Browsing College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies by Author "http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007601"
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Achieving sustainability transitions in residential energy use across Europe: The importance of problem framings
Jensen, Charlotte Louise; Goggins, Gary; Røpke, Inge; Fahy, Frances (Elsevier, 2019-08-15)Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the residential sector is central to European energy policy. However, the speed and scale of sustainable energy transitions need to accelerate. There is a growing consensus that meeting ... -
Alternative energy imaginaries: Implications for energy research, policy integration and the transformation of energy systems
Genus, Audley; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Goggins, Gary; Fahy, Frances; Laakso, Senja (Elsevier, 2021-01-16)The paper highlights shortcomings in the contribution of qualitative social sciences and humanities (SSH) research to tackling challenges connected with energy and climate change. These shortcomings are illustrated based ... -
Challenging conventions towards energy sufficiency: ruptures in laundry and heating routines in Europe
Sahakian, Marlyne; Naef, Patrick; Jensen, Charlotte; Goggins, Gary; Fahy, Frances (eceee Summer Study, 2019-06-03)This contribution proposes to address a central question in social science approaches to household energy studies: how do conventions around energy services evolve, how do they alter over time, and how can they be changed ... -
Challenging practices: experiences from community and individual living lab approaches
Matschoss, Kaisa; Fahy, Frances; Rau, Henrike; Backhaus, Julia; Goggins, Gary; Grealis, Eoin; Heiskanen, Eva; Kajoskoskia, Tuija; Laakso, Senja; Apajalahti, Eeva-Lotta; Genus, Audley; Godin, Laurence; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Musch, Annika-Kathrin; Sahakian, Marlyne; Scholl, Christian; Vadovics, Edina; Vasseur, Veronique (Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-20)In this article, we examine a change initiative designed to involve households in testing ways to transform two everyday practices heating and doing laundry. The research design included an examination of the challenges ... -
Challenging social norms to recraft practices: A Living Lab approach to reducing household energy use in eight European countries
Sahakian, Marlyne; Rau, Henrike; Grealis, Eoin; Godin, Laurence; Wallenborn, Grégoire; Backhaus, Julia; Friis, Freja; Genus, Audley T.; Goggins, Gary; Heaslip, Eimear; Heiskanen, Eva; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Jensen, Charlotte Louise; Laakso, Senja; Musch, Annika-Katrin; Scholl, Christian; Vadovics, Edina; Vadovics, Kristof; Vasseur, Véronique; Fahy, Frances (Elsevier, 2021-02-10)ENERGISE is the first large-scale European effort to reduce household energy use through a change initiative that adopted a ‘living lab’ approach informed by social practice theory. Two challenges were introduced to 306 ... -
Collective intelligence for advancing ocean literacy
McCauley, Veronica; McHugh, Patricia; Davison, Kevin; Domegan, Christine (Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-12)Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean s influence on us and our influence on the ocean. A lack of ocean literacy presents a significant obstacle for citizens to engage in environmentally sustainable behaviour, ... -
Dance, multilingual repertoires and the Italian landscape: asylum seekers’ narratives in an arts-based project
Ciribuco, Andrea (Routledge, 2021-12-27)This article examines the impact that an arts project had on the relationship between a group of asylum seekers and the Italian town where they live. The project brought together local youth and asylum seekers to engage ... -
Engaging urban youth: community, citizenship and democracy
Chaskin, Robert J.; McGregor, Caroline; Brady, Bernadine (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2018)It is well known that disadvantaged youth in urban environments often experience marginalisation and disenfranchisement that can lead to serious consequences for them, their families, and the wider society. Such ... -
Gender and medieval archaeology: storming the castle
Dempsey, Karen (Cambridge University Press, 2019-06-17)Despite more than three decades of feminist critique, archaeological scholarship remains predominantly focused on the exploration of patriarchal narratives and is, therefore, complicit in reinforcing structural inequalities. ... -
Imaginaries and practices: learning from ENERGISE about the integration of social sciences with the EU Energy Union
Genus, Audley; Fahy, Frances; Goggins, Gary; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Laakso, Senja (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018-08-24)This chapter aims (1) to identify problematic framings relating to the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research with the developing EU Energy Union and (2) to account for the practice of SSH-related ... -
Interacting with dementia: The MARIO approach
Kouroupetroglou, C.; Santorelli, A.; Raciti, M.; Barrett, E.; D'onofrio, Ricciardi, F.; Giuliani, F.; Greco, A.; Sancarlo, D.; Mannion, Arlene; Whelan, S.; Pegman, P.; Koumpis, A.; Reforgiato Recupero, D.; Kouroupetroglou, A.; Santorelli, A. (IOS Press, 2017-09-13)This paper presents the results from trials of MARIO interacting with people with dementia (PWD). MARIO aims to help PWD to battle isolation and loneliness by enabling them to stay socially active. In this paper, results ... -
Introducing the social robot MARIO to people living with dementia in long term residential care: Reflections
Mannion, Arlene; Summerville, Sarah; Barrett, Eva; Burke, Megan; Santorelli, Adam; Kruschke, Cheryl; Felzmann, Heike; Kovačič, Tanja; Murphy, Kathy; Casey, Dympna; Whelan, Sally (Springer Verlag, 2019-06-14)MARIO is a social robot developed with and for people living with dementia (PLWD) to promote social connectivity and reduce loneliness and isolation by providing access to a number of applications that PLWD can access, via ... -
Irish organics, innovation and farm collaboration: A pathway to farm viability and generational renewal
Farrell, Maura; Murtagh, Aisling; Weir, Louise; Conway, Shane Francis; McDonagh, John; Mahon, Marie (MDPI, 2021-12-22)The family farm has been the pillar of rural society for decades, stabilising rural economies and strengthening social and cultural traditions. Nonetheless, family farm numbers across Europe are declining as farmers ... -
Manual for the classification of intervention best-practices with rural NEETs
Bojnec, Štefan; Erdogan, Emre; Fernandes-Jesus, Maria; Flynn, Paul; Marta, Elena; Nasya, Bahanur; Paabort, Heidi; Petrescu, Claudia; Pilařová, Tereza (COST CA18213, 2020-12)This manual deals with developing a methodology to assess best practices among interventions that specifically address rural NEETs, who are accepted as the most vulnerable and socially excluded segment of young citizens. ... -
Okra in translation: Asylum seekers, food, and integration
Ciribuco, Andrea (John Benjamins, 2021-06-18)This article explores the theme of food translation, based on research conducted in Italy in 2018 with a group of asylum seekers from different West African countries. It concentrates on a community gardening project ... -
‘Our cat has the power’: the polysemy of a third language in maintaining the power/solidarity equilibrium in family interactions
Smith-Christmas, Cassie (Routledge, 2021-01-30)This article examines how power and solidarity in family relations are negotiated along linguistic lines, and in particular, the role of a third language in this negotiation process. It takes as its case study a transnational ... -
Promoting civic and political engagement among marginalized urban youth in three cities: Strategies and challenges
Brady, Bernadine; Chaskin, Robert J.; McGregor, Caroline (Elsevier, 2020-06-17)Over the past decade and more, there has been a significant emphasis in western societies on policy processes to engage youth in civic and political life. Concerns about the extent to which marginalized urban young people ... -
Relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms in autism spectrum disorder and parent stress, anxiety, depression, quality of life and social support
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Springer, 2023-09-01)Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are a common comorbidity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Little is known about the impact that GI symptoms have on parental well-being. Parents of 409 children ... -
‘Right an turn agadsa’: The reflexivity between language socialisation and child agency in exploring ‘success’ in FLP
Smith-Christmas, Cassie (Elsevier, 2022-09-09)The article explores the mutual relationship—or reflexivity— between language socialisation and child agency. It discusses two respective models developed to: (a) better theorise successful language acquisition in a ‘Family ... -
Rural resources and building capacity for rural regeneration
Murtagh, Aisling; Farrell, Maura (University of Galway, 2020-10)[No abstract available]