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Challenging individualism, whiteness, and depoliticisation: reframing neoliberal citizenship education in England as social, inclusive and political using a Butlerian lens
No full textAn integrative review of transparency for safer gambling
Full text linkOnline gambling, comprising 43% of the UK's Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) in April 2022- March 2023, raises concerns about harmful gambling due to its easy accessibility, personalized marketing, and persuasive and immersive technology. Safer Gambling (SG) is naturally related to transparency (e.g., clear display of terms and conditions and odds of winning) to mitigate these risks. Using an integrative review approach which enables synthesis of knowledge, we examined a range of data sources and methodologies, identifying a scarcity of literature on this topic. Key themes of transparency emerged from 172 articles in this review, involving information and education for SG, SG tools, data-driven approaches and persuasive technologies, advertising, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and individual responsibility, research evidence and funding sources. These themes form a conceptual framework to guide best practices for stakeholders, including the gambling industry, policymakers, and researchers for SG-driven transparency. Recommendations emphasize providing clear, accessible educational content about gambling risks, correcting misperceptions, ensuring SG tools are well-communicated, tailored, and transparent, and protecting individual data through informed consent and algorithmic transparency. Gambling advertisements should avoid misleading content, focus on fairness, and include SG information. CSR initiatives should clarify responsibilities and undergo independent assessment, while governments must update SG policies and encourage industry accountability. The review calls for more longitudinal research to evaluate and refine this framework while addressing the complexities of balancing transparency with user experience in SG interventions, ultimately reducing risks and promoting responsible and safer gambling attitudes and behavior
Reshaping higher education designs and futures: postdigital co-design with generative artificial intelligence
Full text linkThis article examines how collaborative design practices in higher education are reshaped through postdigital entanglement with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). We collectively explore how co-design, an inclusive, iterative, and relational approach to educational design and transformation, expands in meaning, practice, and ontology when GenAI is approached as a collaborator. The article brings together 19 authors and three open reviewers to engage with postdigital inquiry, structured in three parts: (1) a review of literature on co-design, GenAI, and postdigital theory; (2) 11 situated contributions from educators, researchers, and designers worldwide, each offering practice-based accounts of co-design with GenAI; and (3) an explorative discussion of implications for higher education designs and futures. Across these sections, we show how GenAI unsettles assumptions of collaboration, knowing, and agency, foregrounding co-design as a site of ongoing material, ethical, and epistemic negotiation. We argue that postdigital co-design with GenAI reframes educational design as a collective practice of imagining, contesting, and shaping futures that extend beyond human knowing
Mandated ESG disclosure and its effects on earnings quality and cost of capital: evidence from European stock markets
Full text linkThis study investigates the causal effects of mandated ESG disclosure on two key corporate financial outcomes: earnings quality and cost of capital. Using a panel dataset of 210 publicly listed firms from eight European Union countries between 2015and 2024, the study exploits cross-country variation in the timing and intensity of ESG disclosure mandates under the EU Directive 2014/95/EU. A difference-in-differences research design is employed, supported by dynamic models and placebo tests to strengthen causal inference. The findings reveal that firms subject to mandatory ESG disclosure exhibit a statistically significant improvement in earnings quality and a reduction in the cost of capital following the implementation of the regulation. These effects are more pronounced among larger firms, suggesting that firm size moderates the ability to translate ESG transparency into financial benefits. The study recommends that regulators continue enforcing ESG mandates and that firms integrate ESG disclosure as a core element of their financial strategy. By providing rigorous evidence of financial benefits associated with mandated ESG practices, this study contributes to the literature on sustainable finance, corporate transparency, and capital market regulation
Dancing otherwise: new assemblages for pluriversal practices
Full text linkThis writing articulates praxis-led approaches arising from the co-authors’ research network Dancing Otherwise: Exploring Pluriversal Practices, funded by the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) from October 2023 to March 2025. It presents commentary on embodied modalities of reflexive enquiry employed by the network, which aimed to examine the structures and frameworks around which dance research is organised in the UK. This article explores how the research presents innovation in praxis within dance studies and dance research, and contributes to an emerging inter- and transdisciplinary field of awareness-based approaches to systemic transformation
Generative AI in higher education: guiding principles for teaching and learning - volume 1
No full textThis book explores how higher education institutions can effectively embrace and implement generative AI to transform the educational experience. It highlights both the great potential of GenAI and the precautions needed for its responsible use. The book provides guiding principles for institutions, ensuring that the integration of generative AI enhances rather than harms the educational process. It addresses key concerns about using AI in higher education, such as ethics, the authenticity of the academic experience, equity, accessibility, and the impact on jobs. By reviewing the historical use of AI in education, the author argues that while these concerns are important, they should not prevent institutions from moving forward. Instead, these challenges should guide the development of policies and guidelines that ensure AI’s benefits are realised without increasing existing inequalities or compromising the core mission of higher education: to educate, inspire, and prepare students to contribute meaningfully to society
Promoting sustainable practices through green investments in the United Kingdom real estate industry
Full text linkThis paper aims to examine how sustainable practices in the UK real estate industry are impacted by green investments through qualitative research, focusing on interviews with developers. The findings reveal that regulatory frameworks, market demand, financial incentives, corporate responsibility, and technological innovation are crucial factors in sustainable practices. There is a growing consumer demand for sustainable properties, supported by financial incentives like grants, tax credits, and green finance mechanisms such as green bonds. These bonds play a crucial role in promoting sustainable building practices, including energy-efficient design and renewable energy integration. The research highlights motivators for stakeholders to participate in sustainability initiatives, including financial benefits, regulatory compliance, reputation, and consumer demand, despite challenges like perceived higher costs and regulatory hurdles. This research highlights specific implications for policymakers to design effective regulatory frameworks and incentives, investors to prioritize green investments through mechanisms like green bonds, and industry professionals to enhance corporate responsibility and meet growing consumer demand for sustainable properties
Postdigital citizen science and humanities: dialogue from the ground
Full text linkWhilst much global research takes place in universities, many researchers in the sciences and humanities do not work within these institutions. Some citizen researchers run their own companies or provide independent consultancy, having left their roles in universities through a conflict of values, where they experienced hostile, hierarchical, or restrictive practices. In a world where many postdigital and biodigital challenges do not sit neatly under one discipline or sector, collaboration with community experts to research potential solutions is crucial, as demonstrated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Universities count knowledge exchange partnerships as a key part of their activities, linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, yet a closer look at how this works in practice reveals different forms of ‘lockdowns’ that prevent equitable research collaborations. In this collective article, we offer a postdigital perspective on citizen science and humanities research from the ground. This includes a provocation to knowledge-producing institutions via recommendations that emerged from our collective citizen researcher workshop held in Zagreb in Spring 2024. There is now a pressing need to review institutional policies and practices around citizen research, towards more inclusive knowledge exchange partnerships, if we are to collaborate successfully to address many global challenges