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  1. Theory and Mechanisms of Change in School-Based Mindfulness Interventions: A Disciplinary Review

    Article • April 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  2. School Climate and Pupils' Wellbeing and Mindfulness

    Article • April 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  3. The Social Determinants of Depression among Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  4. Conceptual Architecture for a Critical Realist Synthesis of a Universal School-based Mindfulness Intervention

    Article • March 2025, Qeios Ltd

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  5. “Space to see the future”? A political economy analysis of child and adolescent mental health and well-being in Ethiopia including routes for change

    Article • Frontiers in Sociology, February 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  6. A protocol for a critical realist systematic synthesis of interventions to promote pupils’ wellbeing by improving the school climate in low- and middle-income countries

    Article • PLOS One, May 2024, PLOS

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  7. A protocol for a critical realist synthesis of school mindfulness interventions designed to promote pupils’ mental wellbeing

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  8. A review of scientific theories used to justify the delivery of school-based mindfulness programmes. A protocol for a scoping review

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  9. Protocol for Evaluating the Impact and Scalability of Reseaux des Femmes Programme for Using Homegrown Solutions to Reduce and Redistribute Unpaid Care Work among Women in Rwanda

    Article • May 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  10. A protocol for a critical realist systematic synthesis of interventions to promote pupils’ wellbeing by improving the school climate in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  11. Study protocol for a Critical Realist pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of a whole-school-based mindfulness intervention (SBMI) promoting child and adolescent mental wellbeing in Rwanda and Ethiopia

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  12. Health, Child Development and Education in Rwanda:Understanding and working with contextual complexity

    Article • April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  13. A protocol for a systematic critical realist synthesis of school mindfulness interventions designed to promote pupils’ mental wellbeing

    Article • April 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  14. Infection and Social Dislocation: Wellbeing Impacts of COVID-19 on Children and Young People - Perspectives of Rwandan Leaders

    Article • March 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  15. Scholarship on the Middle East in Political Science and International Relations: A Reassessment

    Article • PS Political Science & Politics, February 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  16. Can mindfulness training in primary schools promote mental wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa?

    Article • Open Access Government, January 2023, Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  17. Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During Covid-19

    Article • January 2023, University of Aberdeen

    Professor Pamela A Abbott, Professor Muhammad Azizul Islam

  18. Assessing the Impact and Scalability of Participatory Homegrown Programs on Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Care Work among Women in Rwanda: A Case of Reseaux des Femmes' Unpaid Care Work Project in Rwanda: Baseline Report

    Article • January 2023, University of Aberdeen

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  19. Strangers in plain sight: conceptions of democracy in EU Neighbourhood Policy and public opinion across North Africa

    Article • The Journal of North African Studies, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  20. Building back fairer in public health policy requires collective action with and for the most vulnerable in society

    Article • BMJ Global Health, March 2021, BMJ

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  21. Understanding the political economy dynamics of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) sector in Rwanda

    Article • International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  22. Failing adult learners: Why Rwanda’s adult literacy education is not delivering

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  23. Strengthening interlinked marketing exchange systems to improve water and sanitation in informal settlements of Kigali, Rwanda

    Article • International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  24. Democratisation against Democracy

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  25. Beyond elections: perceptions of democracy in four Arab countries

    Article • Democratization, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    francesco cavatorta, Professor Pamela A Abbott

  26. The tide that failed to rise: Young people’s politics and social values in and after the arab uprisings

    Article • Mediterranean Politics, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Roger Sapsford, Professor Pamela A Abbott

  27. Women, Land and Empowerment in Rwanda

    Article • Journal of International Development, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  28. The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  29. Corruption, Trust, Inclusion and Cohesion in North Africa and the Middle East

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  30. Employment Creation, Corruption and Gender Equality 2011–2014

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  31. Understanding the Context: Hopes and Challenges in 2011

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  32. Political Challenges: Expectations and Changes 2011–2014

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  33. Introduction and Background

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  34. Unmet Challenges and Frustrated Expectations: Economic Security and Quality of Life 2011–2014

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  35. Conclusions: Resilient Authoritarianism and Frustrated Expectations

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  36. The Orderly Entrepreneur: Youth, Education and Governance in Rwanda,

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  37. Improving sanitation in informal settlements of East African cities: hybrid of market and state-led approaches

    Article • International Journal of Water Resources Development, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  38. Learning from Success: How Rwanda Achieved the Millennium Development Goals for Health

    Article • World Development, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  39. Key Findings from the Arab Transformations Project

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  40. EU Policy Impact and Public Perception in the MENA Region

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  41. Building Decent Societies? Economic Situation and Political Cohesion after the Arab Uprisings

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  42. Corruption, Cohesion and the Rule of Law

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  43. After the Arab Uprisings: Popular Expectations and the EU's Response

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  44. Political and Social Transformations in Egypt

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  45. Gender Equality and MENA Women's Empowerment in the Aftermath of the 2011 Uprisings

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  46. MENA Populations' Perceptions of Key Challenges, International Context and Role of the European Union

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  47. Between the Market and the State: Financing and Servicing SelffSustaining Sanitation Chains in Informal Settlements in East African Cities

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  48. A Generation in Waiting for Jobs and Justice: Young People Not in Education Employment or Training in North Africa

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  49. Arab Transformations: Have Expectations Been Met?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  50. The Myth of the Youth Revolution: The Role of Young People in the 2011 Arab Uprisings

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  51. Socially Inclusive Development: The Foundations for Decent Societies in East and Southern Africa

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  52. The Promise and the Reality: Women's Rights in Rwanda

    Article • African Journal of International and Comparative Law, November 2016, Edinburgh University Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  53. Biodiversity informatics in Eastern Africa: Status, drivers and barriers

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, July 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  54. Arab Transformations Framework Project Paper

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  55. The Political, Social and Economic Drivers of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  56. The Relative Importance of Religion and Region in Explaining Differences in Political Economic and Social Attitudes in Iraq in 2014: Findings from the Arab Transformations Public Opinion Survey

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  57. Sanitation markets in urban informal settlements of East Africa

    Article • Habitat International, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  58. Overcoming poverty and inequality: Rwanda's progress towards the MDGs

    Article • Development in Practice, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  59. Rwanda's Potential to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals for Health

    Article • World Medical & Health Policy, June 2015, Wiley

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  60. The Quality of Society and Life Satisfaction in China

    Article • Social Indicators Research, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  61. Trust in Post-Soviet Countries, Ten Years On

    Article • European Politics and Society, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  62. Rwanda's potential to achieve the millennium development goals for education

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  63. The Promise and the Reality: Women's Rights in Rwanda

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  64. Two-Speed Britain: Rural Internet Use

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  65. Access to improved sanitation facilities in low-income informal settlements of East African cities

    Article • Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, December 2014, IWA Publishing

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  66. A critical evaluation of Rwanda's potential to achieve the millennium development goals for clean water and sanitation

    Article • Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, September 2014, IWA Publishing

    Professor Pamela A Abbott, Roger Sapsford

  67. ‘Education at our school is not free’: the hidden costs of fee-free schooling in Rwanda

    Article • Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  68. Challenges to Achieving Sustainable Sanitation in Informal Settlements of Kigali, Rwanda

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  69. Health Problems and the Transition from Communism in the Former Soviet Union: Towards an Explanation

    Article • Perspectives on European Politics and Society, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  70. Loneliness: Its Correlates and Association with Health Behaviours and Outcomes in Nine Countries of the Former Soviet Union

    Article • PLOS One, July 2013, PLOS

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  71. Dual Earner Parents Strategies for Reconciling Work and Care in Seven European countries

    Article • Observatoire de la société britannique, June 2013, OpenEdition

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  72. Changing patterns of fruit and vegetable intake in countries of the former Soviet Union

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, May 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  73. Gender

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  74. Changes in the levels of psychological distress in eight countries of the former Soviet Union

    Article • Journal of Public Mental Health, September 2012, Emerald

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  75. Social Quality, the Quality of Life and Parents with Young Children in Europe

    Article • June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  76. Rising Economic Prosperity and Social Quality the Case of New Member States of the European Union

    Article • Social Indicators Research, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  77. Happiness in a Post-conflict Society: Rwanda

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  78. Satisfaction and Societal Quality in Kazakhstan

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  79. Happiness Across Cultures

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  80. Social Quality: A Way to Measure the Quality of Society

    Article • Social Indicators Research, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  81. EXPLAINING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND BELARUS

    Article • European Societies, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  82. Levels and determinants of psychological distress in eight countries of the former Soviet Union

    Article • Journal of Public Mental Health, August 2010, Emerald

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  83. Concepts of citizenship, social and system integration among young people in post-Soviet Moldova

    Article • Journal of Youth Studies, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  84. Surviving the Transformation: Social Quality in Central Asia and the Caucuses

    Article • Journal of Happiness Studies, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  85. Post-Communism and Female Tobacco Consumption in the Former Soviet States

    Article • Europe Asia Studies, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  86. Psychological distress and dietary patterns in eight post-Soviet republics

    Article • Appetite, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  87. Patterns of Participation in the Formal and Informal Economies in the Commonwealth of Independent States

    Article • International Journal of Sociology, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  88. The specter of post-communism: Women and alcohol in eight post-Soviet states

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  89. Women in Rwandan Politics and Society

    Article • International Journal of Sociology, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  90. The Medicalisation of Reproduction

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  91. Talking About Health and Well-Being in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia

    Article • The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  92. Cultural Trauma and Social Quality in Post—Soviet Moldova and Belarus

    Article • East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  93. Psychological distress, gender, and health lifestyles in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  94. Chernobyl: Living with risk and uncertainty

    Article • Health Risk & Society, June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  95. Life-Satisfaction in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine

    Article • Journal of Happiness Studies, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  96. Health lifestyles and political ideology in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, April 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  97. Trust, confidence and social environment in post-communist societies

    Article • Communist and Post-Communist Studies, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  98. Health world views of post-soviet citizens

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  99. Gender

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  100. Health lifestyles in Ukraine

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  101. LIVING ON THE MARGINS:

    Article • Policy Studies, March 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  102. Health lifestyles in central Asia: the case of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, October 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  103. New Directions In The Sociology Of Health

    Article • September 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  104. Evidence-Informed Nursing: A Guide for Clinical Nursing. edited by Robert McSherry, Maxine Simmons and Pamela Abbott. Routledge, London, 2001, 167 pages, f14.99, ISBN 0 415 20497 6.

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, March 2002, Wiley

    Professor Robert McSherry, Professor Pamela A Abbott

  105. Women and health checks: Making sense of differential uptake

    Article • Critical Public Health, September 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  106. Women, Health and Domestic Violence

    Article • Journal of Gender Studies, March 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  107. Crime, fear, health and community: A review and discussion ofFraming the debate: The impact of crime on public health

    Article • Critical Public Health, September 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  108. CHOCS AWAY: WEIGHT WATCHING IN THE CONTEMPORARY AIRLINE INDUSTRY

    Article • Sociology, August 1998, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  109. Chocs Away: Weight Watching in the Contemporary Airline Industry

    Article • Sociology, August 1998, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  110. Women farmers in south‐west England

    Article • Journal of Gender Studies, March 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  111. Ethnic Variation in the Female Labour Force: A Research Note

    Article • British Journal of Sociology, June 1995, JSTOR

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  112. Conflict over the grey areas: District nurses and home helps providing community care

    Article • Journal of Gender Studies, November 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  113. Research note: Health and material deprivation in Plymouth: an interim replication.

    Article • Sociology of Health & Illness, March 1994, Wiley

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  114. Studying policy and practice: Use of vignettes

    Article • Nurse Researcher, January 1994, RCNi

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  115. The Social Mobility of Women: Beyond Male Mobility Models.

    Article • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, January 1992, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  116. New Directions in the Sociology of Health.

    Article • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, September 1991, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  117. Gender, Power and Sexuality

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  118. Book Reviews

    Article • Sociology, November 1989, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  119. Women and Social Class

    Article • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, July 1989, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  120. Women and Mental Health Policy (Book).

    Article • Sociology of Health & Illness, June 1987, Wiley

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  121. Women's Social Class Identification: Does Husband's Occupation Make a Difference?

    Article • Sociology, February 1987, SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  122. Class Identification of Married Working Women: A Critical Replication of Ritter and Hargens

    Article • British Journal of Sociology, December 1986, JSTOR

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  123. Ethics, Politics and Research

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  124. Introduction

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  125. V. THE PROFESSOR

    Article • Harvard University Press

    Professor Pamela A Abbott

  126. 2 Young Women and Their Wardrobes

    Article • Bloomsbury Academic

    Professor Pamela A Abbott