Publications

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2025
  • Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Branley-Bell, D. (2025). AcademAI: investigating AI usage, attitudes, and literacy in higher education and research. Journal of Educational Technology Systems. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395251347304
  • Brown, R. D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Downs, J., & Branley-Bell, D. (2025). A call for strategy on eating disorders: the need for a comprehensive eating disorder strategy in England and specific guidance for the remote delivery of eating disorder services. Journal of Eating Disorders, 13(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01224-y
  • Are, C., Briggs, P., & Brown, R. D. (2025). Content creators’ hopes and fears about artificial intelligence. Convergence, 31(6), 1901–1925. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565251372830
 
2024
  • Brown, R. D., & Pepper, G. (2024). The Uncontrollable Mortality Risk Hypothesis: theoretical foundations and implications for public health. Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoae009 
  • Brown, R. D., & Pepper, G. (2024). The relationship between perceived uncontrollable mortality risk and health effort: replication, secondary analysis, and mini meta-analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad072
  • Murphy-Morgan, C., Brown, R. D., Love, C., & Branley-Bell, D. (2024). “Some distance between us”: a UK mixed methods study exploring experiences of remote care for eating disorders during COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1383080
 
2023
  • Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. (2023). Individual characteristics associated with perceptions of control over mortality risk and determinants of health effort. Risk Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14243
  • Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., & Durrant, A. C. (2023). Health stigma on Twitter: investigating the prevalence and type of stigma communication in tweets about different conditions and disorders. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1264373. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1264373
  • Sillence, E., Brown, R. D., Dawson, J., McKellar, K., & Neave, N. (2023). Digital hoarding and personal use digital data. Human–Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2023.2293001
  • Branley-Bell, D., Brown, R. D., Coventry, L., & Sillence, E. (2023). Chatbots for embarrassing and stigmatizing conditions: could chatbots encourage users to seek medical advice?. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1275127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1275127
  • Brown, R. D., & Hobbs, A. (2023). Trust in the police. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0693/
  • Mutebi, N., & Brown, R. D. (2023). The use of short prison sentences in England and Wales. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pb-0052/
  • Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. (2023). Perceptions of control over different causes of death and the accuracy of risk estimations. Journal of public health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01910-8  
  • Isch, C., Brown, R. D., Todd, P., Aktipis, A., & Pepper, G. (2023). Objective risk exposure, perceived uncontrollable mortality risk, and health behaviors. Journal of public health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01994-2  
  • Rathbone, A., Stumpf, S., Claisse, C., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Brown, R. D., & Durrant, A. C. (2023). People with long-term conditions sharing personal health data via digital health technologies: A scoping review to inform design. PLOS digital health, 2(5), e0000264. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000264  
 
2022
  • Blythe, J., Brown R. D., & Coventry, L. (2022) The Workplace Information Sensitivity Appraisal (WISA) scale. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 100240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100240
  • Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. (2022) A qualitative study of perceptions of control over potential causes of death and the sources of information that inform perceptions of risk. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 10(1): 632-654. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2104284
  • Brown, R. D., Coventry, L., Sillence, E., Blythe, J., Stumpf, S., Bird, J., & Durrant, A. C. (2022). Collecting and sharing self-generated health and lifestyle data: Understanding barriers for people living with long-term health conditions – a survey study. Digital health, 8, 20552076221084458. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221084458
  • Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Simpson, E., Gibbs, J., Tariq, S., … Lloyd, K. (2022). Understanding the attitudes and experiences of people living with potentially stigmatised long-term health conditions with respect to collecting and sharing health and lifestyle data. Digital health, 8. doi.org/10.1177/20552076221089798
 
2021