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This blog explores how fractional leadership roles are redefining the late-careers for executives in organisations.

Read this blog that explores how AI data centre growth is no longer driven by compute alone, but by the fundamental constraints of interconnect, memory, and power, with emerging solutions like silicon photonics and hydrogen fuel cells reshaping the infrastructure needed to scale.

Read this blog that explores how regenerative resilience can be designed through participatory Living Labs.

This blog explores the need for change across organisations in addressing age discrimination at work.

This blog explores how ageing workforces encounter the rise of remote and hybrid work, in the context of Milan.

This blog explores ways in which organisations can manage technology adoption in an age-diverse workforce.

This blog explores ways in which the aging workforce can remain engaged at work, in the context of Japan.

This blog explores the aging workforce and its relationship with organisations, in the context of Brazil.

This blog shares insights into the extending working lives (EWL) agenda and the need for a more inclusive approach to reduce inequalities.

This blog explores how algorithms increasingly shape leaders’ decisions, creating a hidden power shift that demands balancing data-driven insights with human judgment to maintain ethical and accountable leadership.

Read this blog that outlines the built environment strategies that can make a difference during times of uncertainty and crisis.

Read this blog that explores the barriers in adopting AI for automated organisational decision-making.

Read this blog that argues that in Tunisia’s public sector, successful digital transformation depends far more on transformational leadership that builds trust and engagement than on algorithms or technology alone.

Read this blog that explores why ethical considerations are central to the use of AI in recruitment and selection, showing how efficiency, fairness, and human rights must be balanced to ensure responsible and transparent hiring practices.

Read this blog that shows how effective leadership in AI-driven organisations depends on combining human-centric competencies such as collaboration, creativity, and empathy with the ability to understand, govern, and work alongside intelligent technologies.

Emerald Publishing convened leading voices to explore collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and safeguard academic freedom at a panel in Leeds, UK on 25 September 2025.

Read this blog that summarises research on global trends in disruptive technological change and examines their policy and social implications for education, presenting a framework to guide systems with foresight, ethics, and resilience.

Read this blog that explores how innovation becomes a driver for real change in universities once measured.

When we introduced ourselves earlier this year, Emerald’s Open Lab committed to sharing our insights with the wider community. After all, many of us are joined in the goal of achieving sustainable and equitable open access (OA) all while serving the needs of diverse communities and stakeholders.

Read this blog as Prof Dragan Savic explores why water industry professionals must balance cost, resilience & uncertainty to avoid costly mistakes.

Read this blog as Roberto Pantoja Porro, Zili Li and John O’Donovan examine infrastructure design in an age of uncertainty.

Read this blog that responds to the mission question from a European context.

Read this blog as Prof Bryan T Adey, Dr Claudio Martani and Dr Jürgen Hackl discuss the challenges around water supply resilience, reflecting on their latest research project.

Professor Chimay Anumba sets the scene for the mission, exploring the question at its heart: how can we plan for a future we can’t predict?

Read this blog that addresses our key question based on reflections on fairness through the lens of the SDGs.

Read this blog that explores whether billionaires should exist, with insights from Tawana Kupe.

Read this blog that explores the question of 'Should billionaires exist?' from multiple angles informed by degrowth scholarship.

Read this blog that explores the characteristics of the wealthiest 1% in the USA, and their potential role in shaping a more sustainable society.

Read this blog that reflects on the issue of billionaires through the lens of diversity, societal and individual value dilemmas.

Read this blog that explores whether billionaires should exist from the perspective of Shresta Rai.

Read this blog that explores the link between South Africa’s wealth gaps and the widespread effect of political lobbying from billionaires.

Read this blog about the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.

Read this blog to learn more about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) within healthcare education.

Read this blog as Rosabelle Mederick shares her reflections and insights as to whether billionaires should exist.

Read this blog as Amina Umuhoza explores the role billionaires can play with leading the way towards achieving a fairer society.

Read this blog to explore Makhala Henson’s reflection on “Should billionaires exist?”.

Read this blog that explores whether billionaires should exist, from the reflections of Chipo Mataka.

Read this blog that shares insights into addressing our key question, from the reflections of Twaambo Mudenda.

Read this blog that explores Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the consequences this has for the people, plants, and wildlife of Laguna Madre.

Read this blog that delves into the research of Dr. Berch Berberoglu which explores the widening gap of wealth and incoming inequality in the United States.

Read this blog that explores the relationship between billionaires and their contributions towards climate change.

Making research Open Access (OA) is one major step in the process, but how do we know if OA research is having its intended impact? Ann Campbell and Katie Davison share the results of their investigations and some lessons for the future of OA.

Read this blog that explores whether billionaires and institutions can coexist to create positive change and therefore working towards achieving a fairer society.

Read this keynote blog as Goal Advisor Professor Wendy M. Purcell shares her insights towards addressing our critical question of, “Should billionaires exist?”, to achieve a fairer society.

Read this blog that shares further insights into our key question and explores the impact of billionaires within the context of Zimbabwe.

Read this blog that explores the importance of raising eco-billionaires in Africa through green leadership, and how this can be done with reference to the 5Ps framework.

Our Open Lab, established to explore alternative models for open access (OA), has been running for seven months and we have been immersing ourselves in the OA discourse. Truthfully, it feels like the conversation is reaching an impasse. Find out more in this blog.

Read this blog to learn more about the good governance of AI in education.

In this blog, Lisa Walter and Matt Long discuss the symbolic politics of terrorist-related police fatalities.

In this blog, Lisa Walter and Matt Long discuss the symbolic politics of terrorist-related police fatalities.

In this blog, Lisa Schiff and Alice Meadows, two of the organisers of the Declaration to #DefendResearch, discuss their work and what individuals and organisations can do to support these efforts.

Read this blog to learn more about the need for food sovereignty, resistance and workaround strategies within rural food access spaces to greater empower local communities.

Food production systems face unprecedented environmental challenges. These systems generate significant negative impacts on air, soil, water, and biodiversity, establishing themselves as one of the human activities with the most significant environmental impact.

In December 2024, we launched The Open Lab, a dedicated Incubator unit, to explore the key questions about incentivising open access (OA), enhancing research accessibility, creating better value, the future of paid access, ensuring equity, real-world impact and creating a collectively sustainable ecosystem.

Explore recent insights from Emerald’s extensive Business Management and Strategy collection. Our selection features a broad array of themes and is sourced from long-established and expansive journals such as Management Decision as well as more specialised titles like the International Journal of Wine Business Research.

Dive into our top 10 award-winning journals. Each peer-reviewed article addresses pressing issues such as public health, urban resilience and safety, and environmental sustainability.

In this interview, Dr. Lindsey Devers Basileo and Dr. Merewyn E. Lyons discuss their research, what led them to submit to Quality Education for All and the benefits of publishing open access.

In this interview, Dr Dwi Mariyono talks about his research, what led him to submit to Quality Education for All and the benefits of publishing open access.

Dive into our top 10 civil and environmental engineering and materials science key articles. Each peer-reviewed article addresses pressing issues such as public health, urban resilience and safety, and environmental sustainability.

Like every independent publisher we strive to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders seeking to both consume and publish academic research content whilst also ensuring the models which provision these are viable and sustainable for our business. Therefore, we’ve recently launched our Open Lab as a dedicated Incubator unit. Find out more in this blog.

Just over two years ago, Stuart C. Billingham, Professor of Lifelong Learning, wrote a short blog entitled "What on earth is lifelong learning". Here, he revisits this topic and discusses the essence of lifelong learning.

Read this blog by Professor Andy Hargreaves as he shares seven principles of sustainability that leaders can apply in organisations to create positive benefits for others now and in the future.

Dr Vasiliki Kioupi considers systemic thinking about sustainability competences in higher education.

In this blog, the authors focus on amplifying and empowering the voices of Global South researchers.