Articles

Antecedents and consequences of diversity and equality management systems: The importance of gender diversity in the TMT and lower to middle management

Elsevier, European Management Journal, Volume 35, August 2017
Strategic human resource management theory suggests that diversity and equality management (DEM) systems provide a firm with a competitive advantage, leading to superior performance. This study proposes and tests a moderated mediation model focusing on antecedents (i.e. top management team gender diversity) and consequences (i.e. performance) of DEM systems in the context of lower through middle management (LTMM) gender diversity. The model was tested in 248 medium-to large-sized organizations using time-lagged survey and archival data.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Diversity and inclusion; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Gender Differences in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Participation in Group-based Approaches: An Intra-household Analysis From Rural Kenya

Elsevier, Ecological Economics, Volume 138, 1 August 2017
Existing studies on adaptation to climate change mainly focus on a comparison of male-headed and female-headed households. Aiming at a more nuanced gender analysis, this study examines how husbands and wives within the same household perceive climate risks and use group-based approaches as coping strategies. The data stem from a unique intra-household survey involving 156 couples in rural Kenya. The findings indicate that options for adapting to climate change closely interplay with husbands’ and wives’ roles and responsibilities, social norms, risk perceptions and access to resources.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 13: Climate action

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Rural development, Africa

A review of sustainable energy access and technologies for healthcare facilities in the Global South

Elsevier,

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Volume 22, August 2017

Access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy is essential for improving living standards, development and economic growth. From a healthcare perspective, energy is a critical parameter for delivering and improving healthcare services and life-saving interventions in the Global South. This review provides an estimation of the energy needs of different healthcare facilities as a function of patient capacity and services provided. It also presents the strengths and limitations of several energy sources that can be used to meet these needs.

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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Energy; Industry; Sustainable consumption and production; Global South, Global

Filipino migrant stories and trauma in the transnational field

Elsevier,

Emotion, Space and Society, Volume 24, August 2017

We put to work recent efforts to decolonise trauma theory in the context of our experience of writing and performing in the Philippines our testimonial theatre play about Canada's Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP). The play, a collection of monologues based on verbatim scholarly research transcripts, was performed in Manila in November 2013 and October 2014, first as professional and then community theatre.

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SDG:

Goal 1: No poverty; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Employment decent work for all and social protection; Migrants, Asia, North America

Estimating groundwater levels using system identification models in Nzhelele and Luvuvhu areas, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Elsevier,

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Volume 100, August 2017

Calibrated models can reasonably capture descriptions between input and output variables and can thus be used to estimate long term groundwater levels.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Sustainable consumption and production; Water and sanitation, Africa

Benefits of resource strategy for sustainable materials research and development

Elsevier, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Volume 12, 1 July 2017
Material and product life cycles are based on complex value chains of technology-specific elements. Resource strategy aspects of essential and strategic raw materials have a direct impact on applications of new functionalized materials or the development of novel products. Thus, an urgent challenge of modern materials science is to obtain information about the supply risk and environmental aspects of resource utilization, especially at an early stage of basic research.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Sustainable consumption and production, Global

HOMER analysis of the water and renewable energy nexus for water-stressed urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa

Elsevier, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 155, 1 July 2017
Climate change, population growth and rapidly increasing urbanisation severely threaten water quantity and quality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Treating wastewater is necessary to preserve the water bodies; reusing treated wastewater appears a viable option that could help to address future water challenges. In areas already suffering energy poverty, the main barrier to wastewater treatment is the high electricity demand of most facilities.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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Energy; Water and sanitation, Africa

Climate services for health: cooperation for climate informed dengue surveillance

Elsevier, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 1, July 2017
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action

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Health and population, South America

Benefits of resource strategy for sustainable materials research and development

Elsevier, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Volume 12, 1 July 2017
Material and product life cycles are based on complex value chains of technology-specific elements. Resource strategy aspects of essential and strategic raw materials have a direct impact on applications of new functionalized materials or the development of novel products. Thus, an urgent challenge of modern materials science is to obtain information about the supply risk and environmental aspects of resource utilization, especially at an early stage of basic research.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Technology; Industry; Supply chain; Green economy, Global

Role of substitution in mitigating the supply pressure of rare earths in electric road transport applications

Elsevier,

Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Volume 12, July 2017

The development of new high-efficiency magnets and/or electric traction motors using a limited amount of critical rare earths or none at all is crucial for the large-scale deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and related applications, such as hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and e-bikes. For these applications, we estimated the short-term demand for high-performing NdFeB magnets and their constituent rare earths: neodymium, praseodymium and dysprosium. In 2020, EV, HEV and e-bike applications combined could require double the amount used in 2015.

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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Industry; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable transport; Technology; Electric Vehicles (EVs), Global

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