Nick Wilson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 81502 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nick Wilson |
| NOMBRES | Nick |
| APELLIDO | Wilson |
| FIRMA | WILSON N |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5250-9894 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 106 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 79 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 105 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1989 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Idiosyncratic approaches to electronic music-making through mobile technologies
This paper examines the transformative impact of mobile technologies on electronic music-making, highlighting how portable apps and hardware enable idiosyncratic approaches beyond traditional live and studio setups. Drawing on the authors’ extensive experience within and beyond Clan Analogue—Australia’s longest-running electronic music collective—the research contrasts conventional configurations with innovative mobile instruments and apps. By an…
Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist
The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV; Hart et al., 1995) in a sample of 514 male offenders in New Zealand; 333 identifying as Māori and 181 as NZ European. Correlational analysis showed convergent validity between PCL:SV Total, Factor and Facet scores and subscales of two dynamic item-based instruments used to monitor and manage people in prison or post-custody, althou…
Impact of Covid-19 control strategies on health and GDP growth outcomes in 193 sovereign jurisdictions
The Covid-19 pandemic caused approximately 27.3 million excess deaths globally as of June 2024. Despite growing research on pandemic response factors, the effectiveness of different strategic approaches to Covid-19 control remains insufficiently investigated. We aimed to examine associations between Covid-19 pandemic control strategies (including stringent border restrictions) with age-standardized excess mortality and GDP per capita growth outco…
A proactive Covid-19 response associated with better health and economic outcomes for OECD High-Income Island Countries
This study provides additional evidence, for island nations, that an exclusion and elimination strategy can provide superior health/macroeconomic pandemic outcomes, compared with suppression/mitigation strategies
Modelling the potential impacts of limiting vaping product sales to pharmacies
Our model suggests modest reductions in vaping prevalence and net health gains from the OTC pharmacy policy, with minor benefits from a prescription-only approach. These findings underscore the importance of balancing the potential smoking cessation benefits of vaping with the need to curb youth uptake. Future research is required to better understand how vaping restriction policies could impact vaping and smoking dynamics in A/NZ, in particular,…
Entrepreneurial finance and the survival of equity-funded firms in crisis periods
This study investigates the resilience of 13,786 UK entrepreneurial firms that received equity financing before COVID-19, with 653 becoming insolvent and 6254 securing guaranteed loans during the pandemic. Utilising the resource-based view (RBV) and signalling theories, we hypothesise that equity-backed firms have sufficient resources to withstand crises, varying by investor type and involvement. We compare the bankruptcy risk of these firms duri…
Changing taboos in Australian English
Why Do People Attack Military Statues? A National Survey in New Zealand
Military statues are being attacked and removed in multiple countries, but there is little analytic work on the associated reasons. Therefore, this research aimed to conduct a nationwide survey of outdoor military statues in a case study country (New Zealand) and identify reasons for attacks. Of the 118 statues identified, 11 (9%) of these had been physically attacked. A key risk factor for statue attack was it being linked to the colonial-era Ne…
Inclusion in the learning game
Considering the need for pedagogically effective learning activities and materials to support language learning, particularly within teacher-led instruction, it is curious that at present there is no overarching, research-based framework available to educators to draw from when designing and implementing such activities and materials. To address this gap, the authors of this paper have drawn from a host of relevant research pertaining to cognitiv…
Economic effects for citizens and the government of a country-level tobacco endgame strategy
A policy such as the A/NZ Smokefree Action Plan is likely to produce substantial economic benefits for citizens, and modest impacts on government finances related to reduced tobacco tax and increases in aged pensions due to increased life expectancy. Such costs can be anticipated and planned for and might be largely offset by future increases in the size of the labour force and the proportion of people 65+ years old working in the formal economy
Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori
A tobacco endgame strategy, especially denicotinisation, could deliver large health benefits and dramatically reduce health inequities between Māori and non-Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Swearing as a Leadership Tool
Although swearing is often perceived as intrinsically offensive language, it is how swearing use is indexed against a person’s understanding of local social norms that constructs swearing as offensive. This paper presents an analysis of swearing within a social context where high frequency swearing is a norm: a male rugby team in New Zealand. Drawing upon a dataset collected from ethnographically collected authentic interactions, an analysis of t…
Income and economic productivity loss associated with comorbidity
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the income loss from having two or more diseases, over and above the independent and separate effects of having a single disease. METHODS: We used linked health income data from 2006-2007 to 2015-2016 for 25-64 years, for the entire New Zealand population. Fixed effects OLS regression was used to estimate within-individual income loss for diseases separately, and to estimate if having two or more diseases together resulted …
Covid-19 lending support and regional levelling up
The economic consequences of COVID-19 were severe with restricted economic activity generating a liquidity crisis for many firms. To address the systemic impact of this liquidity shock, governments around the world rapidly introduced a range of loan guarantee schemes. In the UK, more than 1 million businesses accessed these schemes. Using a novel, comprehensive dataset, this paper explores the regional distribution of access to these schemes and …
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the study of the interaction between language and society. In this classic introductory work, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts, considering both how language works and how it can be used to signal and interpret various aspects of social identity. Divided into three parts, this book explains basic sociolinguistic concepts in the light of classic approaches, as well as int…
Going ‘Super Value’ in New Zealand
Between 2010 and 2020, NZ tobacco companies introduced more Super Value cigarette brands and shifted excise tax increases to reduce the impact these had on low-priced brands. Setting a minimum retail price for cigarettes could curtail tobacco companies' ability to undermine tobacco taxation policies designed to reduce smoking
We should not dismiss the possibility of eradicating Covid-19
box Elimination and eradication of disease are among the ultimate goals of public health1 (for definitions see box 1). Vaccination has globally eradicated smallpox, rinderpest (a cattle disease that caused famines2) and two of the three serotypes of poliovirus.3 Three other vaccine-preventable diseases are eradicable globally with current technology,4 with measles the leading contender and with MMR vaccination potentially eradicating mumps and ru…
Association of Simulated Covid-19 Policy Responses for Social Restrictions and Lockdowns With Health-Adjusted Life-Years and Costs in Victoria, Australia
In this simulation modeling economic evaluation of estimated SARS-CoV-infection rates, time under 5 stages of restrictions, HALYs, health expenditure, and GDP losses in Victoria, Australia, an elimination strategy was associated with the least health losses and usually the fewest GDP losses
Equity of expenditure changes associated with a sweetened-beverage tax in Tonga
The sweetened-beverage tax was associated with reduced soft drink purchasing and increased bottled water expenditure. Low-income households appeared to have slightly greater declines in soft drink expenditure
Impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes on price, import and sale volumes in an island
Objective: To evaluate the impact of changes in import tariffs on sweetened beverages. Design: Interrupted time series analysis was used to examine sweetened beverage tariff increases of 40–60 % in 2008 and to 75 % in 2012, and an approximately 11 % decrease in 2014 when an excise tax replaced the tariff. Post-tax trends were compared with a counterfactual modelled on the pre-tax trend for: quarterly price of an indicator beverage, monthly bevera…
Successful Elimination of Covid-19 Transmission in New Zealand
Elimination of Covid-19 Transmission in New Zealand In New Zealand, rapid, science-based risk assessment linked to early, decisive government action was critical to containing Covid-19. The country...
Validation analysis of Global Health Security Index (GHSI) scores 2019
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic powerfully demonstrates the consequences of biothreats. Countries will want to know how to better prepare for future events. The Global Health Security Index (GHSI) is a broad, independent assessment of 195 countries' preparedness for biothreats that may aid this endeavour. However, to be useful, the GHSI's external validity must be demonstrated. We aimed to validate the GHSI against a range of external metrics…
Aesthetics in a persecutory time
We are living through a time when simplistic notions of good/bad, right/wrong, and us/them, have come to dominate our encounters with each-other and our planet. Against this ‘persecutory’ backdrop, this paper considers the promise of a more relational and mutually supportive way of living. Introducing Aesthetic Critical Realism (ACR), I present a laminated explanation of ‘aesthetics in a persecutory time’. This is founded on our capacity for aest…
Poor smoke-free status of airports in a country with a smoke-free goal
Despite this country having a smoke-free goal, it has largely deficient smoke-free policies at its airports. There is a case to make airport grounds entirely smoke-free as part of an upgrade of the national smoke-free law
Symposium on The Space That Separates
The symposium on The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art (Wilson, 2020) presents commentary and critical reflection from five leading contributors to critical realism. In response, Nick Wilson suggests that where there is disagreement it may well arise from a misunderstanding over the object of study. Rather than focusing on artworks, artists, artforms, and the arts, The Space that Separates re-directs attention towards universal but to…
Cultural democracy
In recent years, there has been sustained critique of the conceptual and normative foundations of UK cultural policy – the paternalism of ‘excellence and access’ and the neoliberal logic of ‘creative industries’. Whilst these critiques are well established, there is little work offering alternative foundations. This paper makes a contribution to this task. It does so in three ways. Firstly, by identifying ‘cultural democracy’ as a key discourse o…
Forecasting international tourist flows
Social creativity
Creativity has become a popular buzzword in contemporary cultural policy, yet the term remains poorly understood. In this collection, cultural policy specialists together with experts on psychology, creative enterprise and arts education, consider how ‘creativity’ is defined in a variety of settings, from ‘creative management’ to ‘creative labour’. The starting point of the book is to move beyond the notion that creativity is simply a product of …
Tobacco taxation and public health
Profit-Sharing and Productivity
Journal Article Profit-Sharing and Productivity: An Analysis of UK Engineering Firms Get access John Cable, John Cable University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Wilson Nicholas Wilson Bradford University Management Centre Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 99, Issue 396, 1 June 1989, Pages 366–375, https://doi.org/10.23…
Shifting dollars, saving lives
Profit-Sharing and Productivity
Journal Article Profit-Sharing and Productivity: Some Further Evidence Get access John Cable, John Cable University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Wilson Nicholas Wilson Bradford University Management Centre Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100, Issue 401, 1 June 1990, Pages 550–555, https://doi.org…
Understanding Price Elasticities to Inform Public Health Research and Intervention Studies
Pricing policies such as taxes and subsidies are important tools in preventing and controlling a range of threats to public health. This is particularly so in tobacco and alcohol control efforts and efforts to change dietary patterns and physical activity levels as a means of addressing increases in noncommunicable diseases. To understand the potential impact of pricing policies, it is critical to understand the nature of price elasticities for c…
Interaction without walls
Goffman's dramaturgical model of interaction is often used to examine how communicative events are framed differently in public and private settings. However, this idea has restrictively been conflated with specific spatial locations. This paper contends that it is not the place where discourse is performed that styles it as front or backstage, but rather the stances taken in interactions, and the participation framework involved. Furthermore, ba…
Population level policy options for increasing the prevalence of smokefree homes
Objective: To identify and evaluate the options for population level government policies to increase the prevalence of homes free of secondhand smoke. Methods: The literature was searched for population level policy options and evidence on them. Three criteria were used to evaluate the policy options: effectiveness, the reductions on inequalities in secondhand smoke exposure, and cost effectiveness. The setting was four developed, English speakin…
Cumulative receipt of an anti-poverty tax credit for families did not impact tobacco smoking among parents
Informing outdoor smokefree policy
Children's healthy and unhealthy beverage availability, purchase and consumption
The Portable Locker Room
This article uses an ethnographically based sociolinguistic approach to analyse ritual interactions that took place in a New Zealand male rugby team, paying particular attention to the way in which space and place are used as part of the construction of team identity. In following the development of spatial practice, the discourses of territoriality in pre-match communication are explored, and it is shown how the team uses spatial and linguistic …
Developing a smartphone ‘app’ for public health research
BACKGROUND: We have developed manual methods to gather data on the point prevalence of observed smoking in road vehicles. To enable the widespread international collection of such data, we aimed to develop a smartphone application (app) for this work. METHODS: We developed specifications for an app that described the: (1) variables that could be collected; (2) transfer of data to an online repository; (3) user interface (including visual schemati…
Profit-Sharing and Productivity
Journal Article Profit-Sharing and Productivity: An Analysis of UK Engineering Firms Get access John Cable, John Cable University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Wilson Nicholas Wilson Bradford University Management Centre Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 99, Issue 396, 1 June 1989, Pages 366–375, https://doi.org/10.23…
Profit-Sharing and Productivity
Journal Article Profit-Sharing and Productivity: Some Further Evidence Get access John Cable, John Cable University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Wilson Nicholas Wilson Bradford University Management Centre Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100, Issue 401, 1 June 1990, Pages 550–555, https://doi.org…
Forecasting international tourist flows
Financing small music businesses in the UK
The government regards the UK music industry as a ‘great economic success story’. It is keen to see that ‘success’ developed still further. However, it has long been recognised that one of the main barriers to growth for the industry is access to finance. Anecdotal evidence has pointed to a range of specific problems facing small music businesses as they seek the necessary finance to run their affairs successfully. Up until now, however, there ha…
Solution to crossword
Policy lessons from comparing mortality from two global forces
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the mortality burdens from two global impacts on mortality: international terrorism and the major cause of preventable death in developed countries--tobacco use. We also sought to examine the similarities and differences between these two causes of mortality so as to better inform the policy responses directed at prevention. METHODS: Data on deaths from international terrorism were obtained from a …
Lessons from the unsuccessful 2005 nuclear non-proliferation treaty review conference
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is probably the most important treaty for the control of nuclear weapons. A Review Conference was held in May 2005 but the member states failed to agree on any decisions or recommendations. Possible causes for this failure reside in the unsupportive geopolitical climate surrounding the conference, design limitations of the Treaty, and the obstructionist actions of particular states. However, valuable contribut…
Tobacco taxation and public health
What potential has tobacco control for reducing health inequalities? The New Zealand situation
In this Commentary, we aim to synthesize recent epidemiological data on tobacco and health inequalities for New Zealand and present it in new ways. We also aim to describe both existing and potential tobacco control responses for addressing these inequalities. In New Zealand smoking prevalence is higher amongst Māori and Pacific peoples (compared to those of "New Zealand European" ethnicity) and amongst those with low socioeconomic position (SEP)…
Patterns of sports sponsorship by gambling, alcohol and food companies
This study found that the sponsorship of popular sports for young people is dominated by "unhealthy" sponsorship (ie, predominantly gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food) relative to "healthy" sponsorship. Governments may need to consider regulations that limit unhealthy sponsorship and/or adopt alternative funding mechanisms for supporting popular sports
One year of smokefree bars and restaurants in New Zealand
As in other jurisdictions, the introduction of smokefree bars in New Zealand has had positive overall health protection, economic and social effects; in contrast to the predictions of opponents
Observed smoking in cars
Observational studies can be an effective way of investigating smoking in cars. The data from this survey suggest that smoking in cars occurs at a higher rate in relatively deprived populations and hence may contribute to health inequalities. Fortunately, there are a number of policy options for reducing SHS exposure in cars including mass media campaigns and laws for smoke-free cars
Population level policy options for increasing the prevalence of smokefree homes
Objective: To identify and evaluate the options for population level government policies to increase the prevalence of homes free of secondhand smoke. Methods: The literature was searched for population level policy options and evidence on them. Three criteria were used to evaluate the policy options: effectiveness, the reductions on inequalities in secondhand smoke exposure, and cost effectiveness. The setting was four developed, English speakin…
Shifting dollars, saving lives
A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline
The new national smokefree law resulted in increased quitting-related behaviour. This would suggest there is an extra opportunity for health agencies to promote quitting at such times
National smokefree law in New Zealand improves air quality inside bars, pubs and restaurants
There was very high compliance with the new national smokefree law and this was also reflected by the relatively good indoor air quality in hospitality settings (compared to the "outdoor" smoking areas and the comparable settings in countries that permit indoor smoking). Nevertheless, adopting enhanced regulations (as used in various US and Canadian jurisdictions) may be needed to address hazardous air quality in relatively enclosed "outdoor" smo…
NGO Power Versus Leaded Petrol in New Zealand
How reactions to cigarette packet health warnings influence quitting
Objectives To examine prospectively the impact of health warnings on quitting activity. Design Five waves (2002–06) of a cohort survey where reactions to health warnings at one survey wave are used to predict cessation activity at the next wave, controlling for country (proxy for warning differences) and other factors. These analyses were replicated on four wave‐to‐wave transitions. Setting and participants Smokers from Australia, Canada, the Uni…
Learning to manage creativity
Our ability to manage creativity is pivotal to future economic prosperity and social welfare. A fit-for-purpose education system that can enable this is then a ‘must-have’ for policy-makers and practitioners alike. However, the provision of appropriate learning is subject to a number of fundamental structural and cultural challenges. Drawing on empirical evidence from a master's programme in the Creative Industries & the Creative Economy in the U…
Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population
The New Zealand Smokefree Environments Amendment Act had a range of positive effects, including reducing SHS exposure among Māori communities. If the experience is replicated in other countries with indigenous populations, it suggests that comprehensive smokefree environments legislation will have beneficial effects on the health of indigenous groups and could contribute to reducing inequalities in health within societies
Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound
Most "lights" smokers have one or more misperceptions about the product they use, and were no more likely to intend to quit or to have made a quit attempt. In response to such misperceptions, governments could act further to eliminate all misleading tobacco marketing. Ideally, they could not only adopt FCTC requirements, but go further by requiring plain packaging for all tobacco products
Estimating missed government tax revenue from foreign tobacco
The New Zealand government is missing out on revenue that could be used for improving the funding of tobacco control, and smokers are being exposed to cheaper tobacco thus increasing their risk of continuing to smoke. This government and other governments can and should act at the international and national levels to end the sales of duty free tobacco
Identifying ‘unhealthy’ food advertising on television
Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of the UK Nutrient Profile (NP) model for identifying ‘unhealthy’ food advertisements using a case study of New Zealand television advertisements. Design Four weeks of weekday television from 15.30 hours to 18.30 hours was videotaped from a state-owned (free-to-air) television channel popular with children. Food advertisements were identified and their nutritional information collected in accordance with the…
What is behind smoker support for new smokefree areas? National survey data
Smokers from a range of population groups can show majority support for new outdoor and smokefree car laws. Some of these findings are consistent with the use of public health strategies to support new smokefree laws, such as enhancing public knowledge of the second-hand smoke hazard
A surveillance sector review applied to infectious diseases at a country level
It was possible to create and populate a workable framework for describing all the infectious diseases surveillance systems and related activities in a single developed country and to identify potential surveillance sector gaps. This is the first stage in a review process that will lead to identification of priorities for surveillance sector development
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