STI organizes and sponsors experts meetings of some dozen scholars from a variety of disciplines to study and debate specific issues of current social significance. The conferences are held over a two-and-a-half day period at any one of a number of prestigious universities around the world. They are developed under the oversight of an Academic Leader – a professor expert in the field under consideration. The Academic Leader defines the topic to be studied, poses the principal inquiries, identifies and invites the best thinkers on the issue – representing different disciplines and nationalities, directs contributions, leads discussion and oversees the resulting publication.
IESE’s Stefano Sacchetto summarizes for STI the findings of his paper, “Stock Comovement and Financial Flexibility,” recently completed in collaboration
Recipients of 2022-23 STI Research Grants will investigate how various institutions can contribute to thriving and sustainable societies: firms by
To be more creative at work, supportive colleagues and a compassionate partner may be the keys, a recent study suggests.
London Business School professor Alex Edmans reflects on the economic, collective, and moral benefits of socially responsible investing
Reaching a just and lasting peace in Ukraine is of the utmost urgency, with emphasis on “just and lasting.”
Equal opportunities and women’s leadership are key to business competitiveness, but still face numerous external and internal barriers.
Legal Scholar Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia) explores the various state ‘trigger’ mechanisms in place to legally restrict abortion should
Technology in the home, though beneficial in many ways, can put at risk fundamental values such as privacy and security,
The Latest Reuters Digital News Report 2021 suggests that the demand for reliable and accurate news sources increased during the
Relational issues may have more to do with the decline in fertility rates in the US than do economic factors:
Two Years (and counting) of Unprecedented Disruption of Life Worldwide Have Not Broken the Human Will to Seek Happiness.
Dr. Calum Mackellar, Director of Research at the Scottish Council for Human Bioethics, shares with STI his thoughts on experiments
Jordi Canals, vice president of STI and president of IESE’s Center for Corporate Governance (CCG), urges companies and governments to
“Rebalancing federal spending toward children and away from financially-secure elderly adults, the well-off, and special interests advances the values of
Not a single country in Europe experienced a reduction in its rate of violent suicides after formalizing a legal ‘right
The humanities and the digital world share a sort of feedback loop. New technologies owe much to philosophy, history and
The just war ethic cannot justify the intentional killing of some innocents for the sake of defending the lives of
Although some labor market and social welfare situations are more conducive to higher fertility rates than others, asserts Princeton University
Driven by love of people and planet, digital humanism is urgently needed as a counterweight to what will otherwise be
Work has become a prime example of “too much of a good thing,” crowding out an ever-expanding range of other
Why would the victims of crime want to sit down with their aggressors? Because it’s good for them, claims mediation
Columbia Business School’s Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (JACF) has included the complete program of presentations and roundtable discussions from
In a year still marked by Covid-19, STI held five experts meetings –three online, one hybrid, and one physical gathering–
Christmas came early for STI this year, with the publication of Global Governance in World of Change, which presents the