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.This post was originally published on this site

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.This post was originally […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.This post was originally published on this site

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 […]

Terrorist attacks are more common during security and economic crises, but they decrease during humanitarian disasters.This post was originally published on this site