News tagged with social phenomena

Psychologists stake their claim for input into policy

Research by social psychologists could and should play a bigger role in local and national policymaking, say a group of Sussex academics.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of drought in Northeastern Spain is exaggerated by the press

Researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) have, for the first time, analysed all the articles published in the La Vanguardia newspaper between 1982 and 2007 linked to natural hazards, climate change ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Physicist gets buzz from better bee behaviour model

(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist at the University of Manchester has paved the way for better research into how honey bees choose where to live.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NYU anthropologist to examine how human rights rankings are created

New York University Anthropology Professor Sally Engle Merry will examine how rankings of human rights are created under a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The resulting research is designed to help ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0