Academia serves society by cultivating critical thinking and advancing knowledge, but research and teaching freedom face increasing pressures: scmresearch.org/2025/02/03/a... #academicfreedom

Academic Freedom Is Not a Given

Academia serves society by cultivating critical thinking and advancing knowledge, but research and teaching freedom face increasing pressures. For example, some early-career colleagues I have spoke…

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"This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success

Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.

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Liebes Auswärtiges Amt @diplo.de Ich bin Auslandsdeutscher. Die Wahlunterlagen werden erst ab dem 10.2. verschickt. Der Versand nach Dänemark dauert erfahrungsgemäß 2 Wochen. Damit kämen die Unterlagen NACH der Wahl bei mir an. Momentan sehe ich mich um mein Wahlrecht gebracht. Gibt es eine Lösung?

"In Berkeley Earth’s analysis the global mean temperature in 2023 is estimated to have been 1.62 ±0.06 °C (2.91 ± 0.11 °F) above the average temperature from 1850-1900, a period often used as a pre-industrial baseline for global temperature targets." #climatecrisis berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...

Global Temperature Report for 2024 - Berkeley Earth

2024 was the warmest year on Earth since direct observations began, and recent warming appears to be moving faster than expected.

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"Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility." What role could SCM research play to complement economic research? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b... #economics #supplychainmanagement

Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? (Gift Article)

Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.

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Excited to share our new paper "Taking Academic Ownership of the Supply Chain Emissions Discourse" by Andreas Wieland and myself. We call for Supply Chain Management scholars to actively engage with climate change mitigation and leverage their expertise. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...