http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8612 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:33:56 GMT 2026-06-09T23:33:56Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33395 Title: Corrected By Collegial Commentators: My Beliefs about Beliefs about Disbelief Authors: Gervais, WM Abstract: It’s a rare privilege to have seven esteemed scholars devote their attention and expertise to my book Disbelief, and I’m grateful for their exciting and productive commentaries on it. Writing a book (Gervais, 2024) is a strange experience. You’ve got some ideas that you’ve been pondering for more than a decade, and keener minds have been gnawing on for much, much longer. But you’re going to commit your ideas to dead trees for others to think about. Some of the folks will encounter these ideas for the first time, so you have to make everything broadly digestible. Other folks, however, will be encountering your book from the perspective of deep specialist knowledge—in reality, deeper specialist knowledge than you’ve got on a great many facets of the book you’ve written. This latter audience is the one I was most nervous about: how would the real experts react? Description: Reply. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33395 2025-09-23T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33394 Title: Faithless Found: Replication and Extension of Gervais (2011) Authors: Mackey, C; Gallihugh, B; Rios, K; Gervais, W Abstract: Little research examining anti-atheist prejudice reduction interventions has been replicated. The current manuscript aimed to replicate and extend previous anti-atheist prejudice research We proposed three conceptual replications of Will Gervais’ “Finding the faithless” (Study 3). Participants in all three studies were presented with information suggesting that atheists are either common (33% of the population) or rare (3% of the population). Study 1 replicated “Finding the faithless” Study 3 in an undergraduate sample. In Study 2, a sample of Americans on Prolific read that either 33% (common) or 3% (rare) of Americans are atheist. Study 3 had a sample of Americans on Prolific view a graphic showing that Americans overestimated (vs. underestimated) the prevalence of atheists. Across all studies, perceived prevalence did not reduce anti-atheist prejudice. Perceived contact with atheists was associated with more positive feelings toward atheists, replicating past research. We discuss this lack of replication and suggest future avenues for research. Description: Open scholarship: This article has earned the Center for Open Science badges for Open Data, Open Materials and Preregistered. The data and materials are openly accessible at https://osf.io/tczqd .; Registered Report.; Supplemental material is available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10508619.2025.2491901# . Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33394 2025-04-20T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33388 Title: Constraining capacity: understanding the impact of austerity on Third Sector Sport Organisations Authors: Godfrey, T; Downward, P; Mason, C Abstract: Third Sector Sports Organisations (TSSOs) play an increasingly important role in England’s sport and physical activity landscape, particularly in delivering community-based programmes that contribute to a range of social outcomes. Operating within a context of prolonged austerity, these organisations face growing pressures to demonstrate impact, align with strategic priorities and sustain delivery. Understanding their organisational capacity – defined as an organisation’s ability to mobilise resources across human, financial, relational, infrastructural and strategic domains (Hall et al., 2003) – is therefore critical. Drawing on a sequential mixed methods design, including survey data (n=114) and semi-structured interviews across seven organisations (n=16), the study explores how capacity is mobilised and constrained in response to external pressures, using Hall et al.’s (2003) multidimensional framework. Findings highlight significant challenges across multiple capacity dimensions, with financial precarity, volunteer recruitment and limited strategic planning emerging as key constraints. The analysis also demonstrates the interdependence of capacity domains and the role of collaboration in mitigating resource limitations. The findings underscore the limitations of short-term, outcome-based funding models and highlight the need for more sustainable and flexible support mechanisms, contributing to debates on the viability of long-term third sector sport provision. Description: A preprint version of the article is available at SportRxiv (https://sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/885/version/1098). It has not been certified by peer review. Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33388 2026-05-29T00:00:00Z http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33374 Title: “A chronic headache and a couple of wonky eyes”: Understanding how strabismus relates to body image and body functionality. A thematic analysis of autoethnographic narratives Authors: Kerner, C Abstract: ... Description: ... Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33374 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z