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Money: Metaphors and Motives (2014)
Book Chapter
Lea, S. E., & Webley, P. (2014). Money: Metaphors and Motives. In E. Bijleveld, & H. Aarts (Eds.), The Psychological Science of Money (21 -35). Springer

The Endtimes of human rights (2014)
Book Chapter
Hopgood, S. (2014). The Endtimes of human rights. In D. Lettinga, & L. van Troost (Eds.), Debating the Endtimes of Human Rights: Activism and Institutions in a Post-Westphalian World (11-18). Amnesty International Netherlands

The Last Rites for Humanitarian Intervention: Darfur, Sri Lanka and R2P (2014)
Journal Article
Hopgood, S. (2014). The Last Rites for Humanitarian Intervention: Darfur, Sri Lanka and R2P. Global Responsibility to Protect, 6(2), 181-205. https://doi.org/10.1163/1875984X-00602006

The politics of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are interwoven with the ghosts of Rwanda and Srebrenica. Although R2P can clearly be seen as an attempt to legitimate intervening in sovereign states to protect human rights, the post-2001 emphasis... Read More about The Last Rites for Humanitarian Intervention: Darfur, Sri Lanka and R2P.

Dynamic, small-world social network generation through local agent interactions (2014)
Journal Article
De Caux, R., Smith, C., Kniveton, D., Black, R., & Philippides, A. (2014). Dynamic, small-world social network generation through local agent interactions. Complexity, 19(6), 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplx.21528

To model agent relationships in agent‐based models, it is often necessary to incorporate a social network whose topology is commonly assumed to be “small‐world.” This is potentially problematic, as the classification is broad and covers a wide‐range... Read More about Dynamic, small-world social network generation through local agent interactions.

Climate related migration in rural Bangladesh: a behavioural model (2014)
Journal Article
Martin, M., Billah, M., Siddiqui, T., Abrar, C. R., Black, R., & Kniveton, D. Climate related migration in rural Bangladesh: a behavioural model. Population and Environment, 36(1), 85-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-014-0207-2

Research into the climate change and migration nexus has often focussed solely on how people move in response to the impacts of variability and change in climate. This notion often ignores the nature of migration as a tried and tested livelihood choi... Read More about Climate related migration in rural Bangladesh: a behavioural model.

Quality Assurance in the Open: An Evaluation of OER Repositories (2013)
Journal Article
Atenas, J., & Havemann, L. (2013). Quality Assurance in the Open: An Evaluation of OER Repositories. International journal for innovation and quality in learning INNOQUAL, 1(2), 22-34

The World OER Declaration 2012 recommends that States join efforts to facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing OER. The OER movement has thus far spurred the creation of numerous repository initiatives worldwide with the aim of aiding the developme... Read More about Quality Assurance in the Open: An Evaluation of OER Repositories.

The beach as a setting for families’ health promotion: A qualitative study with parents and children living in coastal regions in Southwest England (2013)
Journal Article
Ashbullby, K. A., Pahl, S., Webley, P., & White, M. P. (2013). The beach as a setting for families’ health promotion: A qualitative study with parents and children living in coastal regions in Southwest England. Health & Place, 23, 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.005

This study explores the neglected issue of how families engage with beach environments in their local areas and use them in health promoting ways. Fifteen families with children aged 8–11 years living in coastal regions in Southwest England participa... Read More about The beach as a setting for families’ health promotion: A qualitative study with parents and children living in coastal regions in Southwest England.

A Vision of Quality in Repositories of Open Educational Resources (2013)
Book Chapter
Atenas, J., & Havemann, L. (2013). A Vision of Quality in Repositories of Open Educational Resources. In J. Castaño, & C. Redecker (Eds.), Open Education 2030. JRC-IPTS call for vision papers. Part III: Higher Education (54-59). European Commission Joint Research Centre – Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) Information Society Unit ICT for Learning and Inclusion

In the future, Open Educational Practices (OEP) will facilitate access to open materials by promoting collaboration among educators, who will share, reuse and evaluate digital pedagogical content using Repositories of Open Educational Resources (ROER... Read More about A Vision of Quality in Repositories of Open Educational Resources.

Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes of extreme events (2013)
Journal Article
Black, R., Arnell, N. W., Adger, W. N., Thomas, D., & Geddes, A. (2013). Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes of extreme events. Environmental Science & Policy, 27(1), S32-S43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.09.001

There is growing international concern at an apparent rise in the severity and frequency of extreme environmental events as a manifestation of global environmental change, and that this could be linked with a future rise in the migration or displacem... Read More about Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes of extreme events.

The relationship between parenting and the economic behavior and orientation of Norwegian Adolescents (2013)
Journal Article
Nyhus, E., & Webley, P. (2013). The relationship between parenting and the economic behavior and orientation of Norwegian Adolescents. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 174(6), 620-641. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2012.754398

Little is known about the economic socialization of children and adolescents and the role of parents in this process. The authors’ purpose was to explore the role of parenting in the intergenerational transfer of economic orientation and economic beh... Read More about The relationship between parenting and the economic behavior and orientation of Norwegian Adolescents.

Economic psychology, sustainability and climate change. (2013)
Book Chapter
Webley, P. (2013). Economic psychology, sustainability and climate change. In S. Ruiter, W. Bernasco, W. Huisman, & G. Bruiinsma (Eds.), Eenvoud en Verscheidenheid [SImplicity and Diversity] (23-35). NSCR

Economic socialization, saving and assets in European young adults (2013)
Journal Article
Webley, P., & Nyhus, E. (2013). Economic socialization, saving and assets in European young adults. Economics of Education Review, 33, 19-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.09.001

We analyze the role economic socialization plays in the economic behavior and asset accumulation of young adults by parents using data from European young adults and teenagers. We study the role of four distinct strands of economic socialization (pro... Read More about Economic socialization, saving and assets in European young adults.

Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa (2012)
Journal Article
Kniveton, D., Smith, C., & Black, R. (2012). Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa. Nature Climate Change, 2(6), 444-447. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1447

Fears of the movement of large numbers of people as a result of changes in the environment were first voiced in the 1980s (ref. 1). Nearly thirty years later the numbers likely to migrate as a result of the impacts of climate change are still, at bes... Read More about Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa.