Why research into celebrities’ socio-political involvement needs a broader research agenda and sharper conceptualisation

Bio-objects’ political capacity: a research agenda

This article explores the merits of foregrounding the dichotomy of politicization vs de-politicization for our understanding of bio-objects in order to study their production, circulation, and governance in European societies. By asking how bio-objects are configured in science, policy, public, and media discourses and practices, we focus on the role of socio-technical configurations in generat...

Digitalization and Sports Sponsorship Strategy: A Review and Research Agenda

Background. The sports industry has been transformed through digitalization processes. One traditional area of sports marketing strategy that has changed significantly is sponsorship. Objectives. To reveal how digitalization has impacted sports sponsorship strategies according to the findings of academic articles in leading sports management journals. In light of the dramatic transformation of...

Why Biodiversity Research needs Semantics

Biodiversity science investigates biological diversity on all levels and scales. There is strong evidence that biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates and that this will have dire consequences for humankind. Consequently, there is a strong need for science to support political decision making in this area. Thus key questions of biodiversity science are: What is out there? Why is it the...

Medical research needs lay involvement.

Why and How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health? Proposals for Collaborative Research Avenues

Written by a group of political science researchers, this commentary focuses on the contributions of political science to public health and proposes research avenues to increase those contributions. Despite progress, the links between researchers from these two fields develop only slowly. Divergences between the approach of political science to public policy and the expectations that public hea...