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Armstrong, Christina; Archer, Anji; Critten, Valerie and Critten, Sarah (2022). Art box deliveries: The experiences of people with dementia and their carers during the Covid 19 lockdown. Dementia, 21(8) pp. 2499–2516.

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Boyle, Geraldine; Constantinou, Georgina and Garcia, Rebecca (2023). Does gender influence children’s and young people’s caring? A qualitative, systematic review and meta-ethnography. Children & Society, 37(2) pp. 404–423.

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Boyle, Geraldine (2020). The Moral Resilience of Young People Who Care. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(3) pp. 266–281.

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Emig, K. L.; White, G. J.; Salas, P.; Karim, R. L.; van Weeren, R. J.; Teuben, P. J.; Zavagno, A.; Chiu, P.; Haverkorn, M.; Oonk, J. B. R.; Orrú, E.; Polderman, I. M.; Reich, W.; Röttgering, H. J. A. and Tielens, A. G. G. M. (2022). Filamentary structures of ionized gas in Cygnus X. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 664, article no. A88.

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Gould, Sam (2025). Supporting unpaid carers caring for friends and family with palliative and life limiting illnesses- reflections on starting a support group. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 15 A15-A16.

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Gould, Samantha (2024). What do unpaid carers find helps or hinders their resilience when providing end of life care at home in the United Kingdom- findings of a scoping review. In: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, BMJ, 14, article no. A13.

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Hanley, Joe (2022). Social Work England: A regulator worthy of our collective dissent. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 34(3) pp. 48–60.

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Horne, Joanna; Kentzer, Nichola; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike and Vseteckova, Jitka (2021). A Systematic Review on the Prevalence of Physical Activity, and Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity, in Informal Carers in the United Kingdom. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 18(2) pp. 212–218.

Horne, Joanna; Kentzer, Nichola; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike and Vseteckova, Jitka (2025). A systematic review of international literature on the gender of unpaid carers attending group-based physical activity with people with dementia. International Journal of Care and Caring (Early access).

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Jones, K.; Methley, A.; Boyle, G.; Garcia, R. and Vseteckova, J. (2022). A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Managing Grief Experienced by Bereaved Spouses or Partners of Adults Who Had Received Palliative Care. Illness, Crisis, & Loss, 30(4) pp. 596–613.

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Jones, Kerry (2024). The loss of a same sex partner: gay and masculine identity in men’s experience of bereavement. In: Jones, Kerry and Robb, Martin eds. Men and Loss: New Perspectives on Bereavement, Grief and Masculinity. London: Routledge.

Kartupelis, Jenny; Larkin, Mary and Deepak Gopinath, Manik (2023). Being needed - fulfilling the potential of mutual relationships. In Newsletter of the International Longevity Centre International Longevity Centre, London.

Kentzer, Nichola; Kubiak, Chris and Larkin, Mary (2023). The 'Learning pathways for carers programme'. In: OU's 7th Biennial International Conference on Access, Participation and Success, 26-27 Apr 2023, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Kubiak, Christopher; Tomkins, Leah and Larkin, Mary (2019). Surveillance, intervention and the politics of care. International Journal of Care and Caring, 3(2) pp. 165–181.

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Larkin, Mary (2023). Learning and reskilling pathways for carers [Keynote Presentation]. In: Learning and reskilling pathways for carers, 6 Feb 2023, Sydney, Australia & Online, Carers NSW.

Larkin, Mary; Henwood, Melanie and Milne, Alisoun (2022). Older Carers and Carers of People with Dementia: Improving and Developing Effective Support. Social Policy and Society, 21(2) pp. 242–256.

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Larkin, Mary and Kubiak, Christopher (2021). Carers and higher education: Where next? Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 23(2) pp. 130–151.

Larkin, Mary; Henwood, Melanie and Milne, Alisoun (2019). Carer related research and knowledge: findings from a scoping review. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(1) pp. 55–67.

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Lindsay, Rosie; Vseteckova, Jitka; Horne, Jo; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike; de Lappe, Joseph; Soysal, Pinar; Pizzol, Damiano and Kentzer, Nichola (2022). The prevalence of physical activity among informal carers: a systematic review of international literature. Sport Sciences for Health, 18 pp. 1071–1118.

MacNeil, Stephen; Kim, Joanne; Leinonen, Juho; Denny, Paul; Bernstein, Seth; Becker, Brett A.; Wermelinger, Michel; Hellas, Arto; Tran, Andrew; Sarsa, Sami; Prather, James and Kumar, Viraj (2023). The Implications of Large Language Models for CS Teachers and Student. In: Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, ACM p. 1255.

Milne, Alisoun and Larkin, Mary (2023). Family Carers and Caring: What it’s all about. SocietyNow. UK: Emerald Publishing Limited.

Pawlyn, Jillian (2023). Transition from Child to Adult Health and Social Care Services in England. Postgraduate Research Poster Competition, Open University.

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Qureshi, Irtiza; Pappas, Yannis; Jones, Kerry; Mills, Roma; Napper, Tim and Vseteckova, Jitka (2024). Enabling better carer involvement: A qualitative evaluation of the involvement service belonging to a carers organisation in the United Kingdom. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 8(10), article no. 4889.

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Robb, Martin; Larkin, Mary and Deepak Gopinath, Manik (2023). Relational Care - with Mary Larkin and Manik Deepak-Gopinath [Podcast]. Careful Thinking.

Teggi, Diana (2023). The role of anticipatory prescribing in care homes: identifying dying, complying with regulations and preventing death in hospital – a qualitative study. In: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13(1) A10-A11.

Teggi, Diana (2018). Unexpected death in ill old age: An analysis of disadvantaged dying in the English old population. Social Science & Medicine, 217 pp. 112–120.

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Teggi, Diana (2020). Care homes as hospices for the prevalent form of dying: An analysis of long-term care provision towards the end of life in England. Social Science & Medicine, 260, article no. 113150.

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Tilley, Elizabeth; Jordan, Joanne; Larkin, Mary; Vseteckova, Jitka; Ryan, Sara and Wallace, Louise (2022). Transitions for older people with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge others: a rapid scoping review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 36(2) pp. 207–229.

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Vseteckova, Jitka and Grimes, Corrina (2024). Six ways to look after your brain health in your 20s and 30s. In The Conversation The Conversation Trust, London, UK.