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From exit to impact: How fractional roles are redefining late-career executives - the talent we are letting walk away
This blog explores how fractional leadership roles are redefining the late-careers for executives in organisations.
13/05/2026
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Opinion: The next infrastructure waves behind AI data centres
Read this blog that explores how AI data centre growth is no longer driven by compute alone, but by the fundamental constraints of interconnect, memory, and power, with emerging solutions like silicon photonics and hydrogen fuel cells reshaping the infrastructure needed to scale.
29/04/2026
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Can we build a future we can’t predict? Designing regenerative resilience through participatory Living Labs
Read this blog that explores how regenerative resilience can be designed through participatory Living Labs.
22/04/2026
Healthier lives
When you watch someone being treated unfairly because of their age, what happens next?
This blog explores the need for change across organisations in addressing age discrimination at work.
01/04/2026
Healthier lives
Telework and ageing workforces: what older workers in Milan tell us
This blog explores how ageing workforces encounter the rise of remote and hybrid work, in the context of Milan.
01/04/2026
Healthier lives
Age differences in the adoption of technology at work: a review and recommendations for managerial practice
This blog explores ways in which organisations can manage technology adoption in an age-diverse workforce.
01/04/2026
Healthier lives
What ageing Japan can teach the world about staying engaged at work
This blog explores ways in which the aging workforce can remain engaged at work, in the context of Japan.
18/03/2026
Healthier lives
Suddenly 50: the aging workforce and its relationship with the company
This blog explores the aging workforce and its relationship with organisations, in the context of Brazil.
18/03/2026
Healthier lives
The extending working lives agenda and inequalities
This blog shares insights into the extending working lives (EWL) agenda and the need for a more inclusive approach to reduce inequalities.
18/03/2026
Responsible management
Who’s really in charge: Leaders or algorithms? The hidden power shift in decision-making
This blog explores how algorithms increasingly shape leaders’ decisions, creating a hidden power shift that demands balancing data-driven insights with human judgment to maintain ethical and accountable leadership.
29/01/2026
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Building future cities in times of uncertainty: Co-creating resilient infrastructure
Read this blog that outlines the built environment strategies that can make a difference during times of uncertainty and crisis.
28/01/2026
Responsible management
Barriers to adopting automated organisational decision-making through the use of artificial intelligence
Read this blog that explores the barriers in adopting AI for automated organisational decision-making.
14/01/2026
Responsible management
Transformational leaders or algorithms: Who really drives public digital transformation?
Read this blog that argues that in Tunisia’s public sector, successful digital transformation depends far more on transformational leadership that builds trust and engagement than on algorithms or technology alone.
14/01/2026
Responsible management
When AI hires people: Why ethics matter more than ever in recruitment and selection
Read this blog that explores why ethical considerations are central to the use of AI in recruitment and selection, showing how efficiency, fairness, and human rights must be balanced to ensure responsible and transparent hiring practices.
14/01/2026
Responsible management
Leading in the age of AI: Why competence development matters more than ever
Read this blog that shows how effective leadership in AI-driven organisations depends on combining human-centric competencies such as collaboration, creativity, and empathy with the ability to understand, govern, and work alongside intelligent technologies.
14/01/2026
Fairer society
A call for collective action to #DefendResearch
Emerald Publishing convened leading voices to explore collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and safeguard academic freedom at a panel in Leeds, UK on 25 September 2025.
19/11/2025
Quality education for all
Global Trends in disruptive technological change: Implications for education
Read this blog that summarises research on global trends in disruptive technological change and examines their policy and social implications for education, presenting a framework to guide systems with foresight, ethics, and resilience.
22/10/2025
Quality education for all
Innovative universities: Measuring transformation through management
Read this blog that explores how innovation becomes a driver for real change in universities once measured.
22/10/2025
Fairer society
Real impact
What has the Open Lab learned this year?
When we introduced ourselves earlier this year, Emerald’s Open Lab committed to sharing our insights with the wider community. After all, many of us are joined in the goal of achieving sustainable and equitable open access (OA) all while serving the needs of diverse communities and stakeholders.
21/10/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Planning for the unknown: Why water networks are like home renovations
Read this blog as Prof Dragan Savic explores why water industry professionals must balance cost, resilience & uncertainty to avoid costly mistakes.
01/10/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Underground transport in an uncertain climate
Read this blog as Roberto Pantoja Porro, Zili Li and John O’Donovan examine infrastructure design in an age of uncertainty.
01/10/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Resilient by design – building cities to adapt through crisis
Read this blog that responds to the mission question from a European context.
01/10/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Planning for the future: Making smart investments in urban water supply
Read this blog as Prof Bryan T Adey, Dr Claudio Martani and Dr Jürgen Hackl discuss the challenges around water supply resilience, reflecting on their latest research project.
01/10/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Framing the challenge: Rethinking how we plan for the future
Professor Chimay Anumba sets the scene for the mission, exploring the question at its heart: how can we plan for a future we can’t predict?
01/10/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist? A reflection on fairness through the lens of the SDGs
Read this blog that addresses our key question based on reflections on fairness through the lens of the SDGs.
19/09/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist? - Tawana Kupe
Read this blog that explores whether billionaires should exist, with insights from Tawana Kupe.
19/09/2025
Fairer society
A degrowth perspective on the question of ‘should billionaires exist’?
Read this blog that explores the question of 'Should billionaires exist?' from multiple angles informed by degrowth scholarship.
19/09/2025
Fairer society
Who are the top 1% in the USA?
Read this blog that explores the characteristics of the wealthiest 1% in the USA, and their potential role in shaping a more sustainable society.
19/09/2025
Fairer society
Fairness and billionaires: Should billionaires exist?
Read this blog that reflects on the issue of billionaires through the lens of diversity, societal and individual value dilemmas.
19/09/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist? - Shresta Rai
Read this blog that explores whether billionaires should exist from the perspective of Shresta Rai.
18/09/2025
Fairer society
South Africa's deep divide: How billionaires and lobbying shape fairness
Read this blog that explores the link between South Africa’s wealth gaps and the widespread effect of political lobbying from billionaires.
18/09/2025
Fairer society
About the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Read this blog about the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
18/09/2025
Real impact
AI in Action: Behind the Scenes at Emerald Publishing
15/09/2025
Real impact
Support Neurodiverse Researchers - Peer Review Pilot
15/09/2025
Healthier lives
From bedside to cloudside: When innovation meets vulnerability
Read this blog to learn more about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) within healthcare education.
04/09/2025
Fairer society
When is enough, enough? A refection on wealth, responsibility, and African empowerment
Read this blog as Rosabelle Mederick shares her reflections and insights as to whether billionaires should exist.
27/08/2025
Fairer society
A world where every billionaire’s net worth grows with every life they touch
Read this blog as Amina Umuhoza explores the role billionaires can play with leading the way towards achieving a fairer society.
21/08/2025
Fairer society
Reflection on “Should billionaires exist?” A Mandela Washington Fellow speaks
Read this blog to explore Makhala Henson’s reflection on “Should billionaires exist?”.
21/08/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist? - Chipo Mataka
Read this blog that explores whether billionaires should exist, from the reflections of Chipo Mataka.
21/08/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist? - Twaambo Mudenda
Read this blog that shares insights into addressing our key question, from the reflections of Twaambo Mudenda.
21/08/2025
Fairer society
Billionaires exist: Elon Musk and SpaceX are a problem for the people, plants, and wildlife of Laguna Madre
Read this blog that explores Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the consequences this has for the people, plants, and wildlife of Laguna Madre.
20/08/2025
Fairer society
The widening gap in wealth and income inequality in the United States
Read this blog that delves into the research of Dr. Berch Berberoglu which explores the widening gap of wealth and incoming inequality in the United States.
20/08/2025
Fairer society
Billionaires and climate change
Read this blog that explores the relationship between billionaires and their contributions towards climate change.
20/08/2025
Fairer society
Quality education for all
Access vs engagement – is OA enough?
Making research Open Access (OA) is one major step in the process, but how do we know if OA research is having its intended impact? Ann Campbell and Katie Davison share the results of their investigations and some lessons for the future of OA.
14/08/2025
Fairer society
Wealth, responsibility, and reform: A realist’s take on billionaires
Read this blog that explores whether billionaires and institutions can coexist to create positive change and therefore working towards achieving a fairer society.
31/07/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist?
Read this keynote blog as Goal Advisor Professor Wendy M. Purcell shares her insights towards addressing our critical question of, “Should billionaires exist?”, to achieve a fairer society.
31/07/2025
Fairer society
Should billionaires exist? A Zimbabwean perspective
Read this blog that shares further insights into our key question and explores the impact of billionaires within the context of Zimbabwe.
31/07/2025
Fairer society
Raising eco-billionaires through green leadership in Africa: The 5 Ps
Read this blog that explores the importance of raising eco-billionaires in Africa through green leadership, and how this can be done with reference to the 5Ps framework.
31/07/2025
Fairer society
Real impact
Crossing the bridge: moving the open access conversation beyond the academy
Our Open Lab, established to explore alternative models for open access (OA), has been running for seven months and we have been immersing ourselves in the OA discourse. Truthfully, it feels like the conversation is reaching an impasse. Find out more in this blog.
30/06/2025
Quality education for all
Deepfake Awareness: The Front Line for Good AI Governance in Education
Read this blog to learn more about the good governance of AI in education.
19/06/2025
Fairer society
Real impact
Alternative indicators and the qualities of research
In this blog, Lisa Walter and Matt Long discuss the symbolic politics of terrorist-related police fatalities.
05/06/2025
Fairer society
Real impact
An Anglo-German perspective on the symbolic politics of terrorist-related police fatalities
In this blog, Lisa Walter and Matt Long discuss the symbolic politics of terrorist-related police fatalities.
02/06/2025
Fairer society
Real impact
Voices against censorship to defend research: In conversation with Lisa Schiff and Alice Meadows
In this blog, Lisa Schiff and Alice Meadows, two of the organisers of the Declaration to #DefendResearch, discuss their work and what individuals and organisations can do to support these efforts.
19/05/2025
Responsible management
Resistance and workarounds in rural food access spaces
Read this blog to learn more about the need for food sovereignty, resistance and workaround strategies within rural food access spaces to greater empower local communities.
17/04/2025
Responsible management
Environmental challenges of food production: The key lies in the territory
Food production systems face unprecedented environmental challenges. These systems generate significant negative impacts on air, soil, water, and biodiversity, establishing themselves as one of the human activities with the most significant environmental impact.
08/04/2025
Fairer society
Real impact
Reflections on the latest recommendations and the role of publishers in the OA landscape
In December 2024, we launched The Open Lab, a dedicated Incubator unit, to explore the key questions about incentivising open access (OA), enhancing research accessibility, creating better value, the future of paid access, ensuring equity, real-world impact and creating a collectively sustainable ecosystem.
25/03/2025
Responsible management
Publisher's Pick: high-performing Business, Management & Strategy articles
Explore recent insights from Emerald’s extensive Business Management and Strategy collection. Our selection features a broad array of themes and is sourced from long-established and expansive journals such as Management Decision as well as more specialised titles like the International Journal of Wine Business Research.
25/03/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Publisher's Pick: top 10 ICE Publishing award-winning journals
Dive into our top 10 award-winning journals. Each peer-reviewed article addresses pressing issues such as public health, urban resilience and safety, and environmental sustainability.
25/03/2025
Quality education for all
Lindsey Basileo and Merewyn Lyons discuss the benefits of publishing open access journal
In this interview, Dr. Lindsey Devers Basileo and Dr. Merewyn E. Lyons discuss their research, what led them to submit to Quality Education for All and the benefits of publishing open access.
07/02/2025
Quality education for all
Dr Dwi Mariyono discusses the benefits of publishing in an open access journal
In this interview, Dr Dwi Mariyono talks about his research, what led him to submit to Quality Education for All and the benefits of publishing open access.
07/02/2025
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Publisher’s pick: Our top 10 ICE Publishing articles of 2024
Dive into our top 10 civil and environmental engineering and materials science key articles. Each peer-reviewed article addresses pressing issues such as public health, urban resilience and safety, and environmental sustainability.
19/12/2024
Fairer society
Real impact
Introducing The Open Lab
Like every independent publisher we strive to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders seeking to both consume and publish academic research content whilst also ensuring the models which provision these are viable and sustainable for our business. Therefore, we’ve recently launched our Open Lab as a dedicated Incubator unit. Find out more in this blog.
11/12/2024
Quality education for all
Revisiting lifelong learning
Just over two years ago, Stuart C. Billingham, Professor of Lifelong Learning, wrote a short blog entitled "What on earth is lifelong learning". Here, he revisits this topic and discusses the essence of lifelong learning.
25/11/2024
Quality education for all
The return of sustainable leadership
Read this blog by Professor Andy Hargreaves as he shares seven principles of sustainability that leaders can apply in organisations to create positive benefits for others now and in the future.
13/11/2024
Quality education for all
Moving from linear to systemic thinking about sustainability competences in higher education
Dr Vasiliki Kioupi considers systemic thinking about sustainability competences in higher education.
04/11/2024
Quality education for all
From Cairo to Rabat: RE-KnoX Mission to amplify and empower Global South researchers
In this blog, the authors focus on amplifying and empowering the voices of Global South researchers.
04/11/2024
Quality education for all
Technology and leadership: Empowering global citizens for a sustainable future through education
In this blog, the authors focus on how technology and education can empower global citizens for a sustainable future through education.
01/11/2024
Quality education for all
The Impacts of Plan S - part 1
Despite the progress of recent years, there’s no denying open access (OA) remains a sector challenge, and one that publishers continue to wrestle with. The environment is complex and currently there’s no single model that provides sustainable open access in a way that is equitable for all stakeholders.
21/10/2024
Quality education for all
Unpacking the many different open access models - part 3
From transformative agreements (TAs) to green, gold and diamond models, there’s a need to offer a diversity of publishing models and publishers to ensure an equitable landscape for all stakeholders.
21/10/2024
Quality education for all
An open access journey - part 2
All too often academic publishers are painted with the same brush, but there are numerous differences between organisations, not least when it comes to purpose and publishing practices.
21/10/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Reimagining infrastructure for a smarter, sustainable, and resilient future
Michael A Salvato, Managing Partner of InfraRe Partners, LLC, envisions a future where digital technology transforms infrastructure into adaptive, intelligent systems. This advancement requires visionary leadership and a shift in how we value and invest in infrastructure.
16/10/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Smart cities for a sustainable future
Professor Ravi Shankar Srinivasan, Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, University of Florida, introduces our Smart Cities and Ageing Infrastructure mission by exploring the transformative potential of smart cities. He illustrates how advanced technologies like the Internet of Things and Digital Twins can help manage both new and ageing infrastructure, improving urban sustainability and resilience.
16/10/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
How to achieve the ‘S’ in ESG
Eric Sandelands, Director at Ingenium Training and Consulting, explores how well curated urban and rural development can generate significant social value, enhancing community well-being and resilience.
16/10/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Could advances in timber help us build stronger and greener?
With natural disasters on the rise, resilient and sustainable infrastructure is more crucial than ever. Dr Haoyu Huang of Newcastle University and Prof Wen-Shao Chang of the University of Lincoln introduce cutting-edge methods to strengthen timber structures. Their pioneering research not only aims to safeguard historic buildings but also sets the stage for innovative, eco-friendly construction practices.
16/10/2024
Fairer society
Coercive control in LGBTQ+ intimate relationships
Anna Rose Wehren from Loughborough University, UK, discusses coercive control in LGBTQ+ intimate relationships.
09/10/2024
Fairer society
Real impact
A publisher’s view: three years later
With Peer Review Week upon us once again, we embrace the chance to look more closely at what peer review looks like at Emerald Publishing.
20/09/2024
Fairer society
Real impact
Research integrity in the age of innovation and technology: a conversation with Laura Etchells
At Emerald Publishing, peer reviewing is crucial in maintaining the integrity of the research we publish. So, we sat down with Emerald’s Head of Research Integrity, Laura Etchells, to discuss the current state of play, the challenges ahead and what we’re putting in place to help shape the future role of peer review.
19/09/2024
Quality education for all
How universities create social value in communities
In this blog, Eric Sandelands outlines the elements of a proactive strategy for ways in which universities can create social value in communities.
16/09/2024
Fairer society
The sky is not the limit: the role of the space industry in improving life while helping shape a fairer society
Manuel Lira showcases how space technology, such as SpaceX's Starlink, enhances quality of life by improving education and healthcare access, while emphasising the need for sustainable policies and responsible stewardship to ensure a fairer future.
16/09/2024
Fairer society
Enhancing quality of life for disabled people and women in Saudi Arabia
Ahlam Ahmed H. Alshehri, PhD candidate at Western Sydney University in Australia, highlights how Saudi Vision 2030 enhances quality of life for women and people with disabilities through inclusive policies and social reforms. By promoting equality and improving access to resources, Vision 2030 aims to create a more equitable society for all.
16/09/2024
Fairer society
Education and quality of life for a fairer society
Discover how Dr. Zehorit Dadon-Golan of Hemdat College and Bar Ilan University, Israel, shows that education is essential for improving quality of life and combating hate, by fostering love, peace, and respect to build a fairer society.
16/09/2024
Fairer society
City-making and livability for quality of life
Dr. Saut Sagala et al. advocate for better urban planning and inclusive services, contrasting Jakarta's challenges with Vienna's successes to highlight the need for sustainability and liveability.
16/09/2024
Fairer society
Advancing quality of life through entrepreneurship: the 5 C’s
How can quality of life be enhanced by entrepreneurship? Benjamin Anabaraonye, from the University of Nigeria, explores this through the ‘5 C's’ – creativity, connectivity, consistency, clarity, and credibility – highlighting how these traits drive innovation and foster a fairer society.
16/09/2024
Fairer society
A fairer society means quality of life for all
Here, we explore what quality of life brings to our consideration of a fairer society. How might our thinking change, our priorities adapt, and our attention be guided to what really matters in creating a world that takes everyone forward when we adopt quality of life as our lens?
16/09/2024
Fairer society
A picture is worth a thousand words
Dr Matt Long and Dr Amy Cortvriend discuss the instantaneous nature of social media which creates 'accidental heroes', and outline three narratives around 'Pat', a 71 year old 'accidental hero' from the recent far-right riots and anti-racist (counter) protests.
03/09/2024
Quality education for all
No question of ‘privilege’: the ongoing legacy of Māori, racism and higher education In New Zealand
In this blog, Tanya Allport, Whakauae Research discusses the ongoing legacy of Māori, racism and higher education In New Zealand.
22/08/2024
Fairer society
"You should not wear skirt anymore”: Reasons behind the underreported rape rates in China
Author Eleanor Manhong Li looks into the reasons behind the underreported rape rates in China.
12/07/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Publisher’s pick 2023: Engineering solutions for sustainable development
Discover how civil engineering intersects with the United Nations' (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with our carefully curated publisher's pick of key articles.
31/05/2024
Quality education for all
GenAI is here to stay. Now let’s get on with it!
In this blog, Mike O’Dea, University of York and Xianghan O’Dea, Kings College London discuss the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on education.
28/05/2024
Quality education for all
Thinking, planning, and acting as policy-makers: Learning and teaching of policy-making in a social science class
In his blog, Mr. Adrian LAM Man-Ho discusses learning and teaching of policy-making in a social science class
28/05/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Why circularity matters in construction
Setting the scene on circular construction is expert Dr Patricia Kio, an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Technology Department, Fitchburg State University. Dr Kio brings clarity to circular construction, highlighting the opportunities and concerns around the subject, as well as the research questions that must be addressed.
26/04/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Towards a resource-efficient and future-proof built environment
TU Delft researchers, Mohammad Hamida, Hilde Remøy and Vincent Gruis, reflect on the circular building adaptability concept and their ongoing contribution to research, education and society.
17/04/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Implementing modular construction systems in developing countries
Abdulkabir Opeyemi Bello, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, and Dr Ayaz Ahmad Khan, University of South Australia, examine the gradual shift to modular construction systems and the challenges that remain.
17/04/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Measuring project circularity in construction
Dr Mohamed Abadi, University of Manchester, and Dr David R Moore, Robert Gordon University, bring together their expertise in different areas to address circularity in construction.
17/04/2024
Healthier lives
When psychology meets economics to empower healthy citizens
Adopting a holistic approach while incorporating principles of behavioural economics into public health initiatives, and into food and healthcare systems can enhance the effectiveness of interventions aimed at empowering citizens to make better choices and lead healthier lives.
10/04/2024
Healthier lives
World Social Work Day 2024: shared future for transformative change and health citizenship
World Social Work Day is observed every year on March 19th to raise awareness about the importance of social work and to celebrate the invaluable contributions of the social work profession. Find out more in this blog.
10/04/2024
Healthier lives
How do we embed a co-production strategy with health citizens to improve health and social care?
Health citizens play a vital role in improving the quality of life for people who use health and social care services. The concept has gained momentum over the last decade as the acceptance of health and social care research and education has increased. Find out more in this blog.
10/04/2024
Healthier lives
Role of health citizenship in improving health outcomes for childhood trauma and violence
During childhood, any exposure to abuse or maltreatment acts as a serious stressor that leads to cognitive impairments and deficits. Here, Srishti Sharma highlights the role of health citizenship in improving health outcomes for childhood trauma and violence.
09/04/2024
Healthier lives
Four strategies for engaging post-secondary students as collaborators to advance post-secondary student mental health
In their blog, Jennifer Thannhauser and Andrew Szeto discuss four strategies for engaging students as co-researchers and collaborators to address the evolving mental health needs of students.
09/04/2024
Healthier lives
Health citizenship and digital technology for suicide prevention
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and annually, it affects 700,000 people – the person’s family, friends and community. In the midst of this disastrous challenge, digital health technologies have emerged as one of the solutions for suicide prevention. Find out more in this blog.
09/04/2024
Healthier lives
Lived experience leadership and systems transformation: what are we missing?
Many in the mental health space believe in the transformative power of lived experience. In this blog, Mark Loughhead discusses lived experience leadership in the context of health citizenship.
08/04/2024
Healthier lives
Health citizens transforming health systems in the developing world: the case of Rugare Medical Centre’s health for all initiative
The Rugare Medical Centre initiative underscores the importance of fostering a sense of health citizenship and social accountability in health professional education and medical schools. Find out more in this blog.
08/04/2024
Quality education for all
Crafting impactful research in operations and supply chain management
Prof. Guilherme F. Frederico discusses the importance of supply chains for operations continuity of several industry sectors.
04/04/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
How can we achieve coastal resilience in Caribbean island states?
A team of researchers at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, are on a quest for an unrivalled ‘how-to-guide’ on building coastal resilience in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Deborah Villarroel-Lamb, Simone Ganpat, Andrew Williams and Fadia Aziz, discuss their journey so far.
27/03/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Role of digital technology in sustainability
Janos Korn, retired from the Department of Design Engineering and Mathematics, Middlesex University, London, considers the role of digital technology in contributing to a more sustainable future by examining the intricate interplay between users, suppliers and storage.
29/02/2024
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Publisher’s pick: Our top 10 ICE Publishing articles of 2023
Benjamin Ramster, journals commissioning editor of ICE Publishing, highlights 10 of the most downloaded articles of 2023.
07/12/2023
Quality education for all
Learning to level-up? Taking action to supporting working-class boys in education
Dr Alex Blower discusses taking action to support working-class boys in education.
29/11/2023
Fairer society
When the intangible becomes tangible: how volunteering with large scale arts programmes can be a tool for empowerment
Jessica Whitfield, Ulster University, Belfast, discusses how volunteering with large scale arts programmes can be a tool for empowerment.
24/11/2023
Fairer society
Are interpersonal volunteer activities really effective in enhancing the well-being of seniors?
Kunio Shirahada, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Alan Wilson, University of Strathclyde discuss if activities are effective in enhancing the well-being of seniors.
24/11/2023
Fairer society
The power of volunteerism
George Wright, The Big Life Group, discusses the power of volunteerism.
24/11/2023
Fairer society
Making a difference: volunteering to combat plastic pollution in your community: a case study from Africa.
Adeniyi Toyin Funmilayo, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, discusses volunteering to combat plastic pollution in your community.
23/11/2023
Fairer society
Volunteerism for a fairer society
Professor Wendy M. Purcell discusses volunteering as a central to achieving a fairer society.
23/11/2023
Quality education for all
Applying research on learning: Self Managed Learning
In this blog, Dr. Ian Cunningham discusses the creation of the Self Managed Learning College, which caters to young people ages 9 to 16.
21/11/2023
Quality education for all
Building a platform for global teaching competencies to advance equitable education in diverse classrooms
Dr Joyce Pittman highlights the impacts of the research, including the launch of a five-year research study on developing teachers' global teaching competency skills.
07/11/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Digital-twins for operation and maintenance
Dr Qiuchen Lu, Associate Professor, at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, reflects on the impact of her research into the adoption of digital twins for operation and maintenance, including its implementation in two different projects in China.
19/10/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Using digital technology to transform the built environment
Professor Ana Maria Gomez-Trujillo, CEIPA Business School, Colombia, and Professor Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, explore the relationship between digital technologies and sustainability.
19/10/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Adopting UN SDG standards to deliver wider community benefits
Adam Robinson FICE, Environment Agency, calls on industry to adopt United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) standards to help inform infrastructure planning and delivery.
19/10/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
A built environment fit for the future
Goal Advisor, Professor Chimay J Anumba, discusses the growing shift towards creating structures and infrastructure that are not just sustainable, but also resilient and smart.
19/10/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Cybersecurity of digital built assets
Dr Erika Pärn, Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, highlights the impacts of the research, including the launch of a whitepaper on managing digital risk.
19/10/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Creating a better world for future generations
Dr Alexander Hay, Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Resilience of Critical Infrastructure, University of Toronto, Canada, explores the key role that infrastructure engineers play in shaping a world that is more resilient and sustainable.
19/10/2023
Sustainable structures and infrastructures
Digital transformation as a strategy to reach sustainability
Professor Ana Maria Gomez-Trujillo, CEIPA Business School, Colombia, and Professor Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, explore the relationship between digital technologies and sustainability.
19/10/2023
Fairer society
Rape myths, jury deliberations, and conversation analysis: a new approach to an age-old problem
In their blog, Emma Richardson, Laura Jenkins & Dominic Willmott discuss the presence of 'rape myths' in jury deliberation, and achieving justice for complainants of rape and serious sexual offences.
05/10/2023
Responsible management
Fighting corruption in a globalised world
Grant Walton examines corruption from a global stand point, arguing that in order to fight corruption, we have to look beyond the boundaries of states and nations.
27/07/2023
Responsible management
Corruption
Adam Graycar, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Adelaide, looks back at his extensive work on corruption and public policy, and analyses the driving forces behind corruption and the anti-corruption methods of today.
22/06/2023
Responsible management
Corruption: an enduring challenge
Find out everything you need to know about the subject of corruption, what the current research covers, and the areas we'd love to see more research from in the future, in this introduction from our goal advisor Dr. Richard Oloruntoba.
22/06/2023
Responsible management
Scandal and corruption in Congress
Michael Pomante, Assistant Professor of political science at Jacksonville University, reflects on his book Scandal and Corruption in Congress and what has happened since the book published in 2022. Have things changed for the better? Or are things worse than ever?
22/06/2023
Responsible management
Western accountability in the global anti-corruption dynamic
Alexandra Hartwig, Masters graduate of Philosophy in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, looks back at her article, Evaluating the cost of anti-corruption in political and economic terms: a case study approach, to see how Namibia's largest corruption scandal has evolved.
22/06/2023
Responsible management
Can anyone be in favour of corruption?
Stijn Kuipers, Diplomat in Training at the Clingendael Institute, and graduate of the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, looks at the effects of corruption on the economic growth of developing countries.
22/06/2023
Quality education for all
Race, higher education and special educational needs and disabilities: a critical and intersectional approach
Dr Denise A Miller, University of Greenwich, Institute for Lifecourse Development, discusses a critical and intersectional approach to race, higher education and special educational needs and disabilities.
21/06/2023
Real impact
The power of plan B
Jessica Sprague-Jones and Jacqueline Counts share a central feature of their success at the Center for Public Partnerships and Research, University of Kansas: valuing and developing multiple “Plan Bs.”
16/06/2023
Real impact
Using strategic foresight to support policymaking
Authors: Jessica Sprague-Jones, Jacqueline Counts discuss The Researcher-Policymaker Partnership.
16/06/2023
Real impact
The researcher-policymaker partnership
Jessica Sprague-Jones and Jacqueline Counts discuss the researcher-policymaker partnership.
16/06/2023
Real impact
What they don’t teach you in school about working with policy makers
Authors: Jessica Sprague-Jones, Jacqueline Counts discusses what they don’t teach you in school about working with policy makers.
16/06/2023
Quality education for all
Building a more sustainable world through holistic learning and teaching experience in a comprehensive university in Hong Kong
Mr. Adrian LAM Man-Ho discusses a sustainable world through holistic learning and teaching experiences.
08/06/2023
Fairer society
Inclusive liveable cities: the fairer society mission
Professor Wendy M. Purcell discusses liveable cities over the next 30-years and how this will determine the well-being of the world.
07/06/2023
Fairer society
Challenges and setbacks towards sustainable urban regeneration: lessons from Shibuya, Tokyo
Marco Reggiani discusses how there have been challenges and setbacks towards sustainable urban regeneration.
02/06/2023
Fairer society
Housing affordability: a global problem within a local context
Tom Coupe discusses housing affordability and how it is a global problem within a local context.
02/06/2023
Fairer society
A tale of two cities’ threats: climate change and extreme events in contemporary society
Felix Kwabena Donkor discusses climate change and extreme events in contemporary society.
02/06/2023
Fairer society
Creating safe and inclusive cities for an ageing population
Dr Taha Chaiechi discusses how a multi-collaborative governance approach is critical in creating an age-friendly and inclusive environment for the ageing population.
02/06/2023
Responsible management
Building trust through mutual understanding
In his blog, James Kahan presents his definition of trust, outlines the importance of trust in his recent research on knowledge creation and bounce casting, and in his volunteer efforts within his community.
18/05/2023
Quality education for all
Restructuring universities, EDI and conformity: a view from comparative distance
Opinion piece authored by Terri Kim, discussing restructuring universities, EDI and conformity: a view from comparative distance.
03/05/2023
Quality education for all
Facilitating undergraduate research methods learning and teaching among political science students
Mr. Adrian LAM Man-Ho discusses facilitating undergraduate research methods among Political Science Students.
20/04/2023
Real impact
Fostering diversity: insights from a journal editor
Fevzi Okumus, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management and co-founding Editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, reveals the steps editors can take to create a culture of diversity.
13/04/2023
Quality education for all
Challenges involved in early years teaching provision in the UK
Early years educators are vital professionals for quality education and care for all children, yet they are the worst-paid workforce due to under funding.
17/03/2023
Quality education for all
Interview: Transnational collaboration for quality education: Sino-UK partnerships
Huili Si (Stella) is a doctoral researcher at The Manchester Institute of Education. Stella’s research directly addresses the themes of the collaborative project between Emerald Publishing and the BELMAS ICE RIG: developing transnational collaborations to promote knowledge exchange between higher-education leaders and systems. In this post, Stephen Rayner interviews Stella about her research.
16/03/2023
Healthier lives
The health and wellbeing benefits of practicing self-compassion
Self-compassion it not a new concept; it has been embedded in Buddhist philosophy and meditation and practiced for over 2500 years. However, during the last two decades there has been pioneering work undertaken that demonstrates having the ability to give yourself self-compassion can reduce levels of anxiety, stress and depression. Find out more in this blog.
08/03/2023
Healthier lives
Health and wellbeing amongst people experiencing multiple disadvantage – reflections from the Fulfilling Lives programme
When we think about ‘healthier lives’, several things come to mind: physical activity, good mental health, a nutritious diet, getting plenty of sleep. Find out more in this blog.
08/03/2023
Quality education for all
Convergence in the English and French education systems: Vive la difference!
Peter Wolstencroft, Elizabeth Whitfield, Track Dinning discuss the French education system and how it is based around a number of key principles.
08/03/2023
Responsible management
Trust in leader-follower relationships
Find out everything you need to know about the subject of trust, what the current research covers, and the areas we'd love to see more research from in the future, in this introduction from our goal advisor Dr. Richard Oloruntoba.
08/03/2023
Responsible management
Organisational justice mechanisms: one year on
In times of crises, such as with COVID-19, leaders must clearly communicate what is expected of their employees, by focusing on task orientation.
10/02/2023
Responsible management
“Lean on me.” Responsible leadership in the COVID crisis. Has anything changed?
This piece by Professor Veronica Hope Hailey, Katie Jacobs, and Joe Carter asks a simple question: has the impact of the COVID pandemic from 2020 – 2022 changed the nature of Responsible Leadership?
10/02/2023
Healthier lives
Behaviour change in health communication: why socio-cultural factors matter?
Professor Sabihah Moola discusses health communication, health promotion and its effect on behaviour change.
02/02/2023
Healthier lives
Can we build better leaders in the health sciences?
Marie Norman and Colleen Mayowski discuss the covid pandemic and how it has taught us the importance of creative, savvy, responsive leaders in the health sciences.
02/02/2023
Quality education for all
Real impact
Case study: Help your students contextualise business implications of current events
Dr Andrée Marie López-Fernández, business professor and researcher at the Universidad Panamericana discusses the various advantages to using Expert Briefings within their teaching and research.
25/01/2023
Healthier lives
Lifestyle drift is killing health promotion
Author James Woodall, Leeds Beckett University, discusses how lifestyle drift is killing health promotion.
17/01/2023
Healthier lives
What's wrong with patient-centred care?
Professor Alison Pilnick, University of Nottingham, discusses patient-centred care.
13/01/2023
Real impact
Eight lessons for how to make it through the peer-review: an editor perspective
Professor Harm-Jan Steenhuis shares some insights from an editor's perspective on how to make it through the peer-review process.
09/01/2023
Quality education for all
Empowering students in university curriculum through Sustainable Development Goals
In his blog, Mr. Adrian LAM Man-Ho discusses how it is crucial to explore how SDGs could be embedded into the university curriculum.
06/01/2023
Fairer society
The mediating effect of trust on consumer behaviour in social media marketing environments
Mr Aloka Karunasingha and Professor Nalin Abeysekera ask how social media marketing strategies use the concept of trust to influence consumers’ online behaviour.
05/01/2023
Fairer society
Reframing Fox: The continuing impact of 'Beyond Contract' and 'Man Mismanagement' 50 years on
In their blog, Andy Hodder and Michael Gold discuss the work of Alan Fox and the influence it has on both the teaching and research of British industrial (or employment) relations.
05/01/2023
Fairer society
Real impact
Philosophy, transport and fairness: the right not to drive?
Bettina Lange, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands / Nottingham, UK discusses how philosophy and transport don’t go together – or do they? Philosophy analyses assumptions and helps us rethink them.
14/12/2022
Quality education for all
Assurance of Learning
Dr Soma Arora discusses the changing dynamics of higher education.
13/12/2022
Fairer society
The trust factor in social media marketing
Mr. Aloka Karunasingha, and Prof Nalin Abeysekera discuss how trust impacts online purchasing, social motivation, trust, and online purchase intentions and the practical implications for the fashion industry.
13/12/2022
Fairer society
Healthier lives
Establishing trust in hybrid work – the role of people and technology
Kathrin Kirchner, Christine Ipsen, Anne Pedersen, Mejse Hasle Nielsen and Kasper Edwards discuss building trust between colleagues working in different locations, as well as trusting the technology we use to facilitate hybrid working.
13/12/2022
Fairer society
Leaving no one behind: closing the technology gap in Africa
Olufemi Omitoyin discusses how a digital divide, which is either economic (lack of internet access as a result of it being too expensive) or geographic (lack of access resulting from inadequate internet distribution within the region) has been created between Africa and the rest of the world.
13/12/2022
Fairer society
Real impact
Heard enough from 'David', 'John' and 'Michael'? How to make disaster studies more inclusive!
Eelaferi, Collective of early career researchers; Eefje Hendriks, Laura Kmoch, Femke Mulder and Ricardo Fuentealba discuss the many issues in academia regarding diversity and inclusion.
06/12/2022
Responsible management
Technology-driven businesses and moral compass
Rohini Balapumi & Rubaiyet Khan ask; do we understand how the scenario and importance of being moral have become more relevant today due to the power of information technology in our society?
09/11/2022
Fairer society
The role of governments and organisations in rebuilding public trust
Dr Hassan Imam, Kyoto University, Japan on how trust is fundamental to human relationships, whether between individuals at the micro level, businesses at meso level, or a vital component in developing a free, fair, and democratic society at the macro level.
31/10/2022
Responsible management
From the voluntary to mandatory regime: An account of modern slavery disclosure from Australian companies
Discusses modern slavery, and how the Australian government has attempted to tackle this with the introduction of its Modern Slavery Act.
27/10/2022
Responsible management
Why we need more ethical leadership in business
Unethical behaviour may result from flawed individuals, unethical workplaces or wrong systems, but in all three cases ethical leadership is crucial to realise change.
27/10/2022
Responsible management
Stakeholder capitalism & the political limits of corporate morality
While stakeholder capitalism will always align with the agenda of corporate power, real social impact requires a resurgence of democracy and a renewed political demand for economic equality.
27/10/2022
Responsible management
Common traps that impact the adoption of moral compass in leadership
Great leaders also have the courage to stand against unethical practices. Nevertheless, often some leaders fail in making ethical judgment as they fall into psychological traps.
27/10/2022
Fairer society
Trust is the foundation of social order & a fairer society
At the micro level, interpersonal trust – the tapestry that holds a society together – also permeates organisations, leading to organisational trust (the meso level).
25/10/2022
Quality education for all
Aspire & inspiring: a quest for lifelong learning alternatives
New approaches to educational inequities are needed, especially for those who are vulnerable and have chronic learning challenges, which often result in long-term unemployment and the inability to break the negative cycle.
21/10/2022
Quality education for all
Real impact
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management's transition to open access
Walter Leal, Editor of the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, discusses the decision to switch the journal from a subscription format to a fully gold open access model.
18/10/2022
Fairer society
Trust is key to building a fairer society
Wendy Purcell, Goal Advisor for the Fairer Society, discusses how trust is central to treating others fairly and an essential element in creating a world that leaves no one behind.
11/10/2022
Quality education for all
Real impact
What on earth is lifelong learning?
In this blog, Professor Stuart Billingham discusses the concept of 'lifelong learning' and how it differs from 'lifelong education'.
03/10/2022
Fairer society
Tackling racist attitudes
Emerald global inclusivity report: expert analysis: Dr Chioma Ohajunwa, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
23/09/2022
Fairer society
Publishers must act
Emerald global inclusivity report: expert analysis: Dr Manuela Rosing Agostini, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), Brazil
23/09/2022
Healthier lives
The role for service users in higher education – why it matters
Eleanor Jack, Bournemouth University, UK, discusses the role of service users in higher education and why this matters.
23/09/2022
Healthier lives
(How) can health education help young people navigate an uncertain world?
The world we live in is abundant with conflicts, change and uncertainty, which raises questions about the contribution that school subjects such as health education can make to prepare young people to navigate such a world. Find out more in this blog by Rachael Dixon and Jenny Robertson.
23/09/2022
Fairer society
Realities of racism
Emerald global inclusivity report: expert analysis: Ashley Richard, Associate Director, Indigenous – Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
22/09/2022
Fairer society
How can an editor create a more equitable, diverse and inclusive peer review process?
In this blog, we hear from Prof. Nataša Rupčić on creating a more equitable, diverse and inclusive peer review process
21/09/2022
Quality education for all
The use of social marketing to achieve quality education for all
Dr Celestin Mayombe discusses how social marketing efforts enhance the effectiveness of adult education and training programmes in reducing unemployment and poverty among disadvantaged community members.
16/09/2022
Quality education for all
Rethinking future readiness for our students in the post-pandemic volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment
There is a constant call for equipping future readiness among students. In this blog, Adrian Lam Man-Ho revisits the fundamentals surrounding future readiness.
16/09/2022
Real impact
How can we fairly evaluate research?
Current research assessment practices have been found wanting. We must find fairer and more inclusive ways to fund research, measure impact, and reward diverse contributions. Emerald’s Impact Advisory Board offer their views on the barriers to change and opportunities for progress.
14/09/2022
Responsible management
Why character matters for leadership
Dr Jacqueline Boaks talks about why wisdom, judgement and character matter, especially in leaders.
12/09/2022
Quality education for all
Professionalisation of EDI in higher education: challenges and opportunities
With more and more people working in EDI roles in universities, we are seeing greater calls for these roles to be professionalised. But what might this look like, and what benefits could it have? Claire Hann explores these questions.
10/08/2022
Quality education for all
Creativity transforms our literacy spaces
Janet Ho, Lingnan University, discusses the benefits of bringing creativity to learning to stimulate students' creativity and problem-solving skills, creating more opportunities for them in life.
10/08/2022
Real impact
The value & benefits of impact planning
Saskia Gent, Founder & Director, Insights for Impact, talks about how, although the rewards can be great, there is a sense that investing time in impact generation is riskier than writing another paper or applying for a grant..
05/08/2022
Quality education for all
Thoughts on diversity, equity, and inclusion work in doctoral education research
Pamela Felder-Small shares her views on diversity, equity, and inclusion work in doctoral education research, and the work she's done to foster social justice.
02/08/2022
Quality education for all
Loneliness
Mike Rifino & Kushya Sugarman, authors of Loneliness through the lens of Black feminist love-politics, reflect on their collective positionality of loneliness in the classroom, and offer updated pedagogical recommendations.
02/08/2022
Quality education for all
Self-directed learning as a tool for lifelong learning: fundamental to meet the demands of our ever-changing world
Dr Thomas Howard Morris discusses how education needs to be set up to enable young people to confidently deal with rapid societal change.
01/08/2022
Fairer society
We do not shape our lives as isolated individuals, but embedded in intergenerational relations
More than half of the world's children grow up in Asia, a continent of rapid economic and social change. Undoubtedly, there are many differences and inequalities in the conditions of growing up in Asia’s various countries, regions and among social groups.
18/07/2022
Fairer society
Addressing generational inequalities of housing tenure & housing type
Braam Lowies explores generational differences in property tenure and type with Australia as background.
18/07/2022
Fairer society
Whose perceptions, whose expectations? Taking a new look at intergenerational fairness
Until fairly recently, it was the general expectation that each generation would be better off than their parents’ generation. That no longer seems to be the case and social mobility has gone into reverse.
18/07/2022
Fairer society
"How do I do this?": exploring an ageing population and digital exclusion
Older adults – the silver generation – have much to gain from adopting technology in their daily living and wellbeing. Yet as with most electronic gadgets and digital technology, the adoption rate among this demographic group is often the lowest.
18/07/2022
Fairer society
Generations in the workplace? Please, don't go there
In his blog, David Costanza, The George Washington University, highlights that If we want to increase fairness and create a more inclusive society, we need to move past generations and generational thinking.
18/07/2022
Fairer society
Fairness across generations
In her key editorial blog, Wendy Purcell, Goal Advisor for the Fairer Society, makes a call to action: start working now on building a fairer society for all our generations.
14/07/2022
Fairer society
Why the sector must boost support for those working in Indigenous research
Researchers of Indigenous research need more opportunities to network and exchange ideas that will help advance the field, says Ana Luíza Rossato Facco
29/06/2022
Real impact
Planning for impact with integrity
Paul Ashwin & Derek Heim explore how to approach planning for impact in a way that maintains academic integrity and helps to support our contributions to knowledge to make a difference to the world we inhabit.
27/06/2022
Healthier lives
Can Aotearoa's (New Zealand's) Indigenous communities achieve sustainable health equity in the absence of widespread cultural reform?
Dr Amohia Boulton and Dr Tanya Allport, Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development, New Zealand, discuss the alarming disparity between the health outcomes of Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori).
24/06/2022
Quality education for all
Building trust with Indigenous communities
Ashley Richard discusses the history of unethical and harmful research that has created barriers between researchers and many Indigenous communities and what can be done to help overcome this.
21/06/2022
Quality education for all
It’s the small things that matter: zine making as a creative approach within tertiary education
Dr Dianne Wepa discusses using a creative teaching approach to highlight strategies to address loneliness, particularly since a return to face-to-face teaching post COVID-19.
14/06/2022
Quality education for all
'Coming out' – my disability disclosure dilemma
Throughout history, society has largely viewed disabilities as problems to be solved, rather than as accepted human variations. Find out more in this blog by Jennifer Elizabeth Marshall.
14/06/2022
Responsible management
Three questions organisations should answer before attempting to indigenise the boardroom
Answers given by business leaders to these to these three important questions may reveal the need for a complete overhaul of a company's practices
08/06/2022
Quality education for all
Black doctorates matter & the science of healing the academy
As the atrocities of slavery and injustice victimised Black and Brown bodies in the name of science in academia, the healing of the academy should be ushered through the Black and Brown academic experience.
01/06/2022
Quality education for all
Reskilling etutors for quality facilitation in an open distance elearning environment: a South African experience
Social learning on connected platforms is the future of etutoring. Reskilling etutors is crucial to bridge the gap between educators and learners in ODeL environments.
01/06/2022
Fairer society
Invisibility of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians in boardrooms: A missed opportunity?
To move forward and to bloom with her true colours, Australian government needs to employ long-term, systematic, genuine and concerted efforts, partnership and planning to embrace Australia’s Indigenous heritage and cultures.
31/05/2022
Responsible management
The whiteboard: ethnic diversity in corporate Australia
Should more stringent public, industry and governmental pressures be placed on Australian companies to compel them towards adopting a broader view of diversity beyond gender in their corporate leadership and governance?
31/05/2022
Healthier lives
Educational equity & anti-bullying in Northern Ontario, Canada
Robyn O'Loughlin asks whether or not educators can critically evaluate their experiences, attitudes and assumptions and how these may impact the students they teach, particularly Indigenous students.
30/05/2022
Responsible management
Can business leaders help resolve the eco-crisis?
Some visionary business leaders invest in people and places. Is this something we can harness to help us solve our wicked problems?
27/05/2022
Fairer society
CSR & reconciliation for a fairer society
Dr. Brad Long discusses how corporate social responsibility (CSR) has the promise for reshaping how we understand the purpose of business in society.
17/05/2022
Fairer society
Decolonising racialised knowledge: how can we be stewards of another future?
Shirley Anne Tate, author of Decolonising Sambo, gives us her take on Black and People of Color (BPOC) futurity.
17/05/2022
Fairer society
Stewardship and the ownership question
John van der Velden and Rob White discuss their book, The Extinction Curve, stewardship and the question or ownership.
17/05/2022
Fairer society
Corporate social initiatives need key stakeholders' support to be effective
Toru Yoshikawa discusses sustainability initiatives in corporate governance practices to tackle major social and environmental problems.
17/05/2022
Quality education for all
Leveraging the diversity throughout my global political economy undergraduate tutorials
Adrian LAM Man-Ho talks about his strategies to recognise, value, and engage the ‘diverse’ classroom to enhance student learning.
17/05/2022
Fairer society
Traditional communities from Brazil: the guardians of the forest
Ana Luíza Rossato Facco, Lecturer and PhD Candidate (Brazil) discusses why traditional communities are regarded as the best guardians of the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean.
16/05/2022
Fairer society
Fairer society & stewardship of the natural world
Jeffrey Tang, PhD, and Christie-Joy Hartman, PhD discuss how stewardship and sustainability are used at James Madison University to engage students in helping solve the world's problems.
16/05/2022
Fairer society
Fairer society & environmental stewardship: land & parks
Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser, PhD considers the notion of environmental stewardship and equitable access to natural green spaces from her experiences in the UK.
16/05/2022
Fairer society
Stewardship & Indigenous peoples: a view from Dalhousie University
Professor Theresa Rajack-Talley, Professor Patti Doyle-Bedwell, & Catherine Martin discuss stewardship and the Indigenous population at Dalhousie University
13/05/2022
Fairer society
Fairer society & destination stewardship: a case for sustainable travel & tourism
Christopher Imbsen, Director of Sustainability, World Travel & Tourism Council explores how travel & tourism can be a driver and steward of sustainable, inclusive and resilient destinations
13/05/2022
Fairer society
Stewardship is essential to creating & sustaining a fairer society
Dr. Wendy M. Purcell PhD FRSA, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, is our goal advisor for a fairer society. In this blog she explores stewardship of human and environmental resources.
13/05/2022
Healthier lives
How has the increase in remote working impacted mental health, connection and loneliness for academics?
In this blog, we hear from Dr Janet C Kimeto on her experience of loneliness and how she overcame this.
10/05/2022
Quality education for all
Jurisprudence and Ketanji Brown Jackson: Another reason why Black (Juris Doctorates) Matter
Pamela Felder-Small, Founder, Black Doctorates Matter discusses the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to The Supreme Court.
05/05/2022
Responsible management
Corporate social responsibility & future business leaders
The future evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for small and large organisations and corporations is crucial, as we continue to navigate a world with escalating climate catastrophes and associated wicked problems and challenges.
29/04/2022
Responsible management
Future marketers – the key to business sustainability and success
Today's consumers increasingly want marketing information that covers the social and environmental consequences of the product and expect marketing messages themselves to be ethical.
22/04/2022
Responsible management
Future business leaders: impact beyond the bottom line?
Businesses are both saints and sinners. Give me an issue of current political, social, and environmental significance and I’ll show you how the private sector is implicated, both in the problem and in its solution.
21/04/2022
Quality education for all
High possibility STEM schools: the future for Australian education
Associate Professor Jane Hunter discusses her research into building capacity and confidence in teaching and learning in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with 59 teachers working in teams in 14 New South Wales primary schools.
20/04/2022
Fairer society
Is there enough support available for female academics from BAME backgrounds?
Dr Yaz Osho talks about the need to amplify academics of colour voices and the impact of universities’ colonial legacy on curricula and frame.
11/04/2022
Quality education for all
Texts don’t grow on trees: using rhetorical analysis with informational texts to understand text and context
Authorless, inauthentic texts hamper teachers' capacity to engage young people in conversations about power, subtext, and context.
06/04/2022
Quality education for all
Change does not mean you can forget about the Humanities
The world’s problems are human problems, requiring an ability to distinguish between cant and truth, and we must not believe all our problems can be solved by technology.
31/03/2022
Quality education for all
Making knowledge-sharing accessible to all = quality education for all
Even in the most privileged, educated, English-savvy communities, as educators and researchers, we should be aiming at all points to bridge the gap between the literature and application; making information more accessible to everyone, then, is a necessary step
25/03/2022
Quality education for all
Importance of developing public health programmes for preservice teachers
Aygil Takır discusses the need for the public to access reliable information that fulfils their needs to engage in protective health behaviours.
22/03/2022
Healthier lives
Social care research and impact: too long a hidden relation of health
Julie Bayley and Mo Ray discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the challenges of social care.
11/03/2022
Real impact
How will publishers define themselves in the years ahead?
Head of Community Engagement Claire Jackson talks about Emerald’s evolution and what its new content strategy means for interdisciplinary research.
02/03/2022
Quality education for all
An examination of DIMAC and Critical Race Theory in the programmatic support of Black/African American doctoral students
Pamela Felder-Small ways to support the work of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts focused on the doctoral student experience.
21/02/2022
Healthier lives
Digitally enabled drug markets: signs of diversification
Technology remains a key driver of drug markets. Through darknet markets, social media and instant messaging apps, communication technology facilitates the sale of drugs.
21/02/2022
Real impact
Mission-led publishing
Sally Wilson, Emerald’s Publishing Director, reflects on what publishers should do to drive change within the research sector, and their role in supporting research that addresses the greatest challenges of our day.
17/02/2022
Fairer society
Let’s be more intentional about building flourishing work communities as an on-ramp for building a better society
Heloisa Jardim, Research Manager, SHINE, Harvard discusses how our social connections are essential to us thriving.
28/01/2022
Fairer society
Healthy and healing environments
Dr. Theo J.M. van der Voordt, Associate professor in Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management discusses the impact of the built environment on our health and wellbeing.
28/01/2022
Fairer society
Inclusivity in action – all set to music!
John Osborne and Dr Mathew Nyashanu argue that inclusive community singing plays a pivotal role in enhancing social value, relationships, health and wellbeing.
28/01/2022
Fairer society
Remarkable lives
Jerome Carson Professor of Psychology at the University of Bolton, discusses his series of over 30 papers, which show how many people overcome huge personal adversity in their lives.
28/01/2022
Fairer society
How are citation metrics marginalising knowledge in developing countries?
Primarily using citation metrics can marginalise knowledge in developing countries. We hear from Dr Kezia H. Mkwizu and Dr Janet C Kimeto on their experience of metrics, their limitations and opportunities.
27/01/2022
Fairer society
Why dignity matters in the workplace
Donna Hicks, Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University talks about why dignity matters in the workplace.
25/01/2022
Fairer society
Happiness and well-being in the contemporary global debate on environmental sustainability
Dr Camila Horst Toigo – Economist and specialist in sustainable finance discusses what it means to be happy in the contemporary world.
25/01/2022
Real impact
Have we 'hit a wall' on pushing for broader metrics?
Our Time for change report suggests a slowdown of interest in a broader set of metrics for research evaluation and a lethargy for change. But is this what we are seeing in the sector? And where should we go from here?
24/01/2022
Fairer society
Business as a platform for humans flourishing: now what do we do with that?
Eileen McNeely discusse how COVID-19 has highlighted that work represents more to us than just a paycheck. Employees are leaving in unprecedented numbers, and leaders need to consider the impact of work on individuals and the work community.
14/01/2022
Fairer society
A fairer society is one that is flourishing
Dr. Wendy M. Purcell PhD FRSA, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, is our goal advisor for a fairer society. In this blog she explores what it means to create and sustain a fairer society, and considers what it means to flourish in our lives.
14/01/2022
Fairer society
A new study kicks off – how hybrid-remote work challenges trust, collaboration, and fairness
Dr. Christine Ipsen, Dr. Kathrin Kirchner, and Dr. Kasper Edwards discuss how hybrid-remote work challenges trust, collaboration and fairness.
12/01/2022
Fairer society
Healthier lives
Why mental health services are failing people of colour in the UK
Counselling psychologist Dr Richard Majors talks candidly about racism towards Black mental health professionals and the impact racism has on mental health services for the Black community, particularly Black Males.
11/01/2022
Quality education for all
Building an open research culture
When Emerald’s Head of Open Research, Shelley Allen, thinks about the future of publishing, she is positive – it is Open. But reflecting on Emerald’s Time for Change Report 2021, she calls attention to the challenges that must be overcome.
06/01/2022
Quality education for all
Improving academic culture, a view from the publisher and from industry
Emerald's Sharon Parkinson and Goal Advisor for Healthier Lives Dr Zana Khan, reflect on what can be done to improve academic culture in the industry itself as well as by publishers.
06/01/2022
Fairer society
How can we make editorial boards more diverse?
A perspective from Emerald Publishing by Sally Wilson, VP Publishing - There aren’t necessarily any quick fixes that will make editorial boards more diverse, but we must move forward regardless and mostly through less talk and more action.
15/12/2021
Fairer society
What is preventing diversity on editorial boards?
Rania Sawalhi, Gonzalo Díaz Meneses, and Sombo Muzata share their thoughts of what is preventing diversity in editorial boards and what more can be done to make them more effective.
06/12/2021
Quality education for all
Anti-racism and community colleges: best practices for inclusion, social justice, and liberation
In what ways can community colleges represent regional developments of anti-racism, inclusion, social justice, and liberation? Find out with anti-racism, equity, and inclusion consultants Pamela Felder-Small, Ph.D. and Sydney Freeman, Jr., Ph.D.
29/11/2021
Responsible management
Greenwashing – an opportunity for us to identify what is needed to bring the smaller firms on board?
Kevin Phun describes how research into greenwashing could help us to understand some of the gaps in implementation, find ways to improve initiatives, and identify best practice.
25/11/2021
Responsible management
Is CSR greenwashing?
Sapna A Narula discusses how strategic CSR is evolving in India, and suggests ways that companies can address CSR initiatives that are meaningful and not just greenwashing.
25/11/2021
Quality education for all
Creating a more equitable learning experience through a block & blend pedagogy
Ellen Buck on how the provision of flexible higher education speaks to multiple agenda, not least those of access, participation and lifelong learning.
18/11/2021
Quality education for all
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international higher education: critical reflections
Read some critical reflections from Professor Mok, on the impact that COVID-19 has had on higher education.
27/10/2021
Real impact
Towards an evidence-informed population: are we there and why do we care?
Professor Chris Brown, University of Southampton, discusses the need for people to be evidence-informed if we want a thriving democratic society
26/10/2021
Quality education for all
Why we must support black doctors in nursing and public health
Pamela Felder-Small, Ph.D., Founder Black Doctorates Matter, states that increased representation of African American scholars in the fields of nursing and public health is critical to shaping the educational and socioeconomic conditions of historically marginalised communities.
21/10/2021
Fairer society
Policies for supporting women entrepreneurs in developing countries: the case of Tanzania
Women entrepreneurs are becoming the fastest-growing entrepreneurial population in the world, with women’s entrepreneurship in developing countries spearheading this growth.
18/10/2021
Healthier lives
There’s nothing pedestrian about being a pedestrian: Designing spaces to encourage walking in later life
Over the last five decades, we have heard an increasing amount about the abuse and neglect of adults at risk. Safeguarding processes and procedures have been built around a range of identified types of abuse.
14/10/2021
Healthier lives
Refurbishment as a lever for improving the social and emotional wellbeing of older people living in sheltered housing
Relationship building is key to identifying changes to resident health and early intervention can lead to healthier residents and better care.
14/10/2021
Healthier lives
Who's to blame for adult abuse? Recognising the structural discrimination
Over the last five decades, we have heard an increasing amount about the abuse and neglect of adults at risk. Safeguarding processes and procedures have been built around a range of identified types of abuse.
14/10/2021
Real impact
'Put down the prosecco, we’re not done yet'
In the UK we’ve just cleared this second submission cycle of the Research Excellence Framework (2014, 2021. Yet, whilst institutions will each run their own post-mortems, a question hangs in the air... ‘how did we do and where do we go from here?’
05/10/2021
Fairer society
What can management history tell us about the future of work
The gig economy is demonstrably redefining work by increasing the number and variety of available work choices and attracting those seeking work flexibility and the opportunity to work limited hours.
01/10/2021
Fairer society
The gig economy is inclusive
The gig economy is demonstrably redefining work by increasing the number and variety of available work choices and attracting those seeking work flexibility and the opportunity to work limited hours.
01/10/2021
Fairer society
Healthy work – productive workforce?
If our economy and the healing power of social capital are to thrive post-COVID-19, we need to place more urgent priority on measures to promote, sustain good physical and psychological wellbeing in our working age population.
01/10/2021
Fairer society
After COVID-19: what is the future for those working in the informal sector?
The COVID-19 pandemic and sustained climate change have significant effects on employment across the globe, especially those working in, or forced into, the informal sector.
01/10/2021
Fairer society
Six steps to ensure an all-inclusive workplace
In our recent study, we focused on workplace experiences shared by transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Their stories offer insights into the following six critical steps to ensure integrative and all-inclusive organisations.
01/10/2021
Fairer society
The benefits of employing individuals with autism to create a fairer society
The integration of individuals with ASD into the workplace offers numerous benefits to society as a whole, the organisations that employ them, and individuals with ASD. An important factor in creating a fairer society will be ensuring equality in the workplace for these individuals.
01/10/2021
Quality education for all
Quality education for all, leaving no-one behind
Dr. Wendy M. Purcell argues that building confidence and competence through higher education focused on the pursuit of sustainable development is an investment in the shared future of humanity.
20/09/2021
Fairer society
‘Mum, I got the job! Check my LinkedIn for the details…’: Self-branding and unpaid labour on LinkedIn
Nicholas Gibbs, Teacher in Policing at Leeds Trinity University and PhD student at Northumbria University discusses LinkedIn and a new generation of digital 'self-branders'.
20/09/2021
Fairer society
Women in peer review
Despite the essential role of women in the publication process in general, they remain low in representation within the scholarly community compared to men.
16/09/2021
Fairer society
Mind the gap
Given the persistent and unconscious nature of gender bias in the publication process, the underrepresentation of women is a problem that will not solve itself.
16/09/2021
Fairer society
How to encourage early career researchers to engage with peer review
One of the bugbears of our role as journal editors is the difficulties encountered when attempting to process papers through the review system in a timely and satisfactory manner.
16/09/2021
Fairer society
Autism & academic publishing
It is important that research is relevant to autistic persons themselves, with the potential to make improvements in their lives through a participatory approach .
16/09/2021
Fairer society
How to involve early career researchers in peer review & why
Seeing the peer review process as an integral part of the academic journey made us understand that ECRs have a vital role to play in the production and verification of scientific knowledge to which peer review makes such an important contribution.
16/09/2021
Fairer society
A publisher’s view
When we consider government representation, or the makeup of corporate (or editorial boards), we want the makeup of those to both represent us as individuals, but also to be as diverse as possible.
16/09/2021
Responsible management
When will we balance profits with the planet and its people?
Independent thinker James Ring, former CEO of the Limerick Chamber, asks if we’re the generation that’s too greedy to action the changes required to balance profit with the planet.
14/09/2021
Real impact
From CSR 'greenwashing' to general 'SDG washing': the potential threat to SDG implementation
Dr Virginia Munro discusses the potential danger of the UN SDGs being embraced at face value only, without true implementation.
31/08/2021
Real impact
The future of social responsibility in a changing world
Dr Virginia Munro discusses how businesses can lead the way in solving the world’s wicked challenges – both social and environmental.
31/08/2021
Quality education for all
What do teachers need to flourish?
Dr Trista Hollweck and Mariana Dominguez from ARC talk about how hope, vigilance, determination, direction, goals and a plan are needed improve the conditions where teachers perform their professional practice.
25/08/2021
Fairer society
Perspectives: What unique challenges do researchers face in developing countries and how has the pandemic affected their work?
Rania Sawalhi, Ritu Srivastava and Sigmar de Mello Rode discuss what it’s like to be a researcher in a developing country and whether the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges they face.
17/08/2021
Fairer society
The importance of female protagonists in developing the business leaders of the future
Unless we portray female protagonists in cases, students will be less likely to appreciate and understand differences in decision-making and leadership styles of male vs. female CEOs.
10/08/2021
Real impact
Publish your policy brief with us
Policy briefs can help research create real-world impact by sharing the trusted and impartial information research offers, in a format the makes it easy to use by those in policy. Our guidelines offers helpful tips for publishing policy briefs.
23/07/2021
Real impact
Helpful hints for sharing research with people in policy
Louis Coiffait – a civil servant in HMG’s Open Innovation Team – shares some of the team's commonly asked questions plus hints on working with, and reaching, those in policy
23/07/2021
Real impact
Seven most common impact myths
To help you avoid some of the pitfalls around impact, we’ve identified seven of the most common impact myths.
19/07/2021
COVID-19
Fairer society
Perspectives: Is COVID-19 widening the gender gap in academia?
Women are especially vulnerable to the social and economic consequences of the pandemic. However, it is still too early to know the long-term effects, as well as the success of mitigation measures. Dr Mariann Hardey at the University of Durham examines these issues in the context of women in academia. Drawing from existing research and her own experiences, she suggests key actions that individuals can take to address gender equality issues post-pandemic.
15/07/2021
Real impact
Digital transformation requires cultural evolution
In an article published in the Scholarly Kitchen, Harriet Bell, Marketing Director at Emerald Publishing, and Scott Williams, Vice President Platform and Technology at De Gruyter, shared their experiences with broad-scale strategic reorientations of the organisations’ epicentres.
15/07/2021
Fairer society
Embedding sustainable change in gender equality: working from the inside out
"If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organisation". So stated Mary Douglas in a sentence so thoroughly abused that it has achieved the status of fridge magnet aphorism.
13/07/2021
Real impact
Our journey of progress with the SDG Publishers Compact
Since signing the Compact, we have embedded each of its 10 action points into our strategy and this has helped us underpin our commitments with real action. While we are making progress on our own paths, now is the time for us publishers to join up and continue the journey as a collective force.
07/07/2021
COVID-19
Quality education for all
The purpose-driven university in the face of COVID-19
Should universities focus their resources, knowledge and people for world good? Author of The Purpose Driven University, Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal argues why now is the ideal time for higher education institutions to intentionally create a positive impact in the world.
06/07/2021
Fairer society
A digital lifeline for people with learning disabilities
Over 5,000 people with learning disabilities in England have already benefited from Digital Lifeline - a unique partnership project led by Good Things Foundation - a digital inclusion and social change charity with a vision for a world where everyone benefits from digital.
02/07/2021
Fairer society
Changing culture through the speed of digital
Dr Jaclyn Lee, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore on one of the greatest culture transformation projects undertaken in their career.
15/06/2021
Fairer society
What are the core characteristics of Gen Z?
Elodie Gentina (IESEG School of Management, France) discusses the core characteristics of Generation Z.
15/06/2021
Healthier lives
Locked down by inequality: Why place matters for older people during COVID-19
Older people have borne the brunt of deaths from COVID-19, whether in hospital or in care homes and the full scale of related changes will not be known for some time. For now, it is evident that the coronavirus emergency sits alongside a crisis in many of the communities in which older people live.
15/06/2021
Healthier lives
COVID-19 and deprivation: levelling upstream
Michael Calnan (University of Kent) and Tom Douglass (University of Ulster) discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the last decade of deteriorating public health, stalling life expectancies, and widening inequalities in England.
15/06/2021
Healthier lives
Live and let die? Laissez-faire responses to the pandemic exacerbated unequal health usage
William Foley, European University Institute discusses the unequal impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on income, wealth and health, and the correlation of this with the intensity of governmental responses.
15/06/2021
Real impact
Bridging the gap between research and practice – Management Decision "in motion"
Dr Wendy Chen On the new "In Motion" section of the Management Decision journal, which provides a platform through which management scholars and practitioners can have open dialogues with each other to ensure studies can have real-world impact.
11/06/2021
Quality education for all
Higher education 4.0 – an opportunity to reimagine the future
Dr Ravi Sharma, Professor of Information Systems & Technology & Management at Zayed University discusses the future of higher education beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting a blended approach as the so-called 'next normal'.
03/06/2021
Quality education for all
Real impact
Educational leadership in challenging times
Carol A. Mullen, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech, discusses educational leadership in challenging times.
02/06/2021
Quality education for all
Real impact
Understanding decision-making in educational contexts
Stephanie Chitpin on how decision-making is carried out in educational contexts. Should leaders follow their gut feelings and intuition, or should they partake in critical decision-making?
02/06/2021
COVID-19
Responsible management
How to create COVID-19 recovery in Latin America via sustainability efforts
Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Mahmoud Mohieldin, G. Tomas M. Hult, & Juan Velez-Ocampo discuss how sustainability efforts can aid COVID-19 recovery in Latin America.
27/05/2021
Quality education for all
Real impact through your teaching: a case study
Giles Alston, North America Analyst, Oxford Analytica asks how can you teach for real-world impact through your students?
25/05/2021
Quality education for all
Teachers must be viewed as professionals, not workers
Dr Alex Gardner-McTaggart, Course Director for the blended online MA Educational Leadership in Practice at the University of Manchester discusses how the role of the teacher has changed significantly over the last 40 years.
05/05/2021
Fairer society
Responsible management
The COVID-19 pandemic and the tourism industry: the future of a new industry or its end?
Maximiliano Korstanje, Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics, University of Palermo, Argentina - discusses the the impact that COVID-19 has on the future of tourism
04/05/2021
Healthier lives
Responsible management
Getting help to those who need it in a pandemic: addressing the challenges of humanitarian supply chain operations
Denise DP Thompson – John Jay College of Criminal Justice – talks about the need for strategic thinking on pandemic humanitarian supply chains and logistics
30/04/2021
Fairer society
Quality education for all
How could greater emphasis on self and community-led development help to promote lifelong learning for all?
Dr Richard Teare – President, Global University for Lifelong Learning – describes what's needed to facilitate wider inclusion in lifelong learning.
28/04/2021
Fairer society
It’s time to reverse the model minority narrative
Eddy Ng, the James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor of Management at Bucknell University, USA – discusses the model minority myth.
27/04/2021
Healthier lives
Food and sports market insights: a different story after COVID-19
Sima Hamadeh, Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition & Program Coordinator of Nutrition and Dietetics Sciences at Haigazian University in Lebanon discusses the use of AI and AR in food and sports industries.
22/04/2021
Quality education for all
How digital learning is changing the future of education
Lindsay Denton, Digital Dot New York talks about education in the mainstream digital landscape and how digital learning is changing the future of education.
08/04/2021
Quality education for all
Increased emphasis on blended learning could be one positive to come from the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Paul Armstrong – The Manchester Institute for Education, University of Manchester – talks about how a greater focus on home learning should provide people from all backgrounds with improved foundations for learning inside and outside of school.
31/03/2021
Fairer society
A new deal for women
Marcia Texler Segal & Vasilikie (Vicky) Demos – discuss how the pandemic has revealed a number of gaps in the social structure, and a new deal, or social policy, is called for.
29/03/2021
Fairer society
Work, family, and women’s rights during the pandemic
Chika Shinohara, St. Andrew’s University, Osaka, Japan – talks about the fact that, despite being time-poor and sleep-deprived, women have been standing up for their rights during the pandemic.
29/03/2021
Fairer society
Women in academia & the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges, opportunities & what comes next
Seham Ghalwash – Research Manager at the School of Business at the American University in Cairo (AUC) – talks about finding opportunity in times of hardship.
23/03/2021
Fairer society
Women entrepreneurs and networking during COVID-19
COVID-19 has, for the most part, resulted in the cancellation of traditional face-to-face, large-scale networking events, with an immediate transfer to virtual/digital platforms. This could be particularly detrimental to women entrepreneurs and the networks they have established.
22/03/2021
Responsible management
"Two sides of the same coin" – rulings on the status of gig economy workers in UK and California
When the U.K. Supreme Court recently ruled that Uber drivers were employees and not independent contractors, the debate, learning, and importance of the decision reached new levels of importance throughout the world...
22/03/2021
Fairer society
Barriers to women’s social and political active participation
COVID-19, violence, division, the Israeli foreign occupation impose new challenges and serious barriers to effective women’s engagement and community participation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
22/03/2021
Responsible management
The Brexit effect – supply chain resilience
Fusing research and industry practice
22/03/2021
Healthier lives
Look who's talking about mental illness
Hannah Zeilig, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, and University of East Anglia, UK addresses the conversations around mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
18/03/2021
Fairer society
The direct influence of COVID-19 on women
Meltem Ince Yenilmez - Department of Economics, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Izmir, Turkey discusses the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on women.
18/03/2021
Fairer society
Deeds, not words
Rita A. Gardiner – Faculty of Education at Western University, Canada discusses Gender-based violence that is not only fueled by the global pandemic, but also fueled by the political rhetoric of some world leaders.
18/03/2021
Fairer society
Women in STEM
Andrea Duhon from Marshall University talks about her experiences of being a mathematician in the predominantly white male-dominated field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
18/03/2021
Fairer society
Uncaring economies – the harm governments do in response to COVID-19
Sue Cohen – University of Bristol, UK – talks about how the hidden value of women's work is disregarded, and how a caring economy can reduce COVID-19 death rates.
17/03/2021
Fairer society
Prevention & response to gender-based violence (GBV) during novel COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda
Madinah Nabukeera – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda – talks about gender-based and domestic violence during the pandemic.
17/03/2021
Fairer society
Community is the best place for us – migration, gender & COVID-19
Dr Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, Grace Fortson, Katherine Harder and Trevor Riedmann talk about refugee women and community support efforts during the pandemic.
17/03/2021
Fairer society
The place for women’s work is in the kitchen? The location of work during the COVID-19 pandemic & beyond
Oliver Mallett, Abigail Marks and Lila Skountridaki talk about how COVID-19 has affected working women.
17/03/2021
Fairer society
Preventing the murder of women in Brazil
Fiona Macaulay – University of Bradford, UK – talks about the changing approach to violence against women in Brazil.
17/03/2021
Fairer society
Women’s professional advancement in the pandemic
Mariann Hardey – Associate Professor, Business and Computing, Durham University – talks about career advancement and support for women during the pandemic.
16/03/2021
Fairer society
A life in the day
Katy Shaw – Professor of Contemporary Writings, Northumbria University – talks about stepping up to level up.
03/03/2021
Fairer society
Ain’t I a scholar? Black women & misogynoir in the academy
It is often said amongst the Black community that, 'you have to be twice as good for half as much', and black women tend to embody that belief.
01/03/2021
Responsible management
Multifunctional field margins in agriculture landscapes: a window of opportunity for conservation agriculture and biodiversity enhancement
Azhar Amir – professional writer who has worked for organisations such as UNDP, FAO, UNODC, and UNICEF – writes about multifunctional field margins.
26/02/2021
Responsible management
What is natural capital, why it is important and how natural capital protocol can lead to better interaction with nature
Azhar Amir – professional writer who has worked for organisations such as UNDP, FAO, UNODC, and UNICEF – writes about natural capital.
26/02/2021
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