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#uksnow: webscience weather watch (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Fletcher, G. (2010, October). #uksnow: webscience weather watch. Presented at Internet Research 11.0, Gothenburg, Sweden

Introducing eco-masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the individual differences theory of gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. (2010, August). Introducing eco-masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the individual differences theory of gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project. Presented at Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2010, Lima, Peru

In this paper I introduce the concept of eco-masculinities as a philosophical and critical project to understand the links between gendered and pro-environmental behaviour. The background of the feminist project, the sociology of masculinity, and the... Read More about Introducing eco-masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the individual differences theory of gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project.

Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., & Zainal Abidin, N. (2010, July). Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity. Presented at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, Korea

The prevalence of obesity in the UK is mirroring trends in the USA. There is a need for research to provide public health agencies with advice as to the most effective means of securing behavioural change. The work reported here is in its very early... Read More about Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity.

Network theories for technology-enabled learning and social change: Connectivism and actor network theory (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, F. (2010, May). Network theories for technology-enabled learning and social change: Connectivism and actor network theory. Presented at Networked Learning Conference 2010: Seventh International Conference on Networked Learning, Aalborg, Denmark

Learning never was confined to classrooms. We all learn in, out of, before, during and after episodes of formal education. The changing sociotechnical context offers a promise of new opportunities, and the sense that somehow things may be different.... Read More about Network theories for technology-enabled learning and social change: Connectivism and actor network theory.

Inactive banana time: lean production and the degredation of work in the UK Civil Service (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2010, January). Inactive banana time: lean production and the degredation of work in the UK Civil Service. Presented at Dilemmas for Human Services 14th International Research Conference, Lulea, Sweden

The UK Civil Service has been subject to a constant series of governmental and managerial initiatives over the last 30 years, aimed at increasing efficiency by emulating the private sector. The Gershon Report (2004) identified public sector efficien... Read More about Inactive banana time: lean production and the degredation of work in the UK Civil Service.