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Coordination in labour market policy: the influence of governance and institutional logics.

Thesis
Fuertes, V. Coordination in labour market policy: the influence of governance and institutional logics. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1033234
This PhD analyses the factors that affect the existence or absence of coordination in the field of labour market policy for the long-term unemployed in three cities in Great B...

A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice

Journal Article
Brown, M., Duff, H., Karatzias, T., & Horsburgh, D. (2011)
A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 15, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629511401166
The aim of this review is to identify and analyse the published evidence base and wider literature in relation to psychological interventions for adults with intellectual disa...

The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders in Context: From Policy to Political Logics

Journal Article
Laurie, E., & Maglione, G. (2020)
The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders in Context: From Policy to Political Logics. Critical Criminology, 28, 685-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-019-09471-7
The electronic monitoring (EM) of offenders is a subject that has been researched widely within criminology. Theoretical engagement with this instrument has been limited, howe...

Cooperation with a vessel transfer policy for coopetition among container terminals in a single port

Journal Article
Kavirathna, C. A., Kawasaki, T., Hanaoka, S., & Bandara, Y. M. (2020)
Cooperation with a vessel transfer policy for coopetition among container terminals in a single port. Transport Policy, 89, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.01.010
This paper discusses the effects of the cooperation among terminal operators in a single port as a part of their coopetition strategy in order to increase overall port competi...

Public policy for career guidance: Imagining a more ambitious agenda

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Robertson, P. (2020)
Public policy for career guidance: Imagining a more ambitious agenda. [Blog]
This short article argues that career development services are relevant to a wider range of public policy objectives than have previously been considered.

Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh

Journal Article
Karim, M. E., Karim, R., Islam, M. T., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A., & Muhtazaruddin, M. N. (2019)
Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh. Sustainability, 11(20), https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205774
Bangladesh’s constant growth with an annual 6% plus Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for more than the last two decades and achievements in other socio-economic metrics in recent ...

Early Career Professionals’ (Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers) Role in Advocating, Disseminating, and Implementing the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: ISPAH Early Career Network View

Journal Article
Direito, A., Murphy, J. J., Mclaughlin, M., Mair, J., Mackenzie, K., Kamanda, M., …Shilton, T. (2019)
Early Career Professionals’ (Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers) Role in Advocating, Disseminating, and Implementing the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: ISPAH Early Career Network View. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 16(11), 940-944. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2019-0450
Increasing population levels of physical activity (PA) can assist in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals, benefiting multiple sectors and contributing t...

The potential for 'green' fiscal policy measures to influence individuals' vehicle purchasing decisions in Scotland.

Thesis
Borthwick, S. The potential for 'green' fiscal policy measures to influence individuals' vehicle purchasing decisions in Scotland. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8820
Climate change is recognised worldwide as a major concern, with serious repercussions. Observed temperature rises are increasingly being linked to human activity. Evidence ind...

‘Carers’ of People with mental health problems: proposals in current public mental health policy in nine countries

Journal Article
Crombie, I. K., Irvine, L., Elliott, L., & Wallace, H. (2007)
‘Carers’ of People with mental health problems: proposals in current public mental health policy in nine countries. Journal of Public Health Policy, 28, 465-481. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200146
This study investigates how public mental health policy addresses the role and needs of those who care for people with mental health problems. Public mental health policy reco...

A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice

Journal Article
Gray, R., Brewin, E., Noak, J., Wyke-Joseph, J., & Sonik, B. (2002)
A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00511.x
AIDS represents one of the major public health problems of the 21st century. Men having sex with men, injecting drug use and having multiple sexual partners are well-establish...

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The Policy Cards project - CAPE funded

2023 - 2024
The purpose of the project is to continue and finish the development of the Policy Cards. The Policy Cards are a card-based ideation tool that facilitates the analysis and development of policy campai...
Funder: Research England | Value: £11,311

FAOS (Danish Emp Policy in a European Prospective)

2005 - 2006
FAOS (Danish Emp Policy in a European Prospective)
Value: £345

PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement

2021 - 2025
The Action PROFEEDBACK aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at EU-level, raise awareness on the importance of evaluation policy research and improve its impact on policy-ma...
Funder: European Commission

Research Network to create Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre for Scottish Child and Family Law and Policy

2021 - 2023
Our Research Network will launch the unique Multi-Disciplinary Centre for Scottish Child and Family Law and Policy, building upon the successes and networking opportunities generated by our workshop s...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £19,500

A realist evaluation of the implementation of a Continuous Intervention Policy in inpatient mental health services in Scotland.

2020 - 2025
A realist evaluation of the implementation of a Continuous Intervention Policy in inpatient mental health services in Scotland. NHS Boards in Scotland are implementing new observation policies in line...
Funder: NHS Lothian | Value: £4,743

Mini-internships for the Centre for Family Law and Policy

2023 - 2024
Application to the Clark Foundation for Legal Education for funding for mini-internships in the area of child and family law and policy, for undergraduate students primarily in years 3 and 4 of their ...
Funder: The Clark Foundation for Legal Education | Value: £2,000

SRHE_What role does (or should) higher education research play in higher education policy? An exploratory study

2016 - 2017
This research project will explore and explain the role that higher education research plays in the higher education policy process. It is argued that academic research needs to reinforce its institut...
Funder: Society for Research into Higher Education | Value: £1,850

Informing the Good Society (InGSoc): New Direction in Information Policy

2012 - 2017
InGSoc (Informing the Good Society: New Directions in Information Policy) is a three-year project, funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council standard grant. The project, whose common thread is...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £169,026

Chair of Transport & Health

2024 - 2025
This will allow me to continue and extend some of the work that I do, to promote and support policy and practice which results in an increase in total physical activity time, mainly as a result in an ...
Funder: Paths for All Partnership | Value: £28,407

Failure to plan is planning to fail: An evidence informed approach to sustainable tourism planning

2022 - 2024
A comparative analysis between Ireland and Scotland which examines the extent to which local authorities plan for sustainable tourism. This study uses mixed methods, both content analysis and intervie...
Funder: British Academy of Management | Value: £3,999

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Modelling motorcycle driving cycles and emissions in Edinburgh

2006 - 2009
The level of ownership and use of motorcycling has increased rapidly in Edinburgh and the UK in the last ten years. In this study, motorcy...
Ravindra Kumar | Director of Studies: Prof Wafaa Saleh | Second Supervisor: Colin Boswell

Enhancing storm surge resilience for coastal habitat: A framework to support sustainable development

2016 - 2021
In most countries, population, poor management of water policies, infrastructure and coastal develop...
Ms Anitha Karthik | Director of Studies: Prof Luca Mora | Second Supervisor: Prof Sean Smith

2002 - 2007
Energy is undoubtedly the driving force at the core of the development of any nation. There is a direct relation between per capita income and energy consumption. The way this energy is produced, supp...
Remeche Madomercandy | Director of Studies: Prof Tariq Muneer | Second Supervisor: Prof Jorge Kubie

Innovation in SMEs in the Scottish food and drink sector

2004 - 2009
This dissertation reports the results of case studies on innovation and new product development in eight Scottish food companies and a subsequen...
Vijaykumar Vyas | Director of Studies: Dr Janice McMillan | Second Supervisor: Dr Susan Laing

Modelling and analysing cyclist road safety performance in Scotland: a safety in numbers perspective

2015 - 2019
Vulnerable Road User (VRU) road safety performance lags behind the improvements achieved among motor...
Suzanne Meade | Director of Studies: Dr Kathryn Stewart | Second Supervisor: Ian Smith

Implementing urban freight policy measures: using local transport policies to support urban consolidation centres

2015 - 2021
Urban freight transportation (UFT) is concerned with the movement of goods in urban are...
Dr Emine Akgun | Director of Studies: Prof Achille Fonzone | Second Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Cowie

Embedded document security using sticky policies and identity based encryption

2013 - 2019
As we move into storing data within a public cloud infrastructure we reduce the defences and must embed security into the ...
Grzegorz Spyra | Director of Studies: Prof Bill Buchanan | Second Supervisor: Dr Elias Ekonomou

The managed learning environment in Scottish higher education: a socio-technical exploration

2004 - 2009
This thesis presents a socio-technical account of the adoption and development of Managed Learning Environme...
David Edwards | Director of Studies: Keith Horton | Second Supervisor: Prof Lissie Davenport

The usefulness of derivative disclosures by Chinese listed companies

2005 - 2012
While the world has witnessed the growing use of derivative instruments and rapid expansion of derivatives markets over the past two...
Zhen Huang | Director of Studies: Prof Simon Gao

Understanding the "Employability Gap" : Long Term Unemployment, Employability and Labour Market Policy in the UK

2001 - 2009
Colin Lindsay | Director of Studies: Ronald Mcquaid | Second Supervisor: Linda Juleff
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Call for papers: Special issue of Research in International Business and Finance (CABS 2, SSCI Q1, ABDC B, Impact Factor 6.5). “Integrating Inclusive Finance and Sustainability: Pathways to Carbon Neutrality and Nature-Positive Futures"

15 March 2024
Special issue in Research in International Business and Finance (CABS 2, JCR Q1, ABDC B, Impact factor: 6.5, 6th out of 111 finance journals based on impact factor): Integrating Inclusive Finance and ...

Napier academic guest edits Special Issue on East-West divisions in Europe

20 February 2024
Dr Cristian Surubaru has guest edited a Special Issue (SI) of the Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP) on the topic of the East-West divide within the European Union (2024, Volume 31, Issue 3). H...

AI research to look at student use of ChatGPT at UK universities

9 January 2024
An Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) project investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT in Universities across the UK is set to get underway after being backed by near...

Supervision as External for PhD at University of Maastricht

8 January 2024
In the Netherlands, external supervisions are called 'Promoters'. I am promoter to a Consultant in Public Health in Public Health Scotland who is undertaking her PhD through publication,

Napier research on material substitution informs national and global policy reports

3 October 2023
The research article: “D’Amico, Bernardino, Francesco Pomponi, and Jim Hart. "Global potential for material substitution in building construction: The case of cross laminated timber." Journal of Clean...

Call for papers: Special issue of Utilities Policy (CABS 1, Impact Factor 3.247, SSCI). “Impact of Geopolitical Climate on Energy Security of Utilities–International Challenges and Local Solutions”

5 December 2022
Impact of Geopolitical Climate on Energy Security of Utilities–International Challenges and Local Solutions The endowment with energy resources is an essential factor that has configured and reconfig...

SFC Advisory Group on Supporting Scotland’s Postgraduate Researchers

5 September 2022
The SFC Advisory Group on Supporting Scotland’s Postgraduate Researchers has been formed to provide advice to SFC as it explores opportunities for supporting postgraduate researchers in Scotland that ...

Call for papers: Special issue of Resources Policy (CABS2, Impact factor 8.222) "From Covid-19 to Conflict: Challenges for Natural Resources Policy Making"

4 August 2022
Special issue - From Covid-19 to Conflict: Challenges for Natural Resources Policy Making This special issue investigates and examines the conflict as well as the challenges for natural resources pol...

Richard Llewellyn appointed as professional institution trustee and strategic board chair

19 November 2021
Richard Llewellyn has been appointed a Trustee of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and Chair of the charity's Education and Professional Development Strategic Board.

Alistair Duff Interviewed: "Coronavirus, the Information Age & 1984!"

8 June 2020
The Asia Scotland Institute has released a vidcast with Professor Alistair Duff, Professor of Information Policy at Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh. Professor Duff addresses the extent to which...

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Invitation to meeting at Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council (SAC)

28 April 2016

Entering and moving through university, and joining the graduate labour market: the challenge of social class - School of Computing Seminar Series

Core44, Room C44 Merchiston
29 November 2017

ERI Seminar - The Impact of Funding Cuts on Further Education Colleges in Scotland

1-2pm, Boardroom 2/04, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus
29 June 2016

Seminar and workshop: Unlocking data to better understand the nursing & midwifery workforce

Nursing and Midwifery Council 23 Portland Place London W1B 1PZ
4 June 2023

Engineering Sustainable and Adaptive systems in Dynamic and Unpredictable Environments - School of Computing Seminar Series

14:00 in CoRe44, room C44, Merchiston Campus
13 June 2018

The Associate Student Project presented a workshop at the Articulation Best Practice Event for the Scottish Funding Council in Dundee.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, West Park Dundee
24 February 2016

Dr Kulpa talks about friendship, social policy, and social resilience at the Centre for Child & Family Law & Policy

7 December 2022

Meet the Editor Workshop

online
27 April 2021

Developing Business Models for National Implementations Of Free and Open-Source eHealth Solutions - School of Computing Seminar Series

Core44, room C44, Merchiston campus
22 February 2017

Evolutionary Behaviour Transfer in RoboCup Soccer - School of Computing Seminar Series

Core44, Room C44 ,Merchiston Campus
28 September 2017