Social Sciences

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Same-Sex Domestic Abuse: Unreported Cases Highlighted in Study

The study by academics at the universities of Sunderland and Bristol reveals that most survivors of domestic abuse do not report it to organisations such as…

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Understanding Childhood Roots of Supernatural Beliefs

These perceptions tend to mix the core attributes of non-living, living and psychical things. In adults this mixing of core knowledge can operate in…

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$60 Million for Gender Research: Three Environments Collaborate

The international panel of judges was impressed by Swedish research. The most important criterion was the groups’ potential to become leaders in the…

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Thailand vacationers’ health 14 months after the tsunami

This is shown in a comprehensive follow-up carried out at the National Center for Disaster Psychiatry at Uppsala University in Sweden, in collaboration with…

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The Road — ­A Meeting Place

In his dissertation in sociology at Göteborg University in Sweden Daniel, Normark has studied the social interactions that take place along our roads. He has…

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Social Factors Shape Technological Innovation in the Workplace

The adoption of the QWERTY-keyboard was not just a productivity enhancing invention, but was also introduced to increase control over the workers and lower…

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Joint Custody Insights: Austria’s Research Findings Explored

Our third Policy Brief illustrates the main findings of a professions analysis carried out by Renate Kränzl-Nagl from the European Centre and Christa Pelikan…

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Rising Violence in UK Street Robbery: A Growing Concern

Both the amount and the severity of gratuitous violence used in street robbery are increasing in the UK, but because the number of studies is very small and…

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Centre for Global Justice: Pioneering Research in the UK

The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, the first of its kind in the UK, will bring together leading researchers, students and key figures from…

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Study Reveals Family’s Role in Nurturing Risk-Taking Success

According to this study, parents who are willing to take risks tend on average to have children who are more prepared to take risks. Moreover, the willingness…

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Ineffective Programs for Aboriginal Children: WA Survey Results

The finding is contained in the fourth volume of results from the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, launched in Perth today.The survey,…

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International Project for Genetic ID of Missing Children

Such concerns are particularly frequent in developing countries, but they are also present in the developed world when adoptions – both legal and illegal -…

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Enhancing Research Quality Through Bibliometrics Insights

Bibliometrics is used to describe and assess the quality of research, and to give an idea of the influence a research group or university has on a particular…

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How TV Shows Can Enhance Parenting and Child Behavior

The six-part series followed the progress of five families whose children showed clear behavioural problems through Professor Matt Sanders’ ‘Triple P–Positive…

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Few Friends Linked to Increased Sleep Disturbances

Having few friends at the workplace and outside work can make you more susceptible to stress, which in turn can lead to sleep disturbances. What's more, having…

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Social Work Sector Faces Crisis as Workers Retire

Experienced and qualified social workers may soon be a rarity as existing employees reach retirement age, unless new blood is encouraged into the work force,…

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