Compulsive shoppers. Heat islands. OLED technology.
Concordia in the news
Posted on December 8, 2016
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Several media cover new research whose authors, Michel Laroche, marketing professor at the John Molson School of Business, and HEC marketing professor Marcelo Nepomuceno, concluded that compulsive shoppers' impulse to spend can be spurred by world news of death and destruction. The research was published in The Journal of Consumer Affairs: Phys.org, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall), The Free Press Journal, India 4U.
- Hashem Akbari, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, is quoted extensively in a piece in Wis Context about his research into heat islands in urban centres.
- AVcesar.com links to an earlier brief on Advanced Television about organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology and mentions the long-term work on smart garments being done in Concordia's Department of Design and Computation Arts.