Business & Economics
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SEOULTECH researchers reveal strong public support for hydrogen fuel cell trucks
Seoul National University of Science & TechnologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
Hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks offer a cleaner alternative to diesel transport, but public support is essential for large-scale adoption. In a new study, researchers surveyed households in South Korea to measure willingness to pay for expanding hydrogen truck deployment. The results show strong public acceptance, with benefits exceeding carbon reduction costs, indicating the policy is socially profitable and supports long-term low-carbon transport transitions under national climate policy goals frameworks.
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- Transport Policy
Global scripts, local classrooms: Education’s tightrope in the Middle East
ECNU Review of EducationPeer-Reviewed Publication
This feature examines how Middle Eastern education systems navigate tensions between global models and local cultures. Drawing on studies across the Gulf, Turkey, Bahrain, Oman, the UAE, and Iran, it explores shadow education markets, policy borrowing, teacher learning communities, culturally grounded early education, and classroom critiques of test-driven systems. Together, these perspectives show education as an ongoing negotiation, not simple adoption, shaping identity, equity, and future readiness across the region.
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- ECNU Review of Education
Farmers’ voices in European protests
University of GöttingenPeer-Reviewed Publication
Farmers’ protests that swept across Europe in 2024 were driven by a wide range of concerns that differ markedly between countries, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen. Based on survey responses from more than 2,200 farmers in Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the study finds that farmers’ motivations go far beyond commonly cited issues such as environmental regulations. Instead, complaints range from bureaucracy and low incomes to political dissatisfaction and uncertainty about the future of farming. The findings also suggest that policy responses at national and EU level only partly reflect farmers’ actual priorities. The results were published in the journal Food Policy.
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- Food Policy
Export concentration leaves Canada's canola sector vulnerable, research finds amid trade talks
University of CalgaryReports and Proceedings
Leading Danish universities join forces to boost innovation capacity
University of CopenhagenBusiness Announcement
University of Copenhagen and the Danish Technical University (DTU) enters into a broad partnership representing academia, the health-sector, government, industry, investors and innovation ecosystem actors to boost the development of the Innovation District Copenhagen.
Bottleneck in hydrogen distribution jeopardises billions in clean energy
Heriot-Watt UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
A recent study from Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University found that while hydrogen production, storage and fuel cell technologies are advancing rapidly, the hydrogen distribution infrastructure is developing at half the speed, creating a critical bottleneck that could put billions in clean energy at risk.
The findings, published in the journal Sustainable Futures, are an important milestone in recognising that, while other hydrogen technologies improve and costs fall, distribution expenses could take up a large share of hydrogen system budgets, significantly limiting overall efficiency and growth of the hydrogen sector.
The research team analysed 777,000 patents and 1.3 million citations spanning 182 years of hydrogen technology development, revealing clear differences in progress across the system.
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- Sustainable Futures
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- UK Research and Innovation