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Land restoration of abandoned farms can mitigate climate change
With millions of people leaving behind rural areas, land restoration of abandoned farms could help to reverse climate change.
What is the future of women in leadership?
Women in leadership are the future and they should push for career progress, according to seasoned Leadership Coach Sarah Jones.
$70 billion in US healthcare costs saved by Pfizer vaccine rollout
The Pfizer vaccine saved up to $40 billion in healthcare costs and over 110,000 lives, in just one year of being rolled out to the US population.
Asset transfer programmes could pull people out of the poverty trap
When rural poor people get a one-time capital boost, it helps them accumulate assets and find better occupations - pulling them from the poverty trap.
Gender segregation contributes to sexual harassment in the workplace
Individuals who form the gender minority at work are more likely to experience sexual harassment in the workplace and leave the job.
Legalised marijuana decreases prescription drug use
Recreational and medicinal legalised marijuana can reduce demand for prescription drugs, via state Medicaid programmes.
Racist mortgage lenders charge 8% higher interest to ethnic minorities
Borrowers from minority groups were charged 8% higher interest rates from mortgage lenders and were rejected for loans 14% more often than those from privileged groups.
Less pesticide, more profit: Testing new options to sustain apple production
Mark Gleason, Professor, Iowa State University Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology in the U.S., describes the pesticide problem and in this vein, why testing new options is needed to sustain apple production.
Addressing inequalities early in life
The trajectory of a human’s life course is by no means determined at birth. Nevertheless, the circumstances a child is born into and events taking place during the early childhood, or even gestation, shape life-course trajectories.
How can innovation help turn climate emergency declarations into real actions?
Dr Xander Wang is leading the Climate Smart Lab to innovate smart technologies supporting climate change adaptation at regional and local scales
The time is right to prioritise eye health research
Keith Valentine, Chief Executive of Fight for Sight, explains why eye health research needs to be on the political agenda.
Higher minimum wage can lead to increased rent prices
While higher minimum wage has been connected to improved quality of life, US data finds that fewer people tend to default on their rent payments - making landlords raise rent prices.
Debbie Pierce – University of British Columbia
Debbie is a PhD student in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. Her research is in tropical forestry, land tenure, non-timber forest products and gender.
She hopes to focus on how land ownership and conflict have impacted community livelihoods in forested areas. She has a bachelor...
Digital finance haunted by traditional inequalities in Global South
While digital finance seems to be the way of the future, access to mobile phones may amplify economic disparities among women in the Global South.
Increased pressure on forests after peace agreements in Colombia
Periods of political conflict and peace in Colombia have been shown to lessen and increase deforestation, due to fluctuations in agricultural practices.
Reducing medical costs for inpatients with thyroid cancer
Professor Hiroki Konno at Nihon University explores proposals for reducing treatment costs for patients with thyroid cancer in Japan.
Peter Stevenson OBE – Compassion in World Farming
Peter Stevenson is Chief Policy Advisor of Compassion in World Farming and is a qualified solicitor.
He received an OBE in October 2020 for “services to farm animal welfare”. He studied economics and law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He played a leading role in winning the EU bans...
Levelling Up: Communities do not need to catch up, they need a new model
Nigel Wilcock, Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Development, says that communities need a new model for Levelling Up.
Study finds race erased in air pollution mortality calculations
Study finds older Black and Hispanic people are more likely to die prematurely due to exposure to air pollution, with race disparities in health costing $100 billion in the US.
Researchers investigate impact of gender diversity on company boards
Researchers find that women pursuing more managerial positions on company boards will lead to lower risk-taking and better outcomes for businesses, when discussing merit and goodwill.