24th May 2018, Prof. Bert Scholtens (Groningen University) gives a keynote speech at the final Jean Monnet workshop on Socially Responsible Investments in Pisa. He asks whether socially responsible investing could be regarded as a success. The answer depends upon the perspective …
Elisa Giuliani talking about the importance of rare earth minerals and coltan extraction for the ICT industry, and the poor working conditions of workers at these very early stages of the ICT value chain @ International Workshop “RETHINKING CLUSTERS: CRITICAL …
A new paper by Mauro Sylos Labini is forthcoming in Research Policy! “Walk on the Wild Side: ‘Predatory’ Journals and Information Asymmetries in Scientific Evaluations” Abstract In recent years the academic world has witnessed the mushrooming of journals that falsely …
A new paper has been accepted by Ecological Economics! The paper, by Tommaso Luzzati (REMARC), Angela Parenti and Tommaso Rughi, is titled “Economic growth and cancer incidence”. Abstract Why do we observe increasing rates of new cancer cases? Is the increasing burden of …
Elisa Giuliani and Chiara Macchi write about the Ilva case in Taranto and suggest that while European countries have long been considered a stronghold of welfare societies, these countries may in fact face difficulties in ensuring respect and promotion of …
Federica Nieri’s paper on “Human rights controversies and emerging country firms” has been accepted for presentation at the forthcoming European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Meeting in Milan (14-16 December). The paper asks whether emerging country firms’ financial performance influences …
One of our projects was funded by Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament represented by Philippe Lamberts, co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group. A fair and sustainable post-growth economy: study and model project will develop between September 2017 and May 2018 …
Federica Nieri won the 2017 AIB Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal on her thesis “Corporate Social Irresponsibility by Emerging Market Corporations: Unveiling and Theorizing the Causes of their Involvement in Irresponsible Events”.
