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Dissatisfaction after postdisaster resettlement (2022)
Book Chapter
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Amaratunga, D. (2022). Dissatisfaction after postdisaster resettlement. In Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience (213-235). Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818639-8.00014-4

Abstract:

Resettlement failure is a continuing concern within the field of postdisaster housing. There is a growing body of literature that recognizes dissatisfaction in many resettlement schemes around the world. However, a systematic understand... Read More about Dissatisfaction after postdisaster resettlement.

Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester (2022)
Book Chapter
Willis, A., & Hayward, R. (2022). Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester. In L. Tsitsou, H. Rana, & B. Wessels (Eds.), The Formation of Film Audiences: Conference Proceedings. University of Sheffield: The Digital Humanities Institute

This paper will discuss our curation of Celebrating Women in Global Cinema (CWinGC), a unique year-long programming initiative that took place across 2019 (and into 2020) at HOME, Manchester. It begins by outlining HOME’s cinema offer, identifying ho... Read More about Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester.

Psychology of Democracy (2022)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2022). Psychology of Democracy. In Psychology of Democracy Of the People, By the People, For the People (1 - 22). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.002

Democracy is under attack. Whether from those within its systems who seek to gain at the expense of others, or from without by rival forms of rule. Yet the crises we face as a species demand not only that we recognise the perils of a changing planet,... Read More about Psychology of Democracy.

Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective (2022)
Book Chapter
Coen, S., & Maloney Yorganci, K. (2022). Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective. In A. Weinberg (Ed.), Psychology of democracy : of the people, by the people, for the people (377-402). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.021

This chapter discusses how news contributes to informed citizenship by reviewing the different approaches adopted in the literature to understanding how individuals learn from the news. After reviewing the main theoretical and empirical perspectives... Read More about Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective.

Maimed wings and broken hearts : physical disability, social exclusion, and maternal love in Disney’s Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2022)
Book Chapter
Helm, H. (2022). Maimed wings and broken hearts : physical disability, social exclusion, and maternal love in Disney’s Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. In N. Le Clue, & J. Vermaak-Griessel (Eds.), Gender and female villains in 21st century fairy tale narratives : from evil queens to wicked witches (177-190). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-564-720221020

This chapter argues that Maleficent’s physical difference and social exclusion can be analysed as disabling rather than villainous trajectories in Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019). I explore how Maleficent is (re)represented... Read More about Maimed wings and broken hearts : physical disability, social exclusion, and maternal love in Disney’s Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

The Mental Well-Being of Politicians (2022)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2022). The Mental Well-Being of Politicians. In Psychology of Democracy Of the People, By the People, For the People (146 - 170). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.009

The mental well-being of politicians is not a fashionable issue. However, the effective functioning and delivery of representative democracy rests heavily on the capacity for those elected to perform their job role and to do so effectively. Despite t... Read More about The Mental Well-Being of Politicians.

Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study (2022)
Book Chapter
Edge, C., Coffey, M., Cook, P., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study. In L. Fitzgerald (Ed.), Women entrepreneurs and employment : past, present and future perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Aim: To explore employee experiences of nearing or working beyond state pensionable age, and the factors enabling and inhibit them to work for longer. Specifically, the study explored the health, social, workplace and financial barriers and facilitat... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study.

Serial and mass murderers (2022)
Book Chapter
Allely, C. (2022). Serial and mass murderers. In L. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict (Third Edition) (768-780). Academic Press (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820195-4.00048-0

This article will explore serial and mass murder. It will cover the literature which has investigated leakage and warning signs or red flags in mass shooters. The role of biological, or body-related, issues; narcissism; fame-seeking; the injustice co... Read More about Serial and mass murderers.

'Coming Home to "Legacy"': Marvel's Problem with History (2022)
Book Chapter
Flanagan, M. (2022). 'Coming Home to "Legacy"': Marvel's Problem with History. In D. L. Alexander, M. Goodrum, & P. Smith (Eds.), Drawing the Past: Comics and the Historical Imagination, Vol. 1. (1). Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi

Drawing Together Thinking Apart (2022)
Book Chapter
Patel, D., & McCarthy, L. (2022). Drawing Together Thinking Apart. In Empowering Methodologies in Organisational and Social Research. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429352492

Visual participatory research (VPR) methods can be used to illustrate organisational and social phenomena from different viewpoints. Reflecting on a case study into corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Gujarat, India, we show how women and men’s... Read More about Drawing Together Thinking Apart.

The lexicography of Scots (2022)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. The lexicography of Scots. In The New Cambridge Companion to the History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press (CUP). Manuscript submitted for publication

This chapter considers the history of Scots dictionaries in relation to their purposes and the dominant contemporary perceptions of the Scots language. The twenty-first century Scots Dictionary for Schools (Scots Abc) mobile phone application encoura... Read More about The lexicography of Scots.

Surveillance for early detection of high-consequence pests and pathogens (2022)
Book Chapter
Bowers, J., Malayer, J., Martínez-López, B., LaForest, J., Bargeron, C., Neeley, A., …Russo, J. (2022). Surveillance for early detection of high-consequence pests and pathogens. In K. Cardwell, & K. Bailey (Eds.), Tactical Sciences for Biosecurity in Animal and Plant Systems (120-177). Pennsylvania: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7935-0.ch005

Surveillance is one of the core activities of national organizations responsible for human, animal, or plant health, with the goal of demonstrating the absence of infection or infestation, determining the presence or distribution of infection or infe... Read More about Surveillance for early detection of high-consequence pests and pathogens.

In silico models for hepatotoxicity (2022)
Book Chapter
Ellison, C., Hewitt, M., & Przybylak, K. (2022). In silico models for hepatotoxicity. In E. Benfenati (Ed.), In Silico Methods for Predicting Drug Toxicity (2nd edition) (355-392). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1960-5_14

In this chapter, we review the state of the art of predicting human hepatotoxicity using in silico techniques. There has been significant progress in this area over the past 20 years but there are still some challenges ahead. Principally, these chall... Read More about In silico models for hepatotoxicity.

Evaluating the barriers to adopting sustainable agriculture practices in smallholder coffee farming : implications for global value chains (2022)
Book Chapter
Akenroye, T., Kumar, M., Dora, M., Ihua, U., Mtonga, V., & Aju, O. (2022). Evaluating the barriers to adopting sustainable agriculture practices in smallholder coffee farming : implications for global value chains. In R. Frei, S. Ibrahim, & T. Akenroye (Eds.), Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains (117-142). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78791-2_6

Purpose: This study aims to access the perception of smallholder coffee farmers on barriers to the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices (SAPs).

Methodology: Survey data were obtained through a questionnaire from 122 coffee producers in Ny... Read More about Evaluating the barriers to adopting sustainable agriculture practices in smallholder coffee farming : implications for global value chains.

Engineering practices : complexity-diversity-coherence-meaningfulness (2022)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2022). Engineering practices : complexity-diversity-coherence-meaningfulness. In A. Zambroni de Souza, M. Verkerk, & P. Ribeiro (Eds.), Interdisciplinary and Social Nature of Engineering Practices (21-43). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88016-3_2

During the writing of this chapter, a landmark was passed. For the first time, the total mass of humanly created structures and products exceeded the total biomass on earth.