Neil Ferguson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 90742 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Neil Ferguson |
| PRENOMES | Neil |
| SOBRENOME | Ferguson |
| ASSINATURA | FERGUSON N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Liverpool Hope University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8361-2595 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 40 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 161 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1994 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Unveiling the Influence of Competitive Sports on the Sense of Self and Identity of Disabled Veterans
Incorporating geographic interdependencies into the resilience assessment of multimodal public transport networks
Severe weather events, such as snowfall, flooding and storms, may affect wide geographical areas and adversely impact discrete transport infrastructure networks (e.g. road, rail) at the same time, thus revealing the existence of geographic interdependencies between these networks. In this paper, we develop two accessibility-based measures to assess the impact of geographic interdependency on resilience based on the concepts of redundancy and subs…
Choosing Where to Fight
Why did some American citizens choose to travel to fight in Syria and Iraq rather than engage in Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired terrorism in the United States? We conducted a social network analysis (SNA) on a sample ( n = 224) of extremists who either plotted ISIS-inspired attacks within the United States or attempted to travel to Syria or Iraq to join the group between 2013-2020. We test how network size, network interconnected…
After flight. Visions from London Heathrow
An agenda for creative practice in the new mobilities paradigm
Creative practices have made a standing contribution to mobilities research. We write this article as a collective of 25 scholars and practitioners to make a provocation: to further position creative mobilities research as a fundamental contribution and component in this field. The article explores how creative forms of research—whether in the form of artworks, exhibitions, performances, collaborations, and more—has been a foundational part of sh…
Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant
BACKGROUND: A rapid increase in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases due to the omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in highly vaccinated populations has aroused concerns about the effectiveness of current vaccines. METHODS: We used a test-negative case-control design to estimate vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease caused by the omicron and delta (B.1.617.2) variants in England. Vaccine…
Migrating Landscapes
This article, one element in a multifaceted art research project, explores the agency of the aircraft landing gear compartment (wheel bay) in global transfer. It takes as its beginning histories of human and other-than-human actors falling from aircraft wheel bays as aircraft descend into London Heathrow and asks what art research can bring to the problem of their political and ethical framing. Its theoretical touchstones include John Ruskin on d…
Landscapes of Heathrow
This paper, an output of an art research project, explores the agency of the aircraft landing gear compartment in global transfer. Through the prism of historical events involving aircraft preparing to land at London Heathrow, it reflects on the part played by the compartment in ecological and humanitarian struggle. Its theoretical frameworks include John Ruskin’s writing on geology, new materialism, and the planetary garden. These are brought in…
Conflict Transformation
This study explored the accounts of former loyalist combatants now involved in conflict transformation, preventing violent extremism and peace‐building work. To understand how former loyalist combatants negotiate their dramatic change in context and function, we analyzed accounts of peace building through thematic analysis. The themes demonstrated that conducting conflict transformation is expressively linked to former combatant identity. The the…
Dynamic accessibility
Radicalization or Reaction
Over the last decade various theoretical models of radicalization or pathways into engagement in violent extremism have been developed. However, there is a dearth of primary data based on direct contact with violent extremists to test these models. In order to address this weakness, we analyzed accounts of engagement in violent extremism produced by former Northern Irish loyalist and republican paramilitaries to explore their understanding of how…
Social movements, structural violence, and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland
This article analyses how social movements and collective actors can affect political and social transformation in a structurally violent society using the case study of Northern Ireland. We focus, in particular, on the crucial role played by collective actors within the loyalist community (those who wish to maintain Northern Ireland’s place in the UK), in bringing about social and political transformation in a society blighted by direct, cultura…
Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Northern Ireland
Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory
Care-Seeking for Diarrhoea in Southern Malawi
This paper examined care-seeking behaviour and its associated risk factors when a family member had diarrhoea. Data was obtained from a survey conducted in Chikwawa, a district in Southern Malawi. Chikwawa is faced with a number of environmental and socioeconomic problems and currently diarrhoea morbidity in the district is estimated at 24.4%, statistically higher than the national average of 17%. Using hierarchically built data from a survey of …
Associations between access to recreational physical activity facilities and body mass index in Scottish adults
Our national study has shown that some measures of the accessibility of PA facilities by different modes of transport (particularly by walking and cycling) were associated with BMI; but PA participation, as measured here, did not appear to play a part in this relationship. Understanding the multi-factorial environmental influences upon obesity is key to developing effective interventions to reduce it
The monuments of Kings Cross
In his 1967 photo essay “The monuments of Passaic” the American land artist Robert Smithson presented a New York suburb as a seedbed of urban entropy. His research methods, publication strategies and reflections on decline provided a touchstone for the generation of cultural mappers that followed. But have theoretical expectations of metropolitan space perhaps shifted? Is it not in the city centre, rather than periphery, that decay is thought to …
When Peace is Not Enough
The flag protests that occurred during the tail of 2012 and early 2013 gained international media attention. Much of the media attention focused on the involvement of young people and sought to seek answers to how young people who had grown up in more peaceful times could be involved in violence that belonged in Northern Ireland’s past. Research being conducted by the authors during the course of the flag protests on young people’s experiences of…
An Interview With Billy Hutchinson
Us" and "Them
This article draws on data from one-to-one interviews with members and former members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, Ulster Defence Association, Red Hand Commando, Ulster Political Research Group, and the Progressive Unionist Party to explore the dynamic and fluid perceptions of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Sinn Féin among Ulster loyalists. The article will explore how attitudes and perceptions are influenced by the shifting political land…
The Pattern of Variation between Diarrhea and Malaria Coexistence with Corresponding Risk Factors in, Chikhwawa, Malawi
Developing countries face a huge burden of infectious diseases, a number of which co-exist. This paper estimates the pattern and variation of malaria and diarrhea coexistence in Chikhwawa, a district in Southern Malawi using bivariate multilevel modelling with Bayesian estimation. A probit link was employed to examine hierarchically built data from a survey of individuals (n = 6,727) nested within households (n = 1,380) nested within communities …
Understanding Radicalization and Engagement in Terrorism through Religious Conversion Motifs
Although research into the processes and outcomes of radicalization has yielded significant discoveries regarding antecedent risk factors and the role played by societal circumstances and individual variables, research regarding the process of radical conversion remains in its infancy. We believe that the psychology of religion may hold the key to unlocking new insights into this conversion process. As a result of assessing both Lofland and Skono…
Leaving Violence Behind
This article explores the processes involved in leaving social movements or disengaging from terrorist activities by providing an analysis of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) transformation away from politically motivated violence towards a civilian nonmilitary role. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to gain an understanding of participant accounts of leaving violence behind and disengaging from ter…
Northern Irish Ex-Prisoners
This chapter explores the impact of imprisonment on Northern Irish politically motivated prisoners and the role of prisoners in maintenance and transformation of conflict in Northern Ireland post-release. Research conducted in Northern Ireland with former Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) prisoners will be incorporated to illustrate how imprisonment impacts on the prisoners and how the former prisoners impact on peace and s…
Lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process
Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process brings together a collection of well-regarded academics, practitioners, PhD candidates and a foreword from Martin Mansergh to decide if lessons can b
No War, No Peace
In 1998 a historic agreement, commonly known as the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, formed the basis of a negotiated settlement for the future of Northern Ireland. Since that time the level of violence in Northern Ireland has reduced but many problematic issues related to governance, sectarianism, and community relations remain on the political agenda and have destabilized the post‐peace accord environment. Many of these issues can be viewed as…
Who are the Victims? Victimhood Experiences in Postagreement Northern Ireland
The conflict in Northern Ireland left over 3,600 people dead and tens of thousands injured, but establishing who are victims and the very nature of victimhood has been difficult. In part this is due to the highly contested nature of the labels "victim" and "terrorist." The present paper employed interpretative phenomenological analysis to gain a greater understanding of the conceptualisation of victimhood in Northern Ireland. Catholic and Protest…
Leaving Violence Behind
This article explores the processes involved in leaving social movements or disengaging from terrorist activities by providing an analysis of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) transformation away from politically motivated violence towards a civilian nonmilitary role. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to gain an understanding of participant accounts of leaving violence behind and disengaging from ter…
Rebels' Perspectives of the Legacy of Past Violence and of the Current Peace in Post‐Agreement Northern Ireland
Former members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and organizers of peaceful civil rights organizations were interviewed to assess how these individuals interpreted the current social conditions in Post‐Agreement Northern Ireland. Contrary to the intercommunity ideals of the Good Friday Agreement, our results suggest that people continue to exist in a society where political power is based on the division of communities, where ordinary people are…
An agenda for creative practice in the new mobilities paradigm
Creative practices have made a standing contribution to mobilities research. We write this article as a collective of 25 scholars and practitioners to make a provocation: to further position creative mobilities research as a fundamental contribution and component in this field. The article explores how creative forms of research—whether in the form of artworks, exhibitions, performances, collaborations, and more—has been a foundational part of sh…
Dynamic accessibility
When Peace is Not Enough
The flag protests that occurred during the tail of 2012 and early 2013 gained international media attention. Much of the media attention focused on the involvement of young people and sought to seek answers to how young people who had grown up in more peaceful times could be involved in violence that belonged in Northern Ireland’s past. Research being conducted by the authors during the course of the flag protests on young people’s experiences of…
Lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process
Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process brings together a collection of well-regarded academics, practitioners, PhD candidates and a foreword from Martin Mansergh to decide if lessons can b
Radicalization or Reaction
Over the last decade various theoretical models of radicalization or pathways into engagement in violent extremism have been developed. However, there is a dearth of primary data based on direct contact with violent extremists to test these models. In order to address this weakness, we analyzed accounts of engagement in violent extremism produced by former Northern Irish loyalist and republican paramilitaries to explore their understanding of how…
Social movements, structural violence, and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland
This article analyses how social movements and collective actors can affect political and social transformation in a structurally violent society using the case study of Northern Ireland. We focus, in particular, on the crucial role played by collective actors within the loyalist community (those who wish to maintain Northern Ireland’s place in the UK), in bringing about social and political transformation in a society blighted by direct, cultura…
Enemy framing and the politics of reporting religious conflicts in the Nigerian press
This article is a two-part exploration of the reporting of sectarian conflicts in Nigerian newspapers. It seeks to find out how enemy images and stereotypes are created in the journalistic process; how they shape attitudes, and stoke hatred with the possibility of fuelling/amplifying sectarian violence. The authors draw examples from conflicts in Northern Nigeria, specifically the November 2008 crisis in the central Nigerian city of Jos. The firs…
Understanding Radicalization and Engagement in Terrorism through Religious Conversion Motifs
Although research into the processes and outcomes of radicalization has yielded significant discoveries regarding antecedent risk factors and the role played by societal circumstances and individual variables, research regarding the process of radical conversion remains in its infancy. We believe that the psychology of religion may hold the key to unlocking new insights into this conversion process. As a result of assessing both Lofland and Skono…
The IRA Apology of 2002 and forgiveness in Northern Ireland's troubles
Political Violence and Moral Maturity in Northern Ireland
The Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form (SRM-SF; Gibbs, Basinger & Fuller, 1992) was presented to 421 Northern Irish children and adolescents. The sample consisted of participants from both of the religious communities, from either two areas of high political violence or two areas with low levels of political conflict. Analysis of the results indicated that children in the areas with high levels ofpolitical conflict scored at a lower level o…
Conflict Transformation
This study explored the accounts of former loyalist combatants now involved in conflict transformation, preventing violent extremism and peace‐building work. To understand how former loyalist combatants negotiate their dramatic change in context and function, we analyzed accounts of peace building through thematic analysis. The themes demonstrated that conducting conflict transformation is expressively linked to former combatant identity. The the…
Recreational physical activity facilities within walking and cycling distance
The Sociomoral Reflection Measure — Short Form
Gibbs, Basinger & Fuller (1992) have developed a new production measure to examine moral judgment, the Sociomoral Reflection Measure Short Form (SRM‐SF). The validity and reliability of this measure have been established using a North American sample only. This study investigates the test‐retest reliability, internal consistency, convergent validity and concurrent validity of this US production measure using Northern Irish children and young peop…
Political Violence and Moral Maturity in Northern Ireland
The Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form (SRM-SF; Gibbs, Basinger & Fuller, 1992) was presented to 421 Northern Irish children and adolescents. The sample consisted of participants from both of the religious communities, from either two areas of high political violence or two areas with low levels of political conflict. Analysis of the results indicated that children in the areas with high levels ofpolitical conflict scored at a lower level o…
Grandparenting in divorced families
This book is the first in-depth exploration of grandparents' relationships with adult children and grandchildren in divorced families. It asks what part grandparents might play in public policy and whether measures should be taken to support their grandparenting role. Do they have a special place in family life that ought to be recognised in law? This ground-breaking book is intended for a wide readership. Grandparents and parents in divorced fam…
Grandparenting in divorced families
Introduction What do we already know about grandparents? Grandparents' relationships with grandchildren:continuity and change Activities with grandparents Discipline and favouritism The main grandparents Grandparenting in divorced families: rights and policies Communicating in divorced families Taking sides 'Being there': grandparents' financial, emotional and childcare support Excluded grandparents Conclusions: grandparents and family policy
The IRA Apology of 2002 and forgiveness in Northern Ireland's troubles
No War, No Peace
In 1998 a historic agreement, commonly known as the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, formed the basis of a negotiated settlement for the future of Northern Ireland. Since that time the level of violence in Northern Ireland has reduced but many problematic issues related to governance, sectarianism, and community relations remain on the political agenda and have destabilized the post‐peace accord environment. Many of these issues can be viewed as…
Rebels' Perspectives of the Legacy of Past Violence and of the Current Peace in Post‐Agreement Northern Ireland
Former members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and organizers of peaceful civil rights organizations were interviewed to assess how these individuals interpreted the current social conditions in Post‐Agreement Northern Ireland. Contrary to the intercommunity ideals of the Good Friday Agreement, our results suggest that people continue to exist in a society where political power is based on the division of communities, where ordinary people are…
P36 Distribution of physical activity amenities in Scotland by small area measures of deprivation and urbanicity
Objective Obesity and physical activity are associated with aspects of the physical environment where people live, but the precise mechanisms of these associations are not well understood. Knowledge of the extent to which access to opportunities for physical activity is socially patterned is important to inform policy. A few studies of cities and regions (mostly conducted outside the UK) have found fewer resources in deprived areas, while others …
Who are the Victims? Victimhood Experiences in Postagreement Northern Ireland
The conflict in Northern Ireland left over 3,600 people dead and tens of thousands injured, but establishing who are victims and the very nature of victimhood has been difficult. In part this is due to the highly contested nature of the labels "victim" and "terrorist." The present paper employed interpretative phenomenological analysis to gain a greater understanding of the conceptualisation of victimhood in Northern Ireland. Catholic and Protest…
Recreational physical activity facilities within walking and cycling distance
Pattern of Maternal Knowledge and Its Implications for Diarrhoea Control in Southern Malawi
A survey was conducted in Southern Malawi to examine the pattern of mothers' knowledge on diarrhoea. Diarrhoea morbidity in the district is estimated at 24.4%, statistically higher than the national average at 17%. Using hierarchically built data from a survey, a multilevel threshold of change analysis was used to determine predictors of knowledge about diarrhoeal aetiology, clinical features, and prevention. The results show a strong hierarchica…
Identities in diaspora
The current research aimed to assess the social, national and political identities of members of the Irish and Northern Irish diaspora in England. Drawing upon research on social identity theory (SIT), it was hypothesised that there would be significant differences between the social, national and political identities of members of the Irish and Northern Irish diaspora and also that there would be significant differences between the social, natio…
Oliver Ramsbotham
Probably the most important point to make, and one alluded to by the author in the preface, is that the title on the front cover of book really bares very little resemblance to its contents; instea
Religion, trauma and non-pathological dissociation in Northern Ireland
This study assessed the relationships between non-pathological dissociation, trauma and religion in members of the Northern Irish diaspora in England. One hundred and seventy-nine opportunity sampled participants completed the non-pathological absorption and imaginative involvement items from the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Age Universal Intrinsic-Extrinsic Religious Orientation Scale, and a measure of exposure to traumatic events in the …
Enemy framing and the politics of reporting religious conflicts in the Nigerian press
This article is a two-part exploration of the reporting of sectarian conflicts in Nigerian newspapers. It seeks to find out how enemy images and stereotypes are created in the journalistic process; how they shape attitudes, and stoke hatred with the possibility of fuelling/amplifying sectarian violence. The authors draw examples from conflicts in Northern Nigeria, specifically the November 2008 crisis in the central Nigerian city of Jos. The firs…
Northern Irish Ex-Prisoners
This chapter explores the impact of imprisonment on Northern Irish politically motivated prisoners and the role of prisoners in maintenance and transformation of conflict in Northern Ireland post-release. Research conducted in Northern Ireland with former Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) prisoners will be incorporated to illustrate how imprisonment impacts on the prisoners and how the former prisoners impact on peace and s…
Lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process
Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process brings together a collection of well-regarded academics, practitioners, PhD candidates and a foreword from Martin Mansergh to decide if lessons can b
The Pattern of Variation between Diarrhea and Malaria Coexistence with Corresponding Risk Factors in, Chikhwawa, Malawi
Developing countries face a huge burden of infectious diseases, a number of which co-exist. This paper estimates the pattern and variation of malaria and diarrhea coexistence in Chikhwawa, a district in Southern Malawi using bivariate multilevel modelling with Bayesian estimation. A probit link was employed to examine hierarchically built data from a survey of individuals (n = 6,727) nested within households (n = 1,380) nested within communities …
Understanding Radicalization and Engagement in Terrorism through Religious Conversion Motifs
Although research into the processes and outcomes of radicalization has yielded significant discoveries regarding antecedent risk factors and the role played by societal circumstances and individual variables, research regarding the process of radical conversion remains in its infancy. We believe that the psychology of religion may hold the key to unlocking new insights into this conversion process. As a result of assessing both Lofland and Skono…
Leaving Violence Behind
This article explores the processes involved in leaving social movements or disengaging from terrorist activities by providing an analysis of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) transformation away from politically motivated violence towards a civilian nonmilitary role. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to gain an understanding of participant accounts of leaving violence behind and disengaging from ter…
Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Northern Ireland
Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory
Care-Seeking for Diarrhoea in Southern Malawi
This paper examined care-seeking behaviour and its associated risk factors when a family member had diarrhoea. Data was obtained from a survey conducted in Chikwawa, a district in Southern Malawi. Chikwawa is faced with a number of environmental and socioeconomic problems and currently diarrhoea morbidity in the district is estimated at 24.4%, statistically higher than the national average of 17%. Using hierarchically built data from a survey of …
Associations between access to recreational physical activity facilities and body mass index in Scottish adults
Our national study has shown that some measures of the accessibility of PA facilities by different modes of transport (particularly by walking and cycling) were associated with BMI; but PA participation, as measured here, did not appear to play a part in this relationship. Understanding the multi-factorial environmental influences upon obesity is key to developing effective interventions to reduce it
The monuments of Kings Cross
In his 1967 photo essay “The monuments of Passaic” the American land artist Robert Smithson presented a New York suburb as a seedbed of urban entropy. His research methods, publication strategies and reflections on decline provided a touchstone for the generation of cultural mappers that followed. But have theoretical expectations of metropolitan space perhaps shifted? Is it not in the city centre, rather than periphery, that decay is thought to …
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