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New Article on Gender Issues in Procurement

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 Directions.” ...

Bridging the gap between corporate sustainability due diligence and EU public procurement

Will corporate sustainability due diligence Directive's rules meet those of the EU public procurement Directive? Our Early-Stage Researchers Laura Treviño-Lozano (University of Greenwich) and Ezgi Uysal (University of Turin) published an open-access journal article...

SAPIENS Researchers among the TED Ambassador Award winners

1. EU Publications Office’s TED Ambassador Competition The Publications Office of the European Union, which is the official publisher of European Union law, public procurement, publications, open data and research results, launched in February 2023 Ambassador...
How is social sustainability understood and applied in infrastructure?

How is social sustainability understood and applied in infrastructure?

The concept of sustainability was developed more than 30 years ago. Yet today, it remains a fashionable concept with no common understanding. Its social dimension continues to be neglected through green-only approaches or considered in a limited fashion. Social sustainability involves maximising the positive impacts of infrastructure and minimising the negative impacts through prevention and redress of human rights abuses that could derive from business developers of a project.