Strait of Hormuz: Gulf states’ food security is at immediate risk but wider shortages could push up consumer prices globallyGokcay Balci, University of Leeds and Ebru Surucu-Balci, University of Bradford
Netflix and Paramount bidding for a potentially lucrative back catalogue mirrors 18th-century publishing dealsMarrisa Joseph, University of Reading
How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farmingNima Shokri, United Nations University and Salome M. S. Shokri-Kuehni, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
The oil price surge is just one symptom of a supply chain network that is not fit for this age of global tensionsMaryam Lotfi, Cardiff University
Could global tensions finally see Sweden warming towards the euro?Fredrik NG Andersson, Lund University
Choosing to buy organic food depends more on trust than taste – what our new study in the UK and Japan showsSteven David Pickering, Brunel University of London; Martin Ejnar Hansen, Brunel University of London, and Yosuke Sunahara, Kobe University
Why unemployment – and bad jobs – carry hidden social and political costsPeter Howley, University of Leeds
Conflict in the Middle East makes official economic forecasts immediately out of dateSteve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London
Why the UK’s trade deficit makes household bills so vulnerable to global shocksErhan Kilincarslan, University of Huddersfield
England’s sewage scandal hinges on lack of water industry regulation – new docudrama reveals how profit drives pollutionAlex Ford, University of Portsmouth
Heritage, desire and diplomacy: why China still values scotch whiskyQing Wang, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
What oil, stocks and bonds are telling us about the Iran conflict and how long it might lastDaniele D'Alvia, Queen Mary University of London
Donald Trump has made some bold claims on the US economy. But how do they stack up against the data?Conor O'Kane, Bournemouth University
Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could followSarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics
The rise and fall (and rise again) of gold prices – what’s going on?David McMillan, University of Stirling
Will AI tools make better police officers?Federico Iannacci, University of Sussex and Stan Karanasios, The University of Queensland
Time to retrain? How to future-proof your career in the AI ageKirk Chang, University of East London and Susan Akinwalere, University of East London
Networking can boost your earnings and get you promoted – but it’s harder for women to reap the benefitsAndrew Kloeden, University of Exeter
Are you a Dink, Alice or Henry? How social mobility is different for today’s young peopleRenaud Foucart, Lancaster University
Why Islamic finance could provide an ethical model for funding the green transitionAbdul Wase Samim, Aston University
How banks affect the environment and the role your money plays in itStyliani Panetsidou, Coventry University and Angelos Synapis, Coventry University
Why ‘green’ finance isn’t always as sustainable as it seemsMaud Borie, King's College London and Sarah Bracking, King's College London
Conflict and the climate crisis may mean it’s time to rethink what we mean by responsible investingChau Le, University of Lincoln
Climate change is becoming an insurance crisisMeilan Yan, Loughborough University and Qiuhua Liang, Loughborough University
Trump claims his pollution rollback will save Americans money – but climate change is raising household costsMeilan Yan, Loughborough University and Dalu Zhang, University of Leicester
Funding climate projects: our financial model can better illustrate long-term valueDorje C. Brody, University of Surrey
All things bright and beautiful need to be sustainable as well, says Church of England’s new flower policyJill Timms, University of Surrey
Economists and environmental scientists see the world differently – here’s why that mattersManuel Suter, Lund University
When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965Leila Gautham, University of Leeds and Nancy Folbre, UMass Amherst
Endometriosis: how a court ruling could make workplaces better for those with the conditionAishwarya Viswamitra, De Montfort University
Why women land top jobs in struggling organisations – they may just be better in a crisisRita Goyal, Coventry University and Nada Kakabadse, University of Reading
Denying compensation to ‘Waspi’ women over pension changes could be a missed opportunityJane Falkingham, University of Southampton; Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton, and Yifan Ge, University of Southampton
Women are south Asia’s ‘silent contributors’ – changing that could transform economiesNirma Sadamali Jayawardena, University of Bradford
Books that shook the business world: Talking About Machines by Julian E. OrrWojciech Kwiatkowski, University of the West of Scotland
Books That Shook the Business World: The Human Condition by Hannah ArendtDivya Jyoti, Lancaster University and Bogdan Costea, Lancaster University
Books that shook the business world: Good to Great by Jim CollinsMargaret Heffernan, University of Bath
Books That Shook the Business World: Exponential by Azeem AzharSreevas Sahasranamam, University of Glasgow
Books That Shook the Business World: The Ecology of Commerce by Paul HawkenDenise Baden, University of Southampton
AI could mark the end of young people learning on the job – with terrible resultsVivek Soundararajan, University of Bath
Why mid-career is such a dangerous time for burnout and workplace stressKatie Green, Manchester Metropolitan University
Michelin-star restaurants’ quiet luxury approach to marketing has to adapt in the era of social mediaChristina O'Connor, University of Limerick; Dean Creevey, Maynooth University, and Joseph Coughlan, Maynooth University
The record gold price reflects a deeper problem than recent global instabilityHafiz Muhammad Usman Rana, Birmingham City University