Oxford Brookes University

‘Football for all, for good, for the future’? Euro 2028 and the competing political discourses of multi-nation sporting events

The United Kingdom and Ireland will play host to the men’s UEFA Euro 2028 championships, with its intended hosting across the five different footballing nations of England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales a cornerstone of the successful bidding process. The Euro 202...

Impact of staff training on body temperature measurements during cancer treatment: a single-site quality improvement project

Background: Neutropenic sepsis is a serious complication of cancer therapy, and can often be detected by the presence of abnormal body temperature, typically fever. Aims: This research aimed to improve home temperature measurement in a cancer triage unit following a previous audi...

The cultural evolution of play and magic dolls across 110 societies

Dolls represent one of the most widespread and enduring material objects that humans create across societies. The pervasiveness of dolls can offer novel insights into the role of human material culture in processes of cultural evolution. While commonly considered children's toys...

Comprehension and cooperation in the Public Goods Game

Pre-registration for Study 1 of a research project on measurement of prosocial behaviour in public goods games. This record contains the pre-analysis plan and experimental design document, deposited prior to data collection. The pre-analysis plan (PAP) is the primary pre-registra...

Developing a Framework to Evaluate the Social Value Impact of Residential Property Development Projects in Kuwait

Residential development in Kuwait is shaped by a state-led housing system, rapid urban expansion, extreme climatic conditions, and socio-cultural practices that influence how residents experience housing and neighborhoods. Existing social value and sustainability frameworks provi...

Supporting alcohol change in mid-life women: focus group insights informing refinement of the SPACES intervention logic model

OBJECTIVES: Logic model refinement is an underreported stage of complex intervention development. SPACES (Storytelling Promoting Alcohol Choice, Empowerment and Sharing) combines narratives with Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs) to support alcohol reduction among mid-life women....

The Influence of Psychological and Social Variables on Entrepreneurial Intention

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention in Santander, Colombia. This rese...

Digital Twin-Enabled Vehicle Routing in Logistics and Transportation

Vehicle routing in modern logistics increasingly depends on live sensing: GPS and Internet-of-Things telemetry, roadside perception, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data streams change the operational state faster than static route plans can absorb. Digital twins have been propos...

Navigating the exploitation–exploration paradox: the impact of industry 4.0 technologies on supply chain performance from the Organisational ambidexterity lens

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies have significant potential to improve supply chain performance, yet organisations often struggle to realise these benefits in practice. Drawing on Structural Ambidexterity Theory, this study examines how specific I4.0 technologies affect core supp...

An Exploration of Coaches’ Perceptions Regarding the Emergence of Artificial Intelligence in Coaching

This study explores how professional coaches perceive and navigate the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into their practice. Twelve professionally trained coaches, with between 3- and 22-years’ experience and working across seven countries, were interviewed, and the da...

Employment as a Foreign Realm: Spatial Alienation and Conceptions of Work among People with Experience of Homelessness

Work and employment are frequently presented as potential solutions for socially excluded people to overcome their disadvantage(s) and to (re)integrate into society. To assess the viability of pursuing employment pathways, it is important to understand previous engagement with, p...

Mapping policy architecture for vaccine research, development and manufacturing in Africa: a scoping review protocol

Introduction Despite the unprecedented speed of COVID-19 vaccine development, manufacturing capacity remained geographically concentrated and insufficient to meet global demand promptly and equitably. This constrained production capacity, together with domestic political pressure...

What rates of return do firms expect from innovation investments?

Abstract Innovation investments are risky and uncertain in their outcomes. Thus, innovating firms should expect higher rates of return if their investments are successful to compensate for the additional risk and uncertainty. Further, financiers also have different appetites for...

Investigating the role of rare missense variants in RAB11B in autism spectrum disorder

Abstract Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most prevalent developmental disorders worldwide and is characterized by a strong genetic basis. Its clinical and genetic complexity has greatly encouraged the genomic investigation of the disorder, especially in re...

Beyond generation rent: Tenure restructuring and intergenerational housing inequality in Ghana

Intergenerational housing inequality is commonly framed in terms of delayed homeownership and prolonged renting; however, this framing derives largely from high-income, mortgage-based systems. This paper examines changes in young adults' household position, tenure and housing con...

Data analytics and last-mile delivery in urban areas: challenges and opportunities

Purpose This research explores how data analytics can address last-mile delivery (LMD) challenges in urban areas. LMD is the most expensive, least efficient, and most environmentally damaging supply chain phase, yet analytics adoption remains uneven. Design/methodology/approach A...

Developing a just 15-minute city framework: insights from a Delphi panel

The 15-minute city is promoted as a model for resilient, equitable and sustainable urban futures, yet it may reproduce socio-spatial inequalities. Drawing on the ‘just city’ concept, this paper co-develops a framework for defining and evaluating a ‘just 15-minute city’. The frame...