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Sarah Hall, Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, charts the impact of Brexit on the UK economy and identifies opportunities for future developments.

Sigrid Suetens, Professor from Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, shows that local exposure to asylum seekers promotes a more positive attitude toward ethnic diversity.

Mélanie Dufour-Poirier is an associate professor specializing in labour relations and unionism at the School of Industrial Relations of the Université de Montréal (Canada) She is also a core researcher at the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT) and an associate fellow at the Michael D. Penner Institute...

Ian Newbury from BT Wholesale argues that the success of UK local authorities is reliant on the services they underpin, which can be improved by the digital levelling up agenda.

The School of Industrial Relations at the Université de Montréal (École de relations industrielles de l'Université de Montréal or ÉRI) is one of the major centres for the study of work and employment in North America ÉRI brings together specialists in the areas of human resources management, labour relations, labour...

Local authorities across the UK understand the success of their community and businesses is reliant on the services they underpin.

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), based in Oslo, is a leading centre for research on international issues. NUPI has three main pillars of research and expertise: war and peace, economy and development, and diplomacy and global governance.

Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Economics, Monash University, evaluates social welfare from an economic angle.

Petri Tolonen, CEO of CH-Bioforce since 2021, has more than 30 years of international business experience at UPM, Valmet, and Wärtsilä, in sales, marketing, business development, and leadership Tolonen holds an M.Sc. (Eng.) in Paper Technology and Production Economics. He stated when joining the firm that “We are on the...

Years of austerity and underfunded public services have left east Londoners with reduced opportunities and prospects, facing multiple interlinking challenges like racism, crime, and food poverty - what needs to change?

Professor Emi Sugawara from Osaka University of Economics and Law, Faculty of International Studies, discusses government’s efforts to respect human rights in the supply chain.

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition estimated to affect 49 million people annually worldwide; yet it is not widely understood. In this article, we hear how Sepsis Canada is working to promote sepsis awareness through supporting research, public education, and cross-disciplinary training.

The financial crisis highlighted the shortcomings of traditional measures of a country's prosperity; here we examine the shift from GDP to multidimensional wellbeing indices The Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission played a pivotal role, as it emphasised the significance of comprehensive assessments beyond simple economic transactions. It rekindled interest in including additional indicators...

Dr Niamh Dooley and Professor Mary Cannon explore what young adult life looks like for individuals who had mental health problems as children.

Here, we learn about Dr. Melissa Ward Jones, who leads a transdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, co-producing knowledge with farmers to understand these unique agricultural systems better.

Prof Junji Haruta from Keio University highlights Japan’s ageing population, focusing on challenges and innovations in primary care, plus medical education.

Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University, compares the use of the lottery and auctioning to allocate scarce goods.

The anti-market sentiment has a long history and can be traced at least to Aristotle (384-322 B.C.); see ‘an anticommercial theme originating in Aristotle’ (McCloskey 2006, p.2).

Here, Professor Vassilis K. Fouskas explains the diplomatic and mediative powers of Qatar and its influence in the current Israel-Hamas conflict.

The King's Speech announced a roadmap for a better and brighter future for the country, focussing on economic growth, further strengthening the NHS, stricter measures on crime, energy security and the UK’s international standing on global issues, but how does the Government plan to do this?