Prof. Peter Pawlowsky and Aylin Gözalan at the Chemnitz University of Technology have launched in cooperation with the New Club of Paris a project called…
As in countries with comparable rates the growing number of adipose people has, however, not led to a growing acceptance. In Germany there has been a lack of…
The projected rise is mostly due to fertility in Africa, where the U.N. had expected birth rates to decline more quickly than they have. UW Center for…
English is becoming more important everywhere, including Switzerland. Indeed, so much so that purists here are concerned that the number of anglicisms in our…
Fraunhofer IAO is developing progressive solutions for care of the elderly as part of the Care 2020 joint research project. Project partners are currently…
“We found that decentralization has 10 times the negative impact of fragmentation, and 20 times that of longer commute times,” says Steven Farber, assistant…
The advent of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have made us all more connected, but long-distance social networks existed long before the…
The research, by Jessica Ho, a University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate in demography and sociology, found that excess mortality among Americans younger…
The study followed a group of around 1000 children born in the New Zealand city of Dunedin in 1972-73. Every two years between the ages of 5 and 15, they were…
The European Union is investing 2.5 million Euro in the ‘SocIEtY’ research project launched on Friday 1 February. A total of 40 social scientists will be…
In a typical month, adults in their late 30s report that they engaged in about 75 face-to-face contacts or conversations, compared to about 74 electronic…
This is found in a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, which explores the cosmopolitan context comprised by the creative scene in…
“We see functional stupidity as the absence of critical reflection. It is a state of unity and consensus that makes employees in an organisation avoid…
The study comprises more than 200 students from six different study programs and was carried out by Chato Rasoal, a researcher in psychology, together with two…
More exposed to the influences of the host country, the second generation detaches itself from the healthy southern lifestyle and the close-knit family network…
There's new evidence about the benefits of marriage.Women who are married suffer less partner abuse, substance abuse or post-partum depression around the time…
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