“Technologies for blind children, carefully tailored through user-centered design approaches, can make a significant contribution to cognitive development of these children” (Sanchez, 2008)

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The project’s initial research questions to explore were within the scope of …

In the 1960s, Totterdown, a Victorian suburb in Bristol’s south inner city, had been devastated by the demolition of 500 houses, and the relocation of 5,000 Bristolians, in order to make way for an ‘outer ring road’ and ‘transport interchange’ …

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In October 2017, Mia, then aged 11, told the audience at a Festival of the Future City about buses in her home city of Bristol in England:

“My family don’t own a …

In low-income countries such as Togo, small-holder farmers often have to resort to unsustainable forest and land management practices, such as clearing forested land and cutting down trees for cooking fuel, in order to meet their basic needs. As high …

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This research sought to empower online consumers in responding individually and collectively to the climate breakdown and other environmental emergencies. The response used to play out …

Flooding is a natural hazard that affects millions of people throughout the world every year. Fatalities from flooding occur disproportionally in developing countries, where difficulties in relief efforts are compounded by lack of information about flood and settlement patterns.

Flood …

Media representations of refugees and asylum seekers have played a damaging role in shaping public attitudes and perceptions of migration. Films frequently stumble into a range of problematic depictions, patronising subjects, sensationalising issues and reinforcing negative tropes, focusing scrutiny on …

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The UK immigration rules require the sponsoring spouse to have a minimum income that is in fact above fulltime earnings at minimum wage. In addition, the migrant spouse is required to prove a level of language proficiency. …

Biographical performances of real lives have proliferated but the lives of women (particularly those in science or with disabilities) have been neglected.

An impoverished, disabled, marginalised immigrant, Elizabeth Blackwell was also an inspirational doctor who championed women’s education rights and …