Louise Ackers
Biographic Data
| ID | 381833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Ackers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackers |
| SIGNATURE | ACKERS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Salford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7811-636X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 294 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 28 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Proposed standards for prosthetic foot reuse and considerations for donation of used prosthetic feet to low-and middle-income countries
Prosthetic components from high-income countries (HICs) are often replaced not because they are broken, but because of guidelines or expired warranties, meaning they may still be usable. As most HICs classify prostheses as single patient multi-use devices, components are often disposed of or donated to low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) where medical device regulatory frameworks are limited or non-existent. A lack of standards guaranteeing…
The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in SSA imposes a heavy burden on current healthcare services. Complications such as foot ulcers can have a significant impact on patient care and healthcare resources. It is imperative to ide…
Task-shifting for point-of-care cervical cancer prevention in low- and middle-income countries
Cervical cancer remains the leading cause of female cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. This is despite cervical cancer being both preventable and curable if detected early and treated adequately. This paper reports on a series of action-research ‘cycles’ designed to progressively integrate a comprehensive, task-shifted, point-of-care, prevention program in a community-based public health facility in Uganda. The work has been undertaken through …
The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda
This study provides information on the lived experiences of PWULA in Uganda which are lacking in the literature. People with upper limb absence face ableism and hardship underpinned by a lack of formal support structures and policies, which may in turn exacerbate the impact of upper limb absence on multiple facets of life
The impact of delays on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Ugandan public health facilities
Maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries continues to remain high. The Ugandan Ministry of Health's Strategic Plan suggests that little, if any, progress has been made in Uganda in terms of improvements in Maternal Health [Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5] and, more specifically, in reducing maternal mortality. Furthermore, the UNDP report on the MDGs describes Uganda's progress as 'stagnant'. The importance of understanding the …
Internationalisation and Equality
This paper examines the “tension” in the debate around human resources in science between the promotion of internationalisation and mobility, on the one hand, and the promotion of equality and work-life balance, on the other. In an attempt to move away from the current polarity of mobility-immobility and understand the importance of viewing mobility as a continuum, the paper emphasises the contribution of new forms of mobility and particularly of…
European citizenship, individual agency and the challenge to social welfare systems
Drawing on two empirical studies of international retirement migration in the European Union, this article examines how retirement migrants are actively negotiating their European and national social rights (and responsibilities) with important implications for both sending and receiving regions. Three types of agency are identified: (1) the exercise of rights; (2) the manipulation of rights; and (3) the abuse of rights. The article tentatively p…
Moving People and Knowledge
Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East–West migration, the authors investigate the movement of Polish and Bulgarian researchers to and from the UK and Germany. Key questions include: who is moving, how long for, and why? In addressing the motivations and experiences of mobile scientists and th…
Internationalisation, Mobility and Metrics
Promoting Scientific Mobility and Balanced Growth in the European Research Area
This paper focuses on the issue of scientific mobility within the European Research Area (ERA) and its impact on both the regions concerned and the individual scientists. It identifies a fundamental tension implicit within the ERA strategy between regional equality or 'balanced growth' on the one hand, and individual equity on the other. Drawing on the findings of a series of recent research projects,1 1. The research reported on here is drawn ma…
Scientific Migration Within the Eu
Attracting and Retaining ‘Early Career’ Researchers in English Higher Education Institutions1
English universities are renowned for their tradition of producing world-class research. However, maintaining this competitive advantage relies on the continued supply of capable researchers and their ongoing retention and progression within the university system. Some of the most salient challenges to the continued success of English universities are mass expansion, an ageing academic demographic, women failing to progress equally, and an increa…
Moving People and Knowledge
This paper considers the relationship between highly skilled scientific migration (HSM) and the transfer of knowledge within the European Union (EU). To understand these processes we need to conceptualize the phenomenon and then develop appropriate operational tools. HSM engages two key concepts: (1) the concept of skill or knowledge; and (2) the concept of migration. nalysing the impact of HSM requires an understanding of who is moving (and the …
Managing relationships in peripatetic careers
Fixed laws, fluid lives
This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU). It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is formally granted to various groups of retired migrants. ‘Citizenship of the European Union’ (Articles 17–22 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) bestows important social and political rights…
Citizenship, migration and the valuation of care in the European Union
This paper examines the relationship between care and mobility. It does so within the specific context of intra‐EU migration and the development of European citizenship. Citizenship of the Union bestows valuable social rights on mobile community nationals. Entitlement under the provisions is not, however, universal but conditional and privileges those in paid work. The paper considers the implications of this emphasis on paid work in two related …
Senior Citizenship?
Debates about citizenship in Europe are increasingly topical as the EU expands. This book charts the development of mobility and welfare rights for retired people moving or returning home under the Free Movement of Persons provisions. It raises important issues around the future of social citizenship in an increasingly global and mobile world.
European section
European section
European section
European section
European section
This article was published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law [© Taylor & Francis] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014180300750051951
Shifting Spaces. Women, Citizenship and Migration within the European Union
This text traces the development of European citizenship through an examination of the gender dimension of internal migration: i.e. what are the effects of internal migration within the European Union on the lives of women immigrants
Context, culture and values in migration research on children within the European Union
This paper examines some of the methodological questions raised in the operationalization of a comparative project on children and migration. First, it considers a number of issues concerning contextualization in a project of this nature. Particular attention is given to the identification of appropriate cultural references in research involving migration and mobility. As an exercise in policy evaluation, the research also raises important questi…
Children, migration and citizenship in the European Union
Moving People and Knowledge
This paper considers the relationship between highly skilled scientific migration (HSM) and the transfer of knowledge within the European Union (EU). To understand these processes we need to conceptualize the phenomenon and then develop appropriate operational tools. HSM engages two key concepts: (1) the concept of skill or knowledge; and (2) the concept of migration. nalysing the impact of HSM requires an understanding of who is moving (and the …
Managing relationships in peripatetic careers
Internationalisation, Mobility and Metrics
Fixed laws, fluid lives
This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU). It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is formally granted to various groups of retired migrants. ‘Citizenship of the European Union’ (Articles 17–22 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) bestows important social and political rights…
Citizenship, migration and the valuation of care in the European Union
This paper examines the relationship between care and mobility. It does so within the specific context of intra‐EU migration and the development of European citizenship. Citizenship of the Union bestows valuable social rights on mobile community nationals. Entitlement under the provisions is not, however, universal but conditional and privileges those in paid work. The paper considers the implications of this emphasis on paid work in two related …
Internationalisation and Equality
This paper examines the “tension” in the debate around human resources in science between the promotion of internationalisation and mobility, on the one hand, and the promotion of equality and work-life balance, on the other. In an attempt to move away from the current polarity of mobility-immobility and understand the importance of viewing mobility as a continuum, the paper emphasises the contribution of new forms of mobility and particularly of…
European citizenship, individual agency and the challenge to social welfare systems
Drawing on two empirical studies of international retirement migration in the European Union, this article examines how retirement migrants are actively negotiating their European and national social rights (and responsibilities) with important implications for both sending and receiving regions. Three types of agency are identified: (1) the exercise of rights; (2) the manipulation of rights; and (3) the abuse of rights. The article tentatively p…
Attracting and Retaining ‘Early Career’ Researchers in English Higher Education Institutions1
English universities are renowned for their tradition of producing world-class research. However, maintaining this competitive advantage relies on the continued supply of capable researchers and their ongoing retention and progression within the university system. Some of the most salient challenges to the continued success of English universities are mass expansion, an ageing academic demographic, women failing to progress equally, and an increa…
Women, citizenship and European Community Law
This paper explores the role of the European Community (EC) in the promotion of gender equality for women and men. It notes the contribution of the EC to developments in the equal opportunities field in spite of limited competence and political opposition. Whilst such developments are of considerable interest to women, the tendency to focus attention on a limited area of law may marginalise the debate on gender equality and detract concern from t…
Promoting Scientific Mobility and Balanced Growth in the European Research Area
This paper focuses on the issue of scientific mobility within the European Research Area (ERA) and its impact on both the regions concerned and the individual scientists. It identifies a fundamental tension implicit within the ERA strategy between regional equality or 'balanced growth' on the one hand, and individual equity on the other. Drawing on the findings of a series of recent research projects,1 1. The research reported on here is drawn ma…
European section
This article was published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law [© Taylor & Francis] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014180300750051951
Context, culture and values in migration research on children within the European Union
This paper examines some of the methodological questions raised in the operationalization of a comparative project on children and migration. First, it considers a number of issues concerning contextualization in a project of this nature. Particular attention is given to the identification of appropriate cultural references in research involving migration and mobility. As an exercise in policy evaluation, the research also raises important questi…
Children, migration and citizenship in the European Union
Citizenship, Gender, and Dependence in the European Union
Journal Article Citizenship, Gender, and Dependence in the European Union: Women and Internal Migration Get access LOUISE ACKERS LOUISE ACKERS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 3, Issue 2-3, Summer 1996, Pages 316–330, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/3.2-3.316 Published: 01 July 1996
European section
Women, citizenship and European Community Law
This paper explores the role of the European Community (EC) in the promotion of gender equality for women and men. It notes the contribution of the EC to developments in the equal opportunities field in spite of limited competence and political opposition. Whilst such developments are of considerable interest to women, the tendency to focus attention on a limited area of law may marginalise the debate on gender equality and detract concern from t…
Citizenship, Gender, and Dependence in the European Union
Journal Article Citizenship, Gender, and Dependence in the European Union: Women and Internal Migration Get access LOUISE ACKERS LOUISE ACKERS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 3, Issue 2-3, Summer 1996, Pages 316–330, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/3.2-3.316 Published: 01 July 1996
Internal migration and the negotiation of citizenship; the struggle for reproductive self-determination in Ireland
The following paper reports on the findings of a comparative study of gender and internal migration in the EU which involved over 400 life-history interviews with EU migrant women (Community nationals residing in another Member State than that of their nationality) in five Member States. It focuses on a sub-sample of these interviews conducted in Ireland which raised a distinctive set of issues concerning migrant women‘s response to Irish policy …
Context, culture and values in migration research on children within the European Union
This paper examines some of the methodological questions raised in the operationalization of a comparative project on children and migration. First, it considers a number of issues concerning contextualization in a project of this nature. Particular attention is given to the identification of appropriate cultural references in research involving migration and mobility. As an exercise in policy evaluation, the research also raises important questi…
Children, migration and citizenship in the European Union
European section
European section
European section
This article was published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law [© Taylor & Francis] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014180300750051951
Shifting Spaces. Women, Citizenship and Migration within the European Union
This text traces the development of European citizenship through an examination of the gender dimension of internal migration: i.e. what are the effects of internal migration within the European Union on the lives of women immigrants
Senior Citizenship?
Debates about citizenship in Europe are increasingly topical as the EU expands. This book charts the development of mobility and welfare rights for retired people moving or returning home under the Free Movement of Persons provisions. It raises important issues around the future of social citizenship in an increasingly global and mobile world.
European section
European section
Managing relationships in peripatetic careers
Fixed laws, fluid lives
This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU). It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is formally granted to various groups of retired migrants. ‘Citizenship of the European Union’ (Articles 17–22 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) bestows important social and political rights…
Citizenship, migration and the valuation of care in the European Union
This paper examines the relationship between care and mobility. It does so within the specific context of intra‐EU migration and the development of European citizenship. Citizenship of the Union bestows valuable social rights on mobile community nationals. Entitlement under the provisions is not, however, universal but conditional and privileges those in paid work. The paper considers the implications of this emphasis on paid work in two related …
Promoting Scientific Mobility and Balanced Growth in the European Research Area
This paper focuses on the issue of scientific mobility within the European Research Area (ERA) and its impact on both the regions concerned and the individual scientists. It identifies a fundamental tension implicit within the ERA strategy between regional equality or 'balanced growth' on the one hand, and individual equity on the other. Drawing on the findings of a series of recent research projects,1 1. The research reported on here is drawn ma…
Scientific Migration Within the Eu
Attracting and Retaining ‘Early Career’ Researchers in English Higher Education Institutions1
English universities are renowned for their tradition of producing world-class research. However, maintaining this competitive advantage relies on the continued supply of capable researchers and their ongoing retention and progression within the university system. Some of the most salient challenges to the continued success of English universities are mass expansion, an ageing academic demographic, women failing to progress equally, and an increa…
Moving People and Knowledge
This paper considers the relationship between highly skilled scientific migration (HSM) and the transfer of knowledge within the European Union (EU). To understand these processes we need to conceptualize the phenomenon and then develop appropriate operational tools. HSM engages two key concepts: (1) the concept of skill or knowledge; and (2) the concept of migration. nalysing the impact of HSM requires an understanding of who is moving (and the …
Moving People and Knowledge
Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East–West migration, the authors investigate the movement of Polish and Bulgarian researchers to and from the UK and Germany. Key questions include: who is moving, how long for, and why? In addressing the motivations and experiences of mobile scientists and th…
Internationalisation, Mobility and Metrics
European citizenship, individual agency and the challenge to social welfare systems
Drawing on two empirical studies of international retirement migration in the European Union, this article examines how retirement migrants are actively negotiating their European and national social rights (and responsibilities) with important implications for both sending and receiving regions. Three types of agency are identified: (1) the exercise of rights; (2) the manipulation of rights; and (3) the abuse of rights. The article tentatively p…
Internationalisation and Equality
This paper examines the “tension” in the debate around human resources in science between the promotion of internationalisation and mobility, on the one hand, and the promotion of equality and work-life balance, on the other. In an attempt to move away from the current polarity of mobility-immobility and understand the importance of viewing mobility as a continuum, the paper emphasises the contribution of new forms of mobility and particularly of…
The impact of delays on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Ugandan public health facilities
Maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries continues to remain high. The Ugandan Ministry of Health's Strategic Plan suggests that little, if any, progress has been made in Uganda in terms of improvements in Maternal Health [Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5] and, more specifically, in reducing maternal mortality. Furthermore, the UNDP report on the MDGs describes Uganda's progress as 'stagnant'. The importance of understanding the …
The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda
This study provides information on the lived experiences of PWULA in Uganda which are lacking in the literature. People with upper limb absence face ableism and hardship underpinned by a lack of formal support structures and policies, which may in turn exacerbate the impact of upper limb absence on multiple facets of life
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