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Book Chapter

Understanding Curriculum Making by teachers: implications for policy as text and as practice

Priestley M, Alvunger D, Hizli Alkan S, Philippou S & Soini T (2025) Understanding Curriculum Making by teachers: implications for policy as text and as practice. In: Wyse D, Baumfield V, Mockler N & Reardon M (eds.) The BERA-Sage International Handbook of Research-Informed Education Practice and Policy. London: Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-bera-sage-handbook-of-research-informed-education-practice-and-policy/book282002#description

Book Chapter

Putting glitter on the shit: working in-against-and-beyond adult education in Scotland

Galloway S, McEwan S, Player J, Reid H, Harris M & Keenen D (2025) Putting glitter on the shit: working in-against-and-beyond adult education in Scotland. In: James N, Orr K & Clancy S (eds.) International Handbook on Adult Education and Learning. 1 ed. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 225-236. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-adult-learning-and-education-9781800886650.html

Article

The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh

Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, Dumbrell J, Perkins A, Steele S, Trayner K & Parkes T (2025) The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh. Harm Reduction Journal, 22, Art. No.: 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01144-1

Book Chapter

Exploring the Promises and Affordances across Spaces and Places

Murray A, Murray P, Howells K, Uthmani N & McMillan N (2025) Exploring the Promises and Affordances across Spaces and Places. In: Block BA & Haneishi K (eds.) The Thirdspace Movement Model: Connecting Movement with Social Justice. Amazon Prime: Babybook, pp. 87-126. https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-thirdspace-movement-model?srsltid=AfmBOoqM4_z2f4D-oZh3xNJQ2pguIstRKysuW2W0mHdNul0AfgTLcOqt

Book Chapter

Towards an understanding of care poverty

Rummery K, Kröger T, Brimblecombe N & Rodrigues R (2025) Towards an understanding of care poverty. In: Kroger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press, pp. 191-201. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch013

Book Chapter

Acting Locally, Thinking Globally: An International Research–Practice Partnership for Youth Action

Chapman C, Madrid R, Duque C & Paez-Silva M (2025) Acting Locally, Thinking Globally: An International Research–Practice Partnership for Youth Action. In: Wyse D, Baumfield V, Mockler N & Reardon M (eds.) BERA-Sage Handbook of Research-Informed Education Practice and Policy. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-bera-sage-handbook-of-research-informed-education-practice-and-policy/book282002

Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exploring Strategies to Enhance Physical Literacy in the school setting and Beyond

Murray A, Murray P, Howells K, Johnston B & Cowley J (2025) Exploring Strategies to Enhance Physical Literacy in the school setting and Beyond [Critically thinking ways to extend physical literacy from in to out of school session 1]. 2025 AIESEP International Conference, Florida, USA, 18.05.2025-22.06.2025.

Article

Participatory visual methods and the mobilization of community knowledge: Working towards community-derived disaster risk management in the context of advancing climate change

Black GF, Petersen L, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Dick L, Wilson A, Ncube S, Abrams A, Carden K, Dickie J, Hamilton-Smith N, Piper L & Lamb G (2025) Participatory visual methods and the mobilization of community knowledge: Working towards community-derived disaster risk management in the context of advancing climate change. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 6 (2). https://jprm.scholasticahq.com/article/129834-participatory-visual-methods-and-the-mobilization-of-community-knowledge-working-towards-community-derived-disaster-risk-management-in-the-context-of

Review

"You are helping from the heart not just from the head": a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences of peer workers working with people experiencing homelessness and substance use

Carver H, Miler JA, Greenhalgh J, Pauly B, Ring N, Booth H, Dumbrell J & Parkes T (2025) "You are helping from the heart not just from the head": a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences of peer workers working with people experiencing homelessness and substance use. BMC Public Health, 25 (1714). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23006-6

Research Report

Exploring the accessibility of vapes to young people and adults across the UK

Ford A, MacKintosh AM, Morgan A, Best C, Lewis G, Angus K, Mitchell D, Shanthan A, Froguel A & Neve K (2025) Exploring the accessibility of vapes to young people and adults across the UK [VAYPA Study]. Cancer Research UK. London: Cancer Research UK. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/full_report_-_exploring_the_accessibility_of_vapes_to_young_people_and_adults_across_the_uk.pdf

Article

The embodiment of equitable ways to develop agentic wellbeing through movement maximizing personal and general spaces-re-tooling affordances as drivers of social justice

Murray A, Murray P, Howells K, Uthmani N & McMillan N (2025) The embodiment of equitable ways to develop agentic wellbeing through movement maximizing personal and general spaces-re-tooling affordances as drivers of social justice. Equity in Education & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/27526461251324217

Article

'Remembering Empire': supporting take-up of French through history and culture

Barclay F & Thomas L (2025) 'Remembering Empire': supporting take-up of French through history and culture. Scottish Languages Review, issue 38 (Spring 2025). https://scilt.org.uk/Article/tabid/1092/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/16390/Research-working-paper-Remembering-Empire-supporting-take-up-of-French-through-history-and-culture.aspx

Newspaper / Magazine

As Police Scotland bring in body-worn video, our research shows little is known about its effectiveness

Miranda D & Webster W (2025) As Police Scotland bring in body-worn video, our research shows little is known about its effectiveness. As Police Scotland bring in body-worn video, our research shows little is known about its effectiveness. 28.04.2025. https://theconversation.com/as-police-scotland-bring-in-body-worn-video-our-research-shows-little-is-known-about-its-effectiveness-253388

Presentation / Conference Contribution

Concordancing the signage of surveillant landscapes

Wiegand V (2025) Concordancing the signage of surveillant landscapes. Symposium: Reading Concordances in the 21st Century, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 20.03.2025-21.03.2025. https://www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/events/rc21-viola-wiegand-concordancing-the-signage-of-surveillant-landscapes/

Project Report

Home Improvement Services in England: National Evaluation. Final Report

Rolfe S, Mccall V, Harris C, Gilbertson J, Pearson S, Smith R, Wilson I, Marshall M, Preece J, Robinson D, Brown J, McGregor S, Roberts G & Smith P (2025) Home Improvement Services in England: National Evaluation. Final Report. Centre for Ageing Better. Centre for Ageing Better. https://ageing-better.org.uk/document/full-national-evaluation-reportpdf

Article

Who is the 'public' when it comes to public opinion on energy? A mixed-methods study of revealed and elicited public attitudes to shale gas extraction

Whitmarsh L, Gan YS, Devine-Wright P, Evensen D, Dickie J, Connon I, Varley A, Ryder S & Bartie P (2025) Who is the 'public' when it comes to public opinion on energy? A mixed-methods study of revealed and elicited public attitudes to shale gas extraction. Energy Research & Social Science, 119, Art. No.: 103840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103840

Article

Applying Normalisation Process Theory to a peer-delivered complex health intervention for people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use

Foster R, Carver H, Matheson C, Pauly B, Wallace J, MacLennan G, Budd J & Parkes T (2025) Applying Normalisation Process Theory to a peer-delivered complex health intervention for people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use. Communications Medicine, 5, Art. No.: 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00721-6

Article

Place-pedagogies of water stress

Wilson A, Black G, Petersen L, Dick L, Ncube S, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Abrams A, Carden K, Piper L, Dickie J, Hamilton-Smith N & Lamb G (2025) Place-pedagogies of water stress. Global Social Challenges, 20 (20), pp. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1332/27523349Y2025D000000034

Article

Finding traces of everyday life in unusual places: looking beyond case files in German and Scottish residential child care

Emond R, Eßer F, Schäfer M, Buncombe M, Burns A, Lucas S & Magee K (2025) Finding traces of everyday life in unusual places: looking beyond case files in German and Scottish residential child care [Spuren des Alltags an ungewöhnlichen Orten: Ein Blick über den Tellerrand in deutscher und schottischer Heimerziehung]. European Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2024.2411283

Preprint / Working Paper

Toolkits for developing digital platforms to help older people stay physically or socially active produced through codesign workshops: real-world impact assessment through 10 case studies. (Preprint)

Jones RB, Cooper L, Bradwell H, Shore CB, Tomaz SA, Ritchie J, Whittaker AC, Haynes R, Hennessy C & GOALD project (2025) Toolkits for developing digital platforms to help older people stay physically or socially active produced through codesign workshops: real-world impact assessment through 10 case studies. (Preprint). JMIR Preprints. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.64222

Book Chapter

Social Work Climate Change And Colonialism

Engstrom S & Choate PW (2024) Social Work Climate Change And Colonialism. In: Baikady R, Sajid SM, Nadesan V, Przeperski J, Islam MR & Gao J (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_330-1