Outputs (2227)

Ñuuyii (2026)
Digital Artefact
Jansen, I. Ñuuyii. [Film]

The project explores Indigenous Futurisms from a practice-based film perspective, focusing on Indigenous ideas (Mixtec) about our relation to earth. The short film is a sci-fi about a Mixtec space-traveller in the future who listens to recordings of... Read More about Ñuuyii.

Sound Dramaturgy (2025)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2025). Sound Dramaturgy. In M. Kowalski, L. Cláudio Ribeiro, S. Larson Guerra, E. Rusinova, & J. H. Whalley (Eds.), Teaching Sound: Aesthetics & Praxis. CILECT

Sound dramaturgy as part of the aesthetic design of either a film or a Virtual Reality (VR) experience is invisible, but most relevant, although often overlooked. As a sound person and academic, I have long been interested in the dramaturgical releva... Read More about Sound Dramaturgy.

James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keeble, A. (2025, December). James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling. Paper presented at PERCIVAL - an international conference on the literature and art of Percival Everett, London

This paper considers James within Everett’s famously diverse oeuvre – to date including twenty-four novels, four collections of short fiction, three collections of poetry and a children’s book – a distinctive body of work commonly described as “uncat... Read More about James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling.

Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Witte, A. (2025, August). Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society International Conference, Birmingham

Although the Scottish Outdoor Access Code promises to empower everyone to enjoy nature, access is influenced by complex socio-cultural and structural factors. Neither access nor benefits of participation in outdoor leisure are consistently realised f... Read More about Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland.

The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Kulpa, R., & Zabrzewska, A. The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show. [Live Show]. 1 August 2025

This Fringe 2025 show will feature Dr Roberto Kulpa & Dr Adrianna Zabrzewska (Edinburgh Napier University), who discuss why people who reject gender equalities turn to homophobic, transphobic, and anti-feminist fearmongers. The show also features Dr... Read More about The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show.

Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy (2025)
Journal Article
Töredi, D., Mansour, J., Jones, S., Skelton, F., & McIntyre, A. (online). Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy. Law and Human Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000609

Objective: The Cross-Race Effect (CRE) is a reliable and robust phenomenon, whereby individuals better recognize faces that belong to their race compared to another race. Our goal was to produce items for a self-report Inventory (i.e., CRE-I) that br... Read More about Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy.

The Apple & Biscuit Show – Episode 17: “Why Hearing Means Feeling: Designing Sound for the Real World” (2025)
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I. (2025). The Apple & Biscuit Show – Episode 17: “Why Hearing Means Feeling: Designing Sound for the Real World”. [Podcast]

This podcast episode features Dr Iain McGregor in conversation with Dr Neil Hillman and Jason Nicholas, discussing the role of perceptual audio in shaping trust, safety, and meaning. Topics include the use of sound in protest, public broadcasting, an... Read More about The Apple & Biscuit Show – Episode 17: “Why Hearing Means Feeling: Designing Sound for the Real World”.

The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland (2025)
Digital Artefact
Zabrzewska, A., & Kulpa, R. (2025). The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland. [Blog post]

Adrianna Zabrzewska and Roberto Kulpa show that, despite populism's hostile political climate, limited funding, and tensions within the community, the pursuit of a liveable and joyful life for LGBTIQ+ individuals and cishet women in Poland is an unfo... Read More about The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland.

Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.” (2025)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (online). Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.”. Language and Intercultural Communication, https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2025.2519910

Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, this narrative explores my journey as a Filipina navigating Edinburgh amid heightened anti-Asian racism. A chance encounter with graffiti transformed how I understood space, identity, and resistance. Through personal... Read More about Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.”.

The Good Work Time Series 2025 (2025)
Report
Papagiannaki, E., Thomas, A., & Brewin, K. (2025). The Good Work Time Series 2025. Institute for the Future of Work

Good Work builds resilience against socioeconomic and health shocks, and builds resilience for technological transformation. More than any other single factor, access to good jobs will determine prospects for people and places across the country.... Read More about The Good Work Time Series 2025.

Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S., & Rihova, I. (2025, July). Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre. Presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference 2024, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, UK

Cities are under growing pressure to address the challenge of supporting more inclusive and sustainable communities. Festivals and events, increasingly used as urban development tools, can assist in the creation of sustainable cities with prosperous,... Read More about Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre.

Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3 (2025)
Report
Langdon, P., & Olowosegun, A. (2025). Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3. Transport Scotland

The Inclusive Kerbs Phase 3 research project gathered data from a representative example of kerbs within The City of Edinburgh to understand what kerbs are present in the city and how people with various impairments use them. The study was conducted... Read More about Inclusive Kerbs Study Phase 3.

Worker, Producer and Consumer Cooperatives in Catalunya: Value, Degrowth and Economic Democracy (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farmelo, S., Papagiannaki, E., & Yerushalmi, E. (2025, July). Worker, Producer and Consumer Cooperatives in Catalunya: Value, Degrowth and Economic Democracy. Presented at Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference, Montreal, Canada

This article integrates literature on economic value, ecological approaches, and worker cooperatives as alternative forms of organising production and labour within Catalunya’s cooperative ecosystem.

It explores how cooperatives define and genera... Read More about Worker, Producer and Consumer Cooperatives in Catalunya: Value, Degrowth and Economic Democracy.

Is UK Capitalism Overly Dependent on Unproductive Labour? Exploitation, Productivity, and Surplus Value Limits? (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papagiannaki, E., Philp, B., & Wheatley, D. (2025, July). Is UK Capitalism Overly Dependent on Unproductive Labour? Exploitation, Productivity, and Surplus Value Limits?. Presented at Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference, Montréal, Canada

UK capitalism transformed significantly from 1992 to 2020. Using the New Interpretation (NI) framework, we divide net output into aggregate wages and profits, focusing on production and distribution, rather than input-output matrices. While US data i... Read More about Is UK Capitalism Overly Dependent on Unproductive Labour? Exploitation, Productivity, and Surplus Value Limits?.

Kerb heights - Phase 4 (2025)
Report
Langdon, P., & Olowosegun, A. (2025). Kerb heights - Phase 4. Transport Scotland

The Inclusive Kerbs Phase 4 research project gathered data using a representative example of standard kerbs within a controlled laboratory environment to understand how people with various impairments interacted with them. The study was conducted by... Read More about Kerb heights - Phase 4.

Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and Selling the Fairlight CMI (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2025, July). Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and Selling the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) International conference, Paris, France

In his study of the Minimoog, Trevor Pinch writes that ‘it is sellers who tie the world of use to the world of design and manufacture. Sellers are ‘boundary shifters’. They are the true ‘missing masses’ of technology studies’. He was referring to Dav... Read More about Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and Selling the Fairlight CMI.

Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McFarlane, A., & Kawaf, F. (2025, July). Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing, Cork, Ireland

This research investigates consumers’ green engagement with cloth nappies amid the challenges of early parenthood. This qualitative study utilised visual diaries and online focus groups with 27 users within the Instagram community #clothbummums. Find... Read More about Clothbummums: Unpacking Consumers’ Green Engagement with Cloth Nappies.

Recording, Resampling, and Repurposing: The Case of Portishead’s Dummy and the Bristol Sound (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2025, July). Recording, Resampling, and Repurposing: The Case of Portishead’s Dummy and the Bristol Sound. Paper presented at International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) International conference, Paris, France

The Bristol Sound, which is often referred to as trip-hop, was a musical scene that developed in the late 1980s and 1990s and is strongly associated with the practices of digital sampling. Influenced by the culture of hip-hop, the post-punk scene in... Read More about Recording, Resampling, and Repurposing: The Case of Portishead’s Dummy and the Bristol Sound.

Understanding work and study demands of degree apprentices using Conservation of Resources Theory (2025)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Bratton, A., & Dutton, M. (2025). Understanding work and study demands of degree apprentices using Conservation of Resources Theory. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 17(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-025-00189-1

Degree apprenticeships are a recent innovation in the UK. The overarching goal of the apprenticeship is to achieve a degree, while working and advancing careers. This involves apprentices and employing organisations investing in resources including w... Read More about Understanding work and study demands of degree apprentices using Conservation of Resources Theory.

How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I. (2025, July). How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War. Presented at Open edX Conference 2025, Paris

Following the ongoing war in Gaza since last October, all universities in Gaza have been destroyed and students have been deprived of their right to continue studying like their peers around the world. An Edinburgh Napier academic is spearheading an... Read More about How Edx Platform Was Used to Save Education in Gaza During the War.