With this in mind, you will probably continue to look for a waste bin. Even when we are not in the company of others, we can feel obliged to keep to certain…
Sociology is the study of how society is organized and how people experience life, and Professor Barbara Misztal, of the Department of Sociology, has been…
Now, research into the benefits of going on holiday and ‘getting away from it all’ has been carried out for by academics at The University of Nottingham. Dr…
In the study being undertaken by Dr Liz Twigg at the University of Portsmouth and Professor John Mohan at the University of Southampton, people have been…
The figures come from the 2006 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, undertaken by ARK, a joint research initiative between Queen’s University, Belfast, and…
The first in a series of four colloquia recently took place in Amsterdam, Holland. The event marked the start of a project known as ‘A Topological Approach to…
Rodney Hammond, from the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
In a new international study of 16 countries, published in the prestigious journal Science, economists studied the extent to which some people will sacrifice…
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, researchers are inviting the public to help collect evidence on the role siblings play in people’s lives….
It also discusses what public policy responses are required to deal with the challenges posed. The main focus would be on Europe as a region facing these…
That is one of the key findings of the recently published report Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective. The book reports on a victim survey…
The work life regulates grown-ups' time in many ways, but we seldom hear how it affects their children. Brita Bungum of SINTEF Technology and Society recently…
According to a study in the Asian Journal of Social Psychology published by Wiley-Blackwell, the more social ties people have, the more likely they will use PC…
The delegates heard that migrant labour is taking on new forms in Europe. Freer markets and new technology are affecting labour all over the world, but the…
The results of the 2007 Young Life and Times Survey offer a fascinating insight into what 16 year olds across Northern Ireland really think about social issues…
The study, which was conducted by Dr John Garry from Queen’s University, looked at young people’s attitudes to happiness in old age and how these attitudes…
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