All Outputs (185)

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..

Mirrored futures: film presentation / mirroring futures. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KELLIE, C. 2024. Mirrored futures: film presentation / mirroring futures. Presented at the 6th Biennial conference of the Petrocultures Research Group (PETROCULTURES 2024: Los Angeles), 15-18 May 2024, Los Angeles, USA.

"Mirrored Futures" is a continuation and expansion of a visual ethnographic film titled "Mirrored Transitions". Produced from archive and found footage, the film was presented at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews. The continuation will explore themes of... Read More about Mirrored futures: film presentation / mirroring futures..

Decoding memes: a comprehensive analysis of late and early fusion models for explainable meme analysis. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABDULLAKUTTY, F. and NASEEM, U. 2024. Decoding memes: a comprehensive analysis of late and early fusion models for explainable meme analysis. In Chua, T.-S., Ngo, C.-W., Kumar, R., Lauw, H.W. and Lee, R.K.-W. (eds.). WWW'24 companion: companion proceedings of the ACM web conference 2024, 13-17 May 2024, Singapore. New York: ACM [online], pages 1681-1689. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3589335.3652504

Memes are important because they serve as conduits for expressing emotions, opinions, and social commentary online, providing valuable insight into public sentiment, trends, and social interactions. By combining textual and visual elements, multi-mod... Read More about Decoding memes: a comprehensive analysis of late and early fusion models for explainable meme analysis..

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..

Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K.D., OKOGBULE, N.S. and RODRIGUEZ-BLANCO, V. 2024. Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa. Presented at the 5th Cross-cultural conversation of the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), 8 May 2024, Aberdeen, UK.

This seminar was the fifth meeting or cross-cultural conversation (CCC) organised by the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), convened by Olufemi Ilesanmi. This particular event, mod... Read More about Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa..

Redefining freebirth as a reproductive justice issue. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VELO HIGUERAS, M., DOUGLAS, F. and KENNEDY, C. 2024. Redefining freebirth as a reproductive justice issue. Presented at the 2024 Virtual International Day of the Midwife conference (VIDM 2024), 4-5 May 2024, [virtual event].

Freebirth or unassisted birth is currently defined as the deliberate choice to give birth without a regulated healthcare professional in countries where maternity care is available and easily accessible. Empirical evidence on this practice is limited... Read More about Redefining freebirth as a reproductive justice issue..

Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes of people living with obesity on a low income: the Food insecurity in people living with obesity (FIO) food project. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUGLAS, F. and HUNTER, E., on behalf of the FIO Food Team. 2024. Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes of people living with obesity on a low income: the Food insecurity in people living with obesity (FIO) food project. Presented at 2024 Scottish public health conference: inspiring change, 1 May 2024, Glasgow, UK.

Approximately 8 million adults and 3 million children in the UK are experiencing food insecurity in 2024. In the UK, healthier foods are three times more expensive per calorie than unhealthy foods. This limits dietary choices to a low-price, high-ene... Read More about Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes of people living with obesity on a low income: the Food insecurity in people living with obesity (FIO) food project..

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..

Preparing the future pharmacy workforce: competency-based undergraduate curricula for teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TONNA, A.P., DAMANT, G., FLEMING, N. and MARTIN, S., on behalf of NAPEG (National Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Education Group). 2024. Preparing the future pharmacy workforce: competency-based undergraduate curricula for teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship. Poster presented at the 2024 NES (NHS education for Scotland) annual virtual conference: developing a compassionate, skilled and sustainable workforce through innovative education and technology, 25-26 April 2024, [virtual event].

Competency-based teaching, learning and assessment underpins the requirements for initial training and education of pharmacists in the UK and is set by the General Pharmaceutical Council. This pedagogic approach is conducive when teaching antimicrobi... Read More about Preparing the future pharmacy workforce: competency-based undergraduate curricula for teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship..

MADONNA: browser-based malicious domain detection through optimized neural network with feature analysis. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SENANAYAKE, J., RAJAPAKSHA, S., YANAI, N., KOMIYA, C. and KALUTARAGE, H. 2024. MADONNA: browser-based malicious domain detection through optimized neural network with feature analysis. In Meyer, N. and Grocholewska-Czuryło, A. (eds.) Revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 38th International conference on ICT systems security and privacy protection (IFIP SEC 2023), 14-16 June 2023, Poznan, Poland. IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 679. Cham: Springer [online], pages 279-292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56326-3_20

The detection of malicious domains often relies on machine learning (ML), and proposals for browser-based detection of malicious domains with high throughput have been put forward in recent years. However, existing methods suffer from limited accurac... Read More about MADONNA: browser-based malicious domain detection through optimized neural network with feature analysis..

Transformative impact of blockchain technology and smart contracts on dispute resolution: legal challenges and other implications. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHRISTIE, D., MANTE, J. and MAK, C.H.W. [2024]. Transformative impact of blockchain technology and smart contracts on dispute resolution: legal challenges and other implications. Kuwait International Law School journal [online], (accepted for forthcoming special issue): proceedings of the 10th Kuwait International Law School annual international academic conference (KILAW 2024): artificial intelligence: its applications, academic and practical legal implications, 1-2 May 2024, Kuwait City, Kuwait. To be made available from: https://journal.kilaw.edu.kw

This paper comprehensively analyses the potential of blockchain technology and smart contracts to revolutionise dispute resolution. As dispute resolution methods evolve, blockchain and smart contracts, which offer efficiency, transparency, and fairne... Read More about Transformative impact of blockchain technology and smart contracts on dispute resolution: legal challenges and other implications..

Grampian Community Law Clinic. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ARNELL, P., COX, R. and O’NEILL, R. 2024. The Grampian Community Law Clinic. Presented at the April 2024 Law School webinar, 10 April 2024, [virtual event]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weMM4Ergmaw

In this webinar, Paul Arnell, Rebecca Cox and Rachel O'Neill (all affiliated with Robert Gordon University) discuss the Law clinic's work, its impact and its challenges. The Law School at RGU launched The Grampian Community Law Clinic (GCLC) in 2013.... Read More about Grampian Community Law Clinic..

Meaning-ful encounters: theorising knowledge production in community-centred pioneer journalism. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANDERSON, B. 2024. Meaning-ful encounters: theorising knowledge production in community-centred pioneer journalism. Presented at the 4th European Communication Research and Education Association journalism studies conference (ECREA Journalism 2024): diversity, equality and inclusion in and through journalism, 11-12 April 2024, Sheffield, UK.

Journalism's eroding epistemic authority and the diminishing public trust in journalism as a knowledge-producing institution have become increasingly critical topics of scholarly debate in the field of Journalism Studies since the advent of the netwo... Read More about Meaning-ful encounters: theorising knowledge production in community-centred pioneer journalism..

Weaving the future of journalism? Re-examining journalistic epistemology through an indigenous lens. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANDERSON, B. and HALABI, N. 2024. Weaving the future of journalism? Re-examining journalistic epistemology through an indigenous lens. Presented at the 4th European Communication Research and Education Association journalism studies conference (ECREA Journalism 2024): diversity, equality and inclusion in and through journalism, 11-12 April 2024, Sheffield, UK.

Journalism, historically considered a pillar of public knowledge, deliberation and democracy, has been shedding its epistemic authority as increasingly fragmented audiences migrate to "alternative" sources of information. Consequently, within the eve... Read More about Weaving the future of journalism? Re-examining journalistic epistemology through an indigenous lens..

Special interest group 5: artist pedagogy research group. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ARTIST PEDAGOGY RESEARCH GROUP. 2024. Special interest group 5: artist pedagogy research group. Presented at the 15th International conference on artistic research (SAR FORUM 2024), 10-11 April 2024, Tilburg, Netherlands.

This workshop explores relationships between artists' pedagogy and artistic research. In our discussions, we are investigating the spaces, places and contexts of both. Our starting point is the site of Fontys Academy (the conference venue) and its su... Read More about Special interest group 5: artist pedagogy research group..

Making the net zero transition: is it a case of the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ADEDOKUN, R. and STRACHAN, P. 2024. Making the net zero transition: is it a case of the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era? Presented at the 8th NIBES (Network of International Business and Economics Schools) research workshop 2024: managing sustainable organizations under planetary boundaries, 9th April 2024, [virtual event]. Hosted on NIBES network [online], Available from: https://www.nibes.org/index.php/nibes-research/

Global climate change issues combined with the current geopolitical crisis arising from the Russian-Ukrainian war are putting pressure on more and more countries to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy systems to boost energy security, red... Read More about Making the net zero transition: is it a case of the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era?.

View from the BRIDGE: information and digital literacy for primary schools. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PAVEY, S., GOLDSTEIN, S. and MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. View from the BRIDGE: information and digital literacy for primary schools. Presented at the 2024 Librarians' information literacy annual conference (LILAC 2024), 25-27 March 2024, Leeds, UK. Hosted on Slideshare [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/LILAC-2024-pavey

This presentation gives an overview of the "BRIDGE" project, a transnational project covering Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK. The project aims to promote information and digital literacy as a way of underpinning equality, diversity... Read More about View from the BRIDGE: information and digital literacy for primary schools..

Maddie is online: the ethics of online safety and security: an innovative co-creation cartoon story-telling project with schools. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. Maddie is online: the ethics of online safety and security: an innovative co-creation cartoon story-telling project with schools. Presented at the 2024 Librarians' information literacy annual conference (LILAC 2024), 25-27 March 2024, Leeds, UK. Hosted on Slideshare [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/LILAC-2024-martzoukou

This presentation gives an overview of "Maddie is Online", an innovative educational project that uses creative storytelling to produce learning and teaching material for those involved in the education, support and safeguarding of children (aged 9-1... Read More about Maddie is online: the ethics of online safety and security: an innovative co-creation cartoon story-telling project with schools..

Developing a hydrogen car demonstration for the actual public: public perceptions/experience. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MENYEH, B., OLADIGBO, T., OBUROH, A., FAISAL, N. and NJUGUNA, J. 2024. Developing a hydrogen car demonstration for the actual public: public perceptions/experience. Presented at 2024 Hydrogen accelerator meeting and networking event, 22 March 2024, Edinburgh, UK.

The project titled "Consumer Perceptions Toward Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: A Demonstrator Project" aims to enhance public awareness and assess consumer responses to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles through a real-world driving experience. The project in... Read More about Developing a hydrogen car demonstration for the actual public: public perceptions/experience..

Hybrid renewable-hydrogen energy systems and their role in the energy transition. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALI, D. and ATTEYA, A.I. 2024. Hybrid renewable-hydrogen energy systems and their role in the energy transition. Presented at the 2024 Hydrogen accelerator meeting, 22 March 2024, Edinburgh, UK.

Global energy-related CO2 emissions grew by 1.1% in 2023, increasing 410 Mt to reach a new record of 37.4 Gt. Emissions from coal accounted for more than 65% of the increase in 2023. The global shortfall in hydropower generation due to droughts drove... Read More about Hybrid renewable-hydrogen energy systems and their role in the energy transition..