Residents of remote Indigenous communities who prepay for access to electricity experienced unrelenting energy insecurity during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Australian National ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2023
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Pandemic impacts on people everywhere brought a unique opportunity for social scientists to study and forecast changes in society. The Forecasting Collaborative was founded in 2020 by Dr. Igor Grossmann, associate professor ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Women account for only 34% of graduates in the EU in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The percentage is even lower in the STEM fields that are not directly related to care. The fact is ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2023
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A researcher from The Pennsylvania State University published a commentary in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing that examines four key contemporary "drivers" of political violence in the United States: "toxic" political ...
Social Sciences
Dec 28, 2022
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Election research pioneered by UC San Diego political scientist Zoltan Hajnal is not only having a real-world impact in California, but is starting to take root beyond the state.
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2022
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The question of whether to place children with special needs in grades K–12 into inclusive educational settings or into segregated classrooms is a persistent one among education researchers and policymakers. Results from ...
Education
Dec 7, 2022
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In her forthcoming book "Who Matters: How to Redefine Worth in Our Divided World," Michèle Lamont, professor of sociology and of African and African American studies and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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Morgan Freeman has given many powerful, memorable performances. His role as Mr. Clark, a New Jersey-based high school principal known for dispensing authoritarian discipline in "Lean on Me," is certainly memorable, but that ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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Charges of media bias—that "the media" are trying to brainwash Americans by feeding the public only one side of every issue—have become as common as campaign ads in the run-up to the midterm elections.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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Most Americans—81%—think government investments in scientific research are "worthwhile investments for society over time," according to the Pew Research Center's latest survey on public perceptions of science.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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