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Young children learning with toys and technology at home
This research project will produce an account of play, learning and technology in the everyday lives of young children. Children will be three years old at the start of the... -
Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory Tools and Technology TACT3
The aim is to reduce the impact of continence difficulties for older people by: Raising awareness of continence issues Improving understanding of treatment servicesImproving... -
Urban Transitions: climate change, global cities and the transformation of so...
Cities are critical sites for responding to climate change. With over half the world’s population, cities are large sources of emissions of greenhouse gases and are vulnerable... -
Robotic and information technologies in livestock agriculture: new relationsh...
Robotic milking technologies are becoming increasingly important in UK dairy farming. These machines milk cows automatically at any time, without the need for a human worker to... -
PolicyGrid II - Supporting interdisciplinary evidence bases for scientific co...
Exploring integrative research approaches is now widely recognised as essential in understanding the significant challenges facing society. Narrow discipline-based research can... -
Towards understanding the biological drivers of cellular ageing
Human ageing is associated with gradual loss of tissue and organ function, with consequent frailty and illness leading to poor quality of later life for many older people. It is... -
SUS-IT: : Sustaining IT use by older people to promote autonomy and independence
Older people who are confident and empowered users of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) stand to gain significant benefits for the full duration of their old... -
Design for ageing well: Improving the quality of life for the ageing populati...
Traditionally clothing, textiles and electronics markets have been separate with current technological advances not readily accepted by the older user due to badly designed... -
Knowledge production for sustainable bio-energy: an analysis of UK decision p...
In the UK policy context, the transition to a low-carbon economy is being envisaged through technological solutions which enhance the commercial use of knowledge in a... -
Consumer perspectives in low energy/ low carbon housing: a video and interact...
The starting point is a concern that the debate about innovative low carbon/ low energy housing has been dominated by technologists, architects and interested parties. The aim... -
Organizational restructuring and employment outcomes in the European telecomm...
This research project examines organisational restructuring and its employment effects in the European telecommunications industry. In recent decades, European governments have... -
Architectural atmospheres, branding and the social: the role of digital visua...
Architecture and urban design have become increasingly concerned with creating recognisable, 'branded' products in the form of buildings and public spaces. Architects today view... -
Biomedical and Health Experimentation in South Asia: Critical Perspectives on...
Experimental scientific enquiry in the fields of medicine and public health has played key roles in the development of medicine and health services, testing the effectiveness of... -
Processes of technical change in British agriculture: Innovation in the farmi...
Oral history interviews with farmers on what motivated them to adopt innovations and change their farming methods over the period 1935 – 1985. Farmers were selected from those... -
The Diffusion of Intensive Rearing Technologies and the Impact of Food Retail...
Despite the widespread belief that leading retailers in the UK enjoy some sort of monopoly power over suppliers of food, the retailers themselves retort that in reality they... -
Supporting digital engagement - An intervention with Sheffield Homes
This knowledge exchange project is a collaborative intervention in the area of digital inclusion. The project will support Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Homes in... -
NANA: Novel Assessment of Nutrition and Ageing
The NANA programme of research took place over four years and comprised 42 studies organised into three phases: (1) User Needs analysis (studies 1-13); (2) Development of... -
Low carbon niches 2010-2014
Review and synthesis of literature and empirical research into six case studies across two different countries: UK and the Netherlands. The case studies were three different low... -
Harm reduction and smoking: interviews and focus groups
The research involved the collection of qualitative data. Twelve focus groups and eleven individual interviews were conducted with a range of purposively selected smoker groups.... -
Scientific mobility in an enlarging European Union
This project on scientific mobility was jointly funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, under the Science in Society Programme, and the Anglo-German Foundation....