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Human capital theory is the dominant theory of education in economics. Earlier writers such as Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill and Alfred Marshall highlighted a variety of roles for education, but human capital theory, which was formalised in the 1960s only examined labour-productivity improving skills. Other dimensions of education, which add complexity to the economic analysis of education, have been overshadowed by the focus on quantifying education’s economic value. These other dimensions include education’s role as a driver for individuals to improve their personal lives and avoid poverty. John Kenneth Galbraith and Amartya Sen supported this broader notion of education. Sen combined a multidimensional approach to education with the human capability approach, which centred around the person rather than the worker. This review highlights that crucial aspects of education have been disregarded during the formalisation of a unitary theory, and therefore are missing in empirical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the gamma detection systems, such as EUROBALL in Europe and GAMMASPHERE in the United States, required large international collaborations, in which Bent Herskind played a pivotal role, setting the stage for the next-generation project Advanced Gamma Tracking Array, which is the present European state-of-the-art gamma array, based on tracking techniques. Bent Herskind played a central role worldwide in innovation and developments, which would unravel the complexity of decays from high angular momentum states, and he was always a step ahead in imagining and constructing gamma-ray detector systems. Bent Herskind Bent Herskind passed away on 7 December 2021, only seven days before his 90th birthday. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the highlights of several conferences related to nuclear physics held in 2011 and 2012. The Fourth International Conference on Proton-Emitting Nuclei held in Bordeaux, France has provided a complete overview of physics with proton-rich nuclei. Morelos, Mexico hosted the XXXV Symposium on Nuclear Physics in January 2012 that addressed topics such as nuclear structure, nuclear reactions and hadron physics.

The Fifth Topical Workshop on Modern Aspects in Nuclear Structure (BORMIO-2020, http://www.mi.infn.it/WSBormio-Milano2020/) was held in Bormio, Italy, 4-9 February 2020 (Figure 1). It was jointly organized by Università degli Studi di Milano (Unimi) and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN, Milano), with local organizers Angela Bracco, Franco Camera, Gianluca Colò, and Silvia Leoni. They were assigned to Luca Buonanno (Milano Politecnico), Varvara Lagaki (ISOLDE), Tomoya Naito (Tokyo University and RIKEN), and Wanja Paulsen (Oslo University) by an International Award Committee. [Extracted from the article]