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Considering adoption: Towards a consumption-oriented approach to innovation [PDF]

What are the forces that shape the adoption of innovations? This question has been sidelined in a largely production-centric literature on the economic geography of innovation. Inspired by Weber’s dual concern with procurement and distribution activities
Rekers, Josephine V.
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Generational conflict, consumption and the ageing welfare state in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2010
The British welfare state is over 60 years old. Those who were born, grew up and who are now growing old within its ambit are a distinctive generation.
Gilleard, C, Higgs, P
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Omnivorousness in sport: The importance of social capital and networks [PDF]

, 2014
There has been for some time a significant and growing body of research around the relationship between sport and social capital. Similarly, within sociology there has been a corpus of work that has acknowledged the emergence of the omnivore–univore ...
Asparouhov T, Auld C, Borgatti SP, Bourdieu P, Bourdieu P, Bourdieu P, Bourdieu P, Cha V, Coleman JS, Crossley N, David Cutts, Delaney L, Grant Jarvie, Jarvie G, Jarvie G, Jowell T, Lin N, Nicholson M, Paul Widdop, Peterson RA, Putnam R, Putnam R, Ranard R, Van der Gaag MPJ   +23 more
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
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Reproductions, cultural capital and museums: aspects of the culture of copies

Museum & Society, 2015
The concept of cultural capital is well known in museum studies from pioneering visitor research conducted and reported by Pierre Bourdieu in the 1960s.
Gordon Fyfe
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Unmet goals of tracking: within-track heterogeneity of students' expectations for [PDF]

, 2015
Educational systems are often characterized by some form(s) of ability grouping, like tracking. Although substantial variation in the implementation of these practices exists, it is always the aim to improve teaching efficiency by creating homogeneous ...
Demanet, Jannick, Van den Broeck, Laura, Van Houtte, Mieke   +2 more
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Research Interviews in Historical Practice

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
A key difference between collecting life stories and doing research interviews is the role of the interviewer. While training in oral history may focus on using standard scripts to take a life story, research interviews are motivated by specific questions that arise from particular historical projects and are often not primarily focused on the ...
Lara Keuck, Soraya de Chadarevian
wiley   +1 more source

Intersectional inequalities in mental health by education, income, gender, and age before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background It remains unclear how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the mental health of different vulnerable groups. This study explores how mental health inequalities changed between 2014 (pre-COVID-19) and 2021 (during COVID-19) in the ...
Sanne E. Verra, Clare Evans, Joost Oude Groeniger, John de Wit, Maartje P. Poelman, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis   +5 more
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Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective knowledge of ecological connectivity at sea and at the land–sea interface is key to supporting global policy goals to conserve and restore ocean biodiversity and function. However, a persistent lack of commonality in terminology and understanding around the concept of connectivity in marine ecological studies hampers its integration ...
Audrey M. Darnaude, Susanne E. Tanner, Andreu Blanco, Anna M. Sturrock, Yael Teff Seker, Angel Pérez‐Ruzafa, Jonne Kotta, Tamar Guy‐Haim, Francisco R. Barboza, Manuel Hidalgo, Katell Guizien, Jerneja Penca, Lucía López‐López, Maria Beger, Federica Costantini, Sophie Arnaud‐Haond, Cynthia Riginos, Kris Hostens, Gil Rilov, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ewan Hunter   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source