Social Sciences

Flourishing is more than just being happy, and a new global study finds some countries are doing better than others when it comes to overall well-being.... Read more

Urban Institute Associate Dr. Nebeela Ahmed has published a new article titled "Infrastructure as territorial stigma: labor migrant exclusions in the Indian city" in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.... Read more

More female athletes believe it is fair (43%), rather than unfair (36%) for athletes with a DSD—difference in sex development—to be included in the female category for contact sports like rugby and non-contact sports reliant on physical capacity like sprinting, a new study shows.... Read more

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed an LGBTQ Student Support Index, a 47-item list of practices recommended for universities to support sexual and gender minority students. Within the context of a nationwide push for universities to take action in support of sexual and gender minority students, this index... Read more

What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study published in Nature Human Behavior shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or... Read more

Young men growing up around parents who are physically violent to each other are 43% more likely to carry out violence or abuse in their own relationships, new research by the University of Bristol has found. This finding could not be explained by other factors in the person's background, and... Read more

This election, social media has been a major battleground as candidates try to reach younger voters. As Gen Z and Millennials now make up the dominant voter bloc in Australia, securing their support is more electorally important than ever.... Read more

Temporarily deactivating Facebook or Instagram can improve emotional well-being, according to the largest experimental study on the effects of social media abstention conducted in partnership with Meta.... Read more

Why do women earn less than men? The usual suspects—occupation, hours, experience—explain some of it. But a powerful, often overlooked reason is simply this: where women work. The companies that hire them play a huge role in shaping their lifetime earnings.... Read more

Terrorist attacks are more common during security and economic crises, but they decrease during humanitarian disasters.... Read more

An Asian American and lifelong liberal from the San Francisco Bay Area, I became a first-time gun owner as a 42-year-old in 2011. I began a now 14-year journey into an unfamiliar and complex world of firearms. In my work, I draw on both my personal experiences and sociological observations... Read more

What does it mean to live a good life? For centuries, philosophers, scientists and people of different cultures have tried to answer this question. Each tradition has a different take, but all agree: The good life is more than just feeling good—it's about becoming whole.... Read more

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg share more than just their status as tech icons—they are all part of the roughly 10% of the population that is left-handed.... Read more

In a new study, Dartmouth researchers trained an AI language-identification model inspired by Google Translate to recognize Navajo with near-perfect accuracy.... Read more

Research from a University of Nottingham sociologist has revealed that "homosecular" assumptions can influence and shape the credibility of asylum-claim assessments for LGBTIQ+ claimants who identify with a religious faith.... Read more