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The number of abortions decreased by nearly a quarter in Spain during the two months of strict lockdown due to COVID-19

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

esearch involving Pompeu Fabra University has concluded that abortions in Spain fell by around 24% during the two months of strict lockdown due to covid-19 in the spring of 2020. The study, conducted by the researchers Libertad González (UPF Department of Economics and Business and Barcelona School of Economics) and Karina Trommlerová (Institute of Public Policy of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia), reveals that this reduction was not due to the closure of clinics or difficulties getting access to the health service, but to a decrease in unwanted pregnancies, especially among single women

Journal: Population and Development Review
Funder: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness - Severo Ochoa Program Program for Centers of Excellence in R&D

Second-hand gift-giving is a well-deliberated decision

University of Eastern Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fair price, treasure hunting, i.e., the thrill of finding something rare or valuable, as well as ethical and ecological reasons motivate consumers’ intentions to buy second-hand gifts, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland finds.

Journal: European Journal of Marketing

ECU study shows AI strengthens agility and engagement

Edith Cowan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As businesses navigate increasingly dynamic markets, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging not just as a tool, but as a strategic driver of marketing agility and firm performance.

Journal: European Journal of Marketing

Sustainability-focused companies benefit more from audit transparency

Nagoya University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Companies with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) track records performed better than their peers after being required to adopt more rigorous auditing standards. This is according to a new study from researchers at Nagoya University in Japan, which is the first to examine the connection between the implementation of “key audit matters” (KAMs) and firms’ sustainability practices.

Journal: Managerial Auditing Journal
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tsao Family Foundation

Leadership and social cohesion

Goethe University Frankfurt
Grant and Award Announcement

Our times are dominated by crises as well as social polarization and fragmentation. When it comes to strengthening cohesion, leaders play a special role: this is the fundamental thinking behind the interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences approved today by the DFG. The “Goethe Leadership Centre”, whose foundations lie in psychology and economics, will conduct research on this topic for an initial four years. In addition, the DFG announced that funding for the research unit QUAST, which focuses on predicting the properties of quantum materials, has been extended.

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG

Jeonbuk National University researcher proposes a proposing a two-stage decision-making framework of lithium governance in Latin America

Jeonbuk National University, Sustainable Strategy team, Planning and Coordination Division
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Lithium is a strategically very important mineral in the present decade. Latin American countries, with their abundant resources, have taken divergent paths in terms of governance strategies. In a recent study, a researcher from Jeonbuk National University has proposed a two-stage decision-making framework to explain this trend, providing a useful starting point for examining how states navigate the interplay between external pressures and domestic structural constraints in governing lithium industries.

Journal: The Extractive Industries and Society

Global measures consistently underestimate food insecurity; one in five who suffer from hunger may go uncounted

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

International humanitarian aid organizations rely on analyses from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system, a global partnership that monitors and classifies the severity of food insecurity to help target assistance where and when it is most needed. Howwever, a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators, published in Nature Foods, finds that global food insecurity analyses systematically underestimate hunger.

Journal: Nature Food

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