All Outputs (190)

Designing gender-inclusive sustainability curricula in engineering education. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
OKOYEAGU, C.J., OKPU, A., ESSIET, R. and ONOSHAKPOR, C. 2025. Designing gender-inclusive sustainability curricula in engineering education. Presented at the 9th International conference on research in education, teaching and learning 2025 (ICETL 2025), 21-23 February 2025, Milan, Italy.

Incorporating sustainability into engineering education is essential for tackling global environmental issues. Nonetheless, the persistent gender imbalance in engineering remains a significant obstacle to achieving equitable and sustainable outcomes.... Read More about Designing gender-inclusive sustainability curricula in engineering education..

Bridging borders in engineering education: an analysis of collaborative online international learning for sustainable development. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABOLLE-OKOYEAGU, C.J., ONOSHAKPOR, C., MAHON, R. and OKPU, A. 2024. Bridging borders in engineering education: an analysis of collaborative online international learning for sustainable development. Presented at the 8th World conference on Future of education, 12-14 December 2024, Cambridge, UK.

Global challenges, such as climate change and scarcity of resources, require engineers who can innovate, think critically, and collaborate across societies. This study investigates the role of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) in bri... Read More about Bridging borders in engineering education: an analysis of collaborative online international learning for sustainable development..

Investigating the role of diversity and inclusion in STEM education in the UK. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABOLLE-OKOYEAGU, C.J., ONOSHAKPOR, C., AKERELE, E. and OKPU, A. 2024. Investigating the role of diversity and inclusion in STEM education in the UK. Presented at the 6th Global conference on education and teaching 2024 (GLOBALET 2024), 25-27 October 2024, Nice, France.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a very important driver in progressing the ever-evolving fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). This aspect of EDI has become increasingly prominent in the professional societies... Read More about Investigating the role of diversity and inclusion in STEM education in the UK..

COIL Match Maker: a new software application to facilitate COIL collaboration. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAWFORD, I. and EZENKWU, P. [2024]. COIL Match Maker: a new software application to facilitate COIL collaboration. To be presented at the 6th International virtual exchange conference (IVEC 2024), 21-24 October 2024, [virtual event].

COIL Match Maker is proposed as a new AI-powered software application that is designed to make the process of finding a COIL partner and creating a COIL project faster, simpler and more accessible - regardless of location, prior experience, or availa... Read More about COIL Match Maker: a new software application to facilitate COIL collaboration..

Talking about prisons: making sense of difficult heritage at Peterhead Prison Museum. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
IRONSIDE, R. and ROITERSHTEIN, A. 2024. Talking about prisons: making sense of difficult heritage at Peterhead Prison Museum. Presented at the Roots revived conference: memory, legacy, heritage and tourism, 17 October 2024, Edinburgh, UK.

Prison museums have become an increasingly popular tourist attraction. Presenting visitors with stories and exhibits pertaining to countries' penal history, they engage with difficult and often dissonant heritage. Peterhead Prison Museum ceased opera... Read More about Talking about prisons: making sense of difficult heritage at Peterhead Prison Museum..

Navigating STEM: challenges faced by Nigerian female secondary school students. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABOLLE-OKOYEAGU, C.J., ONOJA, O. and ONOSHAKPOR, C. 2024. Navigating STEM: challenges faced by Nigerian female secondary school students. In Proceedings of the 12th European conference on education (ECE 2024), 11-15 July 2024, London, UK. Nagoya: International Academic Forum (IAFOR) [online], pages 617-627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2024.49

The persistent gender disparities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields stand as a significant barrier to realising the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those related to gender equality (... Read More about Navigating STEM: challenges faced by Nigerian female secondary school students..

Virtual exchange (COIL): shaping the tourism workforce of the future. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HARBERT, S. and ROITERSHTEIN, A. 2024. Virtual exchange (COIL): shaping the tourism workforce of the future. Presented at the 32nd Nordic symposium on tourism and hospitality research, 18-20 September 2024, Stavanger, Norway.

Significant and rapid changes in the world's climate, technology and geopolitics has created a new environment for the tourism industry, and for those that rely on it for their livelihoods. These changes create a demand for globally competent, cultur... Read More about Virtual exchange (COIL): shaping the tourism workforce of the future..

COIL and sustainability education in the Arctic region: developing the COIL@UArctic network. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAWFORD, I. [2024]. COIL and sustainability education in the Arctic region: developing the COIL@UArctic network. To be presented at the 2024 European Association for International Education annual conference and exhibition (EAIE 2024), 17-20 September 2024, Toulouse, France.

COIL or Collaborative Online International Learning is a sustained educational approach where groups or individual students from one institution collaborate with groups or individual students from another institution, in a different country and/or cu... Read More about COIL and sustainability education in the Arctic region: developing the COIL@UArctic network..

Challenges and barriers to interdisciplinary research. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MENYEH, B. 2024. Challenges and barriers to interdisciplinary research. Presented at the 2024 British Academy Early Career Research Network (BA ERCN) Collaboration of the faculties: adventures in interdisciplinarity event, 6 September 2024, London, UK.

This presentation addresses the importance and complexities of interdisciplinary research (IR). Combining knowledge, methods, and perspectives across disciplines is critical to solving today's complex societal issues. However, significant barriers hi... Read More about Challenges and barriers to interdisciplinary research..

Assessing the research scene of green AI via bibliometric analysis. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABDULMALIK, M.R., IBEKE, E., EZENKWU, C.P. and IWENDI, C. [2024]. Assessing the research scene of green AI via bibliometric analysis. To be published in the Proceedings of the 2024 International conference on advances in communication technology and computer engineering (ICACTCE'24), 29-30 November 2024, Marrakech, Morocco. Lecture notes in networks and systems (LNNS). Cham: Springer [online], (accepted). To be made available from: https://www.springer.com/series/15179

The environmental impact of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rise as more people embrace the technology. The optimization of AI models to be more efficient, use less energy, and emit low carbon is essential. This bibliometric study presents... Read More about Assessing the research scene of green AI via bibliometric analysis..

COIL@UArctic: inclusive approaches to educational network development. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAWFORD, I. 2024. COIL@UArctic: inclusive approaches to educational network development. In Proceedings of the 16th International conference on education and new learning technologies (EDULEARN24), 1-3 July 2024, Palma, Spain. Valencia: IATED Academy [online], pages 5894-5900. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2024.1414

COIL@UArctic is a new University of the Arctic thematic network designed to promote and facilitate collaborative online international learning and biodiversity education. COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) is a sustained educational a... Read More about COIL@UArctic: inclusive approaches to educational network development..

NIBES research spotlight: the Energy, Sustainability and Society Research Group. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STRACHAN, P. 2024. NIBES research spotlight: the Energy, Sustainability and Society Research Group. Presented at the 28th Network of International Business and Economics Schools (NIBES) annual meeting 2024, 17th June 2024, Aberdeen, UK.

The Energy, Sustainability and Society Research Group aims to facilitate an inclusive forum to share current and planned research-centred scholarly activities, stimulate considered debate, and inspire new investigations of contemporary societal issue... Read More about NIBES research spotlight: the Energy, Sustainability and Society Research Group..

Decision making in the front end of large-scale projects: a scoping review. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ADEDOKUN, R. and LAWANI, A. 2024. Decision making in the front end of large-scale projects: a scoping review. Presented at the 15th IRNOP (International research network on organizing by projects) conference 2024: project management in a sustainable future, 11-14 June 2024, Stockholm, Sweden.

Decisions made by project managers at the front-end stage can have a significant impact on the success of large-scale complex projects, but there appears to be limited evidence on underlying behavioural decision-making processes. The analytical modes... Read More about Decision making in the front end of large-scale projects: a scoping review..

Indigenous consultancy and collaborative online international learning: thematic network on collaborative online international learning and biodiversity education across the Arctic Circle (COIL@UArctic). (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAWFORD, I. 2024. Indigenous consultancy and collaborative online international learning: thematic network on collaborative online international learning and biodiversity education across the Arctic Circle (COIL@UArctic). Presented at the 2024 Arctic congress, 29 May - 3 June 2024, Bodø, Norway.

COIL is part of the emerging field of Globally Networked Learning or Virtual Exchange, which involves educational initiatives using technology to facilitate cost-effective communication and collaboration across cultures. This type of experiential le... Read More about Indigenous consultancy and collaborative online international learning: thematic network on collaborative online international learning and biodiversity education across the Arctic Circle (COIL@UArctic)..

Telling the story, of telling the story ... of telling the story. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
REID, P., PIRIE, E. and IRONSIDE, R. 2024. Telling the story, of telling the story ... of telling the story. Presented at the "Telling the story, of telling the story ... of telling the story" workshop, 29 May 2024, Aberdeen, UK.

This is a workshop held within RGU by Peter Reid, Elliot Pirie and Rachael Ironside. The presenters discuss their recent publication, "Telling the story of telling the story: capturing intangible heritage storytelling on the origins of malt whisky in... Read More about Telling the story, of telling the story ... of telling the story..

Empowering the next generation of STEM professionals for the energy transition: STEMSpec's innovative approach. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ONOJA, O. and EKE, E. 2024. Empowering the next generation of STEM professionals for the energy transition: STEMSpec's innovative approach. Presented at the 2024 All-energy exhibition and conference (ALL-ENERGY 2024), 15-16 May 2024, Glasgow, UK.

The global imperative to achieve decarbonisation and net-zero targets underscores the critical need for a skilled workforce capable of driving the energy transition forward. While significant efforts have been made to establish infrastructures conduc... Read More about Empowering the next generation of STEM professionals for the energy transition: STEMSpec's innovative approach..

Decarbonising heating and fuel poverty in the UK: causes, policy implications, and the next steps. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SINGH, A. and STRACHAN, P. 2024. Decarbonising heating and fuel poverty in the UK: causes, policy implications, and the next steps. Presented at the 2024 All-energy exhibition and conference, 15-16 May 2024, Glasgow, UK.

Fuel poverty occurs when a household cannot afford to adequately heat their home or meet basic energy requirements. National Energy Action’s figures for April 2024, show 6 million UK households are in fuel poverty. Fuel poverty problem needs to be... Read More about Decarbonising heating and fuel poverty in the UK: causes, policy implications, and the next steps..

Promoting accountability and transparency in the governance of renewable energy transition in developing nations. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ADEDOKUN, R., STRACHAN, P. and SINGH, A. 2024. Promoting accountability and transparency in the governance of renewable energy transition in developing nations. Poster presented at the 2024 All-energy exhibition and conference (ALL-ENERGY 2024), 15-16 May 2024, Glasgow, UK.

COP28 concluded with the need for an enhanced transparency framework to ensure progress towards achieving Countries' Nationally Determined Contributions. This requires the tripling of global renewable energy capacity by 2030 to reach net-zero emissio... Read More about Promoting accountability and transparency in the governance of renewable energy transition in developing nations..

Embracing modernity while preserving tradition final presentation. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MENYEH, B.O. 2024. Embracing modernity while preserving tradition final presentation. Presented at the 2024 African heritage day conference, 9 May 2024, Lincon, UK.

This presentation examines the critical balance between preserving African culinary heritage and the global imperative for sustainability through the adoption of modern, low-emission cooking technologies. African cooking traditions, with their rich c... Read More about Embracing modernity while preserving tradition final presentation..

Uncovering the darkside of entrepreneurship in Nigeria, through a gendered lens. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ONOSHAKPOR, C., IRENE, B., CHUKWUMA-NWUBA, E.O., SINDANI, T., DEWITT, S. and FELIX-FAURE, C. 2024. Uncovering the darkside of entrepreneurship in Nigeria, through a gendered lens. Presented at the 38th British Academy of Management conference 2024 (BAM2024): achieving transformation for greater good; societal, organisational and personal barriers and enablers, 2-6 September 2024, Nottingham, UK. London: British Academy of Management [online], paper 891. To be made available from: https://www.bam.ac.uk/conference-proceedings.html

Mainstream entrepreneurship literature highlights mainly the positive aspects of entrepreneurship, which sometimes may be misleading as there are arguably positives and negatives with everything in life. This presents false hope for those interested... Read More about Uncovering the darkside of entrepreneurship in Nigeria, through a gendered lens..