Mandelson and the financial crash: why the Epstein allegations are so shockingStephen Barber, University of East London
AI could mark the end of young people learning on the job – with terrible resultsVivek Soundararajan, University of Bath
How husbands and wives try to find a balance between beauty and status – new researchJoanna Syrda, University of Bath
Why athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics are finally being given more power to monetise their performancesAndy Miah, University of Salford
Tariffs might seem manageable now – but they’ll quietly squeeze households laterUmair Choksy, University of Stirling
The sale of Russell & Bromley is a symbol of the challenges facing independent heritage brandsNaomi Braithwaite, Nottingham Trent University
Pubs are far more valuable to society than the tax they payIgnazio Cabras, Northumbria University, Newcastle
US cash, sponsored shirts and TV deals: how money took over English footballRobin Ireland, University of Glasgow
The EU’s new AI rulebook will affect businesses and consumers in the UK tooMaria Lucia Passador, Bocconi University
The rise and fall (and rise again) of gold prices – what’s going on?David McMillan, University of Stirling
The EU-India agreement is huge – and it illustrates the changing role of trade in a fractured world orderSangeeta Khorana, Aston University
Have US tariffs failed to bite? China’s trade surplus hits a record US$1.2 trillionJiao Wang, University of Sussex
China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rateDudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University
Why mid-career is such a dangerous time for burnout and workplace stressKatie Green, Manchester Metropolitan University
The workplace wasn’t designed for humans – and it showsChristine Ipsen, Technical University of Denmark and Maria Karanika-Murray, University of Leicester
Why the idea of an ‘ideal worker’ can be so harmful for people with mental health conditionsHadar Elraz, Swansea University and Jen Remnant, University of Strathclyde
The type of job you do could be affecting your ability to save money – and not just because of the salaryKarina Pavlisa, University of Bristol
Industry season four exposes the Faustian bargain of modern work culturePeter Watt, Lancaster University
How banks affect the environment and the role your money plays in itStyliani Panetsidou, Coventry University and Angelos Synapis, Coventry University
Conflict and the climate crisis may mean it’s time to rethink what we mean by responsible investingChau Le, University of Lincoln
Why most of us are reluctant to switch banks, even though it could cut our environmental impactMarcel Lukas, University of St Andrews
Climate change is becoming an insurance crisisMeilan Yan, Loughborough University and Qiuhua Liang, Loughborough University
Why ‘green’ finance isn’t always as sustainable as it seemsMaud Borie, King's College London and Sarah Bracking, King's College London
All things bright and beautiful need to be sustainable as well, says Church of England’s new flower policyJill Timms, University of Surrey
Greenland’s ‘green mining’ row highlights the key tensions in the energy transitionNarmin Nahidi, University of Exeter
How to make sure the nature credits you buy are real – new researchSophus zu Ermgassen, University of Oxford
Fast fashion: why changes in return policies don’t do enough to address environmental damageAnastasia Vayona, Bournemouth University
The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitatsNarmin Nahidi, University of Exeter
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
How stigma, fear and the UK welfare system harm women in informal self-employmentSally Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University
‘I’ve never paid myself’: why the reality for female entrepreneurs doesn’t always match the rhetoricSarah Marks, Swansea University
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
Why Heineken’s zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flatJonatan Sodergren, University of Bristol
The record gold price reflects a deeper problem than recent global instabilityHafiz Muhammad Usman Rana, Birmingham City University
Shrinkflation: smaller products hurt some households more than others – and can be bad for businessErhan Kilincarslan, University of Huddersfield
