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Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space (2018)
Journal Article
Crawford, G., & Hancock, D. (2018). Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space. Journal of Fandom Studies, 6(3), 301-318. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.6.3.301_1

This article considers cosplayers’ use and transformation of urban space. Cosplay provides an important subcultural embodiment of contemporary popular culture, through which we can learn a great deal about contemporary forms of fandom, participatory... Read More about Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space.

A feel for the game : exploring gaming 'experience' through the case of sports-themed video games (2018)
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Crawford, G., Muriel, D., & Conway, S. (2019). A feel for the game : exploring gaming 'experience' through the case of sports-themed video games. Convergence, 25(5-6), 937-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856518772027

Video gaming is often understood and narrated as an 'experience', and we would suggest that this is particularly notable with sports-themed video games. However, we would argue that how the game experience is curated and consumed, and how this relate... Read More about A feel for the game : exploring gaming 'experience' through the case of sports-themed video games.

British digital game studies (2018)
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Crawford, G., MacCallum-Stewart, E., & Ruffino, P. (2018). British digital game studies. ToDiGRA (Online), 3(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.26503/todigra.v3i3.76

This paper provides a short and potted recent history of digital games research in Great Britain. We begin this story in 2001. Though a substantial amount of research and writing on digital games was taking in Britain since at least the 1980s, for us... Read More about British digital game studies.

Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra (2016)
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Gosling, V., Crawford, G., Bagnall, G., & Light, B. (2016). Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra. Arts and the Market, 6(1), 2-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAM-08-2013-0012

This paper considers the key findings of a yearlong collaborative research project focusing on the London Symphony Orchestra’s development, implementation and testing of a branded smartphone app. This app was designed to primarily sell discounted tic... Read More about Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra.

Is it in the Game? Reconsidering play spaces, game definitions, theming and sports videogames (2015)
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Crawford, G. (2015). Is it in the Game? Reconsidering play spaces, game definitions, theming and sports videogames. Games and Culture, 10(6), 571-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412014566235

From the very first days of digital gaming, sport-themed videogames have been a constant and ever-popular presence. However, compared with many other genres of games, sports-themed videogames have remained relatively under-research. Using the case of... Read More about Is it in the Game? Reconsidering play spaces, game definitions, theming and sports videogames.

An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction (2014)
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Crawford, G., Gosling, V., Bagnall, G., & Light, B. (2014). An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction. Cultural Sociology, 8(4), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975514541862

This paper considers the key findings of a yearlong collaborative research project focusing on the audience of the London Symphony Orchestra and their introduction of a new mobile telephone (‘app’) ticketing system. A mixed-method approach was employ... Read More about An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction.

Is there an app for that? A case study of the potentials and limitations of the participatory turn and networked publics for classical music audience engagement (2014)
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Crawford, G., Gosling, V., Bagnall, G., & Light, B. (2014). Is there an app for that? A case study of the potentials and limitations of the participatory turn and networked publics for classical music audience engagement. Information, Communication and Society, 17(9), 1072-1085. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2013.877953

The participatory turn, fuelled by discourses and rhetoric regarding social media, and in the
aftermath of the dot.com crash of the early 2000s, enrols to some extent an idea of being
able to deploy networks to achieve institutional aims. The arts... Read More about Is there an app for that? A case study of the potentials and limitations of the participatory turn and networked publics for classical music audience engagement.

Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland? (2012)
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Evans, J., & Tonge, J. (2012). Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland?. Terrorism and Political Violence, 24(1), 61-78

Dissident Irish Republicans have increased their violent activities in recent years.
These ‘‘spoilers’’ reject the 1998 Good Friday Agreement power-sharing deal
between Unionist and Nationalist traditions in Northern Ireland. Instead dissident
IRA... Read More about Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland?.

Political radicalism, policy expectation, and electoral competition in France : a means to the end? (2011)
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Evans, J. (2011). Political radicalism, policy expectation, and electoral competition in France : a means to the end?. French Politics, Culture and Society, 29(3), 12-28. https://doi.org/10.3167/fpcs.2011.290302

Political parties use policy radicalism as a means of attaining electoral success. Differentiation from other parties and ideological renewal after a period of incumbency or prolonged opposition are valid reasons for policy innovation, but excessive... Read More about Political radicalism, policy expectation, and electoral competition in France : a means to the end?.

Deriving a forecast model for European election turnout (2011)
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Evans, J., & Ivaldi, G. (2011). Deriving a forecast model for European election turnout. Political Research Quarterly, 65(4), 855-867. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912911421016

Turnout is a key indicator in European Parliament elections, in the absence of a direct executive outcome. Forecasting turnout is an important exercise in requiring the identification of a parsimonious model with good lead time from the array of stru... Read More about Deriving a forecast model for European election turnout.

What is 'new' about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK (2011)
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Gregory, A., & Milner, S. (2011). What is 'new' about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK. Men and Masculinities, 14(5), 588-606. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X11412940

This article reviews the way that fatherhood is constructed in the public discourse and more broadly in the public sphere in the UK and France by examining (1) the fatherhood regime and its influence on the construction of fatherhood in the two count... Read More about What is 'new' about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK.

The mirage of citizen engagement in uncertain science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy (2011)
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Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2011). The mirage of citizen engagement in uncertain science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 1(18), https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.585810

This paper addresses some of the debates about citizen involvement in decisions about science and
technological innovation. It describes some of the claims and scientific uncertainties surrounding
hydrogen energy. It examines qualitative evidence f... Read More about The mirage of citizen engagement in uncertain science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy.

Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK : policy and practice (2011)
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Gregory, A., & Milner, S. (2011). Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK : policy and practice. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 31(1/2), https://doi.org/10.1108/01443331111104797

Purpose – This paper focuses on the role of organizations in mediating the impact of national work-life balance (WLB) policy on employees, in particular fathers.
Design/methodology/approach – It presents existing research about WLB policy implementa... Read More about Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK : policy and practice.

New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland (2011)
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Tonge, J., Evans, J., Jeffery, R., & McAuley, J. (2011). New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13(3), 400-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00421.x

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA) led to a major realignment in unionist politics in Northern Ireland. The Ulster Unionist party (UUP), hitherto the dominant force within the Protestant British tradition, was usurped in electoral popularity by the... Read More about New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland.

The caries experience of 5 year old children in Scotland, Wales and England in 2007 - 2008 and the impact of consent arrangements. Reports of co-ordinated surveys using BASCD criteria. (2011)
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Davies, G., Jones, C., Monaghan, N., Morgan, M., Pine, C., Pitts, N., …Rooney, E. (2011). The caries experience of 5 year old children in Scotland, Wales and England in 2007 - 2008 and the impact of consent arrangements. Reports of co-ordinated surveys using BASCD criteria. Community Dental Health, 28(1), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.1922/CDH_2765Davies07

This paper brings together summarised findings and comment on surveys of young children undertaken in Scotland, Wales and
England in 2007-08. These surveys are the latest in a series using common criteria for measurement but changes in the consent a... Read More about The caries experience of 5 year old children in Scotland, Wales and England in 2007 - 2008 and the impact of consent arrangements. Reports of co-ordinated surveys using BASCD criteria..

Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina (Prisons and Internment: A Comparison of Penal Facilities in North America and Latin America) (2010)
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America). Caderno CRH (Impresso), 23(58), 129-149

The recent use of expressions such as
“warehouse prison” in the U.S. and “concentration
camp” in Latin America would seem to indicate
that conditions of deprivation of freedom in both
regions look more and more alike. The analysis
presented here... Read More about Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina (Prisons and Internment: A Comparison of Penal Facilities in North America and Latin America).

Measuring the quality of peer-reviewed publications in social work : impact factors - liberation or liability (2010)
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Blyth, E., Shardlow, S., Masson, H., Lyons, K., Shaw, I., & White, S. (2010). Measuring the quality of peer-reviewed publications in social work : impact factors - liberation or liability. Social Work Education, 29(2), 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470902856705

Systems for measuring the quality of publications in peer-reviewed academic journals have achieved importance in the 'audit culture' to which academia worldwide has become increasingly subjected. In the United Kingdom this debate has focused on gover... Read More about Measuring the quality of peer-reviewed publications in social work : impact factors - liberation or liability.

Comparing forecast models of radical right voting in four European countries (1973–2008) (2009)
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European countries (1973–2008). International Journal of Forecasting, 26(1), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.04.001

Radical Right Parties (RRPs) have traditionally been seen as ‘hard cases’ to forecast, with unstable voter bases affected by short-term influences. Building upon our previous work on forecasting the French Front National’s vote across time, we constr... Read More about Comparing forecast models of radical right voting in four European countries (1973–2008).