Policy & Ethics
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Looking to the future together: 20 years of the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring
Goethe University FrankfurtMeeting Announcement
What challenges do regional labour markets in Vietnam and in Hesse share? And what can each side learn from the other’s solutions? Questions like these will be at the heart of the discussions of this month’s conference of the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring, which brings together more than 100 experts from Europe, Asia and Africa at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Europe leads on transparent borders as Australia lags behind
University of South AustraliaNew research shows that Australia is lagging well behind Europe when it comes to digitised border control, adopting a “staggering” level of secrecy that is threatening individual democratic rights.
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- Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies
- Funder
- Erasmus+
The withdrawal of U.S. funding for tuberculosis could lead to up to 2.2 million additional deaths between 2025 and 2030 inclusive
PLOSPeer-Reviewed Publication
The withdrawal of U.S. funding for tuberculosis could lead to up to 2.2 million additional deaths between 2025 and 2030 inclusive, per modelling study across 26 high-burden TB countries.
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- PLOS Global Public Health
Death by a thousand cuts: salmon falling through the cracks in B.C.’s fragmented policy landscape
Simon Fraser UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research from Simon Fraser University (SFU) Biological Sciences researchers finds that Pacific salmon are facing escalating threats due to a lack of coordinated conservation policy and oversight.
Their study, published this week in FACETS outlines how the existing suite of environmental regulations across multiple jurisdictions in British Columbia is failing to manage the cumulative impacts of industrial development and climate change on salmon and watersheds, and suggests opportunities for reform.
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- FACETS
- Funder
- BC SalmonRestoration and Innovation Fund
Equity implications of where long-term fossil fuel plants are located found to differ based on time period studied
Carnegie Mellon UniversityReports and Proceedings
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- Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon
Study: In interorganizational health care collaborations, stability of representation is key
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Health Care Management Review