Industry perceptions of government interventions: generating an energy efficiency norm

The world has been grappling with energy efficiency for decades.  Much attention has been focused on how government can encourage energy efficiency, but there has been essentially none on industry perspectives of which government interventions are necessary to encourage these actions to become the norm.  We address this gap through a study of industry views…Continue Reading Industry perceptions of government interventions: generating an energy efficiency norm

Performance Profiling: Theoretical Foundations, Applied Implementations and Practitioner Reflections

Performance profiling is a theory-driven, client-led assessment method utilized by sport psychology professionals to help uncover important physical, psychological, technical, and tactical factors associated with a client’s sport. This holistic technique has been shown to influence a number of psychological constructs important to performance, such as self-awareness and intrinsic motivation. Different variations of the performance…Continue Reading Performance Profiling: Theoretical Foundations, Applied Implementations and Practitioner Reflections

New research network aims to help strengthen mental health services in Bangladesh

New research network aims to help strengthen mental health services in Bangladesh Dr Stephanie Armstrong, School of Health and Social Care is currently working with a new UK-Bangladesh research network that aims to help strengthen mental health services in Bangladesh. Led by Imperial College London – one of the world’s top universities – the Mon…Continue Reading New research network aims to help strengthen mental health services in Bangladesh

PREVENT TRAGEDIES: A CASE STUDY IN FEMALE-TARGETED STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM’S PREVENT COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY

While international revolutionary groups have frequently attracted international support, the declaration of the caliphate by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 and the subsequent growth of foreign fighters leaving their home countries to fight in Syria created a significant concern for Western governments. The United Kingdom was a major source of this foreign fighter flow, becoming…Continue Reading PREVENT TRAGEDIES: A CASE STUDY IN FEMALE-TARGETED STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM’S PREVENT COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY

Ostrom, Floods and Mismatched Property Rights

How societies can cope with flood risk along coasts and riverbanks is a critical theoretical and empirical problem – particularly in the wake of anthropogenic climate change and the increased severity of floods. An example of this challenge is the growing costs of publicly-funded flood defense in Britain and popular outcries during the regular occasions…Continue Reading Ostrom, Floods and Mismatched Property Rights