Making agriculture and food trade easier by removing or reducing trade barriers, such as tariffs and quotas, supports sustainable development, concludes a new project led by Corvinus University of Budapest.

In every region except North America, geopolitical instability is seen as the biggest short-term threat to business for the fourth year running, according to the 2025 Oxford-GlobeScan Global Corporate Affairs Survey.

The first global stocktake of urban climate change research has found a critical blind spot, with rapidly growing cities from the Global South underrepresented in studies.

Parents are not happier or more satisfied with life than childless individuals, but they do experience a greater sense of meaning in life. This finding was especially pronounced among women with low socioeconomic status.

Companies deliberately put a more positive spin on financial report headlines, successfully manipulating investor perceptions and boosting stock prices, finds new research from the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business.

Countries with strong legal protection for financiers, either for banks or equity investors, are more likely to see high levels of scaleup growth, according to new research.