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Self-disclosure and relational agents for mental health: a scoping review protocol
No full textIntroduction: Relational agents are an innovative form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can help address waiting times for mental health services. They often appear in the form of chatbots that provide responses to patient questions via web or mobile interfaces, and they seek to build long-term relationships with patients. Effective self-disclosure is key for therapeutic outcomes, and we are therefore conducting a scoping review to map the literature on self-disclosure to relational agents for mental health. Methods: Our work will follow guidance by the Joanna Briggs Institute and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Extension for Scoping Reviews. We will systematically search Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, Ovid Emcare, Ovid PsycINFO, Ovid Global Health, EBSCO CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Two reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts as well as full texts of potential studies in Covidence. Both qualitative and quantitative studies from all countries published in English will be eligible. We will then provide a narrative synthesis of the results along with data tables. Ethics and dissemination: Our scoping review does not require ethical approval. We will publish results in a peer-reviewed journal and during conference presentations. Trial registration number: Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/wf4aq)
In conversation with Meena Kotecha on mixed methods research design
No full textDr. Meena Mehta Kotecha, PhD, visiting fellow, London School of Economics, discusses mixed methods research design, including research question development, mixed methods research, and design process challenges
Spain’s just transition energy tenders
No full textSpain’s Just Transition Institute (ITJ) has developed a series of innovative tenders linking grid access for renewables to job creation and social and environmental programmes. The first will see utility Endesa investing €1.5 billion in the municipality of Andorra, Aragón
How can UK plc capture its fair share of the economic potential of the energy transition? Submission to the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee inquiry on industrial strategy for clean power
No full textThis report consists of a submission made in response to the inquiry by the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on ‘Industrial Strategy for Clean Power: How can UK plc capture its fair share of the economic potential of the energy transition?’ which invited written evidence submissions between 5 and 14 February 2025. The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee is a Commons Select Committee which scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and its public bodies, including Ofgem and the Climate Change Committee
Industrial decarbonisation in a fragmented world: an effective carbon price with a ‘climate contribution’
No full textThis report argues that Europe’s climate policymakers must prepare options to ensure the resilience of its industrial strategy in a global context of increasing fragmentation, and proposes a ‘climate contribution’ approach. In particular, the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) may not be sufficient to provide a level playing field if other countries do not pursue comparable carbon pricing strategies. The report is authored by a group of academics from institutions across Europe,[i] led by Karsten Neuhoff and Misato Sato, and published by the Grantham Research Institute with DIW Berlin and the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx)
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria: results from a 2022 cross-sectional survey
No full textBackground: Healthcare workers play an important role in administering COVID-19 vaccines, particularly in conflict-affected settings. Syria has endured a protracted conflict for over a decade and while most of the healthcare workers in the country have been vaccinated with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, vaccinating all of them would reduce their risk of COVID-19 complications, given their daily interactions with patients. Methods: The goal of this study was to better understand the main barriers to uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among female healthcare workers in Syria. Using data from a wider national survey of 17,000 respondents conducted between October and November 2022, we analysed a sub-sample of 4136 responses from female healthcare workers, across 14 Governorates. The main outcome of interest was vaccination status, (vaccinated, willing (but not yet vaccinated), unsure about vaccination and finally, those unwilling to receive a COVID-19 vaccine). We present descriptive information about the sample and conduct a multivariate logistic regression analysis to shed light on some of the barriers preventing COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Results: We find that the vast majority (93.7%) of female healthcare workers have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose. We find that attitudes and beliefs around COVID-19 vaccines impact upon the decision to get a vaccination—positive attitudes around effectiveness and safety of the vaccines increase the likelihood of being vaccinated or willing to be vaccinated. More specifically, healthcare workers which believe in the safety of the vaccines are twice as likely to get vaccinated relative to those who don’t. By contrast, we find that neutral attitudes regarding the vaccines are associated with vaccine indecision among female healthcare workers. In addition, we also find that female healthcare workers tend to trust COVID-19 vaccine information from their peers—close to 99% of vaccinated female healthcare workers tend to trust the vaccine information received from their peers. Implications: While the vaccination rates among healthcare workers are high, the results could further help in devising strategies for tackling the structural and individual barriers towards vaccine uptake among healthcare workers
Wards of court and the inherent jurisdiction by Rob George, London, Hart Publishing, 2024, 247 pp., £90 (hardback), ISBN 9781509972142
No full textConceptualising autocracy promotion as commercialisation: marketising narratives and Chinese responses to Central Asian protests
No full textIn recent decades, the global rise of autocracies has spurred scholarly investigations into why and how these regimes support one another. This article advances these debates by addressing the undertheorised question of what states promote in autocracy promotion. Drawing on insights from narrative theory, it introduces the concept of ‘autocracy commercialisation’, a process through which autocratic practices are framed and disseminated via narratives that present autocracy as a desirable and pragmatic response to states’ governance challenges. These narratives enable the circulation and normalisation of autocratic practices, without relying on direct ideological alignment or intent. The study interprets the variation in narrative strategies through ideal-typical motivational logics, illustrating how autocracies frame governance challenges differently across contexts. Using a multiple holistic case study design, the article conducts a frame analysis of Chinese official discourse on political protests in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, employing MAXQDA for qualitative data analysis. In so doing, the article moves beyond intention-centric models, offering a unified framework for diverse mechanisms and conceptualising autocracy promotion as the narrative-based circulation and normalisation of autocratic governance rather than the export of coherent ideology