The role of environment on women's perception about their STEM studies: observations from a Global South country.

The growing global demand for STEM professionals is not being met by the supply of new graduates, a supply that is characterised by a significant lag in the percentage of women pursuing STEM studies. Interestingly enough, the percentage of female applicants entering STEM majors has been increasing yet only a minority of them pursue, or complete, engineering programs. Several studies for the developed world have identified several environmental factors responsible for this phenomenon.

An intelligent methodology for the use of multi-criteria decision analysis in impact assessment: the case of real-world offshore construction.

Impact assessment of large-scale projects involves a plethora of technical, economic, social, and environmental factors that must be assessed along with the expectations of the stakeholders of each project. While impact assessment is required for a development project to receive regulatory approval to proceed, it is also an invaluable tool during the design phase of complex projects, providing for informed decision-making. Molding multiple perspectives of diverse stakeholders into a single collective choice is a key challenge in the process.