Dear SAPIENS Community, We're embarking on a new research initiative and invite you to be a part of it. Our upcoming survey on gender-responsive public procurement (GRPP) practices aims to investigate a key societal issue of gender inequality and socially...
1. Launching SAPIENS Network Policy Brief Series The SAPIENS Network is pleased to introduce its Policy Brief Series, designed to showcase the expertise and insights of our network's early stage researchers. Policy briefs are concise documents that distill key...
Introduction Public procurement involves the acquisition of goods, works, and services for use by public bodies, as well as the provision of various services to their citizens. Consequently, it is a key function of governments worldwide and is no longer limited to...
Our Early-Stage Researcher, Dibya Rathi, and lead researchers Gyongyi Vorosmarty and Tunde Tatrai, have together published an open-access, peer-reviewed journal article titled “Gender Issues in Procurement: A Review of Current Themes and Future Research...
Illuminating Gender Inequality – The Big Win On October 9, 2023, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored the prestigious Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023, commonly known as the Nobel Prize, to Prof. Claudia Goldin of...
Event Summary On 20-21 April 2023, the bi-annual project meeting of the SAPIENS Network was held in Budapest, Hungary, hosted by the Corvinus University of Budapest, one of the beneficiaries of the network. The event aimed to monitor the research progress of the...
The following blog post has been authored by the SAPIENS Network Coordinator and lead researcher Prof. Roberto Caranta (University of Turin) 1. Mechanical Procurement Once upon a time, the ‘tyranny of the lowest price’ (S. Schooner – M. Speidel 2020) reigned...
