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Unlock & Revive: The ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that bring positive benefits to people living with dementia

Report
Stewart, H., Smith, S., Baxter, R., Ali-Knight, J., & Kerr, G. (2022)
Unlock & Revive: The ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that bring positive benefits to people living with dementia. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University
Unlock & Revive is a multi-disciplinary action-research project that involves multiple partners. It is a highly collaborative project aimed at supporting the wellbeing of peop...

Butterworths Scottish Family Law Service: Child Law Division 2005-2010

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Macfarlane, L. (2005)
Butterworths Scottish Family Law Service: Child Law Division 2005-2010
Loose leaf manual for specialist child and family law practitioners.

Identifying contemporary and historic sources of soil polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in an industrial urban setting

Journal Article
Vizard, C. G., Rimmer, D. L., Pless-Mulloli, T., Singleton, I., & Air, V. S. (2006)
Identifying contemporary and historic sources of soil polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in an industrial urban setting. Science of the Total Environment, 370(1), 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.06.006
A study of soil polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) concentrations was undertaken in the vicinity of a municipal solid waste incinerat...

Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue

Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018)
Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue. Language and Intercultural Communication, 19(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2018.1545025
In this paper, we explore intercultural communication as dialogue occurring in a third space. Through seven students' reflective essays on group-based intercultural learning, ...

Why penal reform should care about prison officers.

Digital Artefact
Morrison, K. (2018)
Why penal reform should care about prison officers
No abstract available.

Blurring boundaries: towards a reconceptualisation of the private sector in education.

Journal Article
Caddell, M., & Ashley, L. D. (2006)
Blurring boundaries: towards a reconceptualisation of the private sector in education. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 36(4), 411-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057920601024750
This Special Issue of Compare stems from papers presented to the eighth United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training (UKFIET) Oxford International Conference ...

History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions

Book Chapter
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2020)
History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions. In Islamic Finance Practices: Experiences from South Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34420-7
The Ibrahimic religions in spite of their theological differences, share many common grounds in their view of right and wrong within relation to persuasion of market regulatio...

Genetics Healthcare & Public Health Screening in Scotland

Report
Kerr, G. (2012)
Genetics Healthcare & Public Health Screening in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament
This briefing describes genetic healthcare services and public health screening programmes in Scotland. It includes a brief introduction to genetics in relation to healthcare;...

Listening to local voices? International targets and decentralised education planning in Nepal.

Journal Article
Caddell, M. (2005)
Listening to local voices? International targets and decentralised education planning in Nepal. International Journal of Educational Development, 25(4), 456-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.04.010
This article draws on a case study of district educational planning in Nepal to explore how education for all priorities and targets impact on educational practice at the sub-...

Knowing but not knowing: conflict, development and denial.

Journal Article
Caddell, M., & Yanacopulos, H. (2006)
Knowing but not knowing: conflict, development and denial. Conflict, Security and Development, 6(4), 557-579. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678800601066561
Drawing on case study material from Uganda and Nepal, this paper highlights the tension between what is ‘known’ and what is ‘done’ by practitioners working in the arena of con...

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Evaluation of the impact of BRAVEHOUND on Veteran Mental Health

2023 - 2024
The grant will be used to fund an evaluation, led by Napier University (Centre for Military Research) which will provide an evidence base report for Bravehound.
Funder: The Veterans Foundation | Value: £11,928

The influence of hegemonic masculinity on dietary preferences for meat. A cross-sectional study of adult men in Scotland.

2018 - 2019
The aim of this research is to examine the effects of hegemonic masculinity on meat consumption and willingness to adopt a more plant based diet. Hegemonic masculinity refers to socially prescribed no...
Funder: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland | Value: £4,674

Next Generation Trust Architecture

2018 - 2020
This work will provide proof-of-concept infrastructures and which will be used to create an ecosystem for strong use cases, and thus attract new funding for the building of new health and social care ...
Funder: Digital Health Institute | Value: £149,959

Public confidence & police visibility: a systematic review

2017 - 2018
This project will entail a systematic literature review of police methods in visible policing to establish the current evidence base in relation to how these affect public confidence. This review will...
Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £7,223

Essential Evidence for Scotland

2019 - 2019
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The...
Funder: Paths for All Partnership | Value: £5,047

The authority of international criminal law

2018 - 2018
Book project on the authority of international criminal law. The funding would be used to take up the offered position of Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York, to benefit from the researc...
Funder: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland | Value: £8,280

Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha

2022 - 2023
Gut Feelings main commercial product is Kombucha, a fermented tea produced by natural microbial fermentation and assumed to contain a variety of microbes that link to health benefits. It is produced u...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,960

Scottish Parliament Research Project: Family Law (Scotland) Bill 2019

2019 - 2019
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is seeking to award a contract for research on behalf of the Justice Committee. The Family Law (Scotland) Bill (‘the Bill’) is due to be introduced this yea...
Funder: The Scottish Parliament | Value: £4,872

Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy Research Internships

2021 - 2022
The internships will involve: (i) conducting practice-based research on areas of law and practice governing children and adults in their private and family life – to include family law, public childca...
Funder: The Clark Foundation for Legal Education | Value: £3,399

Essential Evidence for Scotland Year 2

2020 - 2021
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The...
Funder: Paths for All Partnership | Value: £6,475
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Sustainable festivals and events - an enquiry of leadership and futures

2015 - 2017
As a societal phenomenon, festivals and planned events are discussed in a wide policy context. They have entered a broader discus...
Dr Martin Robertson | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Jane Ali-Knight

The Influence of Illuminated Road Studs on Safe Driving Behaviour

2015 - date
The aim of this research is to identify and quantify the changes to driver behaviour, with a specific emphasis on safety, that result f...
Richard Llewellyn | Director of Studies: Dr Jonathan Cowie | Second Supervisor: Mike Maher

Circular refurbishment and adaptability for the British non-domestic stock

2018 - date
Non-domestic buildings are likely to change to domestic use as there is an evident surplus over time across the UK, and their ...
Miss Ana Hernandez Garcia | Director of Studies: Dr Suha Jaradat | Second Supervisor: Prof Francesco Pomponi

An exploration of the dynamics of culture formation and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: learning from university students' experiences of group work

2012 - 2018
Dr Frank Xu | Director of Studies: Prof Mary Fischer | Second Supervisor: Dr Vivien Xiaowei Zhou

The role of niche tourism products in destination development

2009 - 2011
Niche tourism refers to how a specific tourism product can be tailored to meet the needs of a particular audience/market segment. Locations...
Prof Jane Ali-Knight | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor

Achieving service co-ordination in labour market activation : the influence of effective governance

2012 - 2017
Dr Vanesa Fuertes | Director of Studies: Prof Robert Raeside | Second Supervisor: Dr Valerie Egdell

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Dr Kulpa organises a gender & sexuality-focused event to celebrate inclusive queer-feminist politics across the month of March 2024.

6 March 2024
Dr Kulpa organises an inclusive queer-feminist event celebrating our diverse lives and work across Edinburgh Napier University.

Domestic abuse information ‘not adequately captured’ in child contact cases

6 February 2023
tudy: Scottish Legal News 6 Feb

Lawyers fail to take account of domestic abuse

3 February 2023
The Scotsman - p7 News. Child contact hearings in civil courts are not taking adequate account of domestic abuse convictions, according to researchers.

Child contact hearings failing to take account of domestic abuse, study finds

2 February 2023
The Courier - 02/02/2023 Child contact hearings in civil courts are not taking adequate account of domestic abuse convictions, according to researchers. (Note: this story originated from Press Assoc...

Dr Kulpa lunches project: ‘RESIST. Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics’

30 September 2022
Dr Roberto Kulpa with colleagues form 9 European organisations launches “Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics (RESIST)” research consortium ai...

Delivering India’s first digital Festival Academy

4 March 2021
On Monday mornings, Edinburgh Napier Business School’s Dr Gary Kerr and Professor Jane Ali-Knight help deliver the first digital India Festival Academy for the British Council. “Without doubt, these s...

University teams up with community researchers to help improve their neighbourhood

6 February 2020
A Team of community researchers will join forces with academics to help improve their neighbourhood. UK Research and Innovation today announced its backing for the Seven Kingdoms of Wester Hailes, on...

Invited Keynote Speach by Professor Davis at National Active Travel Conference

11 June 2019
Keynote speech to Scotland's premier annual active travel conference. Summarised Evidence Review findings from recent studies of most effective interventions to increase active travel and increase phy...

Invited presentation by Professor Davis to the Active Scotland Development Group

10 June 2019
Invited presentation to the Active Scotland Development Group quarterly meeting which had a focus on transport for this meeting.

Academics moot making GLC execs’ pay public by law

31 October 2018
The assistant director of the International Centre for Management & Governance Research (ICMGR), Dr Marizah Minhat, and Associate Professor Nazam Dzolkarnaini are undertaking a research collaboration ...

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