Ben Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5366456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | BEN WILLIAMS |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8259-492X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Disraeli Roads of Anfield, Urban Renewal and Sporting Culture
At the tail end of the Victorian era, professional football was an emerging cultural development within British society. Expanding industrial cities such as Liverpool subsequently saw the emergence of large footballing venues typified by Anfield football stadium (built 1884), which would become a dominant feature of the residential northern suburb of Anfield within the eponymous city location. The Anfield district also became demographically nota…
Navigating identity development as an ‘international inexperienced’ early career health and physical education teacher educator: A self-study
Historicising physical education: Towards a new configuration of physical education via a salutogenic orientation to health
Academic and associational life in Australian health and physical education: A collaborative autobiographical narrative inquiry of/as knotting
Academic and associational life in Australian health and physical education: a collaborative autobiographical narrative inquiry of/as knotting
The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England
Free schools were a flagship policy of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–15), aligned with the broader academisation programme, yet both consolidating and transcending New Labour’s educational narrative between 1997 and 2010. Driven by political ‘modernisers’ such as Prime Minister David Cameron and his Education Secretary Michael Gove, these schools were framed as an innovative and revitalised educational policy approach, aspirin…
From Old Labour to the Third Way: The UK Labour Party’s Social and Welfare Policy Evolution between 1975 and 1997
In parallel to the emergence and subsequent dominance of Thatcherite ideology across the realm of British politics from the mid-1970s, the UK Labour Party’s social and welfare policy agenda reacted and evolved for over two decades, a simultaneous and often futile process that occurred largely during a sustained and frustrating spell in political opposition. This convoluted policy journey therefore correlated with the party’s struggling electoral …
Transmitting Awareness (saṅkrānti): A Point of Contact in Abhinavagupta’s Śaiva Aesthetics
On the basis of a parallel passage in Abhinavagupta’s commentaries on the Nāṭyaśāstra and the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā , this article considers the ways in which Abhinavagupta theorized “transmission” ( saṅkrānti ) in his descriptions of aesthetic experience and the reception of knowledge in non-dual Śaiva philosophy. We argue that this notion of transmission, in which the lines between author and qualified audience are blurred, is indebted to a …
The ‘New Right’ and its legacy for British conservatism
New Right theories have had a major impact on British politics since the emergence of Thatcherism and the end of the so-called ‘years of consensus’ in the mid-1970s. In radically rejecting the conventions of postwar politics in terms of the management of both economic and social policies, the ideas of the New Right initially came to significantly shape the policies of the Thatcher government (1979–90), and indeed have continued to wield influence…
Cosmogenesis and Phonematic Emanation
After noting the paramount importance placed upon speech and language in the Vedas, Upaniṣads, and philosophy of Bhartṛhari, this chapter charts models of divine sound, word, and phonemes in tantric literature, particularly as the source of all language, mantras, and, in certain sources, reality itself. In surveying numerous tantric scriptures on these themes, including the Niśvāsa corpus, orthodox Śaiva Siddhānta, and traditions devoted to Bhair…
Boris Johnson and Beyond: The Revival of One Nation Conservatism
The election of Boris Johnson with a substantial parliamentary majority in December 2019 featured the Conservative Party gaining a large number of previously safe Labour seats located in poorer, post-industrial areas (the so-called “Red Wall”). This specific electoral context, together with the stated aim of “levelling up” and the increased role for the central state necessitated by the Covid pandemic, created the opportunity for an ideological s…
Vygotsky’s perezhivanies with Dewey’s occupations: Improving integration of teaching and assessing via creative learning units
The work of teachers is regularly quizzed and questioned. The responses called for commonly implicate assessment, as this provides answers about learning, which many believe directly translate into answers about teaching. We question teaching differently, beginning with the basic what, how and who questions, while also posing the why question: ‘Why do you teach?’ This enables us to draw student engagement and achievement of intended learning outc…
Dining with Michel Serres: Physical education and an ethics of the parasite
Presented as a six-course meal, this article addresses the ethics of innovations, interruptions, and intrusions in physical education (PE). The central ingredient in this meal is Michel Serres’ character-concept of the parasite. We begin by interpreting debates about PE’s purposes, futures, beneficiaries, and so on, as offering researchers and practitioners food-for-thought about the status quo in PE and its transformation. We then introduce the …
Investigating and Contextualizing Dramaturgical Perspectives: Insights from Abhinavagupta and Social Psychology
Believing that “all the world’s a stage” exemplifies using theater as a metaphor for life, also known as a dramaturgical perspective (DP). This project examines DPs in two historical contexts—contemporary psychological research, and the work of medieval Indian philosopher and literary theorist Abhinavagupta. Recent psychological research suggests that viewing oneself as “acting out a part” protects against social threats, but can simultaneously b…
A framework for assessing the contribution of UK local authorities toward compliance with the EU ambient air quality directive
Implementation outcomes of the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) (2008/50/EC)) are weak across European Union (EU) member states. In the UK, Local Authorities (LAs) must work toward reducing air pollution, however, means of assessing the extent and effectiveness of their contribution are limited. This paper develops a framework to evaluate policies implemented by UK LAs to address air pollution and applies it to Air Quality Action Plans (AQAP)…
The Application of ‘Elite Interviewing’ Methodology in Transdisciplinary Research: A Record of Process and Lessons Learned during a 3-Year Pilot in Urban Planetary Health Research
This paper sets out the rationale and process for the interviewing methodology utilized during a 3-year research pilot, 'Moving Health Upstream in Urban Development' (UPSTREAM). The project had two primary aims: firstly, to attempt to value economically the health cost benefits associated with the quality of urban environments and secondly, to engage with those in control of urban development in the UK in order to determine what are the barriers …
Overcoming Systemic Barriers Preventing Healthy Urban Development in the UK: Main Findings from Interviewing Senior Decision-Makers During a 3-Year Planetary Health Pilot
This paper sets out the main findings from two rounds of interviews with senior representatives from the UK's urban development industry: the third and final phase of a 3-year pilot, Moving Health Upstream in Urban Development' (UPSTREAM). The project had two primary aims: firstly, to attempt to value economically the health cost-benefits associated with the quality of urban environments and, secondly, to interview those in control of urban devel…
Like a Bee to Nectar: Abhinavagupta’s Poetics of Religious Formation
Strangled at birth: The One Nation ideology of Theresa May
Contemporary and retrospective evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership inevitably focuses on the division, drift and indecision which characterized it. However, this article argues that although such narratives have considerable validity, they miss an important aspect of the May ‘project’, namely, its attempt to shift the contemporary Conservative Party’s ideology in a ‘One Nation’ direction in rhetoric if not necessarily in deed. The article beg…
My Health Memory - A lifetime medical record in the hands of patients and carers
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Temporal self‐appraisal in depression and anxiety: A comparison between a clinical and non‐clinical sample
ObjectiveTemporal self‐appraisal theory proposes people perceive themselves as improving over time as a means of self‐enhancement. The current longitudinal study examined patterns of temporal self‐appraisal in individuals meeting criteria for a depressive and/or an anxiety disorder compared with healthy controls.MethodThirty‐four participants who met criteria for a depressive and/or anxiety disorder and 109 healthy controls were asked to appraise…
Tinkering through transition: On ‘doctoring’ as an early-career academic in physical education and sport pedagogy
This article addresses the notion of ‘making it’ as an early-career academic in physical education and sport pedagogy. In it, we draw on the tradition of material semiotics to reflect on our shared journeys from doctoral student to beginning scholar and beyond. By attuning ourselves to the relationality, materiality and precariousness of our experiences, we offer an answer to the question of what it takes to ‘make it’ as an early-career academic …
The Effects of Boredom, Loneliness, and Distress Tolerance on Problem Internet Use Among University Students
Critical pedagogy, physical education and urban schooling
Critical Pedagogy, Physical Education and Urban Schooling is the first book by New Zealand researcher, Katie Fitzpatrick. In it, Fitzpatrick presents a critical ethnography of ‘Kikorangi High’, loc
Explaining outsourcing in health, sport and physical education
Outsourcing is a complex, controversial and pervasive practice that is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for educational researchers. This article contributes to this literature by examining outsourcing practices related to health, sport and physical education (HSPE). Specifically, it reports data on specialist health and physical education (HPE) teachers', principals' and external providers' reasons for participating in outsourcing arran…
Adolescents, Risk Behaviour and Confidentiality: When Would Australian Psychologists Breach Confidentiality to Disclose Information to Parents
The protection of confidentiality in psychological practice is vital. However, confidentiality is not absolute and psychologists are permitted to breach confidentiality under particular circumstances. Ethical challenges surrounding confidentiality are complex with adolescent clients, as assessments often consider the risk that adolescents pose to themselves in addition to the risk posed to others. The current study documented situations in which …
Reliability of the Go/No Go Association Task
Explaining outsourcing in health, sport and physical education
Outsourcing is a complex, controversial and pervasive practice that is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for educational researchers. This article contributes to this literature by examining outsourcing practices related to health, sport and physical education (HSPE). Specifically, it reports data on specialist health and physical education (HPE) teachers', principals' and external providers' reasons for participating in outsourcing arran…
The Application of ‘Elite Interviewing’ Methodology in Transdisciplinary Research: A Record of Process and Lessons Learned during a 3-Year Pilot in Urban Planetary Health Research
This paper sets out the rationale and process for the interviewing methodology utilized during a 3-year research pilot, 'Moving Health Upstream in Urban Development' (UPSTREAM). The project had two primary aims: firstly, to attempt to value economically the health cost benefits associated with the quality of urban environments and secondly, to engage with those in control of urban development in the UK in order to determine what are the barriers …
Overcoming Systemic Barriers Preventing Healthy Urban Development in the UK: Main Findings from Interviewing Senior Decision-Makers During a 3-Year Planetary Health Pilot
This paper sets out the main findings from two rounds of interviews with senior representatives from the UK's urban development industry: the third and final phase of a 3-year pilot, Moving Health Upstream in Urban Development' (UPSTREAM). The project had two primary aims: firstly, to attempt to value economically the health cost-benefits associated with the quality of urban environments and, secondly, to interview those in control of urban devel…
The ‘New Right’ and its legacy for British conservatism
New Right theories have had a major impact on British politics since the emergence of Thatcherism and the end of the so-called ‘years of consensus’ in the mid-1970s. In radically rejecting the conventions of postwar politics in terms of the management of both economic and social policies, the ideas of the New Right initially came to significantly shape the policies of the Thatcher government (1979–90), and indeed have continued to wield influence…
Strangled at birth: The One Nation ideology of Theresa May
Contemporary and retrospective evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership inevitably focuses on the division, drift and indecision which characterized it. However, this article argues that although such narratives have considerable validity, they miss an important aspect of the May ‘project’, namely, its attempt to shift the contemporary Conservative Party’s ideology in a ‘One Nation’ direction in rhetoric if not necessarily in deed. The article beg…
Navigating identity development as an ‘international inexperienced’ early career health and physical education teacher educator: A self-study
School Desegregation: The Non-Traditional Sociological Perspective
After twenty-three years of debate, litigation, plans, preparation of communities, and implementation, the nation is still left basically with nonimaginative and even racially abhorrent strategies intended to accomplish school desegregation but which often fall short of a standard of quality guaranteed against damage to Black children. One of the goals of sociologists during the late 1960s was that of convincing white parents that desegregation w…
Studies of Gaze During Induced Conflict in Families with a Hypertensive Father
Three modified replications (N = 32, 46, and 32) investigated verbal and nonverbal interactions during role playing of family conflict by family groups of father, mother, and one child. Half the fathers had essential hypertension and half were normotensive. Nonverbal but not verbal behavior differed between families with hypertensive vs. normotensive fathers. Hypertensive fathers and their normotensive wives and children looked at each other less…
Stress Management at the Worksite for Hypertension: Compliance, Cost-Benefit, Health Care and Hypertension-Related Variables
The blood pressure-lowering effects of a group stress management program conducted with hypertensive employees at the worksite were assessed and replicated. Both systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure were significantly reduced from a baseline period to the end of a 10-week stress management training period (Group T1, N = 22). A control Group, T2 (N = 18), showed no significant SBP and DBP reduction over a comparable time period. When …
Bank of Boston 200: A History of New England's Leading Bank, 1784-1984
Shawmut: One Hundred Fifty Years of Banking, 1836-1986
Adolescents, Risk Behaviour and Confidentiality: When Would Australian Psychologists Breach Confidentiality to Disclose Information to Parents
The protection of confidentiality in psychological practice is vital. However, confidentiality is not absolute and psychologists are permitted to breach confidentiality under particular circumstances. Ethical challenges surrounding confidentiality are complex with adolescent clients, as assessments often consider the risk that adolescents pose to themselves in addition to the risk posed to others. The current study documented situations in which …
Reliability of the Go/No Go Association Task
Critical pedagogy, physical education and urban schooling
Critical Pedagogy, Physical Education and Urban Schooling is the first book by New Zealand researcher, Katie Fitzpatrick. In it, Fitzpatrick presents a critical ethnography of ‘Kikorangi High’, loc
Explaining outsourcing in health, sport and physical education
Outsourcing is a complex, controversial and pervasive practice that is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for educational researchers. This article contributes to this literature by examining outsourcing practices related to health, sport and physical education (HSPE). Specifically, it reports data on specialist health and physical education (HPE) teachers', principals' and external providers' reasons for participating in outsourcing arran…
The Effects of Boredom, Loneliness, and Distress Tolerance on Problem Internet Use Among University Students
Tinkering through transition: On ‘doctoring’ as an early-career academic in physical education and sport pedagogy
This article addresses the notion of ‘making it’ as an early-career academic in physical education and sport pedagogy. In it, we draw on the tradition of material semiotics to reflect on our shared journeys from doctoral student to beginning scholar and beyond. By attuning ourselves to the relationality, materiality and precariousness of our experiences, we offer an answer to the question of what it takes to ‘make it’ as an early-career academic …
My Health Memory - A lifetime medical record in the hands of patients and carers
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Temporal self‐appraisal in depression and anxiety: A comparison between a clinical and non‐clinical sample
ObjectiveTemporal self‐appraisal theory proposes people perceive themselves as improving over time as a means of self‐enhancement. The current longitudinal study examined patterns of temporal self‐appraisal in individuals meeting criteria for a depressive and/or an anxiety disorder compared with healthy controls.MethodThirty‐four participants who met criteria for a depressive and/or anxiety disorder and 109 healthy controls were asked to appraise…
Like a Bee to Nectar: Abhinavagupta’s Poetics of Religious Formation
Strangled at birth: The One Nation ideology of Theresa May
Contemporary and retrospective evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership inevitably focuses on the division, drift and indecision which characterized it. However, this article argues that although such narratives have considerable validity, they miss an important aspect of the May ‘project’, namely, its attempt to shift the contemporary Conservative Party’s ideology in a ‘One Nation’ direction in rhetoric if not necessarily in deed. The article beg…
The Application of ‘Elite Interviewing’ Methodology in Transdisciplinary Research: A Record of Process and Lessons Learned during a 3-Year Pilot in Urban Planetary Health Research
This paper sets out the rationale and process for the interviewing methodology utilized during a 3-year research pilot, 'Moving Health Upstream in Urban Development' (UPSTREAM). The project had two primary aims: firstly, to attempt to value economically the health cost benefits associated with the quality of urban environments and secondly, to engage with those in control of urban development in the UK in order to determine what are the barriers …
Overcoming Systemic Barriers Preventing Healthy Urban Development in the UK: Main Findings from Interviewing Senior Decision-Makers During a 3-Year Planetary Health Pilot
This paper sets out the main findings from two rounds of interviews with senior representatives from the UK's urban development industry: the third and final phase of a 3-year pilot, Moving Health Upstream in Urban Development' (UPSTREAM). The project had two primary aims: firstly, to attempt to value economically the health cost-benefits associated with the quality of urban environments and, secondly, to interview those in control of urban devel…
Investigating and Contextualizing Dramaturgical Perspectives: Insights from Abhinavagupta and Social Psychology
Believing that “all the world’s a stage” exemplifies using theater as a metaphor for life, also known as a dramaturgical perspective (DP). This project examines DPs in two historical contexts—contemporary psychological research, and the work of medieval Indian philosopher and literary theorist Abhinavagupta. Recent psychological research suggests that viewing oneself as “acting out a part” protects against social threats, but can simultaneously b…
A framework for assessing the contribution of UK local authorities toward compliance with the EU ambient air quality directive
Implementation outcomes of the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) (2008/50/EC)) are weak across European Union (EU) member states. In the UK, Local Authorities (LAs) must work toward reducing air pollution, however, means of assessing the extent and effectiveness of their contribution are limited. This paper develops a framework to evaluate policies implemented by UK LAs to address air pollution and applies it to Air Quality Action Plans (AQAP)…
Cosmogenesis and Phonematic Emanation
After noting the paramount importance placed upon speech and language in the Vedas, Upaniṣads, and philosophy of Bhartṛhari, this chapter charts models of divine sound, word, and phonemes in tantric literature, particularly as the source of all language, mantras, and, in certain sources, reality itself. In surveying numerous tantric scriptures on these themes, including the Niśvāsa corpus, orthodox Śaiva Siddhānta, and traditions devoted to Bhair…
Boris Johnson and Beyond: The Revival of One Nation Conservatism
The election of Boris Johnson with a substantial parliamentary majority in December 2019 featured the Conservative Party gaining a large number of previously safe Labour seats located in poorer, post-industrial areas (the so-called “Red Wall”). This specific electoral context, together with the stated aim of “levelling up” and the increased role for the central state necessitated by the Covid pandemic, created the opportunity for an ideological s…
Vygotsky’s perezhivanies with Dewey’s occupations: Improving integration of teaching and assessing via creative learning units
The work of teachers is regularly quizzed and questioned. The responses called for commonly implicate assessment, as this provides answers about learning, which many believe directly translate into answers about teaching. We question teaching differently, beginning with the basic what, how and who questions, while also posing the why question: ‘Why do you teach?’ This enables us to draw student engagement and achievement of intended learning outc…
Dining with Michel Serres: Physical education and an ethics of the parasite
Presented as a six-course meal, this article addresses the ethics of innovations, interruptions, and intrusions in physical education (PE). The central ingredient in this meal is Michel Serres’ character-concept of the parasite. We begin by interpreting debates about PE’s purposes, futures, beneficiaries, and so on, as offering researchers and practitioners food-for-thought about the status quo in PE and its transformation. We then introduce the …
The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England
Free schools were a flagship policy of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–15), aligned with the broader academisation programme, yet both consolidating and transcending New Labour’s educational narrative between 1997 and 2010. Driven by political ‘modernisers’ such as Prime Minister David Cameron and his Education Secretary Michael Gove, these schools were framed as an innovative and revitalised educational policy approach, aspirin…
From Old Labour to the Third Way: The UK Labour Party’s Social and Welfare Policy Evolution between 1975 and 1997
In parallel to the emergence and subsequent dominance of Thatcherite ideology across the realm of British politics from the mid-1970s, the UK Labour Party’s social and welfare policy agenda reacted and evolved for over two decades, a simultaneous and often futile process that occurred largely during a sustained and frustrating spell in political opposition. This convoluted policy journey therefore correlated with the party’s struggling electoral …
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