Outputs (20)

Agency in urgency and uncertainty. Vaccines and vaccination in European media discourses (2024)
Journal Article

Although Covid-19 was not the first pandemic, it was unique in the scale and intensity with which societies responded. Countries reacted differently to the threat posed by the new virus. The public health crisis affected European so... Read More about Agency in urgency and uncertainty. Vaccines and vaccination in European media discourses.

Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study (2024)
Journal Article

This article presents the design of a seven-country study focusing on childhood vaccines, Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe (VAX-TRUST), developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study consists of (a) situation analysis of vaccine hesitancy (e... Read More about Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study.

Researching childhood vaccine hesitancy in the wake of COVID-19 (2024)
Journal Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a seismic effect on public healthcare, vaccine production, and on society. However, the pandemic has also had a methodological impact on social researchers, including those seeking to better understand vaccine hesitancy... Read More about Researching childhood vaccine hesitancy in the wake of COVID-19.

Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare (2024)
Book

Every year around 80 million scientific procedures are carried out on animals globally. These experiments have the potential to generate new understandings of biology and clinical treatments. They also give rise to ongoing societal debate. This bo... Read More about Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare.

(Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research (2024)
Book Chapter

The veterinary profession is complex and heterogeneous, embedded in a variety of social contexts. One such context is the animal research laboratory where, in the UK, Named Veterinary Surgeons (NVSs) have key legislative responsibilities for animal c... Read More about (Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research.

Recruiting a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population: the methodological and practical pitfalls of researching vaccine-hesitant parents (2023)
Journal Article

While recruitment is an essential aspect of any research project, its challenges are rarely acknowledged. We intend to address this gap by discussing the challenges to the participation of vaccine-hesitant parents defined here as a hard-to-reach, hid... Read More about Recruiting a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population: the methodological and practical pitfalls of researching vaccine-hesitant parents.

What Do Scientists Mean When They Talk About Research Animals "Volunteering"? (2023)
Journal Article

This paper examines discourses around "volunteering"in animal research. Through a qualitative textual analysis of the scientific literature using animals in behavioral and psychological research, we demonstrate that "voluntary"and related terms are u... Read More about What Do Scientists Mean When They Talk About Research Animals "Volunteering"?.

Two Worlds in One: What ‘Counts’ as Animal Advocacy for Veterinarians Working in UK Animal Research? (2023)
Journal Article

The concept of advocacy is of increasing importance to the veterinary profession internationally. However, there are concerns around the ambiguity and complexity of acting as an advocate in practice. This paper explores what ‘animal advocacy’ involve... Read More about Two Worlds in One: What ‘Counts’ as Animal Advocacy for Veterinarians Working in UK Animal Research?.

Animal research, ethical boundary-work, and the geographies of veterinary expertise (2022)
Journal Article

The veterinary profession has been relatively understudied in social science, though recent work has highlighted the geographic dimensions of veterinary expertise. This paper draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with Named Veterinary Surgeons (NV... Read More about Animal research, ethical boundary-work, and the geographies of veterinary expertise.

Vets and Vaccines: A Discursive Analysis of Pet Vaccine Critique (2022)
Journal Article

Critique of vaccination policy and practice has a long history, and social scientists and others have devoted significant efforts to understanding this phenomenon. This attention has only increased in light of the coronavirus pandemic, with public... Read More about Vets and Vaccines: A Discursive Analysis of Pet Vaccine Critique.