A new study examines a potential enforcement gap in the UK Contracts for Difference scheme. It shows that, although termination payments are designed to deter offshore wind generators from exiting contracts early, their practical recoverability may be weakened if highly leveraged project companies enter financial distress or insolvency. While no such case has been documented to date, the findings offer new insights into how CfD design can be strengthened while preserving project bankability and supporting the UK’s low-carbon energy transition.

A new paper published in Global Strategy Journal develops a geopolitical-economic order framework that suggests that the extent of geopolitical competition incentivizes states to create one of two types of economic order: a market-based order built on laissez-faire and mutually beneficial voluntary exchanges, and a state-based order focused on state power and government intervention in the economy. Understanding which order a firm operates in is crucial for managers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) because each rewards different strategies and sources of competitive advantage.

The research team, Daniel J. Blake of IE University in Madrid, Srividya Jandhyala of ESSEC Business School in Singapore, and Quan Li of Texas A&M University and Princeton University, were looking to better make sense of the changing global political environment for companies. They found there isn’t a clear picture of what geopolitical risk really is and how it shapes global companies, so they wanted to determine a common foundation for scholars and managers to decipher how geopolitics shapes global companies' strategies.

– Professor Carlo Maria Gallucci Calabrese is the new General Manager of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He will assume his new position on 1 September 2026. The appointment was made at the meeting of 16 July 2026 by the Board of Directors, following a proposal by the Rector, Elena Beccalli.

A new study suggests what’s flushed down the drain can offer a real-time snapshot of what communities are eating.  

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed tiny fragments of plant and animal DNA from wastewater samples across 19 North Carolina communities representing 2.1 million people to reveal how economics, immigration, and geography influence what's on our plates.

A study of University of California social science faculty tested several common explanations and found that none told the full story.

Across 21 studies, researchers confirmed that people learned attitudes from a single trust interaction, whether positive or negative. But negative experiences were harder to dispel. The rise in distrust after a negative experience was about double the boost in trust after a good exchange. Surprisingly, the same effects did not occur when people interacted with artificial intelligence, because participants did not see those interactions as social.