Welcome to STORRE: Stirling Online Research Repository
STORRE holds a continually growing collection of the full text of the research outputs of University of Stirling authors. It includes published journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, working papers, etc. As a result of the University policy encouraging open access, the repository will continue to develop as an important source of free full text access to Stirling's research.
STORRE also holds the full text of all University of Stirling research theses from September 2006 onwards; covering PhDs, Masters of Philosophy and Masters by Research plus Professional Higher Degrees by Research. A small collection of our older theses is also included, and is continually added to, due to our involvement in the British Library's EThOS service.
Recent Submissions
Wilson CG, Pieszko T, Nowell RW & Barraclough TG (2024) Recombination in bdelloid rotifer genomes: asexuality, transfer and stress. <i>Trends in Genetics</i>. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2024.02.001
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Bdelloid rotifers constitute a class of microscopic animals living in freshwater habitats worldwide. Several strange features of bdelloids have drawn attention: their ability to tolerate desiccation and other stresses, a lack of reported males across the clade despite centuries of study, and unusually high numbers of horizontally acquired, non-metazoan genes. Genome sequencing is transforming our understanding of their lifestyle and its consequences, while in turn providing wider insights abo...
Lades L, Clinch JP & Kelly JA (2021) Maybe tomorrow: How burdens and biases impede energy-efficiency investments. <i>Energy Research & Social Science</i>, 78, Art. No.: 102154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102154
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Investments in energy-efficient technologies can save money over time and reduce environmental impacts. Accordingly, governments worldwide provide grants to encourage household investments in clean, energy-efficient technologies at scale. Although many households state intentions to avail of these grants and to invest in energy-efficient technologies, uptake of the grants is low. This perspective suggests that administrative burden is one major reason for the low levels of economically benefi...
Lades LK, Laffan K & Weber TO (2021) Do economic preferences predict pro-environmental behaviour?. <i>Ecological Economics</i>, 183, Art. No.: 106977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106977
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Understanding the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour is key to addressing many environmental challenges. Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that human behaviour is partly determined by people's economic preferences which therefore should predict individual differences in pro-environmental behaviour. In a pre-registered study, we elicit seven preference measures (risk taking, patience, present bias, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative reciprocity, and trust) and test ...
Ebert PA, Durbach I & Field C (2024) Gratuitous risk: danger and recklessness perception of adventure sports participants. <i>Journal of the Philosophy of Sport</i>. https://doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2024.2335350
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Since the 1970’s there has been a major increase in adventure sports participation but it seems that engagement in such sports comes with a stigma: adventure sports participants are often regarded as reckless ‘daredevils’. We approach the questions about people’s perception of risk and recklessness in adventure sports by combining empirical research with philosophical analysis. First, we provide empirical evidence that suggests that laypeople tend to assess the danger of adventure sports as g...
Prior J, Connon I, McIntyre E, Adams J, Capon A, Kent J, Rissel C, Thomas L, Thompson S & Westcott H (2018) Built environment interventions for human and planetary health: integrating health in climate change adaptation and mitigation. <i>Public Health Research & Practice</i>, 28 (4). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp2841831
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Objectives: Human-generated climate change is causing adverse health effects through multiple direct pathways (e.g. heatwaves, sea-level rise, storm frequency and intensity) and indirect pathways (e.g. food and water insecurity, social instability). Although the health system has a key role to play in addressing these health effects, so too do those professions tasked with the development of the built environment (urban and regional planners, urban designers, landscapers and architects), thro...
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