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Continue reading →: Before we called it sustainability: How family stories and everyday practices teach us to consume differently
A mother saves water left from cooking and pours it onto her plants. Another insists that food should never be thrown away. A child learns to use both sides of a sheet of paper. Lights and fans are switched off in empty rooms. Old newspapers, clothes and metal objects are…
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Continue reading →: Nobody’s Decision: Why No One Can Regulate the Rogue AI
Recent news about artificial intelligence has the tone of science fiction. A self-styled swarm of models escaped the digital boundaries set by humans and hacked into a coding and software platform. Some of these models might have hidden replication code on the Internet, a threat that we don’t fully understand.…
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Continue reading →: Why Have We Been Unable to Regulate the Merchants of Migration?
By Edward Mohr The recruitment of low-wage migrant workers across borders in many ways has changed little over the last century. In 1916, the US Department of Labor stated that the newly arrived immigrant is reliant on private-sector recruiters who always hold out glowing promises of work but most often…
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Continue reading →: Penal Policy: Bringing a Neglected Field of Public Policy into Focus
Across much of the world, punishment occupies a remarkably prominent place in public life. Political campaigns regularly turn on questions of crime and security. Calls for expanded criminalization, tougher penalties, and stronger enforcement continue to shape legislative agendas. Punitive measures are routinely invoked as solutions to problems ranging from disorder…
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Continue reading →: Will digital transformation lead to the end of the national welfare state?
By John Storm Pedersen, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Will digital transformation lead to the end of the national welfare state? Does digital transformation make it impossible for national welfare states to fulfil their historical task of helping vulnerable citizens who…
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Continue reading →: Am I My Brother’s Keeper? A New Case for Leadership
Julia Romanowska explores how art can unsettle leaders’ judgement and open another horizon for leadership — one grounded in exposure, responsibility and the dignity of human life.
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Continue reading →: COMI Tourism on Trial: US Courts Set New Guardrails for UK Restructurings
UK Cross Border Insolvency and Restructuring Law is a fascinating and interesting subject which is constantly the subject of debate. This matter is highlighted by the fact that since the book has been submitted for publication an increasing number of UK restructuring plans and schemes of arrangement appear to have…
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Continue reading →: 5 Reasons Interpersonal Relations Matter
By Charlotte J.S. De Backer 1. We overvalue individuals. We live in individual-focused societies. We are encouraged to understand ourselves, improve ourselves, and pursue our own goals and wellbeing. Social science often mirrors this focus, explaining behaviour through personalities, attitudes, cognitions and motivations. Yet humans did not evolve and cannot…
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Continue reading →: Understanding Environmental Sociology
We are excited to share our new book, Understanding Environmental Sociology. This book is designed for senior undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, and practitioners interested in the perspectives and contributions that a sociological lens can bring to conversations about environmental issues and sustainability transitions.
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Continue reading →: Introducing ‘A Research Agenda for Innovation and Development’
By editors Judith Sutz and Rodrigo Arocena In the periphery, development processes have not made intensive use of innovation; this is a reason, among others, why innovation has been underdeveloped there. In highly industrialized countries, where innovation has been a pillar of their development processes, environmental damage and threats to…
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