The article develops the notion of online groundedness, which refers to the internet as the site of the baseline when making findings about societal and cultural trends. It does so by historicising the study of online data. Where they were once considered as originating from the virtual for the...

The alarming consequences of climate change, economic inequalities, social erosion, and cultural homogenisation that mark our planet nowadays demand a critical reflection about the supposedly universalist Western-based development agenda that still dominates the global debate. This...

This chapter explores the social dimensions of geothermal energy, focusing on public perceptions, acceptance, and attitudes related to deep geothermal drilling technologies. The main objective is to assess how the development and deployment of an innovative drilling method influence societal...

This work explores strategic interventions aimed at enhancing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, focusing on the integration of this demographic into the workforce using the example of image annotation that precedes the building of AI models. Emphasizing a dual approach...

This study explores the alignment of the Latin American mining industry with the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing specifically on SDG 13, which targets climate change mitigation. The mining sector has a substantial environmental footprint while, at the same...

This chapter explores the evolving role of sustainable fuels in global and European decarbonisation pathways amid shifting gas markets, geopolitical disruptions, and rising climate ambition. It examines the implications of the 2022 gas supply shock and the implications for global gas markets....

Bitcoin's privacy model relies on the unlinkability of a public address and the real identity of its owner. The former is freely auditable public information, while the latter is private information. Deanonymization happens when a public address can be linked to an entity with a high level of...

This chapter addresses two main questions: (a) To what extent is the cultural intelligence framework (CQ) and its elements utilized in the design and implementation of training programs in the context of enhancing cross-cultural effectiveness when interacting with First Peoples in Australia? and...

Business schools have been keen to polish their reputations by claiming that they are addressing the SDGs, as well as a host of other forms of virtue signalling which appear more like reputation management than serious engagement with the underlying issues. Setting aside the usefulness of the...

Against the backdrop of a renewed Russian energy geopolitics in natural gas and the imperative to decarbonize Europe's energy system, this chapter makes three central points. First, the 2022 energy crisis prompted the EU to recalibrate energy policy priorities, suggesting that the bloc may be...