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Sparking ‘Aha’ Moments: A Resource for Teaching Research Methods

2025

Nind, M., Shanks, R. K., Lee, Y., Edson Ferrie, J., Dogaru, C., English, K. K., Perez del Aguila, R., Spreckelsen, T. F., Rose, J., Jones, A., Silver, C., Morgan, H. M., Pizzolati, M., Brown, N., Edwards, R., Mancuso, J., Johnson, R.

Commissioned by National Centre for Research Methods. National Centre for Research Methods. 83 pages

Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

Online: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/trainers/aha.php
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A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Induction: Purposes, Practices and Curriculum Ideologies

2026

Attard Tonna, M., Bjerkholt, E., Shanks, R., Snoek, M.

Making Sense of European Teacher Induction and Mentoring Practices. Helms-Lorenz, M., Heikkinen, H., Plauborg, H., Bjerkholt, E. (eds.). Brill

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

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A systematic review of definitions of rights education for children: Children's rights education (CRE), children's human rights education (CHRE), and other rights education subtypes

2025

Gillett Swan, J., Monta, C., Shanks, R. K.

Review of Education, vol. 13, no. 3, e70104

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.70104
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Education for Democracy: Political Participation and Practise in Schools

2025

García Díaz, A., Shanks, R. K.

Kultur: revista interdisciplinaria sobre la cultura de la ciutat, vol. 12, no. 23, pp. 191-206

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.6035/kult-ur.8477
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Theory and Mechanisms of Change in School-Based Mindfulness Interventions: A Disciplinary Review

2025

Abbott, P., D'Ambruoso, L., Shanks, R. K., Mihretu, A., Engdawork Melese, K.

Working Papers and Discussion Papers

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.31124/advance.174524975.58729400/v1
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School Climate and Pupils' Wellbeing and Mindfulness

2025

Abbott, P., Shanks, R. K., D'Ambruoso, L.

Working Papers and Discussion Papers

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.31124/advance.174462585.52191189/v1
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Learning sites for health systems research: Reflections on five programs in Africa, Asia, and Central America

2025

Witter, S., Regmi, S., Raven, J., Nzinga, J., Van der merwe, M., Flores, W., D'ambruoso, L.

Learning Health Systems, vol. 9, no. 2, e10475

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.10475
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Literacy and Quality of Life: A Study of Adults with Poor Literacy Capabilities in Western Rwanda

2025

Mtika, P., Abbott, P.

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 368-384

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2023.2254222
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Conceptual Architecture for a Critical Realist Synthesis of a Universal School-based Mindfulness Intervention

2025

Abbott, P., D’Ambruoso, L., Shanks, R., Engdawork, K., Mihretu, A.

Working Papers and Discussion Papers

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.32388/UP1VR6

Cost of living/cost of smoking: a demonstration study of cooperative action learning to understand and address smoking in deprived communities within the cost-of-living crisis

2025

D'Ambruoso, L., Stephen, A., Cowan, E., Innocent, W., Marathia, E., Littlejohn, C., Duffy, S., Cost of Living/Cost of Smoking Learning Partnership

Social Policy & Administration, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 309-323

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13082
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Space to see the future?: A political economy analysis of child and adolescent mental health and well-being in Ethiopia including routes for change

2025

Engdawork Melese, K., D'Ambruoso, L., Hailu, T., Yared, M., Geletu, G. M., Gebremariam, S., Sebsibe, E., Abbott, P.

Frontiers in Sociology, vol. 9, 1488619

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1488619
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Health System Governance for Injury Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a survey of policymakers and policy implementors

2025

Ghalichi, L., D'Ambruoso, L., Equi-Injury Group, Davies, J., Chu, K., Bekele, A., Byiringiro, J. C., Razzak, J., Tabiri, S., Ignatowicz, A., Sitch, A., Amberbir, A., Bagahirwa, I., Sam, N. B., Alayande, B., Berhe, D. F., Konadu-Yeboah, D., Sarfo-Antwi, F., Atiq, H., Rahim, K. A., Ghalichi, L., Nkurunziza, L., Osei, R., MacQuene, T., Chand, Z. B., Wajidal, Z., Dramani, A., Acquaye, J., Amofa, E. K., Twizeyimana, E., Sahibjan, F., Umwali, G., Bukari, M., Mustafa, M., Mugisha, N., Nzasabimana, P., Jakhro, T.

BMJ Global Health, vol. 10, no. 2, e017890

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmjgh-2024-017890
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From Research Briefing to National Guidance: Influencing School Uniform and Clothing Policy in Scotland

2025 - Accepted/In press

Shanks, R. K.

Advising on and Making Education Policy: New Perspectives on Past and Present Procedures. Skerrit, C. (ed.). Bloomsbury

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

Customised Diversity? Education, capitalism and diversity in the digital present: An Editorial

2025

Dander, V., Riettiens, L., Shanks, R. K., Grünberger, N., Hug, T.

Seminar.net. International Journal of Media, technology and lifelong learning, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1-7

Contributions to Journals: Editorials

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.7577/seminar.6356
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A Crisis of Accountability and Corporate Immunity for Unfair Purchasing Practices: A Survey of Global Fashion Retailers’ Production Factories in a Global South Country

2024

Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.

Contributions to Conferences: Papers

Online: https://www.eventsforce.net/standrews/frontend/reg/absViewDocumentFE.csp?documentID=4095&eventID=205
Additional Links: Conference Programme and Abstracts

Opening decision spaces: A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

2024

Witter, S., Van Der Merwe, M., Twine, R., Mabetha, D., Hove, J., Tollman, S. M., D'Ambruoso, L.

PloS ONE, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. e0304775

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304775
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Shadow Accounts on Corporate Social Impacts and Exploitation of Workers on the Ground: Evidence from Bangladeshi Factories for Global Fashion Retailers during Covid-19

2024

Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.

Contributions to Conferences: Papers

The Effects of Poverty on School Education – Research from the Poverty and Education Network

2024

McKinney, S. J., Wilson, A., Shanks, R. K., Robson, D., Moscardini, L., Mtika, P., McKendrick, J. H., MacDougall, L., Lowden, K., Lord, K., Jaap, A., Hunter, K., Graham, A., Darling-McQuistan, K.

Contributions to Specialist Publications

Online: https://www.sera.ac.uk/publications/researching-education-bulletin/
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A protocol for a critical realist systematic synthesis of ~interventions to~ promote pupils’ wellbeing by improving the school climate in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2024

Abbott, P. A., Shanks, R., Stanley, I., D’Ambruoso, L.

PloS ONE, vol. 19, no. 5, e0286489

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286489
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Understanding the health system utilisation and reasons for avoidable mortality after fatal injury within a Three-Delays framework in Karonga, Northern Malawi: a retrospective analysis of verbal autopsy data

2024

Whitaker, J., Edem, I., Amoah, A. S., Dube, A., D'Ambruoso, L., Rickard, R. F., Leather, A. J. M., Davies, J.

BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 4, e081652

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081652
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Equitable access to quality injury care; Equi-Injury project protocol for prioritizing interventions in four low- or middle-income countries: a mixed method study

2024

Equi-Injury Group, D'Ambruoso, L., Ghalichi, L.

BMC Health Services Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 429

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10668-y
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How prices and income influence global patterns in saturated fat intake by age, sex and world region: a cross-sectional analysis of 160 countries

2024

Ahles, A., Muhammad, A., Yenerall, J. N., Reedy, J., Shi, P., Zhang, J., Cudhea, F., Erndt-Marino, J., Miller, V., Mozaffarian, D., Abbott, P., Abdollahi, M., Abedi, P., Abumweis, S., Adair, L., Nsour, M. A., Alam, I., Al-Daghri, N., Sabico, S., Alhamad, N. A., Al-Hooti, S., Alissa, E., Al-Zenki, S., Anderson, S., Anzid, K., Arambepola, C., Arici, M., Arsenault, J., Asciak, R., Biró, L., Barengo, N., Barquera, S., Dommarco, J. R., Illescas-Zarate, D., Sánchez-Romero, L. M., Ramirez, S. R., Silva, I. R., Bas, M., Becker, W., Beer-Borst, S., Bergman, P., Lindroos, A. K., Sipinen, J. P., Moraeus, L., Boindala, S., Bovet, P., Bradshaw, D., Bundhamcharoen, K., Caballero, M. T., Haerpfer, C., Global Dietary Database

BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 1, e074562

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074562
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A protocol for a critical realist synthesis of school mindfulness interventions designed to promote pupils' mental wellbeing

2024

Abbott, P., Nixon, G., Stanley, I., D'Ambruoso, L.

Frontiers in public health, vol. 11, 1309649

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1309649
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Educational Inclusion in Resource-Constrained Contexts: A Study of Rural Primary Schools in Cambodia

2024

Ravet, J., Mtika, P.

International Journal of Inclusive Education, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 16-37

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2021.1916104
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Decolonial Perspectives on Intercultural Research in a Study of Educational Inclusion in Rural Cambodia

2024

Ravet, J., Mtika, P., McFarlane, A., MacDonald, C., Khun, B., Tep, V., Sam, R., Yoeng, H.

International Journal of Educational Research , vol. 128, 102466

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102466
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