A United Nations tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention (UNC) on the Law of the Sea at Hague submitted its verdict recently on a unilateral arbitration instituted by Philippines on June 21st, 2013 questioning the validity of China’s “nine-dash line” claims in the South China Sea (SCS).
With just a few hours to go before the announcement of the new US president, one of the many remarkable aspects of the campaign is how the Democrat nominee, Hillary Clinton, is the candidate standing up for conservative principles rather than her Republican opponent, Donald Trump.…
Blog post based on an article published in Journal of Demographic Economics. The 1970s witnessed drastic changes in laws governing divorce.…
The Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, a journal based at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, presents a special issue on Race and Environmental Equity.…
In 2015, London School of Economics hosted a special event to mark the 10th anniversary of Health Economics, Policy and Law (HEPL).…
If there is one thing I have learned about teaching business and human rights for 20 years--most recently at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley, California--and before that as a case writer at Harvard Business School, it is the importance of making the business case for human rights.
Prize backed by leading international thinkers including Diane Coyle, Simon Goldhill, David Runciman and Saskia Sassen A new prize launched today (Friday 21 October 2016) is offering US$100,000 to whoever can best answer the question ‘Are digital technologies making politics impossible?’…
In the Journal of Social Policy article “From National to Sub-National? Exploring the Territorial Dimension of Social Assistance in Italy“, Davide Vampa adds a new perspective to the study of social assistance policy in countries that have undergone processes of territorial decentralisation.…
The Applied Linguistics Reading Pack from Language Teaching has been a popular collection of articles since 2011, generating more than 30,000 downloads.…
By tracking Hillary Clinton's subtle linguistic behavior over time, Jennifer Jones' research shows how these forces manifest in Clinton's self-presentation. Jones' findings suggest that as the Democratic nominee transitioned from First Lady to U.S. Senator to Secretary of State, she spoke in an increasingly "masculine" way.
For seventy years, International Organization (IO) has been at the forefront of scholarship in international relations. Across those years, the journal has tried to reflect the pressing questions of the field.…
Watching the 2016 presidential debates Patrick A. Stewart, Ph.D. (pastewar@uark.edu) If a picture is worth a thousand words, volumes will be spoken during the upcoming televised U.S.…
Blog post based on an article published in Environment and Development Economics Climate and policy experts agree that abatement of greenhouse gases and adaptation are the two main options to tackle climate change.…
Blog post based on an article published in Environment and Development Economics Natural disasters like the recent floods in Philippines and the tropical cyclone in Japan are just a few examples of catastrophic hazards which can cause loss of life, damage to personal property, business and infrastructure.…
Based on an article written in Journal of Management & Organization Over the past few years, the Indian economy is witnessing an annual growth rate of 7–10% and its industrial sectors are expanding at a very fast pace in response to the increased liberalization and privatization.…
Since civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, Turkey has become host to the largest number of Syrians fleeing their country—about 2.7 million registered refugees—and the largest refugee-receiving country in the post-World War II period.…
Blog post based on an article in Journal of Management & Organization Some years ago a Masters graduate rang me up to discuss the merger between her State Department and a related State Department.…
The UK’s social and political unions have always been closely connected. The welfare state forms a crucial part of the glue that holds the state together.…
Post written by Maria Luisa Farnese, Roberta Fida and Stefano Livi based on an article in Journal of Management & Organization Increasingly dynamic, and sometimes unpredictable, environments compel companies to adapt quickly to changing rules and market demands.…
This blog post reports on an article that uses data collected as part of the evaluation of the Dad and Partner Pay scheme (2011-14), funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Social Services (previously the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs).…
This blog by Tania Raffass of Monash University, Australia is based upon her paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Social Policy which seeks to contribute to the normative debate concerning work enforcement in liberal democracies.…
Repost from the Ethics & International Affairs Blog Written by Jacqueline Best, June 16, 2016 Photo: US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at a press conference in December, 2015.…
Academics are increasingly encouraged and incentivized to seek research impact beyond the academy. Researchers working in and around social policy might be assumed to have a head start in this...
Blog post written by André de Waal, Béatrice van der Heijden, Christopher Selvarajah and Denny Meyer Based on an article in Journal of Management & Organization National cultures have a strong influence on the performance of organizations and should be taken into account when studying the traits of High Performing Managers (HPMs).…
very little research has examined the impact of the recession and the ‘age of austerity’ on the income of voluntary organisations – despite considerable public concern about the potential impact on the voluntary sector
How have you found your first 18 months as Editor of JMO? Genuinely enjoyable. It is a great honour and responsibility to lead the development of JMO into a truly global journal with growing impact, building on the founding work of the previous editors. …
Introducing Contentious Elites in China: New Evidence and Approaches, an upcoming special issue of the Journal of East Asian Studies.…
With free labour migration between countries within the EU, the topic of the welfare state is again high on the political agenda, especially in countries as the UK, but also in The Netherlands. Also academic debates take place on the tensions between welfare states and immigration.
A recent literature has found that married couples share risks only partially. When the labour income of one spouse decreases (e.g.…
Empowering women has been a concern of the international community for decades. In 2000, with the ambitious objective of ending world poverty, world leaders set eight “millennium development goals”, one of which is to promote gender equality and empower women.…
How many registered charities in England and Wales operate overseas? And in which countries do they work? Historically it has been hard to get a feel for the shape and geographical scope of the voluntary sector because of a lack of available data. …
Blog post based on an article in the journal Environmental and Developmental Economics Natural environment is probably the oldest determinant of population displacement. …
Blog post based on a focal article from the journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology There is an increasingly prevalent perception that there are differences among generations and that these differences are creating unprecedented challenges for modern organizations.…
Blog post based on an article in the journal Environment and Development Economics In recent years, the surge in China’s CO2 emissions has caused increasing international concern.…
In this blog Veronica French describes the context for her co-authored paper An economic perspective on oceans and human health which features in the Oceans and Human Health special issue from Journal of the Marine Biological Association.…
Based on an article in the latest issue of Management and Organization Review ‘Globalization’ has become the buzzword of the last two decades.…
Until recently, the U.S. legal academy has taken a relatively narrow approach to to business and human rights scholarship...
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