One of the things our research focuses on is the promotion of healthy lifestyle.

Key publications

Abraham, C. Graham-Rowe, E. 2009. Are worksite interventions effective in increasing physical activity? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review, 3, 108-144.

Abraham, C. Michie, S. 2008. A taxonomy of behavior change techniques used in interventions. Health Psychology 27, 379-387.

Allan, AJ 2010. Picturing success: young femininities and the (im)possibilities of academic achievement in selective, single-sex schooling. International Studies in Sociology of Education 20(1), 39-54

Barlow, A. Duncan, S. James, G.  Parks, A. 2005. Cohabitation, Marriage and the Law - social change and legal reform in the 21st Century. Hart.

Barlow, A. Smithson, J. 2012. Is modern marriage a bargain? Exploring perceptions of pre-nuptial agreements in England and Wales. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 24 (3), 304-319.

Cihangir, S. Scheepers, D. Barreto, M. Ellemers, N. (in press). Fight or contest gender-based rejection: Responses to negative vs. positive inter-group differentiation. Personality and Social Psychology Science.

Cloke, P. May, J. Johnsen, S. 2010. Swept up Lives: Re-envisioning the homeless city. Oxford, Blackwell.

Cremin, TC. Myhill, DA. 2011. Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers. London: Routledge.

Dickens, AP. Lang IA., Langa, KM. Kos, K. Llewellyn DJ. 2011. Vitamin D, cognitive dysfunction and dementia in older adults. CNS Drugs, 25, 8, 629-639.

Hillsdon, M. Lawlor, DA. Ebrahim, S. Morris, JN. 2008. Physical activity in older women: associations with area deprivation and with socioeconomic position over the life course: observations in the British Women's Heart and Health Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(4), 344-350.

Jones, S. Myhill, DA. 2007. Discourses of Difference? Questioning Gender Difference in Linguistic Characteristics of Writing. Canadian Journal of Education 30(2), 456-482.

Karp, JA. Banducci, SA. 2008. Political efficacy and participation in twenty seven democracies: How electoral systems shape political behaviour. British Journal of Political Science 38(2), 311-334.

Karp, JA. Banducci, SA. 2008. When politics is not just a man's game: Women's representation and political engagement. Electoral Studies, 27(1), 105-115.

Kuyken, W. Watkins, E. et al 2010. How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work? Behavior Research and Therapy, 48(11), 1105-1112.

Levinson, M.  Sparkes, AC. 2006. Conflicting value systems: Gypsy females and the home-school interface. Research Papers in Education 21(1), 79-97.

Radaelli, C. Lucarelli, S. 2005. Mobilizing Politics and Society? The EU Convention's Impact on Southern Europe (also published as special issue of South European Society and Politics vol. 9 issue 1, 2004). London, Routledge.

Rink, F. Ryan, MK. Stoker, JI. 2011. Influence in times of crisis: Exploring how social and financial resources affect men’s and women’s evaluations of glass cliff positions. Psychological Science.

Tidd, J. Bessant, J. 2009. Managing innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizational change (4th edition). Chichester, John Wiley and Sons.