Shale gas revolution could paralyse the energy transition
The shale gas boom offers a cheaper, cleaner alternative to coal but risks stalling renewable energy growth. Without stricter climate policies, shale gas could indefinitely delay the path to net zero.
Queer Lasting: Ecologies of Care for a Dying World
What queer modes of resilience and care can teach us about enduring environmental collapse
Court-Packing in Context
What alternative judicial reforms were proposed during the 1937 Court-packing crisis, and how might revisiting these lesser-known proposals inform today’s debate on Supreme Court reform?
Floods, droughts, and environmental circumscription in early state development
What explains the origins and survival of the first states around 5000 years ago? Ola Olsson discusses the role of weather-related productivity shocks for early state development in ancient Egypt.
Chinese Exchange Rate Policy: Lessons for Global Investors
How can a dynamic currency overlay strategy, using a forecasting model based on the RMB central parity rate policy introduced by the People’s Bank of China in 2015, help global investors manage currency risk in Chinese equity positions through long and short CNH positions? Michael Melvin discusses.
Cities and Rivers
How can architecture move beyond iconic buildings to create holistic, culturally-informed solutions that transform landscapes and everyday experiences?
Death to Realism! Toward a Social Psychology of Palestinian Resistance
How does the enduring zero-sum logic of settler colonialism shape the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Palestinian resistance?
Competing Criteria: Rethinking Congressional Redistricting and Representation
How do the choices made during congressional redistricting shape group representation, and what do six decades of data reveal about the influence of different institutions?
Software Testing of Generative AI Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
How can we ensure the quality and safety of generative AI systems when traditional software testing techniques fall short?
Murmurations of Injustice: Dynamics of Structural Injustice and Epistemic Oppression
Structural injustice refers to systemic social, political, and economic inequalities that are embedded within institutions and societal structures, disproportionately disadvantaging certain groups while maintaining power imbalances.
The Impact of the 2022 Oil Embargo and Price Cap on Russian Oil Prices
How did the 2022 oil embargo and price cap impact Russian oil exports and pricing, particularly in terms of discounts on Urals crude and shifts in bargaining power with India and China?
Not in My Backyard
Rae Ely was a pivotal figure in the early 1970s, leading efforts to preserve Green Springs, Virginia, from proposed developments like a state prison and a strip mine.
The False Choice Between Digital Regulation and Innovation
Are we sacrificing innovation for digital regulation, or is there a more nuanced relationship between the two? Anu Bradorrd provides a balanced perspective that challenges the conventional wisdom and emphasizes a complex interplay between regulation, technological progress, and foundational economic structures.
Understanding Global Legal Pluralism
How can understanding global legal pluralism enhance our approach to managing the complex web of multiple, overlapping legal systems and regulatory bodies in today’s interconnected world?
A statistical approach to law school citation rankings
Do citation rankings truly reflect the scholarly impact of law schools, or are they a statistical mirage with little informational value on faculty quality? Joshua Fischman discusses the statistical underpinnings and substantial uncertainties inherent in law school citation rankings through a novel approach modeling citations as lognormally distributed, questioning the efficacy of common ranking methods.
The Economic Impact of Depression Treatment in India
Can understanding the economic impact of depression treatment help alleviate the burden of this pervasive illness in India? This study cross-randomizes pharmacotherapy and livelihoods assistance among 1000 adults in Karnataka, showing benefits in reducing depression severity with combined interventions, although not significantly improving earnings or human capital investment.
Do Employees Cheer for Private Equity?
How do changes in company ownership, particularly through private equity buyouts, affect employees’ perceptions of job quality beyond salary, including factors like work-life balance, culture, and management?
High school change
How can the career-long scholarship of Karen Seashore Louis, alongside other key studies on educational change, illuminate the possibilities and challenges of transformational reform in high schools, particularly in light of recent global disruptions? Andrew Hargreaves discusses.
Who earns the iron rice bowl?
Why are certain college-educated workers in China more likely to secure state sector employment? This study reveals that graduates from less marketable and specific fields have better odds, especially if they have familial ties within the sector, showcasing how educational and family backgrounds influence career paths in the context of China’s market reforms.
Seasonal variations in auditory processing in the inferior colliculus of Eptesicus fuscus
How do seasonal changes in hormonal status shape the auditory processing of bats, particularly influencing male and female responses to vocalizations throughout the year?
Moving Beyond Binary Measures of Gender in Political Ambition
How do gendered personalities, beyond biological sex, shape political ambition, and what does this reveal about the persistent sex gap in political ambition?
Can’t We All Just Get Along? How Women MPs Can Ameliorate Affective Polarization in Western Publics
Can increasing the number of women in parliament help reduce partisan hostility, and how does their representation influence warmer attitudes toward opposing parties across Western democracies?
Deindustrialization and Industry Polarization
Michael Sposi suggests deindustrialization and increasing industry polarization are driven by sector-biased productivity growth and sectoral trade integration.
Displacing the displaced
How did the Covid-19 crisis expose systemic barriers for Syrian refugees in Türkiye, particularly in accessing healthcare and social services, and how have legal policies and asylum regulations, such as registration requirements, exacerbated their vulnerability and restricted access to essential state services during the pandemic?