ABSTRACT Nonprofit organizations increasingly integrate volunteers alongside paid staff to address growing demands for social services amid austerity measures assuming that they complement the expertise of paid staff. This study combines the frameworks of brokerage and boundary work to explore the strategies used by paid staff and volunteers to navigate boundaries in their collaboration.

ABSTRACT School choice policies allow parents to act on their preferences when choosing a school for their child(ren). These policies, however, can lead to planning problems for policymakers . We contribute to a better empirical understanding of parental school preferences and the factors shaping these preferences. Using survey data (n = 4,574), we contrast five machine learning algorithms with logistic regression.

Recently, the European Commission launched the opportunity for various public and private stakeholders in the European life science ecosystem to provide evidence and reflections on how the European Union (EU) can maintain its leading position in life sciences. The EU ‘is well placed to nurture its economy with knowledge, know-how, and innovation. However, it has been losing ground to its main global competitors’ (European Commission, Citation2025).