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Assessing the forced labor risk of US fruit and vegetable commodities (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Tichenor Blackstone, N., Benoit Norris, C., Robbins, T., Jackson, B., & Sparks, J. L. D. (2020). Assessing the forced labor risk of US fruit and vegetable commodities. In U. Eberle, S. Smetana, & U. Bos (Eds.), Proceedings 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food LCAFood2020: 13-16 October 2020, Berlin Virtually, German (315-320)

Studies on sustainable food consumption to date have largely focused on promoting human health within ecological limits. Much less attention has been paid to social sustainability, in part because of limited data and models. The aim of this research... Read More about Assessing the forced labor risk of US fruit and vegetable commodities.

Ending slavery by decarbonisation? Exploring the nexus of modern slavery, deforestation, and climate change action via REDD+ (2020)
Journal Article
Jackson, B., & Decker Sparks, J. L. (2020). Ending slavery by decarbonisation? Exploring the nexus of modern slavery, deforestation, and climate change action via REDD+. Energy Research and Social Science, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101610

Activities involving the deforestation are high-risk for modern slavery, and is an issue which has global consequences for forest environments and communities. Despite this, little work is being done to eradicate modern slavery from these sectors. An... Read More about Ending slavery by decarbonisation? Exploring the nexus of modern slavery, deforestation, and climate change action via REDD+.

Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves (2020)
Book Chapter
Jewitt, S., Atagher, P., Clifford, M., Ray, C., & Sesan, T. (2020). Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves. In T. Haller, & C. Zingerli (Eds.), Towards Shared Research: Participatory and Integrative Approaches in Researching African Environments – Opportunities, Challenges, Actualities in Natural and Social Sciences (91-124). Transcript Verlag

Around 2.7 billion people globally and 80% of households in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on solid biomass fuels for cooking and heating. This results in high levels of exposure to household air pollution (HAP); the second most common cause of death in eas... Read More about Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves.

Investment and human rights in armed conflict: charting an elusive intersection (2019)
Book
Davitti, D. (2019). Investment and human rights in armed conflict: charting an elusive intersection. Oxford: Hart Publishing

This book analyses the way in which international human rights law (IHRL) and international investment law (IIL) are deployed – or fail to be deployed – in conflict countries within the context of natural resources extraction. It specifically analyse... Read More about Investment and human rights in armed conflict: charting an elusive intersection.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient education in preventing and reducing the incidence or recurrence of adult diabetes foot ulcers (DFU) (2018)
Journal Article
Adiewere, P., Gillis, R. B., Imran Jiwani, S., Meal, A., Shaw, I., & Adams, G. G. (2018). A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient education in preventing and reducing the incidence or recurrence of adult diabetes foot ulcers (DFU). Heliyon, 4(5), Article e00614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00614

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) states that diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are associated with disability, death among patients with diabetes and substantial costs, if not prevented or managed effectively. The aim here is to examine the... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient education in preventing and reducing the incidence or recurrence of adult diabetes foot ulcers (DFU).

Gender inequalities in the City of London advertising industry (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, A., & Crewe, L. (2018). Gender inequalities in the City of London advertising industry. Environment and Planning A, 50(3), 671-688. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X17749731

This paper explores gender relations in the City of London advertising industry. It argues that the gender imbalance in the highest ranking positions and the stifled career progression of women in the industry are a result of social, structural and i... Read More about Gender inequalities in the City of London advertising industry.

Earth observation for citizen science validation, or citizen science for earth observation validation? The role of quality assurance of volunteered observations (2017)
Journal Article
Leibovici, D. G., Williams, J., Rosser, J. F., Hodges, C., Chapman, C., Higgins, C., & Jackson, M. J. (2017). Earth observation for citizen science validation, or citizen science for earth observation validation? The role of quality assurance of volunteered observations. Data, 2(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/data2040035

Environmental policy involving citizen science (CS) is of growing interest. In support of this open data stream of information, validation or quality assessment of the CS geo-located data to their appropriate usage for evidence-based policy making ne... Read More about Earth observation for citizen science validation, or citizen science for earth observation validation? The role of quality assurance of volunteered observations.

Connecting community through film in ITE English (2017)
Book Chapter
McIntyre, J., & Jones, S. (2017). Connecting community through film in ITE English. In D. Stevens, & K. Lockney (Eds.), Students, places and identities in English and the arts. Routledge

This chapter offers a critical exploration of the work of beginning teachers of secondary English at the University of Nottingham, who have been involved, alongside their own pupils, in a series of film-making projects which have taken place annually... Read More about Connecting community through film in ITE English.

Managing social responsibility in Chinese agriculture supply chains through the “a company + farmers” model (2017)
Journal Article
Fu, S., Zhan, Y., & Tan, K. H. (in press). Managing social responsibility in Chinese agriculture supply chains through the “a company + farmers” model. European Business Review, 29(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-01-2016-0012

Purpose:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has received a large amount of attention in research and in practice. As a response to the growing awareness of and concern about social and environmental issues, an increasing number of companies are int... Read More about Managing social responsibility in Chinese agriculture supply chains through the “a company + farmers” model.

The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson-Hollis, V., Joseph, S., & Browne, K. (2017). The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people. Child Abuse and Neglect, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.004

Childhood victimization impacts on the well-being of children and young people, particularly those experiencing an extreme amount of different types of victimization (i.e., poly-victims). However, limited attention has been given to the impact of dif... Read More about The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people.

A Web of opportunity or the same old story? Women digital entrepreneurs and intersectionality theory (2016)
Journal Article
Martinez Dy, A. C., Marlow, S., & Martin, L. (2017). A Web of opportunity or the same old story? Women digital entrepreneurs and intersectionality theory. Human Relations, 70(3), 286-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716650730

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This article critically analyses the manner in which intersectionality and related social positionality shape digital enterprise activities. Despite popular claims of meritocratic opportunity enactment within traditional... Read More about A Web of opportunity or the same old story? Women digital entrepreneurs and intersectionality theory.

Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies (2016)
Journal Article
Gegout, C. (2016). Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies. Third World Quarterly, 37(12), 2192-2210. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1176855

This article analyses the impact of European Union (EU) policies in the field of fisheries on development in Africa. It contests the premise that the EU promotes local economies, and argues that it often contributes to depleting fish stocks, distorti... Read More about Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies.

Coming together or drifting apart? Income maintenance in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom (2016)
Journal Article
Pierson, C., & Humpage, L. (2016). Coming together or drifting apart? Income maintenance in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Politics and Policy, 44(2), 261-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12150

There has been long-standing debate in the comparative welfare state literature as to whether social policy regimes come to look more alike over time (“converge”) or else retain their distinctiveness. In this article, we explore this question throug... Read More about Coming together or drifting apart? Income maintenance in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights (2016)
Journal Article
Landman, T. (2016). Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights. Human Rights Quarterly, 38(1), https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2016.0014

This paper argues that there is a strong role for empirical analysis to be used to address fundamental normative questions. Using human rights as an example, the article shows that the evolution of the international regime of human rights provides a... Read More about Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights.

Arts-based approaches to research with children: living with mess (2015)
Book Chapter
Parry, B. (2015). Arts-based approaches to research with children: living with mess. In D. Yamada-Rice, & E. Stirling (Eds.), Visual methods with children and young people: academics and visual industries in dialogue. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402295

After the emergence of a distinct sociology of childhood, methodological approaches to research with children have been particularly concerned to work ethically and meaningfully with them. In this volume, Elizabeth Wood (Chapter 9) takes us beyond th... Read More about Arts-based approaches to research with children: living with mess.