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Dataset for project: <i>Digital Ex/Inclusion and Hungarian LGBTQ+ citizens: Rebels and exiles on social media</i>
No full textThis project examines social media use among LGBTQ+ citizens in Hungary where LGBTQ+ minorities have been gradually stripped of their rights since the rise of illiberalism in 2010, resulting in either intensifying domestic activism or exile to the West. By using in-depth interviews and digital ethnography, this project investigates LGBTQ+s’ digital media usage in the changing Hungarian political environment, offering original contributions to communication, media, gender, LGBTQ+ studies, and political science. While much-existing research on digital media and LGBTQ+ communities focuses on digital media’s role as a safe haven and means of expression among LGBTQ+ people in liberal democracies, considerably less is known about the situation of LGBTQ+ communities in illiberal countries, such as Hungary. This project aims to fill this gap by paying specific attention to social media’s role in the lives of both those who left the country and those who are actively involved in activism.© the author</p
Transformational family leaders in multi-unit complex family firms: a multilevel analysis
No full textTransformational leadership is recognized for bringing family members together; however, its role in multi-unit complex family firms that rely on nonfamily managers is poorly theorized. We find that transformational family CEOs positively affect the performance of business units run by nonfamily managers, suggesting that transformational family CEOs significantly influence nonfamily managers’ behavior. But the efficacy of that influence matters. Political skill enhances the transformational family CEO’s impact on business unit entrepreneurial orientation and financial performance. Business unit entrepreneurial orientation also mediates the relationship between the transformational family CEO and business unit financial performance, particularly when CEO political skill is high.</p
Co-development of the ‘Move More’ toolkit: A theoretically informed resource to support physical activity promotion and participation within secure psychiatric care
No full textBackground: Physical activity improves physical and mental health outcomes for individuals in inpatient psychiatric settings. However, psychiatric inpatients remain a seldom-heard population in research concerning their care. This study reports on the co-development of a theoretically informed physical activity toolkit, a set of resources and guidance to support physical activity engagement within an inpatient psychiatric setting. Methods: A behavioural analysis was conducted with 10 patients and 11 staff in a secure psychiatric hospital. Individual interviews and group discussions, guided by the COM-B model, identified barriers to physical activity. Participants proposed solutions and toolkit content. The academic team then selected intervention functions and behaviour change techniques using the Behaviour Change Wheel, aligning these with toolkit content. The resulting resource, titled the ‘Move More’ toolkit, was developed and produced. Results: Applying the COM-B model to interview transcripts, we identified several subthemes reflecting the capability, opportunity and motivation components of the model. Three intervention functions – education, training, and enablement were selected, alongside six behaviour change techniques: restructuring the social environment, instructions on performing behaviour, social support, demonstration of behaviour, self-monitoring, and information about health consequences. The final toolkit includes four sections: education on PA benefits, preparing for activity (e.g., suitable clothing), ward-based activity examples, and self-monitoring tools. Conclusion: This study provides a practical example of how coproduction can be integrated with the BCW to develop a physical activity toolkit for use within an inpatient psychiatric setting. Future research will evaluate the feasibility implementing this toolkit within the inpatient setting.</p
DSIT Economy Growth and Productivity Analytical Fellowship: Data Management Plan
No full textProject descriptionHosted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and supported by Loughborough University, this project aims to produce actionable analysis of the structural, spatial, and behavioural dimensions of UK productivity. The fellowship will involve qualitative and quantitative data collection, stakeholder engagement, and policy impact work, focusing on firm-level investment, innovation diffusion, and regional economic growth.Project dates: Feb 2026 - Jul 2027© the authors</p
The effects of high-intensity interval training on physical fitness and physiological responses in taekwondo athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textPurpose: This study aims to systematically review the effects of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on physical fitness and physiological responses in taekwondo athletes.Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, a systematic search was conducted across Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, EBSCOhost, Embase, and CNKI on Dec 1st, 2025. Methodological quality was assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale, while risk of bias was evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tools. The certainty of evidence was further appraised using the GRADE framework. A DerSimonian–Laird random-effects model and inverse-variance method were employed for the meta-analysis. Subgroup analysis, sensitivity testing, and meta-regression were performed using R software.Results: A total of 19 studies involving 503 taekwondo athletes were included in the systematic review, of which 14 were quantitatively synthesized in the meta-analysis. Meta-analysis indicated that HIIT resulted in significant improvements in cardiorespiratory endurance, anaerobic power and agility (p Conclusions: HIIT improves cardiorespiratory endurance, anaerobic power and agility, while physiological response outcomes show no significant changes in taekwondo athletes. Due to the low certainty of evidence and the absence of identified moderators, further high-quality studies are warranted.</p
Can AI alleviate loneliness? The role of psychological closeness, co-presence, and enjoyment in digital workout environment
No full textPurpose: This study examines whether and how AI fitness instructors can foster psychological closeness and the alleviation of loneliness compared to human instructors.Design/methodology/approach: The study involves 592 participants in online fitness environments and employs a quasi-experimental design. Data are subsequently analyzed using variance-based structural equation modeling (VBSEM).Findings: Human instructors have a more pronounced positive effect on psychological closeness, resulting in the alleviation of loneliness. However, AI instructors also demonstrate potential to foster emotional connections, particularly when there is a high level of co-presence and perceived enjoyment. Co-presence and perceived enjoyment reduce the psychological gap between human and AI instructors, amplifying the positive effects of psychological closeness on alleviating loneliness.Research limitations/implications: This study relies on a quasi-experimental design and short-term exposure to AI fitness instructors, which may limit causal inference and the generalizability of the findings to long-term human–AI relationships.Practical implications: The findings highlight practical implications for designing AIdriven platforms in fitness, healthcare, and education to enhance emotional wellbeing and alleviate loneliness through personalized experiences.Originality/value: This study advances the literature on human–AI interaction by empirically demonstrating how AI instructors can foster psychological closeness and alleviate loneliness in digital fitness contexts. By integrating psychological closeness, co-presence, and perceived enjoyment within a unified framework, the research extends social presence and Computer as Social Actor perspectives to AI-mediated well-being outcomes. The findings offer novel insights into how AI systems can be designed to narrow the psychological gap between human and artificial agents.</p
Ontological (in)security after truth: disinformation as affective technology
No full textThe significance of this article lies in its reconceptualisation of disinformation as not only a challenge to truth but an affective force that can be examined through ontological (in)security. While media and communication studies increasingly recognise the affective dimensions of disinformation, Ontological Security Studies (OSS) in International Relations (IR) has yet to theorise its interaction with existential anxiety—the field’s foundational concept. Addressing this gap, the article advances the argument that disinformation functions as an affective technology: an apparatus that channels existential anxiety into the symbolic realm through emotional representations. Drawing on affect theory, communication studies, and Lacanian psychoanalysis, it demonstrates that emotions are operational mechanisms through which disinformation promises subjects enjoyment (jouissance), thereby sustaining fantasies of complete 'Self'. This conceptual innovation extends OSS beyond cognitive and identity-stability models, offering a dynamic account of how Lacanian fantasy narratives—despite their inaccuracies—produce coherence and agency in times of uncertainty. By revising the psychoanalytical strand of OSS, the article underscores the role of emotions in the politics of (in)security and calls for OSS frameworks that take affective dynamics seriously in an era defined by disinformation. The interdisciplinary novel framework is illustrated through the disinformative ‘Great Replacement Theory’.</p
Inspiring a generation: The impression management of the London 2012 sport participation legacy
No full textOn July 6, 2025, London celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its bid-winning pitch to host the XXX edition of the modern Olympic games. London’s win was largely attributed to its claims about legacy. There was, of course, much trumpeting of the typical mega-event benefits: more jobs, nicer neighbourhoods, more tourists, and better business, but London 2012 would be different. London would go far bigger and much further. It would deliver a long-term legacy. It would “inspire a generation”. Channelling de Coubertin’s original vision for Olympism—to transform society by inspiring the masses to play and practice sport (MacAloon, 2008a)—the Inspire a Generation strapline would become the foundation stone of the London games. The UK government, The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), the London Mayor, and the national sport agencies all embraced this vision. They crafted various plans to impress how the games would inspire a sporting legacy. They would rebuild school sport and replenish and grow community sport. [...]</p
Introduction: AI and Art History
No full textThis Chapter is the introduction to the book Artificial Intelligence and Art History: Looking at Images in an Algorithmic Culture.Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed cultural landscapes and museum cultures around the world. From the advent of generative AI to the integration of chatbots into heritage settings, the use of computer technologies to monitor museum environments, AI-assisted curation, and the steady rise of exhibitions about AI, technology has been pushed to the forefront of heritage discourses and their associated public imaginaries. If one adds to this the integration of AI into markets for art – including the sale of AI-generated art and the use of computer vision to assist with questions of attribution – the circle (artist–museum–market) seems to be complete. (Cont.)</p
Women's participation in sport and physical activity in Saudi Arabia: an intersectional study
No full textWomen's participation in sport and physical activity in Saudi Arabia: an intersectional study</p