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PRODIGY Project

PRODIGY: Understanding and Strengthening Amazonian Resilience

The PRODIGY project takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how diverse systems—ecological, social, and economic—interact and influence each other.

Shareholder Value Advisors – improving performance measurement and incentive plan design

Shareholder Value Advisors is a consulting firm that helps companies improve performance through better performance measurement and better incentive plan design.
Should public company executive pay mirror private equity compensation?

Should public company executive pay mirror private equity compensation?

Should public company pay be more like private equity fund pay? This analysis compares incentive structures, retention, and shareholder cost, exploring how formula-based pay plans improve alignment, leverage, and value creation for investors in both corporate models.
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Algae4IBD: A holistic approach to IBD treatment

The Algae4IBD project is exploring the untapped potential of algae and cyanobacteria to manage inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In this exclusive Q&A, Dr. Dorit Avni, Research Group Leader explains how the team are creating innovative functional foods, aiming to improve quality of life and prolong remission for patients worldwide.
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Paternal perinatal mental health: Barriers to help-seeking

Deborah Da Costa, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine, McGill University, Scientist at McGill University Health Centre, details the benefits and barriers to paternity leave uptake by fathers following the birth of a child.
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£50 million will be allocated to improving mental health research in the UK

A £50 million government investment has been announced to transform mental health research in the UK, aiming to improve treatment options, support innovation, and ensure those with lived experience are central to shaping future care.
Carbon finance helps protect the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ tribal lands, a sacred landscape central to the community’s identity and stewardship. Image: © National Indian Carbon Coalition

Unlocking global climate finance: Governments must champion carbon markets

While governments worldwide are stepping up to support voluntary carbon markets, now is the time to scale climate finance with integrity and impact, Chris Duck from Climate Impact Partners argues.
Figure 1. Overview of the SURIMI combined models integrated into the EU DTO. (1) POSEIDON, an agent-based model simulating fleet dynamics and fisher behaviour; (2) CMSY++, a stock assessment model for data-limited fisheries; (3) Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE), representing ecosystem interactions and bioflow; (4) Value Chain model, linking ecological and economic processes along the product flow; and (5) Fish Market model, capturing feedback between fisheries and market prices. These modular models can operate independently or be coupled to explore in-silico scenarios for holistic fisheries management.

SURIMI: Pioneering sustainable fisheries management via EU DTO

Patrycja Antosz, the Research Director of the Center for Modeling Social Systems in NORCE Research AS, shares details of the SURIMI project, part of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (EU DTO) initiative, aiming to enhance sustainable fisheries management.
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EU and Japan will finalise Horizon Europe Association deal by the end of 2025

The European Union and Japan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration in research and innovation (R&I), with plans to finalise Japan’s association with Horizon Europe by the end of 2025.
IMMENSE

Inter materials and structures mechanoperception for self learning – IMMENSE project

IMMENSE explores how materials can be made to sense, learn, and adapt—merging mechanics, physics, and computing to create sentient structures that communicate and respond intelligently to their environment.

Institute of Physics of the Earth’s Interior and Geohazards – Hellenic Mediterranean University Research...

Dr Ouzounov and Dr Khachikyan study the possible effect of solar wind on earthquakes, based on findings that show a link between strong earthquakes and geomagnetic storms, especially in areas under the polar cusp during storm events.
70-year-old experimental plantation in Copera (Southern Alps, Switzerland) where the resilience to drought of more than 50 native and non-native tree species can be tested and compared with the surrounding near-natural and highly species-rich mixed forests (photo by A. Rigling, ETH Zürich)

Forest management in an uncertain future: The role of tree diversity

Prof Dr Andreas Rigling and Dr Valentina Vitali highlight the importance of tree diversity for enhancing forest resilience in an uncertain future.

Dr Valentina Vitali – ETH Zurich

Born 1989 in Italy. After completing a B.Sc. in Forestry and Environmental Sciences at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy), she pursued an international...
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The EU reveals a new strategy to boost AI in science research

The European Commission has announced a new strategy aimed at enhancing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in scientific research Titled “A European Strategy for Artificial...
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Unlocking private financing for deep energy renovation

Guillaume Lorentz, Head of Bankable Sustainable Solutions at the Sustainable Finance Observatory, explores FiRéno+, a project under the LIFE 2021-2027 programme funded by the EU to unlock private financing for deep energy renovation.
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Stimulating women’s entrepreneurship in contexts of oppression

Applying insights from a recent article published in the Academy of Management Perspectives, Dr Jennifer Jennings discusses critical precursors to entrepreneurship for women living under oppressive conditions.

Guillaume Lorentz – Sustainable Finance Observatory

Guillaume has 20 years’ experience in finance, including roles at major investment banks. After five years in risk management, he spent 15 years trading...
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Consultations with professional groups to improve filicide intervention

Professor Emeritus AM Thea Brown highlights the importance of education and resources among agencies to recognise warning signs of potential filicide and calls for better intervention strategies to protect children.
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EU launched dual strategies to accelerate AI in industry and science

The European Commission has unveiled two new strategies to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across Europe's industries and research sectors.
Close-up of woman holding a contraceptive pills. Concept of contraception methods.

Hormonal contraceptives and cognition – time to refocus on women!

Hormonal contraceptives shape women’s brains in ways we still barely understand, and it’s time to study their effects on the cognitive functions that really matter, not just “male-like” performance, says Belinda Pletzer, Professor of Neuroendocrinology, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience – Paris Lodron University of Salzburg.

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