Operational Research Society News

Executive Director of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU) Dr Olga Polotska has appealed to the international community to help her country’s scientists, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The OR Society has just revamped its Researchers’ Database, the online directory for OR professionals who actively engage in research. Search by name, university, research interests, other keywords to expand your network!

The United Nations’ Department of Peace Operations has collated operational data on peace and security missions into a new repository, simply called ‘The Data Hub’. This free public library of datasets on peace and security has been published by the UN with the aim of empowering ‘data consumers’ across the world.

In the last decade, France has provided €24.5 million to support 22 OR projects and 35 'research missions' to help improve the work of fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria across francophone countries, many of which are in the developing world. Now there is a new call for the next phase of funding.

A study by global management consultants McKinsey shows that employees are leaving their jobs at unprecedented rates across the developed world, with many employers struggling to understand why.