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43
Citations
6385
World Ranking
4496
National Ranking
763

Overview

Nick Spencer is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and has contributed to multiple fields primarily within social sciences, business management, and engineering. Their research encompasses a variety of interdisciplinary topics, with notable emphasis on design education and practice as well as innovative approaches to technology and social development.

The main fields of study in Spencer's work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Engineering

The subfields within these broader domains highlight a focus on:

  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Demography

The key research topics covered by Spencer are:

  • Design Education and Practice
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Community Development and Social Impact
  • Participatory Visual Research Methods
  • Persona Design and Applications

Spencer's recent published papers demonstrate a diverse interest in policy, design, higher education, and innovation frameworks. These include:

  • "Creative and collaborative reflective thinking to support policy deliberation and decision making" (2022, Evidence & Policy)
  • "Management framework for higher education institution-based community innovation labs" (2022, Management & Marketing)
  • "'Safe spaces and places': the value of design-led methodologies in developing online narratives" (2023, International Journal of Social Research Methodology)
  • "Examining the Physical to Visual Shift in How We Now Experience Designed Objects" (2020, Northumbria Research Link, Northumbria University)
  • "Design-led Innovation Readiness: priming micro SMEs for strategic innovation" (2022, Design Management Journal, Former Series)

Frequent collaborators in Spencer's scholarly work include:

  • Carmen Păunescu
  • Mark Bailey
  • Justine Carrion-Weiss
  • Katri-Liis Lepik
  • Arman Arakelyan

Publication venues commonly featuring Spencer's research consist of:

  • Evidence & Policy
  • Management & Marketing
  • International Journal of Social Research Methodology
  • Design Management Journal (Former Series)
  • Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)

In addition to journal articles, Spencer has contributed to the book "Social Innovation in Higher Education" published by Springer International Publishing in 2022. This work has attracted citations, reflecting its engagement within academic discourse.

Best Publications

  • Residential mobility in childhood and health outcomes: a systematic review

    T. Jelleyman;Nick Spencer

  • Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

    Ruchi Baxi;Mohit Sharma;Robert Roseby;Adam Polnay

  • Disabling conditions and registration for child abuse and neglect: a population-based study.

    Nick Spencer;Emma Devereux;Ann Wallace;Ratna Sundrum

  • Prevalence of childhood disability and the characteristics and circumstances of disabled children in the UK : secondary analysis of the Family Resources Survey

    Clare M Blackburn;Nick J Spencer;Janet M Read

  • Impact of the 2008 economic and financial crisis on child health: a systematic review.

    Luis Rajmil;Maria-Jose Fernandez de Sanmamed;Imti Choonara;Tomas Faresjö

  • Poverty and Child Health

    Nick Spencer

  • Socioeconomic status and birth weight: comparison of an area-based measure with the Registrar General's social class.

    Nick Spencer;Suartini Bambang;Stuart Logan;Leicester Gill

  • Effect of strategies to reduce exposure of infants to environmental tobacco smoke in the home: cross sectional survey.

    Clare Blackburn;Nick Spencer;Sheila Bonas;Christine Coe

  • Low income/socio-economic status in early childhood and physical health in later childhood/adolescence: a systematic review.

    Nick Spencer;Tu Mai Thanh;Séguin Louise

  • Access to health care for Roma children in Central and Eastern Europe: findings from a qualitative study in Bulgaria

    Boika Rechel;Clare M Blackburn;Nick J Spencer;Bernd Rechel

  • Disabling chronic conditions in childhood and socioeconomic disadvantage: a systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies.

    Nicholas J Spencer;Clare M Blackburn;Janet M Read

  • The effect of income inequality and macro-level social policy on infant mortality and low birthweight in developed countries--a preliminary systematic review.

    N. Spencer

  • Abuse of the disabled child: a systematic review of population-based studies.

    M. Govindshenoy;Nick Spencer

  • Addressing inequities in child health and development: towards social justice

    Nick Spencer;Shanti Raman;Bernadette Ann-Marie O'Hare;Giorgio Tamburlini

  • Cerebral palsy and socioeconomic status: a retrospective cohort study

    R Sundrum;S Logan;A Wallace;N Spencer

  • Social, economic, and political determinants of child health.

    Nick Spencer

  • Parent reported home smoking bans and toddler (18–30 month) smoke exposure: a cross-sectional survey

    N Spencer;C Blackburn;S Bonas;C Coe

  • A systematic review of the prevalence of parental concerns measured by the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) indicating developmental risk

    Susan Woolfenden;Susan Woolfenden;Valsamma Eapen;Katrina Williams;Andrew Hayen

  • Deprivation and bronchiolitis.

    N Spencer;S Logan;S Scholey;S Gentle

  • Child abuse registration, fetal growth, and preterm birth: a population based study

    Nick Spencer;Ann Wallace;Ratna Sundrum;Claire Bacchus

  • Social equalization in youth: evidence from a cross-sectional British survey.

    Nick J. Spencer

  • Social, economic, and political context of parenting

    Julie Taylor;Nick Spencer;Norma Baldwin

  • Social influences on birth weight

    N Spencer;S Logan

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Rajmil
Luis Rajmil Government of Catalonia
Ian S. Blair
Ian S. Blair United Arab Emirates University
Julie Taylor
Julie Taylor Vanderbilt University
Bernd Rechel
Bernd Rechel London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Panos Vostanis
Panos Vostanis University of Leicester
Eric Emerson
Eric Emerson Lancaster University
Diana M. Gibb
Diana M. Gibb University College London
Katrina Williams
Katrina Williams University of Melbourne
Jane Barlow
Jane Barlow University of Oxford
Valsamma Eapen
Valsamma Eapen University of New South Wales

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