This is shown in a dissertation by Alexandra Snellman from Uppsala University that examines how racist and sexist prejudice creates social hierarchies and…
The research, carried out by GEP — the Global Economic Policy Centre — at The University of Nottingham shows Russian-speaking minorities in Latvia are much…
A new study published in Psychophysiology finds that the use of a written test, known as Symptom Validity Testing (SVT), in conjunction with polygraph testing…
As late as in the early 1990s, there were distinct differences in how a film or TV programme was translated in Sweden and Denmark. These differences have now…
During his research Dr Asi Sharabi, a former Lieutenant in the Israeli Defence Forces, worked with Israeli children from three different social settings –…
Under the auspices of The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) around 18 000 couples from the age of 25 to 65 answered questions on how much time they…
In their article “Social passivity and grades achieved among adolescents in junior high school” assistant professor Erik Paulsen and professor Edvin Bru at the…
Names ending in ‘son’ or ‘by’ are indicative of northern origins and in some areas of the north, over 50 per cent of a local society might once have had such…
A new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), analysed the impact of living alone, with a spouse or with others on the health and…
Authors of “Sporting Narratives and Globalization: Making Links between the All Black tours of 1905 and 2005”, Nicolas Lewis and Gordon Winder, compared the…
The Warwick researchers’ remit was to survey the extent to which the Management of Health and Safety at Work and Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment)…
Dr von Schreeb has carried out needs assessments in a number of disaster situations. He examined the need for international medical assistance after the…
For many youngsters, having friends with them during the move to secondary school enables them to settle in, get on and become more independent individuals,…
A new booklet, entitled ‘Human rights, a tool for change’, published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) examines the role that human…
These are the conclusions of Dr Philip Setel, MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Centre, University of North Carolina, NC, USA, and colleagues, authors of…
A three-day international symposium is to highlight how lifelong learning provides older people with a new lease of life as well as delivering wider benefits…
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