Lund University, Sweden - Where do your online shopping returns end up? In the bin, new research finds

Title:

Where do your online shopping returns end up? In the bin, new research finds

 

Published:

Lund University, 20 January 2023

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/where-do-your-online-shopping-returns-end-bin-new-research-finds

 

From the news article:

For e-commerce companies, it is cheaper to throw away returned items rather than selling them again. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden interviewed members of the textile and electronics industries in Europe, hoping to better understand a problem that is snowballing, yet has been the subject of little research.

 

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Title:

Product destruction: Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses

 

Authors:

Hedda Roberts, Leonidas Milios, Oksana Mont & Carl Dalhammar

 

Published:

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Volume 35, January 2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.11.009

 

Analysis of the impact of the regional innovation system of protected agriculture in Hidalgo, Mexico [Scholarly Article - The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, February 2022]

Title:

Analysis of the impact of the regional innovation system of protected agriculture in Hidalgo, Mexico 

 

Authors:

Juan Manuel Vargas-Canales, María Isabel Palacios-Rangel, Juan Carlos García-Cruz, Joaquín Huitzilihuitl Camacho-Vera, Yolanda Sánchez-Torres  & César Simón-Calderón

 

Published:

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 16 February 2022

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1389224X.2022.2039246?src=

 

From the abstract:

Purpose 

The aim of the research was to analyze the impact of the regional innovation system on the efficiency and productivity enterprises dedicated to protected agriculture in Hidalgo, Mexico.  

 

Methodology 

The regional innovation system was analyzed by identifying the innovation networks. Subsequently, a typology of enterprises was generated according to the networks in which they participate and an analysis of variance and comparison tests of Scheffé means between clusters.

Forensic science in Seychelles: An example of a micro-jurisdiction forensic delivery system [Scholarly Article - Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2021]

Title:

Forensic science in Seychelles: An example of a micro-jurisdiction forensic delivery system 

 

Authors:

Jemmy T. Bouzinab,Georgina Sauziera & Simon W. Lewisa 

 

a. School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Western Australia, Australia 

b. Seychelles Police Department, Revolution Avenue, Mahe, Seychelles

 

Published:

Forensic Science International: Synergy, 16 February 2021

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X21000073

 

Abstract:

Forensic science has become an indispensable tool for even the smallest of jurisdictions. However, micro-jurisdictions often face significant challenges with respect to resource availability, administration and local governance. This paper examines the forensic service provision in Seychelles as an example of a micro-jurisdiction forensic delivery system. The impact of limited resources and remote access to consumables or services have prompted the prospective shift to localise commonly utilised forensic services. The potential for a solid foundation for a sustainable forensic service is examined in relation to jurisdictions with more advanced forensic service delivery. Reforms of the legal framework, administration, and governance structures are some of the key underpinnings for an effective forensic delivery system built on a culture of transparent science that promotes justice and creates public confidence.

What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda [Higher Education, 28 October 2020]

Title:

What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda

 

Authors:

Lynn McAlpine, Montserrat Castello & Kirsi Pyhaltö 

Published:

Higher Education, 28 October 2020

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-019-00448-7

Abstract:

During the past two decades, PhD graduate numbers have increased dramatically with graduates viewed by governments as a means to advance the knowledge economy and international competitiveness. Concurrently, universities have also invested in policies to monitor satisfaction, retention, and timely completion—and researchers have expanded the study of PhD experience. We, as such researchers, have increasingly received invitations from university decision-makers to present research evidence which might guide their doctoral programs. Their interest provoked us to do a qualitative systematized review of research on doctoral experience—seeking evidence of practices that influenced retention, satisfaction, and completion. The result contributes a synthesis of the critical research evidence that could be used to inform doctoral education policy. We also demonstrate the possibilities of such evidence by suggesting some potential recommendations, while recognizing that there is no direct relationship between research results and their transformation into particular institutional contexts in ways that enhance doctoral experience. We hope our initiative will be taken up and extended by other researchers, particularly the research gaps we note, so we can collectively support the use of research evidence to influence both doctoral policies and practices—with the goal to better prepare PhD researchers for their futures and better support their supervisors.

University of Melbourne - Big data reveals we're running out of time to save environment and ourselves (Phys.org, 24 April 2020)

Title:
Big data reveals we're running out of time to save environment and ourselves

By:
University of Melbourne

Published:
Phys.org, 24 April 2020

From the article:
"Lead author Dr. Rebecca Runting from the University of Melbourne's School of Geography says that while we currently have an unprecedented ability to generate, store, access and analyse data about the environment, these technological advances will not help the world unless they lead to action."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-big-reveals-environment.html

To read the scholarly article:
Runting, R.K., Phinn, S., Xie, Z. et al. Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability. Nat Commun 11, 2003 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15870-0