1. The implications of OpenAI's GPT-5 launch on the future of digital work

2. Analyzing the impact of Google's AI Overviews (2024 rollout) on SEO and digital marketing strategies

3. The role of AI tools in the 2024 U.S. election: Misinformation, deepfakes, and trust

4. How generative AI is reshaping journalism: A case study of media responses in early 2025

5. AI’s role in enhancing or disrupting academic integrity: The effect of AI detectors in university policies (2024)

🌍 Global Affairs & Society

1. How TikTok’s potential ban in the U.S. (2024 legislation) affects youth digital culture and political expression

2. The impact of Israel-Gaza conflict coverage on public opinion across social media platforms (late 2023–2024)

3. The shift toward remote work in Southeast Asia post-COVID and amid rising tech layoffs (2024)

4. Analyzing the global response to climate-induced disasters: The 2024 floods in Brazil as a case study

🌱 Environment & Sustainability

1. Impact of El Niño 2023–2024 on food security in Southeast Asia

2. The effectiveness of COP28 pledges on actual carbon reduction progress in 2024–2025

3. AI-driven early warning systems in natural disaster management: Lessons from the 2024 Japan earthquake

💼 Business & Economics

1. How mass layoffs in big tech (Meta, Google, Amazon in 2024) reshape employee loyalty and workplace priorities

2. The effect of fast fashion backlash after Shein’s IPO delays and controversies (2024)

3. How AI integration in small businesses affects employment and productivity: Vietnam as a case study (2025)

1. Output Tariff Cuts: Reduce markups but increase productivity, indicating pro-competitive effects and efficiency gains.

2. Input Tariff Cuts: Raise both markups and productivity, as lower input costs and efficiency improvements outweigh competitive pressures.

3. Heterogeneous Effects: Pro-competitive effects are stronger for incumbent firms, while efficiency gains dominate for new entrants.

4. Mechanisms: Trade liberalization improves productivity through reduced agency problems in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), stricter selection of new entrants, and increased access to imported inputs, though the latter plays a minor role in China compared to other countries.

5. Decomposition: Industry-level productivity gains are driven by within-firm improvements and the entry of more productive firms, with minimal contribution from exiting firms.