• The Global Chase for Innovation: Is STEM Education the Catalyst?

    Updated: 2012-04-25 23:21:49
    BY CONNIE L. MCNEELY AND JONG-ON HAHM As science and technology-based innovations have driven economic success, countries around the world have sought ways to fuel innovation and increase the conditions and factors that promote its growth.  In the accompanying literature, innovation refers not merely to initial creativity, invention, or knowledge diffusion, but rather to the [...]

  • International Collaboration by and for Women in Science and Technology

    Updated: 2012-04-25 23:20:45
    BY LISA M. FREHILL AND CONNIE L. MCNEELY Scientific collaboration is a key feature of the world’s innovation-driven knowledge economy. Indeed, collaboration is fundamental to how knowledge is created, diffused, and applied within and across countries today. The innovation process itself is not merely marked by collaboration at different levels of analysis, but is virtually [...]

  • Latest articles published in Foreign Policy

    Updated: 2012-04-25 02:12:36
    Patriot Games Any Given Friday He’s Not Alone Afghanistan the Beautiful The Pickers of Dandora The Arab Spring’s Best Photos [Source: Foreign Policy, 16th - 19th April, 2012] addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D12914'; addthis_title = 'Latest+articles+published+in+Foreign+Policy'; addthis_pub = '';

  • New publications are available at the Scout Report!

    Updated: 2012-04-25 02:12:27
    Public Housing Transformation and Crime: Making the Case for Responsible Relocation As the city of Chicago began the plan to transform its notoriously poorly-run Chicago Housing Authority in the early 1990s, many wondered what would become of its residents and the surrounding communities. This recent report from the Urban Institute looks into the “complex relationship between [...]

  • Latest resources from Urban Institute

    Updated: 2012-04-25 02:12:16
    THE SIZE OF TAX PREFERENCES “How Large Are Tax Expenditures? A 2012 Update” - By Donald Marron Tax expenditures are getting increased scrutiny from budget hawks and tax reformers. New Treasury estimates, released as part of President Obama’s recent budget, indicate that these tax preferences will reduce individual and corporate income tax revenues by almost $1.1 trillion [...]

  • EARTH DAY 2012: Resources from Carnegie Council

    Updated: 2012-04-20 21:51:00
    These multimedia resources explore what it means to be sustainable; some practical solutions; the role of legislation; and finally, what we can learn from fictional visions of a climate-changed world.

  • Nepal Wireless – The Power of Innovative Action

    Updated: 2012-04-19 06:10:50
    BY STEPHEN RUTH If one were setting up a rural wireless project in a developing nation nearly all site options would be easier than the rugged upper mountains of central Nepal, near the famous 27 thousand foot Annapurna range. Yet a very small, dedicated cadre from the remote village of Nangi began a process over [...]

  • Montreal and Kyoto: A Tale of Two Protocols

    Updated: 2012-04-18 16:59:00
    If you want the United States to sign an international climate agreement, the benefits better outweigh the sacrifices, says Cass Sunstein. The Montreal ozone treaty was easier because even unilateral action was favorable.

  • Brazil as an Emerging Environmental Donor

    Updated: 2012-04-17 20:47:00
    Using the concept of solidarity diplomacy, Brazil is disseminating its own developmental innovations, including the biofuel technologies that have limited fossil fuels to just 53 percent of the Brazilian energy matrix.

  • Psychology Headlines Around the World from Socialpsychology.org

    Updated: 2012-04-17 07:15:30
    Facial Features Of Children With Down Syndrome Lead To Implicit Stereotyping Fetal Exposure To Antipsychotics Results In Lower Neuromotor Test Scores Yoga Shows Psychological Benefits for High-School Student Depression Often Leads To Difficulties With Peers In Middle Childhood Opponents of Gay Marriage Think Their Own Union Is Unshakable Cyberbullying and Bullying Are Not the Same Mental Illness Linked To Chronic [...]

  • Latest reports from IssueLab

    Updated: 2012-04-17 07:14:54
    Affording Health Care and Education on the Minimum Wage Better Outcomes, Lower Costs: How Community-Based Funders Can Transform U.S. Health Care Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work The Devolution Initiative Evaluation: Innovation and Learning at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Growth in World Contraceptive Use Stalling; 215 Million Women?s Needs Still Unmet The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social [...]

  • New publications are available at the Scout Report!

    Updated: 2012-04-17 07:13:20
    Missouri Digital News Is it possible to wade through the wide world of news about Missouri without getting overwhelmed? This website makes the process a snap, and it’s a fabulous resource created by the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri. The program is supported by journalism professionals and students animated by The Journalist’s Creed, which [...]

  • Latest articles published in Foreign Policy

    Updated: 2012-04-17 07:12:39
    Latin Leaders Behaving Badly Save the Cato Institute, Save the World? Bush Was Right After Chávez, the Narcostate Our favorite Rick Santorum moments [Source: Foreign Policy, 9th - 12th April, 2012] addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D12822'; addthis_title = 'Latest+articles+published+in+Foreign+Policy'; addthis_pub = '';

  • Digital Dissertation Consortium unavailable on Friday, 20 April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-17 03:35:13
    Digital Dissertation Consortium unavailable on Friday, 20 April 2012 The ProQuest Taiwan-HK Digital Dissertation Consortium website will be performing systems upgrade and unavailable from 12 am to 2pm on Friday, 20 April 2012. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. 數位化論文典藏聯盟停機公告 「數位化論文典藏聯盟，DDC」因中研院之主機將移機並轉換新系統，僅安排於4/20﹝星期五﹞ 中午12:00至下午14:00停機， 當天下午14:00恢復運作，暫停服務造成使用不便，尚祈見諒。 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D12835'; addthis_title = 'Digital+Dissertation+Consortium+unavailable+on+Friday%2C+20+April+2012'; addthis_pub [...]

  • American Journal of Social Issues and Humanities

    Updated: 2012-04-16 09:34:27
    The American Journal of Social Issues and Humanities is an international platform for Social Scientists, Bioethical Scholars, Medical Professionals, Scholars in Humanities and Professors involved in all kinds of Research to publish their research findings. American Journal of Social Issues and Humanities is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet. Please click [...]

  • Apple's Labor Standards

    Updated: 2012-04-13 19:45:00
    To what extent is one company, even one as dominant as Apple, capable of affecting labor standards in China's vast economy, not to mention the rest of Asia?

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