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The design of a dynamic web-based solution to measure accessibility via public transport under different travel scenarios

An intuitive and interactive open-source web tool for measuring access to services via public transport is described. The application allows policymakers to analyse and compare the impacts that alternative network configurations may have upon access to services. The application facilitates interactive analyses to support decision-makers in making better informed choices. The study addresses key technical…

Evaluating Real-Time and Scheduled Public Transport Data: Challenges and Opportunities

Scheduled timetable information has been used extensively in studies concerned with estimating travel times in accessibility research. Fewer studies to date have involved the use of real-time public transport data to help investigate the impacts of travel disruptions or cancellations of service on reported spatial and temporal patterns of accessibility. The aims of this paper…

WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study - 12th Annual Survey - report front cover
WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study 12th Annual Survey Annual Report | 2023-24

The WISERD Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS) is an annual longitudinal study to chart the progress of children and young people growing up in Wales. Each year, we follow three cohorts from schools across Wales and ask questions about their experiences of school and their perspectives on national and international issues. Here, we provide a summary of…

Social Studies of Science, Volume 54, Number 3 front cover
Virtual diversity: Resolving the tension between the wider culture and the institution of science

There are widespread calls for increased demographic diversity in science, often linked to the epistemic claim that including more perspectives will improve the quality of the knowledge produced. By distinguishing between demographic and epistemic diversity, we show that this is only true some of the time. There are cases where increasing demographic diversity will not…

Front cover of Minerva, the journal for the review of science, learning and policy.
Mapping approaches to ‘citizen science’ and ‘community science’ and everything in-between: The evolution of new epistemic territory?

Over the last decade or so, the rate of growth of academic publications involving discussion of ‘citizen science’ and ‘community science’, and similar variants, has risen exponentially. These fluid terms, with no fixed definition, cover a continuum of public participation within a range of scientific activities. It is, therefore, apposite and timely to examine the…

Geographical and temporal variations in the provision of registered older people long-term care home places in Wales

Accessing the most appropriate forms of care in the right places and at the right time is a primary concern for people receiving care and their families. The residential and nursing care home sector is faced with numerous deep-seated problems, many of which have been exacerbated by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the…

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Face value: Recruitment lessons for research interviews

Advances in online data collection spurred on by a pandemic springboard have been well recognised, but less attention has been given to corresponding approaches in recruitment. This article addresses this gap by examining whether recruitment challenges can be overcome by utilising personalised recordings to recruit interviewees. Developed to engage elite interviewees in challenging circumstances, this…

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The WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study: Key findings from 2012-2022

Foreword The WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS) recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary. The WMCS is a longitudinal study of children and young people in Wales. It was established in 2012 by Professor Sally Power and Professor Chris Taylor to chart the progress of children and young people growing up in Wales. Under their stewardship the…