Alice Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3742455 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0306-729X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Black Lawyers in South Africa
Custodians of an ecology of data
Currently, limited guidance is offered to qualitative researchers regarding ways to undertake data analysis that focus on the complex transactions of person and place. We propose that honouring mutuality of person and place requires analysis textured as 'custodianship' of the diverse expression of values in research data that constitutes an 'ecology'. The process of analysis as custodians is the enacted responsibility to learn with data: digging …
Making sense of student feedback and engagement using artificial intelligence
Making sense of student feedback and engagement is important for informing pedagogical decision-making and broader strategies related to student retention and success in higher education courses. Although learning analytics and other strategies are employed within courses to understand student engagement, the interpretation of data for larger data sets is more challenging and rarely pursued. This is concerning as data offers the potential for cri…
Reflecting on micro‐ethics to center the voices of Aboriginal peoples experiencing homelessness
This article shares the micro‐ethical lessons from those researching alongside Aboriginal people experiencing homelessness and Aboriginal Elders in Perth, Western Australia. The article is written from the perspective of the first and second author who are two non‐Aboriginal researchers being mentored in Aboriginal culture. From this positioning, it offers reflections and practical insights into researching “in the right spirit” with Aboriginal c…
Empirical Evidence to Support a Nudge Intervention for Increasing Online Engagement in Higher Education
Student engagement is recognised as being a critical factor linked to student success and learning outcomes. The same holds true for online learning and engagement in higher education, where the appetite for this mode of learning has escalated worldwide over several decades, and as a result of COVID-19. At the same time teachers in higher education are increasingly able to access and utilise tools to identify and analyse student online behaviours…
Ethical considerations and dilemmas for the researcher and for families in home-based research
When researching with or about families in home-based research, there are numerous unexpected ethical issues that can emerge, particularly in qualitative research. This paper is based on reflective accounts of four homed-based research projects, two in the UK and two Australia, which examined ethical dilemmas identified when engaged in home-based research with young children. Using a synergy of ecocultural theory and Foucauldian ideas of Heteroto…
Educators’ experiences of pivoting online
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that online teaching in higher education became the default. Educators were, and often now continue to be, required to pivot to online teaching, necessitating them to adapt their teaching delivery, effectively engage students online, and apply existing skills to new and unfamiliar pedagogical contexts. This paper presents a small international case study, investigating the experiences of a diverse group o…
A conceptual framework to enhance student online learning and engagement in higher education
Student engagement is consistently identified as a key predictor of learner outcomes within the online learning environment. However, there is limited guidance about using proactive strategies to improve engagement for low and non-engaged students: for example by specifically employing course learning analytics (CLA) and nudging strategies in courses to assist these students. To explore how CLA and nudging can be used more effectively to engage s…
Bounce Forward
Socioeconomic status is a strong predictor of normative development and well-being in young people. It is well-known that growing up in a socioeconomically disadvantaged context may lead to negative outcomes, both in childhood and in adulthood. Early intervention and prevention programmes are crucial for building resilience and improving health, well-being and equity. Bounce Forward is a school-based prevention programme implemented in Blackpool,…
Parents' Interpretations of Screen Time Recommendations for Children Younger Than 2 Years
Move and Play Every Day: National Physical Activity Recommendations for Children 0-5 Years was part of a suite of physical activity guidelines issued by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing in 2010. Guidelines included the recommendation that 'children younger than 2 years should not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media.' In-depth semistructured interviews investigated parents' interpretations an…
A true European’
Eberhard ‘Paddy’ Bort served as Reviews Editor of Scottish Affairs from 2000 to his unexpected death in early 2017. This essay draws together several of his colleagues and friends to outline Paddy's contributions to the study of Borders and his wider activities in and around Scottish academic life
Castiglione’s Allegory, Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Gendering Processes of Institutional Design
A qualitative study of ‘fear’ as a regulator of children's independent physical activity in the suburbs
National identity and economic development
This article attempts to move beyond assumptions that nationalism is essentially cultural and/or narrowly political, and that it is primarily past‐oriented and defensive. We do this by examining evidence relating to the creative (re)construction of the nation from a contemporary economic perspective. Paying particular attention to Scotland and Wales, we show that the mobilisation of national identity within this process of (re)construction is not…
The Changing Politics of Gender Equality
This comprehensive collection brings together key academics, activists and practitioners to review the changing politics of the 'project' of gender equality. It gives account of the evolution of gende
The Scottish Parliament
This article outlines and discusses the hopes and aspirations that formed the basis of plans for the new Scottish parliament. For those who had campaigned for constitutional change over many years, creating a new parliament was not seen solely as an end in itself. It also became inter-linked with a vision of a new system of governance which involved developing a more co-operative political culture and participatory democratic system that fostered…
Taking Their Place in the New House
At the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament on 12 May 1999, the number of women taking their seats as newly elected members (MSPs) brought Scotland into line with countries such as Sweden and Norway, which are top of the league in terms of women's representation. The total of 48 women MSPs breaks all records in Scotland. This figure is all the more remarkable when one considers that in the first democratic elections to Scotland's new parliame…
The first elections to the Scottish parliament, May 1999
Are the first elections to the Scottish Parliament a bright dawn for Scotland? Alice Brown analyses the elections
Deepening democracy
(1998). Deepening democracy: Women and the Scottish parliament. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 8, Remaking the Union: Devolution and British Politics in the 1990s, pp. 103-119
Building a Representative House in Scotland and the Role of Women in the Developmental Process
Nineteen ninety-seven will be remembered as the year when a large majority of the people in Scotland voted in a two question referendum to establish a Scottish parliament (74.3%) with tax-varying powers (63.5%) (Jones 1997). Elections will take place in 1999, with the first Scottish parliament being fully operational by the year 2000
The Scottish Electorate and the Scottish Parliament
The general election of the 1 May 1997 saw a Labour government returned to office for the first time in 18 years and placed firmly on the agenda the prospect of a parliament for Scotland. In the run-up to the election the Labour party had promised Scotland a referendum on the establishment of a parliament and, shortly after taking the reins of government, passed legislation allowing the referendum to take place. Held on the 11 September 1997, the…
Understanding Women in Scotland
This article explores obstacles to understanding the history and contemporary experiences of women in Scotland, and to the development of feminist research in Scotland. It is argued that explanations which invoke Scottish male chauvinism and misogyny alone are insufficient, and that the marginalization of women in Scotland is produced both by male domination within Scotland, and by English cultural and political hegemony within the UK. The articl…
Women's Political Representation in Scotland
First, however, it is worth recalling the mood prior to the 1992 general election. Optimism was high among those who wished to see the establishment of a parliament in Scotland. In anticipation that a new parliament was a real possibility, women activists began to develop their own vision of what that parliament should look like. Their vision was of a 'new house' which would be run on fundamentally different lines from Westminster and which was m…
National identity and economic development
This article attempts to move beyond assumptions that nationalism is essentially cultural and/or narrowly political, and that it is primarily past‐oriented and defensive. We do this by examining evidence relating to the creative (re)construction of the nation from a contemporary economic perspective. Paying particular attention to Scotland and Wales, we show that the mobilisation of national identity within this process of (re)construction is not…
Constitutional Crisis
Journal Article Constitutional Crisis: The Causes and Consequences of the 1992 Scottish General Election Result Get access LINDSAY PATERSON, LINDSAY PATERSON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ALICE BROWN, ALICE BROWN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DAVID McCRONE DAVID McCRONE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affair…
A qualitative study of ‘fear’ as a regulator of children's independent physical activity in the suburbs
Economic change and labour market policy
This article explicates John Goldthorpe's recent analytical distinction between 'corporatist' and 'dualist' tendencies in Western political economies. By linking these categories to macro‐economic strategies, the role of trade unions and the circumstances under which state policy is initiated, this dichotomy can be of value in the analysis of these polities. The article examines the major characteristics of British and Swedish labour market polic…
Reforming local government in Scotland
Taking Their Place in the New House
At the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament on 12 May 1999, the number of women taking their seats as newly elected members (MSPs) brought Scotland into line with countries such as Sweden and Norway, which are top of the league in terms of women's representation. The total of 48 women MSPs breaks all records in Scotland. This figure is all the more remarkable when one considers that in the first democratic elections to Scotland's new parliame…
Views from the periphery
The representation of women as Members of Parliament in the Republic of Ireland and in Scotland is low by European standards. It is argued that two separate political events ‐ the election of Mary Robinson as Ireland's first woman president and pressures for constitutional change in Scotland ‐ could provide the opportunity to change the political agenda for women in these two countries. We record the response of the political parties to the deman…
Deepening democracy
(1998). Deepening democracy: Women and the Scottish parliament. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 8, Remaking the Union: Devolution and British Politics in the 1990s, pp. 103-119
The Scottish Electorate and the Scottish Parliament
The general election of the 1 May 1997 saw a Labour government returned to office for the first time in 18 years and placed firmly on the agenda the prospect of a parliament for Scotland. In the run-up to the election the Labour party had promised Scotland a referendum on the establishment of a parliament and, shortly after taking the reins of government, passed legislation allowing the referendum to take place. Held on the 11 September 1997, the…
Parents' Interpretations of Screen Time Recommendations for Children Younger Than 2 Years
Move and Play Every Day: National Physical Activity Recommendations for Children 0-5 Years was part of a suite of physical activity guidelines issued by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing in 2010. Guidelines included the recommendation that 'children younger than 2 years should not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media.' In-depth semistructured interviews investigated parents' interpretations an…
Gendering Processes of Institutional Design
The first elections to the Scottish parliament, May 1999
Are the first elections to the Scottish Parliament a bright dawn for Scotland? Alice Brown analyses the elections
Understanding Women in Scotland
This article explores obstacles to understanding the history and contemporary experiences of women in Scotland, and to the development of feminist research in Scotland. It is argued that explanations which invoke Scottish male chauvinism and misogyny alone are insufficient, and that the marginalization of women in Scotland is produced both by male domination within Scotland, and by English cultural and political hegemony within the UK. The articl…
Researching Women in Scotland
For anyone conducting research on women in Scotland, a major problem is the relative lack of attention which has been given in the past to studying gender relations in Scotland. This situation is improving with the publication in recent years of works focusing on the history of women's lives in Scotland (Breitenbach and Gordon 1992; Gordon and Breitenbach 1990; King 1992; and Lcneman 1991), on women in Scottish politics (Brown 1991; Brown and Gal…
Custodians of an ecology of data
Currently, limited guidance is offered to qualitative researchers regarding ways to undertake data analysis that focus on the complex transactions of person and place. We propose that honouring mutuality of person and place requires analysis textured as 'custodianship' of the diverse expression of values in research data that constitutes an 'ecology'. The process of analysis as custodians is the enacted responsibility to learn with data: digging …
Reflecting on micro‐ethics to center the voices of Aboriginal peoples experiencing homelessness
This article shares the micro‐ethical lessons from those researching alongside Aboriginal people experiencing homelessness and Aboriginal Elders in Perth, Western Australia. The article is written from the perspective of the first and second author who are two non‐Aboriginal researchers being mentored in Aboriginal culture. From this positioning, it offers reflections and practical insights into researching “in the right spirit” with Aboriginal c…
A true European’
Eberhard ‘Paddy’ Bort served as Reviews Editor of Scottish Affairs from 2000 to his unexpected death in early 2017. This essay draws together several of his colleagues and friends to outline Paddy's contributions to the study of Borders and his wider activities in and around Scottish academic life
Economic change and labour market policy
This article explicates John Goldthorpe's recent analytical distinction between 'corporatist' and 'dualist' tendencies in Western political economies. By linking these categories to macro‐economic strategies, the role of trade unions and the circumstances under which state policy is initiated, this dichotomy can be of value in the analysis of these polities. The article examines the major characteristics of British and Swedish labour market polic…
Constitutional Crisis
Journal Article Constitutional Crisis: The Causes and Consequences of the 1992 Scottish General Election Result Get access LINDSAY PATERSON, LINDSAY PATERSON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ALICE BROWN, ALICE BROWN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DAVID McCRONE DAVID McCRONE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affair…
Views from the periphery
The representation of women as Members of Parliament in the Republic of Ireland and in Scotland is low by European standards. It is argued that two separate political events ‐ the election of Mary Robinson as Ireland's first woman president and pressures for constitutional change in Scotland ‐ could provide the opportunity to change the political agenda for women in these two countries. We record the response of the political parties to the deman…
Reforming local government in Scotland
Researching Women in Scotland
For anyone conducting research on women in Scotland, a major problem is the relative lack of attention which has been given in the past to studying gender relations in Scotland. This situation is improving with the publication in recent years of works focusing on the history of women's lives in Scotland (Breitenbach and Gordon 1992; Gordon and Breitenbach 1990; King 1992; and Lcneman 1991), on women in Scottish politics (Brown 1991; Brown and Gal…
Women's Political Representation in Scotland
First, however, it is worth recalling the mood prior to the 1992 general election. Optimism was high among those who wished to see the establishment of a parliament in Scotland. In anticipation that a new parliament was a real possibility, women activists began to develop their own vision of what that parliament should look like. Their vision was of a 'new house' which would be run on fundamentally different lines from Westminster and which was m…
Deepening democracy
(1998). Deepening democracy: Women and the Scottish parliament. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 8, Remaking the Union: Devolution and British Politics in the 1990s, pp. 103-119
Building a Representative House in Scotland and the Role of Women in the Developmental Process
Nineteen ninety-seven will be remembered as the year when a large majority of the people in Scotland voted in a two question referendum to establish a Scottish parliament (74.3%) with tax-varying powers (63.5%) (Jones 1997). Elections will take place in 1999, with the first Scottish parliament being fully operational by the year 2000
The Scottish Electorate and the Scottish Parliament
The general election of the 1 May 1997 saw a Labour government returned to office for the first time in 18 years and placed firmly on the agenda the prospect of a parliament for Scotland. In the run-up to the election the Labour party had promised Scotland a referendum on the establishment of a parliament and, shortly after taking the reins of government, passed legislation allowing the referendum to take place. Held on the 11 September 1997, the…
Understanding Women in Scotland
This article explores obstacles to understanding the history and contemporary experiences of women in Scotland, and to the development of feminist research in Scotland. It is argued that explanations which invoke Scottish male chauvinism and misogyny alone are insufficient, and that the marginalization of women in Scotland is produced both by male domination within Scotland, and by English cultural and political hegemony within the UK. The articl…
Taking Their Place in the New House
At the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament on 12 May 1999, the number of women taking their seats as newly elected members (MSPs) brought Scotland into line with countries such as Sweden and Norway, which are top of the league in terms of women's representation. The total of 48 women MSPs breaks all records in Scotland. This figure is all the more remarkable when one considers that in the first democratic elections to Scotland's new parliame…
The first elections to the Scottish parliament, May 1999
Are the first elections to the Scottish Parliament a bright dawn for Scotland? Alice Brown analyses the elections
The Changing Politics of Gender Equality
This comprehensive collection brings together key academics, activists and practitioners to review the changing politics of the 'project' of gender equality. It gives account of the evolution of gende
The Scottish Parliament
This article outlines and discusses the hopes and aspirations that formed the basis of plans for the new Scottish parliament. For those who had campaigned for constitutional change over many years, creating a new parliament was not seen solely as an end in itself. It also became inter-linked with a vision of a new system of governance which involved developing a more co-operative political culture and participatory democratic system that fostered…
National identity and economic development
This article attempts to move beyond assumptions that nationalism is essentially cultural and/or narrowly political, and that it is primarily past‐oriented and defensive. We do this by examining evidence relating to the creative (re)construction of the nation from a contemporary economic perspective. Paying particular attention to Scotland and Wales, we show that the mobilisation of national identity within this process of (re)construction is not…
A qualitative study of ‘fear’ as a regulator of children's independent physical activity in the suburbs
Gendering Processes of Institutional Design
Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Castiglione’s Allegory, Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
A true European’
Eberhard ‘Paddy’ Bort served as Reviews Editor of Scottish Affairs from 2000 to his unexpected death in early 2017. This essay draws together several of his colleagues and friends to outline Paddy's contributions to the study of Borders and his wider activities in and around Scottish academic life
Parents' Interpretations of Screen Time Recommendations for Children Younger Than 2 Years
Move and Play Every Day: National Physical Activity Recommendations for Children 0-5 Years was part of a suite of physical activity guidelines issued by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing in 2010. Guidelines included the recommendation that 'children younger than 2 years should not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media.' In-depth semistructured interviews investigated parents' interpretations an…
Bounce Forward
Socioeconomic status is a strong predictor of normative development and well-being in young people. It is well-known that growing up in a socioeconomically disadvantaged context may lead to negative outcomes, both in childhood and in adulthood. Early intervention and prevention programmes are crucial for building resilience and improving health, well-being and equity. Bounce Forward is a school-based prevention programme implemented in Blackpool,…
A conceptual framework to enhance student online learning and engagement in higher education
Student engagement is consistently identified as a key predictor of learner outcomes within the online learning environment. However, there is limited guidance about using proactive strategies to improve engagement for low and non-engaged students: for example by specifically employing course learning analytics (CLA) and nudging strategies in courses to assist these students. To explore how CLA and nudging can be used more effectively to engage s…
Empirical Evidence to Support a Nudge Intervention for Increasing Online Engagement in Higher Education
Student engagement is recognised as being a critical factor linked to student success and learning outcomes. The same holds true for online learning and engagement in higher education, where the appetite for this mode of learning has escalated worldwide over several decades, and as a result of COVID-19. At the same time teachers in higher education are increasingly able to access and utilise tools to identify and analyse student online behaviours…
Ethical considerations and dilemmas for the researcher and for families in home-based research
When researching with or about families in home-based research, there are numerous unexpected ethical issues that can emerge, particularly in qualitative research. This paper is based on reflective accounts of four homed-based research projects, two in the UK and two Australia, which examined ethical dilemmas identified when engaged in home-based research with young children. Using a synergy of ecocultural theory and Foucauldian ideas of Heteroto…
Political science (22 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Politics (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Irish and British Studies (10 works) · Scottish History and National Identity (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Public Administration (9 works)