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Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 18-Nov-2025 19:11 ET (19-Nov-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

9-Oct-2025

Streamlining the consciousness debate, from trees to hermit crabs

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Michigan State University philosophy scholar has added clarity to a messy philosophical debate.

Journal: Biology & Philosophy

9-Oct-2025

Australian research well placed for adoption of National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy

Digital Science
Reports and Proceedings

Digital Science has made a series of recommendations for Australia’s research future in a report published into the use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in research.

Funder: Australian Research Data Commons

9-Oct-2025

China’s carbon market unification process accelerates, local pilots and national market collaborate towards globalization

Tsinghua University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Professor Dai Chunyan from Chongqing Technology and Business University and Professor Michael Pollitt from the University of Cambridge have jointly published a study exploring the coordination mechanisms between China's national and local carbon markets in the context of global carbon pricing. They published their review in Energy and Climate Management on August 20, 2025.

Journal: Energy and Climate Management

9-Oct-2025

Shedding light on the impact of the Bank of Japan’s exchange-traded fund purchase program

Waseda University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Bank of Japan’s Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) purchases have had a substantial impact on stock prices. Researchers from Waseda University and the Bank of Japan reveal that the large-scale purchases of ETFs by the Bank of Japan have not only directly pushed up stock prices in the equity market but have also had a significant impact on the securities lending market, offering practical implications that can support decision-making in policy implementation and market activities.