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Scarcity Mindset as a Predictor of Cryptocurrency Investments
Journal of Economic Psychology
2025

Caezilia Loibl's publication identifies that individuals with a stronger scarcity mindset are more likely to engage in risky investments such as cryptocurrency, even after accounting for other established determinants of investment behavior.

Just Transition to Electric Vehicles in Disadvantaged Communities: Integrating Transportation, Energy, Environmental, and Climate Justice
Energy Research & Social Science
2025

The research by Jeffrey Bielicki and colleagues showed how intertwined disadvantages perpetuate or exacerbate distributive, recognition, restorative and procedural injustices in the EV transition.

The Leaky Pipeline: Assessing the College Outcomes of Ohio’s High-Achieving Low-Income Students
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
2025

This report examines Ohio’s public-school pipeline to college, particularly for high-achieving low-income students, and identifies the characteristics of districts and high schools that are most effective at getting these students into four-year colleges and universities.

Evaluating Credibility, Legitimacy and Salience in a Participatory Modeling Project in the Food, Energy, Water Nexus
Environmental Science & Policy
2025

Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues examine factors that should be considered in the assessment of participatory modeling projects.

A Systems Approach to Sustainable Innovation
Defense Acquisition Magazine
2025

Amanda Girth and colleagues address how the Department of War can innovate effectively within their acquisition processes to create lasting, enterprise-wide impacts. 

Impacts of Extreme Weather on Farmer Mental Health
Rural Sociology
2025

Shoshanah Inwood and colleagues examine how extreme weather driven by climate change contributes to rising stress and psychological distress among Midwest farmers, identifying key pathways linking climate impacts to farmer mental health challenges.

Preventing Suicide in Jails: Examining Community, Facility, and Individual Differences
Criminal Justice and Behavior
2025

Victor St. John and colleagues examine how individual, facility, and community factors intersect to shape suicide fatalities in U.S. jails.

U.S. Jails and Fatal Drug Overdoses: Patterns, Predictors and the Role of Rehabilitative Contexts
Health & Justice
2025

Victor St. John, Tasha Perdue and colleagues examine predictors of drug- and opioid-related deaths among incarcerated individuals nationwide.