, in part, due to the large scale development and regeneration associated with the planning and s... Read More about The ethical dilemma of encouraging citizen participation in mega sport event planning: the case of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent (2021)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., Discepoli, M., & Leith, E. (2021). The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 15(1), 1-26

The paper reflects upon the Deaf Heritage Collective, a collaborative project led by Edinburgh Napier University’s Design for Heritage team and Heriot Watt’s Centre for Translation And Interpreting Studies. The project aimed to advance discussion aro... Read More about The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent.

Computational analysis of the effect of hydrogen peroxide addition on premixed laminar hydrogen/air flames (2021)
Journal Article
Tingas, E. (2021). Computational analysis of the effect of hydrogen peroxide addition on premixed laminar hydrogen/air flames. Fuel, 302, Article 121081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121081

In the current work, the effect of H2O2 addition on the flame structure, laminar flame speed and NOx emissions is investigated in the context of 1D laminar premixed H2/air flames at Tu = 300 and 600 K, p = 1 and 30 atm, = 0.5. Mathematical tools fro... Read More about Computational analysis of the effect of hydrogen peroxide addition on premixed laminar hydrogen/air flames.