Professor Pamela Abbott
BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA, FAcSS
Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- p.abbott@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Education
Qualifications
- PhD Sociology1982 - Council for National Academic Awards
- MSc Sociology with Politics1985 - University of London
- BSc Sociology1970 - University of London
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Director of the Centre for Global Development
- External Memberships
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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Member of the International sociological Association, Member of the British Sociological Association
Latest Publications
Workbook for a Critical Realist Audit of the School Context
University of Aberdeen. 93 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsProtocol for Data Analysis for a Critical Realist Audit of the School Context: NIHR133712 NIHR Global Health Research Group on Promoting Children’s and Adolescent’s Mental Wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa Project
University of Aberdeen. 54 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsInfection and social dislocation: policy and practitioner accounts of COVID-19’s impacts on children and adolescents in Rwanda during a public health emergency
Critical Public Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2723513Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe social determinants of depression among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 68-90Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCorporate Social Impact and Exploitation of Workers on the Ground
Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2025, no. 1, 17304Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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Workbook for a Critical Realist Audit of the School Context
University of Aberdeen. 93 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsProtocol for Data Analysis for a Critical Realist Audit of the School Context: NIHR133712 NIHR Global Health Research Group on Promoting Children’s and Adolescent’s Mental Wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa Project
University of Aberdeen. 54 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsInfection and social dislocation: policy and practitioner accounts of COVID-19’s impacts on children and adolescents in Rwanda during a public health emergency
Critical Public Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2723513Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe social determinants of depression among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 68-90Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCorporate Social Impact and Exploitation of Workers on the Ground
Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2025, no. 1, 17304Contributions to Journals: AbstractsTheory and Mechanisms of Change in School-Based Mindfulness Interventions: A Disciplinary Review
Working Papers: Preprint PapersSchool Climate and Pupils' Wellbeing and Mindfulness
Working Papers: Preprint PapersLiteracy and Quality of Life: A Study of Adults with Poor Literacy Capabilities in Western Rwanda
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 368-384Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConceptual Architecture for a Critical Realist Synthesis of a Universal School-based Mindfulness Intervention
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.32388/UP1VR6
Space to see the future?: A political economy analysis of child and adolescent mental health and well-being in Ethiopia including routes for change
Frontiers in Sociology, vol. 9, 1488619Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAuthor Correction: Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries (Nature Medicine, (2025), 10.1038/s41591-024-03345-4)
Nature Medicine, vol. 31, 696Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03524-x
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Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries
Nature Medicine, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 552-564Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03345-4
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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
Contributions to Conferences: PapersShadow Accounts on Corporate Social Impacts and Exploitation of Workers on the Ground: Evidence from Bangladeshi Factories for Global Fashion Retailers during Covid-19
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA protocol for a critical realist systematic synthesis of ~interventions to~ promote pupils’ wellbeing by improving the school climate in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
PloS ONE, vol. 19, no. 5, e0286489Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow prices and income influence global patterns in saturated fat intake by age, sex and world region: a cross-sectional analysis of 160 countries
BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 1, e074562Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA protocol for a critical realist synthesis of school mindfulness interventions designed to promote pupils' mental wellbeing
Frontiers in public health, vol. 11, 1309649Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1309649
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What difference does a social practice approach to adult literacies education make to adult learners' quality of life in Western Rwanda?
Education Applications & Developments IX. Carmo, M. (ed.). InScience Press, pp. 271-283, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries
Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 5957Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41269-8
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Early Development Centres: What rural Rwandan mothers would find most useful
Rwanda: The Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR-Rwanda) (PDF). 6 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsWhat difference does a Social Practices Approach to Adult Literacies Education (SPA-ALE) make to adult learners’ lives in three districts in Western Rwanda?
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsA review of scientific theories used to justify the delivery of school-based mindfulness programmes . A protocol for a scoping review
Working Papers: Preprint PapersStudy protocol for a Critical Realist pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of a whole-school-based mindfulness intervention (SBMI) promoting child and adolescent mental wellbeing in Rwanda and Ethiopia
Working Papers: Preprint PapersHealth, Child Development and Education in Rwanda: Understanding and working with contextual complexity
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0154.v1
Scholarship on the Middle East in Political Science and International Relations: A Reassessment
PS: Political Science & Politics, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 259 - 264Contributions to Journals: Articles