Sport England is interested to know how families with children experience the following aspects ofneighbourhood life: involvement in sport; access to facilities; activities for young people; and theengagement of young people in poor areas in the Olympic development. Sport England wantedevidence...

Smart homes will be a key component of smart grids as without them the functionalities and capabilities offered at network level will not be realised fully by householders. Yet an extensive body of literature focuses on energy consumption and management services via various demand side...

The aim of this paper is to explore social barriers to the adoption of smart homes through the analysis of expert views and public attitudes. Smart home services aim to improve the comfort, convenience and safety of householders, as well as allowing them to use energy more efficiently and cope...

Research repeatedly identifies an association between health and socio-economic status--richer people are healthier than poorer people. Richard Wilkinson has posited that socio-psychological mechanisms may be part of the explanation for the fact that socio-economic inequalities run right across...

The 1980s and 1990s have seen directed and targeted research emerge as a pervasive feature of UK science policy, which is marked increasingly by ‘steady state’ budgets, commercialisation of research and increasing emphasis on public-sector accountability. This paper compares two targeted...