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Discussions on the relationship between emotions and consumption in the 21st century
No full textConsidering consumption as a mode of appropriation and acquisition of goods, services, subjects, and experiences within market societies, there exists a widespread concern regarding how individuals (re)signify their consumption practices in emotional terms. Consequently, it is essential to examine the forms of consumption organised in the 21st century, acknowledging that the relationship between emotions and consumption is inherently intertwined with socio-historical contingencies. In this context, this chapter aims to review the topic of consumption in the present century from the perspective of social studies on emotions. Within this framework, three main areas where the relationship between consumption and emotions has been examined in the literature are identified: 1) the state sphere, 2) the market sphere, and 3) the digital sphere. Guided by this categorisation and aligned with our research interests and trajectories, the bibliographic review has been organised into the following thematic axes: 1) Marketing and Emotions, 2) Social Media and the Digitalisation of Daily Life, and 3) Social Policies and Consumption. From this analysis, we conclude that emotions function as a constitutive element of consumption practices and represent a critical aspect of the economic organisation of contemporary capitalism
HTA54 Beyond RCTs the role of patient perspectives and nontraditional evidence in HTA decisions for breast cancer (BC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
No full textObjectives Appraisals increasingly include non-traditional evidence (NTE), such as RWE and ITCs, yet face scrutiny. Patient input may play help legitimise the use of NTE. This study aims to evaluate the association between patient input and the use and acceptance of NTE, as well as use of surrogate endpoints, and PROs/QoL data. Methods A retrospective comparative analysis examined 162 appraisals for BC and NSCLC (2020-2024), listed in HTA-Hive database across four agencies (G-BA, HAS, NICE, PBAC). Variables captured were: inclusion and acceptance of (1) patient input, (2) clinical vs surrogate primary endpoints, (3) PROs/QoL endpoints, (4) ITCs or RWE, and (5) associated agency judgements. Associations were tested with χ2 or Fisher’s exact statistics; agency-specific tests were run whenever pooled analyses masked agency differences. Results Patient input was not associated with whether dossiers included ITCs, RWE, or PRO/QoL data, but it was strongly linked to selecting surrogate primary endpoints (pooled p<0.001), particularly for NICE (p=0.0002). When agencies were combined, patient input correlated with acceptance of PFS. Agency-stratified analyses showed pronounced effects: patient input strongly shaped judgements on RWE, ITCs, PFS, and PRO/QoL (all p<0.05). NICE and PBAC shifted toward more positive or neutral views of NTE when patient input was present, HAS remained largely neutral, and G-BA stayed predominantly negative. Conclusions Patient input appears to play a reinforcing role in enabling evidentiary flexibility. Its presence is significantly associated with greater use of surrogate endpoints but not PROs/QoL measures, RWE or ITCs. While pooled analyses showed no significant link with the acceptance of NTE, it was significantly associated with increased acceptance of PFS. Notably, in cost-effectiveness-driven systems such as NICE/PBAC, appraisals that included patient input were more likely to result in positive or neutral judgments of NTE. Patient perspectives may help legitimise the use of NTE
How digitalisation is reshaping accounting
No full textDigitalisation is changing the functioning of every enterprise in every industry. It is regarded as unstoppable and, like all prior major technological advances, it is impacting management and accounting processes extensively. Organisations that are “going digital” are seeing alterations in the type and structure of accounting information production as decision-makers, management action, and control processes witness a sea of evolutionary changes. The primary focus of accounting on the economic implications of organisational actions is no longer tenable. This chapter discusses how management fundamentals and accounting precepts are shifting towards growing reliance on predictive information, machine-based decision-making, more diverse data forms, and the prioritisation of qualitative insights. The impact on accounting research is no less extensive as web-based systems, mobile technologies, and digital economy tools affect the depth, breadth, and variety of data available to scholars. In this light, the chapter points to the need to widen the focus of conventional methodological precepts. It does so by considering why descriptive and explanatory approaches in research need rethinking and discusses the potential of abductive methods for investigating digitalised empirical contexts
Introduction
No full textThis chapter introduces the volume rationale, discussing the complex intersections between religion and politics and situating the analysis of these intersections in the context of Europe. The introduction offers an overview of the contents of the chapters and details the organisation of the context in three sections, devoted, respectively, to Theoretical Underpinnings and Methodological Perspectives; Actors, Policies, and Institutions; and Emerging Themes and Current Debates. Lastly, this chapter drafts an agenda for future research
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: volume 2 accelerators, technical infrastructure and safety
Get PDFIn response to the 2020 Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Feasibility Study was launched as an international collaboration hosted by CERN. This report describes the FCC integrated programme, which consists of two stages: an electron-positron collider (FCC-ee) in the first phase, serving as a high-luminosity Higgs, top, and electroweak factory; followed by a proton-proton collider (FCC-hh) at the energy frontier in the second phase. The FCC-ee is designed to operate at four key centre-of-mass energies: the Z pole, the WW pair production threshold, the ZH production peak, and the top/anti-top production threshold—each delivering the highest possible luminosities to four experiments. Over 15 years of operation, FCC-ee will produce more than 6 trillion Z bosons, 200 million WW pairs, nearly 3 million Higgs bosons, and 2 million top anti-top pairs. Precise energy calibration at the Z pole and WW threshold will be achieved through frequent resonant depolarisation of pilot bunches. The sequence of operation modes between the Z, WW, and ZH substages remains flexible. The FCC-hh will operate at a centre-of-mass energy of approximately 85 TeV—nearly an order of magnitude higher than the LHC—and is designed to deliver 5 to 10 times the integrated luminosity of the upcoming High-Luminosity LHC. Its mass reach for direct discovery extends to several tens of TeV. In addition to proton-proton collisions, the FCC-hh is capable of supporting ion-ion, ion-proton, and lepton-hadron collision modes. This second volume of the Feasibility Study Report presents the complete design of the FCC-ee collider, its operation and staging strategy, the full-energy booster and injector complex, required accelerator technologies, safety concepts, and technical infrastructure. It also includes the design of the FCC-hh hadron collider, development of high-field magnets, hadron injector options, and key technical systems for FCC-hh
The EU's geopolitical dream is dying in its own neighbourhood
Get PDFEuropean neighbourhood states are a key focus for the EU’s geopolitical ambitions. Erik van der Marel writes that while the EU has successfully promoted policy alignment with its neighbours, it is increasingly losing out to China as a trade and investment partner
What the price-to-rent ratio reveals about Britain's housing crisis
Get PDFThe consensus that Britain’s housing crisis stems from the lack of enough houses being built has received intense criticism lately. Christian Hilber and Andreas Mense analyse the price-to-rent ratio of UK homes and argue that the critiques of the “supply shortage” theory of housing are wrong
Jimmy Carter's malaise-ridden political fate is a warning to Keir Starmer's government
Get PDFMore than 45 years after his term ended, Jimmy Carter is most remembered as a political failure who sermonised to the American public about “malaise”. Nick Anstead draws parallels between Carter’s troubles, including the structural economic challenges he faced, and many current UK politicians, especially in the Labour Party. In highlighting the UK public’s disillusionment with politics and government as Carter did, UK politicians may be inviting the same political fate
Entrepreneurial subjectivity, expertise, and speculation in artificial intelligence start-ups in Taipei, Taiwan
No full textThis thesis examines entrepreneurial subjectivity in the artificial intelligence industry through an analysis of startup business founders, venture capitalists, and other entrepreneurs. In recent decades, increasing financialization has led to the emergence of a particular form of techno-optimism that is central to the ethos of these entrepreneurs. Through an ethnography based on 18 months of fieldwork, I show that AI and the economic subversions it will allegedly cause have profound effects on the self-making practices of those involved, generating forms of speculative value experienced as a sense of potential at the level of the organization and the self. To demonstrate this, the thesis focuses upon the process of subject formation in artificial intelligence work as an industry where models of the future economy are made visible through imaginative practices, including marketing, branding, and hype. I examine modalities of speculation characteristic of startup founders and organizations and demonstrate how imagined AI-enriched futures leverage their expertise while simultaneously reinscribing the epistemic authority of their work. I highlight sociotechnical practices of experts for whom breakthrough, mentorship and luck contribute to the reproduction of the expert community. The thesis draws upon science and technology studies, and social studies of finance, adding an examination of the personal lives of experts to studies of expertise and financial markets in anthropological scholarship and contributing a study of transformations in experiences of self in technoscientific capitalism to extend scholarship on the new economy