Journal Archives

Technology-facilitated abuse within the context of intimate partner violence: Barriers to and recommendations for safety planning

Author: Maria Pentaraki and Janet Speake

Authors Affiliations Maria Pentaraki (1), Janet Speake *(2) (1) Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom (2) Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, United Kingdom * Corresponding author Email: speakej@hope.ac.uk

Keywords: coercive control, gender digital divide, intimate partner violence/gender-based violence, powerlessness, safety planning, structural inequalities
Issue: Volume 18, Issue 1, 2024

Grassroots solidarity structures in Greece as counterhegemonic practices contesting the dominant neoliberal hegemony

Author: Maria Pentaraki and Janet Speake

Keywords: austerity, counter hegemony, crisis, Gramsci, mutual aid structures, resistance, soup kitchen, welfare
Issue: Volume 16, Issue 1, 2022

Living (in) the city centre, neoliberal urbanism, Engage Liverpool and citizen engagement with urban change in Liverpool, UK

Author: Janet Speake and Maria Pentaraki

The critical current of urban regeneration scholarly research focusses on neoliberal urbanism. In concentrating on the neoliberal economic, business and financial dimensions as driving forces behind urban change and regeneration, the human dimension of city centres and city centre living is frequently overshadowed. This paper explores the human dimension through the example of Engage Liverpool, a citizen and neighbourhood organisation. This paper investigates citizen engagement with urban development in the setting of the city centre and central waterfront in Liverpool. The paper argues that despite the dominance of global neoliberal forces within regeneration, citizen and neighbourhood organisations such as Liverpool Engage may have the potential to facilitate citizens’ participation as change makers in urban (re)development.

“What do I do with my old mobile phones? I just put them in a drawer”: Attitudes and perspectives towards the disposal of mobile phones in Liverpool, UK

Author: Janet Speake and Leopoul Nchawa Yangke

Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, 2015

Everyday encounters with nature: Students’ perceptions and use of university campus green spaces

Author: Janet Speake, Sally Edmondson and Haq Nawaz

Green spaces are an integral part of many university campuses. Universities with attractive green space areas often highlight these as attributes which contribute positively to the student experience and the image of the university. This study’s survey of students at Liverpool Hope University reveals insights about students’ perceptions and use of campus green spaces. The vast majority of students both use and appreciate green spaces, and consider them important for the image of the university and as an essential component of the campus environment. The aesthetic qualities of the campus and its design and management style, influence perceptions and use of its green spaces with formal, manicured gardens and lawns being much preferred over more naturalistic areas. We show that a university campus needs multiple forms of green spaces to satisfy the needs of a diversity of student users, and consider the implications for a university’s green space development.

EDITORS

Prof. dr. Liliana Dumitrache
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography- Human and Economic Geography Department, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Av., 010041, Bucharest, Romania

Dr. Daniela Dumbrăveanu
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography- Human and Economic Geography Department, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Av., 010041, Bucharest, Romania

Dr. Mariana Nae
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography- Human and Economic Geography Department, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Av., 010041, Bucharest, Romania

Dr. Gabriel Simion
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography- Human and Economic Geography Department, 1 Nicolae Balcescu Av., 010041, Bucharest, Romania