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The cold-start problem: many skilled older workers seek to transition from full-time stressful jobs to more flexible work, but freelance platforms don’t adequately recognise their credentials so there is a mismatch, says research co-authored by Dr Sienna Helena Parker of Cambridge Judge.

Box-office receipts matter in Hollywood. But research in the Journal of Business Ethics co-authored by Allègre Hadida of Cambridge Judge Business School shows that the most dominant persuasive appeal in 35 chosen cli-fi films is rational appeal, and this holds implications for how climate is presented in cinema as filmmakers balance ethical storytelling with commercial imperatives.

Prison officers rely on a specific set of de-escalation techniques to shape the atmosphere around them and prevent violence before it starts. This ‘atmospheric work’ goes far beyond managing physical space – it's an active, moment-to-moment skill that officers develop through sensing rising tension, and either amplifying it as a deterrent or dampening it before it boils over. The implications reach well beyond prison walls: as security personnel become a bigger presence in shops, schools and other everyday settings, understanding how they read and control atmosphere matters for anyone who encounters them, according to research by 3 academics associated with Cambridge Judge Business School.