Outputs (73)

Bringing life to Aberdeen: a history of maternity and neonatal services. (2024)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. [2024]. Bringing life to Aberdeen: a history of maternity and neonatal services. Women's history review [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2024.2315376

There is some fascinating detail in this new book detailing changes in maternity and neonatal care in Aberdeen over the centuries. Stories and characters range from Margaret Bane, an Aberdeenshire 'howdie' or midwife, put to death for witchcraft in 1... Read More about Bringing life to Aberdeen: a history of maternity and neonatal services..

The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. (2023)
Report
PEDERSEN, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and MILLER, L. 2023. The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. Aberdeen: Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR). Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2049031

Domestic abuse and violence in rural, remote and island locations tends to be underestimated and the unique experiences of women and girls from rural communities are rarely captured in domestic abuse scholarship. Moreover, rural, remote and island co... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland..

Partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in northern Scotland before and during COVID-19. (2023)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and MILLER, L. 2023. Partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in northern Scotland before and during COVID-19. Policing [online], 17, Advanced Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad045

COVID-19 exacerbated challenges that already existed in the policing of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in remote and rural northern Scotland. Victims' direct access to the police and third-sector organisations was impeded by social distancing while the... Read More about Partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in northern Scotland before and during COVID-19..

The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. [Video recording] (2023)
Digital Artefact
PEDERSON, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and MILLER, L. 2023. The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. [Video recording]. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Hosted on OpenAIR. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2034925

Domestic violence is a major public health, human rights and equality issue that effects one in three women globally. It exposes its victims to psychological, sexual and physical harm, which can have enormous impact throughout their lives. However, d... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. [Video recording].

Supporting victims of domestic violence in rural and island communities during COVID-19: the impact of the pandemic on service providers in North-East Scotland and Orkney. (2023)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and MILLER, L. 2023. Supporting victims of domestic violence in rural and island communities during COVID-19: the impact of the pandemic on service providers in North-East Scotland and Orkney. Island studies journal [online], 18(2), article 423. Available from: https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.423

We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic-violence service providers in rural and island communities in North-East Scotland and Orkney. Domestic abuse and violence in rural areas is typically underestimated and might be more hidd... Read More about Supporting victims of domestic violence in rural and island communities during COVID-19: the impact of the pandemic on service providers in North-East Scotland and Orkney..

Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census. (2023)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. 2023. Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census. Scottish affairs [online], 32(1), pages 1-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2023.0440

This article investigates the attempt by some gender-critical Scots, led by organisations such as For Women Scotland, to disrupt the administration of the 2022 census in Scotland. They used their census returns to register a protest around guidance r... Read More about Believers in biology: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census..

Exploring experiences, behaviours and associated behavioural determinants of healthcare professionals in Qatar regarding medically related social media use. (2022)
Presentation / Conference
ABABNEH, M., STEWART, D., PEDERSEN, S., NAZAR, Z. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2022. Exploring experiences, behaviours and associated behavioural determinants of healthcare professionals in Qatar regarding medically related social media use. Presented at the 50th ESCP (European Society of Clinical Pharmacy) symposium on clinical pharmacy, polypharmacy and ageing: highly individualized, interprofessional, person-centered care, 19-21 October 2022, Prague, Czech Republic.

There is an accumulation of evidence that healthcare professionals are increasingly using social media to provide services to patients, share and disseminate information, and develop their professional skills. Research originating from the Middle Eas... Read More about Exploring experiences, behaviours and associated behavioural determinants of healthcare professionals in Qatar regarding medically related social media use..

A (socially isolated) room of one's own: women writing lockdown. (2022)
Journal Article
ARMITT, L., COWMAN, K. and PEDERSEN, S. 2022. A (socially isolated) room of one's own: women writing lockdown. Women's history today [online], Summer 2022. Available from: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-history-today-summer-2022/

Our eighteen-month project, "A [Socially Isolated] Room of One's Own: Women Writing Lockdown", is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It involves collecting, capturing, archiving and evaluating a variety of written responses by women... Read More about A (socially isolated) room of one's own: women writing lockdown..

They've got an absolute army of women behind them: the formation of a women's cooperative constellation in contemporary Scotland. (2022)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. 2022. They've got an absolute army of women behind them: the formation of a women's cooperative constellation in contemporary Scotland. Scottish affairs [online], 31(1), pages 1-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2022.0394

This study argues that a new women's cooperative constellation has been established in Scotland around the issue of the Scottish Government's proposed reforms of the Gender Recognition Act. This constellation includes women politicians, researchers,... Read More about They've got an absolute army of women behind them: the formation of a women's cooperative constellation in contemporary Scotland..

It's what the suffragettes would have wanted: the construction of the suffragists and suffragettes on Mumsnet. (2022)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. 2023. It's what the suffragettes would have wanted: the construction of the suffragists and suffragettes on Mumsnet. Feminist media studies [online], 23(4), pages 1543-1558. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2032788

The image of the historical campaign for votes for women is continually reinvigorated and reinvested with meaning by later feminists. An investigation into the ways in which the campaign is framed on the UK online parenting forum Mumsnet demonstrates... Read More about It's what the suffragettes would have wanted: the construction of the suffragists and suffragettes on Mumsnet..