Outputs (75)

Tracking the spread of Covid-19 (2022)
Journal Article
Smallman-Raynor, M., & Jewitt, S. (2022). Tracking the spread of Covid-19. Geography Review, 36(1), 26-30

Communicable diseases are capitalising on our highly connected world to spread as global pandemics. COVID-19 is the most recent example. This article tracks the early stages of the global diffusion of the COVID-19 pandemic, and assesses its rate of s... Read More about Tracking the spread of Covid-19.

Spatial Growth Rate of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in England, September 2020-December 2021 (2022)
Journal Article
Smallman-Raynor, M. R., & Cliff, A. D. (2022). Spatial Growth Rate of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in England, September 2020-December 2021. Epidemiology and Infection, 150, Article e145. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268822001285

This paper uses a robust method of spatial epidemiological analysis to assess the spatial growth rate of multiple lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in the local authority areas of England, September 2020-December 2021. Using the genomic surveillance records of... Read More about Spatial Growth Rate of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in England, September 2020-December 2021.

Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes (2022)
Journal Article
Virkki, V., Alanärä, E., Porkka, M., Ahopelto, L., Gleeson, T., Mohan, C., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Flörke, M., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Müller Schmied, H., Wanders, N., & Kummu, M. (2022). Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(12), 3315-3336. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3315-2022

Human actions and climate change have drastically altered river flows across the world, resulting in adverse effects on riverine ecosystems. Environmental flows (EFs) have emerged as a prominent tool for safeguarding the riverine ecosystems, but at t... Read More about Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes.

The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change (2022)
Journal Article
Satoh, Y., Yoshimura, K., Pokhrel, Y., Kim, H., Shiogama, H., Yokohata, T., Hanasaki, N., Wada, Y., Burek, P., Byers, E., Schmied, H. M., Gerten, D., Ostberg, S., Gosling, S. N., Boulange, J. E. S., & Oki, T. (2022). The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 3287. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30729-2

Droughts that exceed the magnitudes of historical variation ranges could occur increasingly frequently under future climate conditions. However, the time of the emergence of unprecedented drought conditions under climate change has rarely been examin... Read More about The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change.

Not quite cooking on gas: Understanding biogas plant failure and abandonment in Northern Tanzania (2022)
Journal Article
Hewitt, J., Holden, M., Robinson, B., Jewitt, S., & Clifford, M. J. (2022). Not quite cooking on gas: Understanding biogas plant failure and abandonment in Northern Tanzania. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 165, Article 112600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112600

The potential for biogas to fulfil an integral role in promoting sustainable energy solutions, particularly in the Global South, is evident, and especially pertinent in the Sustainable Development Goal era. Internationally, multiple initiatives drive... Read More about Not quite cooking on gas: Understanding biogas plant failure and abandonment in Northern Tanzania.

Agriculture 4.0: Bioinformationalism and Postdigital Hybrid Assemblages (2022)
Book Chapter
Price, C. (2022). Agriculture 4.0: Bioinformationalism and Postdigital Hybrid Assemblages. In Bioinformational Philosophy and Postdigital Knowledge Ecologies (113-131). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95006-4_7

Agriculture is undergoing a new technology revolution with new technologies viewed as being needed for sustainable and resilient food systems. These technologies include robotics, sensors, Big Data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machin... Read More about Agriculture 4.0: Bioinformationalism and Postdigital Hybrid Assemblages.

Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires (2022)
Journal Article
Mariani, M., Connor, S. E., Theuerkauf, M., Herbert, A., Kuneš, P., Bowman, D., Fletcher, M.-S., Head, L., Kershaw, A. P., Haberle, S. G., Stevenson, J., Adeleye, M., Cadd, H., Hopf, F., & Briles, C. (2022). Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20(5), 292-300. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2395

Recent catastrophic fires in Australia and North America have raised broad-scale questions about how the cessation of Indigenous burning practices has impacted fuel accumulation and structure. For sustainable coexistence with fire, a better understan... Read More about Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires.

Spatial Growth Rate of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in England, September 2020–December 2021 (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Smallman-Raynor, M., & Cliff, A. D. Spatial Growth Rate of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in England, September 2020–December 2021

This paper uses a robust method of spatial epidemiological analysis to assess the spatial growth rate of multiple lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in the local authority areas of England, September 2020-December 2021. Using the genomic surveillance records of... Read More about Spatial Growth Rate of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in England, September 2020–December 2021.

Effects of seasonality on access to improved water in Benue State, Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Aondoakaa, S. C., & Jewitt, S. (2022). Effects of seasonality on access to improved water in Benue State, Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09454-8

Many people switch sources of drinking water and sanitation between seasons, yet such shifts are not reflected in the reporting of access to improved water and sanitation services by the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). Drawing on quantitative and q... Read More about Effects of seasonality on access to improved water in Benue State, Nigeria.

TIME to Change: Rethinking Humanitarian Energy Access (2021)
Journal Article
Robinson, B., Clifford, M., & Jewitt, S. (2022). TIME to Change: Rethinking Humanitarian Energy Access. Energy Research and Social Science, 86, Article 102453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102453

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7-universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services by 2030-represents a considerable challenge. Currently, 40% of the global population do not have access to sustainable energy sources, and in... Read More about TIME to Change: Rethinking Humanitarian Energy Access.

The Online Genetically Modified Food Debate: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Genetically Modified Animals (2021)
Journal Article
Price, C. (2021). The Online Genetically Modified Food Debate: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Genetically Modified Animals. Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 14(2), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2021.142.641

The aim of this article is to investigate the sociotechnical imaginaries present in UK online news articles and below the line comments in connection with genetically modified animals. This article attempts to provide an answer through a qualitative... Read More about The Online Genetically Modified Food Debate: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Genetically Modified Animals.

The mental well-being and coping strategies of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative, cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article
Ferguson, K. N., Coen, S. E., Tobin, D., Martin, G., Seabrook, J. A., & Gilliland, J. A. (2021). The mental well-being and coping strategies of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative, cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open, 9(4), E1013-E1020. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210042

Background: Qualitative research is lacking on the mental well-being of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the feelings and emotions adolescents experienced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic an... Read More about The mental well-being and coping strategies of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative, cross-sectional study.

Genetic Food Futures: Increasing participation with the Genetically Modified Organism Consortium (2021)
Journal Article
Price, C. (2021). Genetic Food Futures: Increasing participation with the Genetically Modified Organism Consortium. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 9(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v9i1.572

The aim of this article is to offer an answer to the question: How can we improve public engagement in the genetically modified organisms debate? It will describe the models of Public Understanding of Science and Public Engagement with Science. Publi... Read More about Genetic Food Futures: Increasing participation with the Genetically Modified Organism Consortium.

Catastrophic bushfires, indigenous fire knowledge and reframing science in Southeast Australia (2021)
Journal Article
Fletcher, M. S., Romano, A., Connor, S., Mariani, M., & Yoshi Maezumi, S. (2021). Catastrophic bushfires, indigenous fire knowledge and reframing science in Southeast Australia. Fire, 4(3), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4030061

The catastrophic 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires were the worst fire season in the recorded history of Southeast Australia. These bushfires were one of several recent global conflagrations across landscapes that are homelands of Indigenous peoples,... Read More about Catastrophic bushfires, indigenous fire knowledge and reframing science in Southeast Australia.

Which Biomass Stove(s) Capable of Reducing Household Air Pollution Are Available to the Poorest Communities Globally? (2021)
Journal Article
Stanistreet, D., Phillip, E., Kumar, N., Anderson de Cuevas, R., Davis, M., Langevin, J., Jumbe, V., Walsh, A., Jewitt, S., & Clifford, M. (2021). Which Biomass Stove(s) Capable of Reducing Household Air Pollution Are Available to the Poorest Communities Globally?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), Article 9226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179226

Globally, household and ambient air pollution (HAAP) leads to approximately seven million premature deaths per year. One of the main sources of household air pollution (HAP) is the traditional stove. So-called improved cookstoves (ICS) do not reduce... Read More about Which Biomass Stove(s) Capable of Reducing Household Air Pollution Are Available to the Poorest Communities Globally?.

No-till alley cropping using leguminous trees biomass: a farmer- and eco-friendly sustainable alternative to shifting cultivation in the Amazonian periphery? (2021)
Journal Article
de Moura, E. G., Mooney, S. J., Campos, L. S., Bastos, K. D. O., Aguiar, A. C., & Jewitt, S. (2022). No-till alley cropping using leguminous trees biomass: a farmer- and eco-friendly sustainable alternative to shifting cultivation in the Amazonian periphery?. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(5), 7195-7212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01744-y

Agricultural growth is essential for both alleviating poverty and feeding the population of the Brazilian Amazonian periphery, where slash-and-burn agriculture continues to support the livelihoods of between 3.5 and 4 million people. We developed a n... Read More about No-till alley cropping using leguminous trees biomass: a farmer- and eco-friendly sustainable alternative to shifting cultivation in the Amazonian periphery?.

“Ok, gender! Where are you?!”: On the potential of catalytic validity in feminist geographies of everyday inequities (2021)
Journal Article
Coen, S. E. (2021). “Ok, gender! Where are you?!”: On the potential of catalytic validity in feminist geographies of everyday inequities. Area, 53(4), 699-707. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12744

This paper is a provocation and reflection on some of the methodological tensions and opportunities I encountered in trying to “get at” gender in my research on the everday gendered geographies of physical activity. Situated in a feminist methodology... Read More about “Ok, gender! Where are you?!”: On the potential of catalytic validity in feminist geographies of everyday inequities.

Pandemic Geographies of Physical Activity (2021)
Book Chapter
Coen, S., Cook, S., & Hayes, S. (2021). Pandemic Geographies of Physical Activity. In G. Andrews, V. Crooks, J. Pearce, & J. Messina (Eds.), COVID-19 and Similar Futures: Pandemic Geographies (165-172). Springer

Public health measures implemented to control COVID-19 (e.g., lock downs, social distancing) have dramatically changed the geographies of recreational physical activity, closing off traditional exercise places, and pushing people both inside homes an... Read More about Pandemic Geographies of Physical Activity.

TIME to Change: An Evaluation of Practical Action Nepal’s Results Based Finance Program (2021)
Journal Article
Robinson, B. L., Clifford, M. J., & Jewitt, S. (2021). TIME to Change: An Evaluation of Practical Action Nepal’s Results Based Finance Program. Energies, 14(10), Article 2891. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14102891

Set against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7, and the need to increase biomass Improved Cookstove (ICS) adoption and sustained use across the globe, this paper presents an evaluation of Practical Action Nepal’s (PAN) Results Based Fi... Read More about TIME to Change: An Evaluation of Practical Action Nepal’s Results Based Finance Program.

Do Intervention Studies to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Children and Adolescents Take Sex/Gender Into Account? A Systematic Review (2021)
Journal Article
Schlund, A., Reimers, A. K., Bucksch, J., Brindley, C., Schulze, C., Puil, L., Coen, S. E., Phillips, S. P., Knapp, G., & Demetriou, Y. (2021). Do Intervention Studies to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Children and Adolescents Take Sex/Gender Into Account? A Systematic Review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 18(4), 461-468. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2020-0666

Background: Physical inactivity is often reported in youth and differs among boys and girls. The aim of this study is to assess sex/gender considerations in intervention studies promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior in youth usi... Read More about Do Intervention Studies to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Children and Adolescents Take Sex/Gender Into Account? A Systematic Review.