A recent publication from Dr. Debra Basil, Professor of Marketing with the Dhillion School of Business is:

Basil, D. Z., Boniol, K., & Marietta, J. (2025). Using Formative Research to Understand Immigrant Settlement in Southern Alberta, Canada. Social Marketing Quarterly, 0(0).

https://doi.org/10.1177/15245004251354831

She is also lead author on a forthcoming article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Basil, D. Z., Runte, M., Werle, C. O. C., & Chernishenko, J. (2025). Relation, Exploitation, or Function?: Developing a Measurement Scale and Assessing Perceptions of Non-Profit/Business Partnerships.

Dr. Justin Raycraft, Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department directs the Applied Research in Environmental Anthropology (AREA) Lab. His group uses mixed ethnographic methods to study human-environment interactions across space and time; and currently has a primary field site in the Tarangire ecosystem of northern Tanzania. He has recently published:

Vallin, Juliette, Justin Raycraft, Danielle Bettermann, John Kioko, Bernard M. Kissui, Stephen Koester, Kiana Lindsay, Edwin Maingo Ole, Emily Ramirez, Bryan Spizuco, Jacqueline Loos, and Christian Kiffner. 2025. "Variable social-ecological indicators across a Tanzanian protected area network."  Biological Conservation 308(111214):1-25.

Bell, Elicia, and Justin Raycraft. 2025. "Livelihoods and large carnivores: Identifying social-ecological drivers of interaction dynamics in northern Tanzania to foster coexistence."  Journal of Environmental Management 392(126703):1-13.

Raycraft, Justin, Reilly Becchina, Danielle Bettermann, Stephen Koester, Elana Kriegel, Kiana Lindsay, Edwin Maingo Ole, Emily Ramirez, Bryan Spizuco, and Christian Kiffner. 2025. "Socio‐ecological correlates of wildlife species identification across rural communities in northern Tanzania."  People and Nature 7(8):1769-2064.

Raycraft, Justin, and Elicia Bell. 2025. "Socioeconomic predictors of pastoralist tolerance towards large carnivores in northern Tanzania."  Journal for Nature Conservation 88(127035):1-12.

Dr. Richard Larouche, Assistant Professor in the Public Health Program in the Faculty of Health Sciences does research focusing on physical activity - predominantly among children and youth. His most recent publications from the "Development and validation of the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ): a pilot study" project, partially funded by the Prentice Institute Research Affiliate Fund, include:

Larouche R, Neves de Oliveira S, Rostami Haji Abadi M, Benavides-Castro JK, Sarmiento OL, Angulo Garay G, Argumeda G, Ashaolu JO, Baghestani A, Bhawra J, Brazo-Sayavera J, Choonak N, Delisle Nyström C, Evance S, Hamrik Z, Jáuregui A, Kaewpikul P, Katewongsa P, Khadilkar A, Kira G, Kuntembwe M, Liu Y, Löf M, Loney T, Lundgren M, Mandlik R, Matapo-Kolisko M, More C, Mwase-Vuma TW, Nilwatta N, Oyeyemi AL, Paudel S, Pomkai N, Richards J, Silva DAS, Smith M, Subedi N, Widyastari DA, Wilson OWA, Aubert S, Carson V, Colley RC, Esliger DW, Kuzik N, Manyanga T, Reilly JJ, Vanderloo LM, Tremblay MS. (2025). Content validation of the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ) in low-, middle-, and high-income countries across six continents. Journal of Sport and Health Science.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101074

Rostami Haji Abadi M, Kwaghbo N, Onyeso OK, Sadia F, Benavides Castro JK, Augusto Santos Silva D, Yan Y, Shen Y, Hamrik Z, Sarmiento OL, Liu Y, Tremblay MS, Larouche R. (2025). Psychometric properties of physical activity questionnaires for children and adolescents: an updated systematic review. Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02270-x

He also has co-authored numerous other articles this year:

Lee E-Y, Park S, Kim Y-B, Liu H, Mistry P, Nguyen K, Oh Y, James ME, Lâm S, de Lannoy L, Larouche R, Manyanga T, Morrison S, Prince SA, Ross-White A, Vanderloo LM, Wachira L-J, Tremblay, MS. (2025). Ambient environmental conditions and active outdoor play in the context of climate change: A systematic review and meta-synthesis. Environmental Research, 283, 122146.

Charles Rodriguez U, Larouche R. (2025). Being “outdoors” in a new country: associations between immigrant characteristics, outdoor activities, and settlement satisfaction in Canada. Leisure Studies, 44(3), 397-411.

Davenport C, Kuzik N, Larouche R, Carson V. (2025). The relationships between parental-reported and device-based measured outdoor play and health indicators of physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development in preschool-aged children. Pediatric Exercise Science, 37(2): 102-111.

Hecker V, Blanchette S, Faulkner G, Riazi NA, Tremblay MS, Trudeau F, Larouche R. (2025). Parental travel behaviours and children’s independent mobility: a multi-site study. Pediatric Exercise Science, 37(2), 112-117.

Prince SA, Doan N, Butler GP, Srugo SA, Winters M, Colley RC, Vietinghoff C, Larouche R, Rainham DG, Lang JJ. (2025). Cycling infrastructure and transportational and recreational physical activity in Canadians. Journal of Transport & Health, 42, 102046.

*bold font indicate authors affiliated with the UofL at the time of the work

The Alberta Workers Compensation Board Research Fund has granted Dr. Bronwyn Bragg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, $38,000 to study the experiences of injured migrant and immigrant workers in accessing WCB. This is a two year study that commenced August 1, 2025.