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25-Mar-2025

University of Bath Professor Andrew Crane shapes newly updated UK Modern Slavery Act

University of Bath
Business Announcement

School of Management Professor Andrew Crane, an expert in corporate responsibility and modern slavery, has helped the UK government shape new guidance for businesses on how to respond to modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.

25-Mar-2025

New study maps the life situation of transgender people in Sweden

Stockholm University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study provides a unique insight into the group seeking gender-affirming care in Sweden. It shows that transgender people are a socioeconomically vulnerable group and that in 2020, 0.07% of Sweden's population had received a gender incongruence diagnosis, while 0.03% had undergone a legal gender change.

Journal: Demography

25-Mar-2025

Delaying the net zero transition could impose significant economic costs, new research reveals

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Delayed and disorderly energy transitions will threaten economic and financial stability whilst also increasing the economic risks from climate change, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Conversely, transitions that are started sooner are likely to be more orderly and economically beneficial.

Journal: Ecological Economics

24-Mar-2025

Avoidable deaths are on the rise in the United States, yet falling in many peer nations

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In most high-income countries around the world, the number of avoidable mortalities is going down. But in the United States, avoidable deaths have been on the rise for more than a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health and Harvard University, who examined mortality trends across U.S. states and 40 high-income countries. Their findings were published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine

24-Mar-2025

Boost for the startup scene in the Rhine-Main region: Four universities and Futury launch the Future Factory

Goethe University Frankfurt
Business Announcement

The Future Factory has set itself the ambitious goal of establishing 1,000 new startups by 2030. +++ Structured startup programs provide founders with direct access to funding, industry, and coaching from top experts. +++ Participation in the “Startup Factories” flagship competition by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) opens up additional funding opportunities and strengthens national competitiveness.

24-Mar-2025

When systems suddenly tip: New insights into hard-to-predict transitions

Complexity Science Hub
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Systems that may appear similar at first glance can behave very differently near a tipping point. Their behavior depends on microscopic details, according to a new study by the Complexity Science Hub—findings that could impact risk assessments in economics and society.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Austrian Science Fund, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Mobility, Innovation & Technology, Israel Science Foundation, NSF-BSF, EU H2020 project DIT4TRAM, EU H2020 Project OMINO

24-Mar-2025

Family businesses are more sustainable, according to a UC3M study

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU) and Universidad de Salamanca, has carried out scientific research that indicates that family businesses show more environmentally responsible behaviour than non-family businesses.

Journal: Journal of Business Ethics