NEWS & INSIGHT
NEW PROJECT TO CREATE THE CAMPUS OF THE FUTURE
SCHOOL : HEC Paris COUNTRY : France
HEC Paris has announced a €230-million campus transformation project designed to inspire meaningful exchanges between students, faculties and professionals from around the world. The school’s picturesque Jouy‑en‑Josas campus, in the outer suburbs of Paris, will take on an all-new design that seeks to retain harmony between architecture and natural environment. All faculty will be housed in the same building, with spaces set to spur interaction between disciplines, from management, social sciences and the humanities to engineering and the arts. The hope is to create a laboratory for high-impact ideas to emerge. The plans also speak of a “Campus Heart” capable of hosting 5,000 students each year, encompassing a library, collaborative workspaces, innovation labs, amphitheatres and an 850-seat auditorium, as well as dining and leisure facilities. “This project is much more than a construction initiative – it’s a promise,” declared HEC Paris dean Éloïc Peyrache. “A promise to future generations: to offer a place where academic excellence, environmental responsibility, modernity and openness come together. A place to learn, elevate ambitions and make a meaningful impact on the world.” The renowned château on HEC Paris’ current campus is to be entirely rebuilt and redesigned for executive education, while its historic academic building will undergo a full renovation to bring its facilities up to the highest international standards and enable its integration into the new campus core. HEC Paris board chair Jean-Paul Agon remarked that the project’s aim is to “reinforce HEC Paris’ global leadership and enhance France’s ability to attract top students and professors from around the world”. Construction is scheduled to start towards the end of 2026, with an estimated completion date of 2031. The project is to be financed through loans and philanthropic support to the HEC Foundation. EB Recently reaccredited by AMBA, HEC Paris is the subject of this issue’s Spotlight on Schools (page 34).
When women occupy powerful positions in the political landscape, there is a drop in the suicide rate among married women, according to a study involving FGV EAESP associate professor Paulo Arvate that spanned several regions of Brazil. Latin America’s most populous nation has recorded some of the world’s largest numbers of suicide cases, with 12,733 suicide deaths in 2018 at a rate of approximately six suicides for every 100,000 people, according to Ministry of Health figures. Although this is lower than the global rate of 10.5 deaths per 100,000 people calculated by the World Health Organisation in 2019, a demographic analysis indicates that Brazil’s female suicide rate increased between 2000 and 2015. FGV EAESP’s Arvate, in partnership with researchers at other institutions, has now a found a correlation between the number of female suicides and the presence of female mayors in Brazil. In municipalities that elected female mayors, there were 1.33 fewer suicides per 100,000 inhabitants among married women, on average. No impact on single women or widows was observed. Published in Frontiers in Public Health , the study used regression discontinuity methodology and quasi-experimental electoral designs to ensure causal inference. The researchers suggest that female mayors are a particularly positive role model for married women. Not only does their public profile offer regular reminders of what women can achieve but their example can also strengthen self-esteem and reduce feelings of emotional vulnerability among other women. The findings, according to the researchers, offer fresh “insights into how empowered women can challenge social norms and improve public health outcomes.” There are also clear recommendations for policymakers to consider measures that positively affect women’s health alongside those of social justice and equality. EB FEMALE SUICIDE RATE DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN WOMEN ARE IN POWER SCHOOL : Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EAESP) COUNTRY : Brazil
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