Social Sciences

Every Rosh Hashanah, annual reports are released focused on birth rates, the average number of children per family, and other population growth data. However, there's another side to these statistics: experiences of involuntary childlessness, in which people who wish to be parents are unable to for medical, social, or institutional... Read more

Dustmen and road sweepers have gone from hero to zero in the public's eyes since the end of the COVID pandemic, new research says.... Read more

Nobody wants to admit that a lowly bumper sticker can influence their behavior. But researchers at the University of Cincinnati found that drivers were far more likely to honk after being cut off by a vehicle bearing a political bumper sticker, particularly one for the opposing political party.... Read more

How can academic events be made more inclusive and equitable? A research team from Bielefeld University explored this question during a 2023 international conference on behavioral research. Their findings have now been published in the journal Ecology and Evolution.... Read more

The remote work debate often focuses only on leadership or the employee, but according to a new doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland, the prerequisites for success are found in a broader context. Johanna Jansson's research in the field of human resource management reveals that successful remote work... Read more

There is a widely held misconception that young people are politically disengaged. This is based on narrow measures like voter turnout. But this overlooks the fact that many young people are deeply curious, especially when politics is understood more broadly: as a way to make sense of society, power and... Read more

Law enforcement agencies across Canada are sounding the alarm over a rise in sexual extortion ("sextortion") against young people.... Read more

Roughly a quarter of adults in the U.S. are caring for elderly family members or children with an illness or disability—and sometimes both at the same time. Despite family caregiving consuming time and resources for both individuals and governments, social scientists don't fully understand how it affects the people who... Read more

In highly polarized situations, open communication is the only way to get through to people, including those who believe in conspiracy theories, revealed a new study in the British Journal of Political Science.... Read more

Previous research has shown that higher education dampens support for capital punishment, but University of Nebraska scholars have discovered those collegiate effects are lessened among conservatives.... Read more

A new study reveals the subtle effects of survey interfaces on people's responses—and how those small differences can add up.... Read more

Science is advancing faster than ever—and so are its impacts on our lives around the world.... Read more

Two decades of stalled progress on closing the U.S. gender pay gap may have less to do with the office and more to do with the kitchen sink.... Read more

A new report by Monash University retail studies experts has revealed more relaxed attitudes toward retail theft and other deviant retail behaviors, posing a growing challenge for retailers nationwide.... Read more

When people are highly stressed for prolonged periods of time, they can sometimes experience a state known as burnout, characterized by pronounced emotional, mental and physical exhaustion. The stressors leading to burnout could be personal, such as family conflicts or the end of a relationship, as well as academic or... Read more