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Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2023). Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective. European Law Journal: Review of European Law in Context, 28(4-6), 281-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12468

China's approach to ISDS reform is widely perceived as undecided and ambiguous. This paper provides the first detailed analysis of China's submission to the UNITRAL Working Group III and situates China's approach in the context of global dialogue of... Read More about Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective.

Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning? (2023)
Journal Article
Yan, J., Yu, Z., Fernandes, K., & Xiong, Y. (2023). Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning?. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 43(8), 1277-1303. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-08-2022-0507

Purpose: To explore the mechanism that shapes firms' supply chain learning (SCL) practices, this study examines the relationship between firms' knowledge network embeddedness and their SCL practice in a supply chain network, as well as the moderating... Read More about Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning?.

The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales (2023)
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Halliday, S., Romanis, E. C., De Proost, L., & Verweij, E. (. (2023). The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales. Medical Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwad015

Time plays a fundamental role in abortion regulation. In this article, we compare the regulatory frameworks in England and Wales and the Netherlands as examples of the centrality accorded to viability in the determination of the parameters of non-cri... Read More about The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales.

Hydrogen supply chain and refuelling network design: assessment of alternative scenarios for the long-haul road freight in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Raeesi, R., Searle, C., Balta-Ozkan, N., Marsiliani, L., Tian, M., & Greening, P. (2024). Hydrogen supply chain and refuelling network design: assessment of alternative scenarios for the long-haul road freight in the UK. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 52(Part B), 667-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.474

Shifting from fossil fuels to clean alternative fuel options such as hydrogen is an essential step in decarbonising the road freight transport sector and facilitating an efficient transition towards zero-emissions goods distribution of the future. De... Read More about Hydrogen supply chain and refuelling network design: assessment of alternative scenarios for the long-haul road freight in the UK.

Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (2023)
Journal Article
Spencer, M., Culhane, F., Chong, F., Powell, M. O., Roland Holst, R. J., & Helm, R. (2023). Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems. PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 11, Article 15021. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15021

The open ocean beyond national jurisdiction covers nearly half of Earth’s surface and is largely unexplored. It is also an emerging frontier for new types of human activity. Understanding how new activities interact with high seas ecosystems is criti... Read More about Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems.

Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law (2023)
Journal Article
Minnerop, P. (2023). Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13219

This article argues that the protection of ‘community interests’ in international law includes intertemporal obligations of States, in cases where it is scientifically foreseeable that (fully) maintaining the ‘status quo’ of a protected community int... Read More about Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law.

Glacial geomorphology of the northwest Laurentide Ice Sheet on the northern Interior Plains and western Canadian Shield, Canada (2023)
Journal Article
Dulfer, H. E., Stoker, B. J., Margold, M., & Stokes, C. R. (2023). Glacial geomorphology of the northwest Laurentide Ice Sheet on the northern Interior Plains and western Canadian Shield, Canada. Journal of Maps, 19(1), Article 2181714. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2181714

The majority of the Northwest Territories of mainland Canada was covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum. The increasing coverage of high resolution remotely sensed data provides new opportunities to map the glacial geomor... Read More about Glacial geomorphology of the northwest Laurentide Ice Sheet on the northern Interior Plains and western Canadian Shield, Canada.

Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean (2023)
Journal Article
Roland Holst, R. J. (2023). Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 38(2), 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-bja10122

This article takes the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as an opportunity to reflect on the role that the compulsory dispute settlement system under Part XV of the Convention plays in maintaining the legal o... Read More about Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean.

The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: The role of customer structure and operational slack (2023)
Journal Article
He, C., Jia, F., Wang, L., Chen, L., & Fernandes, K. (2023). The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: The role of customer structure and operational slack. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-08-2022-0521

Purpose Corporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling indicates a misalignment between how firms report CSR and what firms actually practice with respect to CSR. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between CSR decoupling and... Read More about The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: The role of customer structure and operational slack.

International Human Rights Law, Devolution, and Democratic Legitimacy: the Case Study of Abortion Reform in Northern Ireland (2023)
Journal Article
Rooney, J. (2023). International Human Rights Law, Devolution, and Democratic Legitimacy: the Case Study of Abortion Reform in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 74(1), 28-62. https://doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v74i1.1021

This article uses the case study of abortion law reform to critically assess what is required to secure democratic legitimacy in complying with international human rights law (IHRL) obligations. The case study exposes the inadequacy of the devolution... Read More about International Human Rights Law, Devolution, and Democratic Legitimacy: the Case Study of Abortion Reform in Northern Ireland.

Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 2 – conceptual models of BMG initiation (2023)
Journal Article
Evans, D. J., Newton, M., Roberts, D. H., & Stokes, C. R. (2023). Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 2 – conceptual models of BMG initiation. Geomorphology, 427, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108620

Understanding BMG formation equates to being able to explain their initiation as well as their subsequent evolution. Several scenarios of bedrock mega-groove (BMG) initiation are proposed here, which attempt to explain how such parallel fluted terrai... Read More about Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 2 – conceptual models of BMG initiation.

Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 1 - morphometric analyses (2023)
Journal Article
Newton, M., Stokes, C. R., Roberts, D. H., & Evans, D. J. (2023). Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 1 - morphometric analyses. Geomorphology, 427, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108619

Bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) are subglacial landforms of erosion that occur in glaciated terrain in various geological and (palaeo)glaciological settings. Despite a significant literature on BMGs, no systematic morphometric analysis of these landforms... Read More about Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 1 - morphometric analyses.

Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism (2023)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2023). Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism. German law journal, 24(1), 125-150. https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.2

Much ink has been splashed on the ideological, conceptual, and practical challenges that China’s state capitalism has posed to global trade rules. There is a growing perception that the current international trade rules are neither conceptually coher... Read More about Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism.

Slowdown of Shirase Glacier, East Antarctica, caused by strengthening alongshore winds (2022)
Journal Article
Miles, B. W., Stokes, C. R., Jenkins, A., Jordan, J. R., Jamieson, S. S., & Gudmundsson, G. H. (2022). Slowdown of Shirase Glacier, East Antarctica, caused by strengthening alongshore winds. The Cryosphere, 17, 445-456. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-445-2023

Around large parts of West Antarctica and in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, increased wind-forced intrusions of modified Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW) onto the continental shelf have been associated with mass loss over the last few decades. Despite co... Read More about Slowdown of Shirase Glacier, East Antarctica, caused by strengthening alongshore winds.

Solar Power for Resilient Healthcare Systems in Nigeria: Regulatory, Financial and Organizational Options for Sustainable Business Models (2023)
Journal Article
Paim, M., Gershon, O., Adeyemi, A., Azubuike, S., Mu, X., & Roeben, V. (2023). Solar Power for Resilient Healthcare Systems in Nigeria: Regulatory, Financial and Organizational Options for Sustainable Business Models. The Journal of energy and development, 48(1-2), 175-194

This article investigates sustainable business models for the electrification of primary healthcare facilities (PHCs) through Renewable Energy (RE) in Nigeria. The PHCs using Luminous or lithium batteries require careful allocation of costs potential... Read More about Solar Power for Resilient Healthcare Systems in Nigeria: Regulatory, Financial and Organizational Options for Sustainable Business Models.