The recent economic crisis compels us to think how to avoid other future disasters. Since averting misconducts is more cost-effective than punishing them - due to the global social costs and the difficulties of restoring damages when the social harm has already occurred - regulation and legal...

Impact assessment (IA) of all major European Union (EU) policies is now mandatory. The form of IA used has been criticised for favouring corporate interests by overemphasising economic impacts and failing to adequately assess health impacts. Our study sought to assess how, why, and in what ways...

The paper provides a comprehensive overview of the historical problems and causes of the crisis, explains the choices available for the peripheral EU countries and the potential consequences, and discusses potential solutions which take into account how the EU operates. The Eurozone still makes...

Faff’s (2015; 2021) “Pitching Research” framework (PRF) is built on a research planning tool that challenges (novice) researchers to productively communicate their prospective research ideas to academic field experts. The framework gives you a total communication budget of 1,000 words ± 20%,...

Faff’s (2015; 2021) “Pitching Research” framework (PRF) is built on a research planning tool that challenges (novice) researchers to productively communicate their prospective research ideas to academic field experts. The framework gives you a total communication budget of 1,000 words ± 20%,...

The world population doubles within the next two generations from 7 up to 13/14 billion people with decreasing growth rates. The consumption of fossil resources of raw material and energy increases accordingly. Oil and natural gas will be exhausted irreversible in less than two generations...

We are on the threshold of a truly revolutionary era of discovery--ranging from the origins of the universe to a new state of matter and microscopic machines, from a new understanding of the oceans and of the biological connections across the earth's species to the functioning of the human brain...

Italian Abstract: La relazione, dopo aver dato conto dell'evoluzione dei rapporti di potere all'interno dell'Unione (fra Istituzioni, fra UE e Stati membri, con cenni alla c.d. troika), si concentra sulla libertà "dai" trattati, intesa principalmente come possibilità di rinegoziarli e...

O presente artigo condensa um pacote de medidas políticas anticrise conducentes a operar uma profunda modificação das estruturas sociais, económicas e financeiras portuguesas, nos domínios da pobreza e do desemprego. This paper condenses a package of anti crisis measures that leading to...

Portuguese Abstract: Partindo da crise estrutural portuguesa, começámos por revelar as principais linhas de orientação política nas áreas da pobreza e do desemprego. Confrontámos os dados estatísticos reveladores da evolução dos indicadores apresentados. Formulámos algumas políticas...