Lockdown, quarantine and self-isolation: how different COVID restrictions affect our mental health
By Dr Tom Heffernan
In the year since the city of Wuhan, China, went into the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, we have all had to...
Growing up in lockdown: young people give their perspectives
By Professor Barry Percy-Smith
Throughout the pandemic, decisions made by adults have had a significant impact on all aspects of young people’s lives, yet...
How the pandemic may damage children’s social intelligence
By Professor Barbara J Sahakian, Dr Christelle Langley, Professor Fei Li and Jianfeng Feng
Do you remember the excitement and anticipation of your first...
Myanmar: memes and mantras of a new generation of democracy protesters
By Richard Dolan
What do the internet memes Doge and Cheems, the Hollywood film franchise The Hunger Games, and a sachet of instant tea have in common? They...
Why Denmark dominates the World Happiness Report rankings year after year
By Marie Helweg-Larsen
This year’s World Happiness Report again ranks Denmark among the top three happiest of 155 countries surveyed – a distinction that the country has...
‘The Anniversary Effect’: What one full year in lockdown has done to our psyche
In every corner of the world, you are confronted with various media recapping the past year and dissecting exactly how the pandemic has radically...
Ten Reasons Why Majority Of Millennial Wants To Be Social Influencers
By Stella Lincoln
Social media influencers have become significantly famous today. Here you become a blogger/influencer and have unique content; there, you gain thousands of...
After a year of Zoom meetings, we’ll need to rebuild trust through eye contact
By David Weitzner
The pandemic has exacerbated an already troubling trust deficit across political, economic and demographic divides.
Research shared just before the pandemic’s onset uncovered...
COVID-19 has shown that following the same road will lead the world over a...
By Ian Goldin
Despite the tragic deaths, suffering and sadness that it has caused, the pandemic could go down in history as the event that rescued...
Superforcasters: What Pandemic Planners Can Learn From The World’s Best Predictors
Experts got it catastrophically wrong, according to Dominic Cummings, UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser. Cummings has argued that the UK government’s official scientific...
Reparations for slavery and colonial abuses: how behavioural science can help
By David Comerford
Germany has agreed to pay Namibia more than €1.1 billion (£940 million) in reparations for committing genocide during the colonial occupation of the country...
India’s pandemic exodus was a biological disaster and stranded migrant workers should be classified...
By Malavika Rao
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On March 24, 2020, the Indian government announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. In the past year, various state governments have...
Multinationals don’t approach investing in Africa the same way: the differences matter
By Colin David Reddy and Ralph Hamann
There are growing expectations across the world for companies to show their commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR). This is...
How Cryptocurrency Can Help Non-profits and Investors Thrive in the ‘New Normal’
By Thomas Cauley
A decade ago nonprofit leaders were talking about the ways donors could change the world through social media. Today we’re talking about cryptocurrency.
The...
Delta variant Makes it Even More Important to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine, even if...
By Jennifer T. Grier
As someone who studies immune responses to respiratory infections, I’ve watched news of the emerging coronavirus variants with concern. I wondered whether...
As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?
By Tony Walker
In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and neighbouring...
Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines
By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo
Every generation wants to improve on the previous generation; however, this generation risks...
Work Addiction Can Be Harmful to Mental Health
By Professor Teena Clouston
As a culture, we’ve come to value growth and productivity, making paid work not only a necessity, but a central concern in peoples’ lives....
Emphasizing Zakat and Waqf for Global Zero Hunger
By Randi Swandaru and Priyesta Rizkiningsih
The significant global temperature rise in the last decade has derailed the world zero hunger attainment. The increase in...
A Voyage Into Premature Aging: The Role of Chronic Stress and its Principal Correlates
By Prof. Simon L. Dolan and Prof. Mario Raich
Introduction
The idea of stress and aging was born many years ago while one of the co-authors of...
What Americans Can Learn from Other Cultures About the Language of Gratitude
By Jeremy David Engels and Elaine Hsieh
Families and friends traditionally gather to express gratitude during this time of year. Many also participate in acts...
Planning a Christmas Get-Together? 8 Tips to Avoid a Super-Spreader Event
By Thea van de Mortel
Not many more sleeps until Christmas, and all those long lunches and get-togethers with family and friends.
If you’re hosting a...
New Year’s Resolutions – if the Future is Preordained Can We Really Change?
By Matyáš Moravec
Many of us set ourselves New Year’s resolutions hoping to form better habits. Some of us might want to be more environmentally friendly....
Jeff Bezos is Looking to Defy Death – This is What We Know About...
By Daniel M. Davis
Jeff Bezos is on a mission to conquer ageing. He has just recruited Hal Barron from GlaxoSmithKline to help lead Altos Labs, the...
The Legal Implications of Humanitarian Aid Blockades
By Eugène Bakama Bope
It’s been over three months since the start of the conflict between the Tigrayan regional government and the Ethiopian government, yet...
How the Psychology of Blame Can Explain COVID-19 Responses: New Research
By Ayoub Bouguettaya and Victoria Team
Blame is a common strategy in life. It allows us to escape responsibility for mistakes. During a global pandemic,...
Social Care: How Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children Face Discrimination Across Europe and the...
By Joanna Kostka
Throughout Europe – from Italy to Hungary – Romani children are overrepresented in institutional care. This is particularly acute in eastern Europe. As many...
Global R&D Effort For Creative Technology Must Be Stepped Up Post-Covid
By Andrew Thompson and Lord Neil Mendoza
The pandemic has highlighted creative industries’ innovative capacity and the extent to which we rely on culture not...
Plus Size Fashion: Capitalistic Feminism or Empowerment?
Imagine you’re a woman trying on clothes in the dressing room. Suddenly the zipper won’t close. The jeans won’t fit. You feel yourself squeezing...
Ukraine: War Has An Impact On People’s Health Beyond Bullets And Bombs
By Andrew Lee
According to the UN human rights office, 136 civilians have died in the war on Ukraine so far. But it acknowledges that the figure...
The Russian Federation, President Putin and the Russian Military are Financially Liable to Ukraine...
By Charles H. Camp, Kiran Nasir Gore and Lilia Chu
The ongoing crisis prevents the Ukrainian public from accessing judicial remedies in Ukraine or Russia...
Quick and Simple Ways to Improve Yourself and Your Life.
When you're busy with your job, family, bills, and other responsibilities, it's tempting to put self-improvement and personal growth on the back burner. The...
Black Lives Matter in Jamaica: Debates about Colourism Follow Anger at Police Brutality
By Henrice Altink
Across the world, Black Lives Matter protests are continuing in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In the...
How Africa can Respond to the Seismic Changes in the World: Lessons from History
By John Stremlau
Fundamental changes are taking place in the world: what are the implications for Africa?
A generation ago, newly appointed Organisation of African Unity...
How Soaring Inflation Can Be Particularly Harmful for Young People
By Shampa Roy-Mukherjee, Ejike Udeogu, and Michael Harrison
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Inflation rates have become almost impossible to ignore. In the UK, inflation has soared in recent months,...
The Despair of American Youths under an Overly ‘Critical Society’
By Chan Kung
A recent tragic incident in the United States has stunned the world. This incident, is not merely “domestic terrorism”, but its root...
How to Express Yourself if you Want Others to Cooperate with You – New...
By Magda Osman, Agata Ludwiczak, Devyani Sharma and Zoe Adams
Collective action is often the key to creating dramatic social or environmental changes, be it...
COVID-19: We Must Use Behavioral Science to Communicate Better during the Delicate Reopening Period
By Carlos Scartascini, Déborah Martínez, and Ana María Rojas
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus has surpassed 5 million worldwide. However,...
Four-day week: How Workplaces can Successfully Establish It
By Rita Fontinha and James Walker
Many workplaces have been experimenting with different types of flexible working arrangements for years now, but the pandemic has...
Adapting In An Ever-Changing Business World: When Culture Meets Biology To Survive
By David De Cremer
The world today is changing all the time. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were reminded that events and...
With Male Imperial Descendants Dwindling, Will Japan’s Leaders Finally Accept a Female Emperor?
By Masafumi Monden
Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, came of age last month as she turned 20. Despite her...
Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds
By Wandile Sihlobo
If Russia keeps to the deal it has signed with Ukraine allowing for the resumption of grain exports, much needed relief will be...
More Innovation Can Creatively Destroy Firearm Violence
By Dan Prud'homme
We need more investment in two types of technologies that could dramatically reduce gun violence in America: better non-lethal arms and a...
Sex Work is Real Work: Global COVID-19 Recovery Needs to Include Sex Workers
By Deeplina Banerjee and Andrea Burke
During the pandemic, business shifted from in person to work-from-home, which quickly became the new normal. However, it left many...
South Africa Needs to up its Game When it Comes to Financial Inclusion for...
By Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo
The financial gap between men and women is a global problem. It’s a problem because excluding women financially prevents them from participating...
How Organisational Culture Affects Business Performance in Nigeria
By Anthony Abiodun Eniola, PhD
The small and medium scale enterprise (SME) sector plays a critical economic role in both developed and developing countries. It...
Why France, Germany and the UK Relate to Their Muslim Communities So Differently
By Jeanne Prades
The way we perceive and talk about Islam varies greatly from one European country to the next. While this may be easy...
How Digital Innovation Is Changing Life Sciences and the Way We Treat Dementia
By Jessica Wong
Every year, dementia kills more Americans1 than prostate cancer and breast cancer combined. Advances in life sciences are moving researchers, patients, and...
Iran Executes First Protester as Human Rights Abuses Come Under International Scrutiny
By Sahar Maranlou
Iran’s execution of protester Mohsen Shekari is the first after a huge wave of unrest swept around the country in the autumn of 2022.
Shekari...
I Research Mass Shootings, But I Never Believed One Would Happen in My Own...
By Jack L. Rozdilsky
On the evening of Dec. 18, five people were killed in a mass shooting at a large condominium in the community...
Michigan State Murders: What We Know About Campus Shootings and the Gunmen Who Carry...
By David Riedman and James Densley
A gunman opened fire at Michigan State University on Feb. 13, 2023, killing three people and injuring five others before taking...
How Sport Became the New Religion – a 200-Year Story of Society’s ‘Great Conversion’
By Hugh MacLeod
“Jesus Christ was a sportsman.” Or so claimed a preacher at one of the regular sporting services that were held throughout the...
Our Research Shows Home Working Didn’t Harm Mental Health at the Start of the...
By Jacques Wels
One of the key changes to our daily lives brought about by the COVID pandemic was, for those able to do so,...
Ahead of the Game or Falling Behind? Canada’s Readiness for a Borderless, Global Workforce
By Sunil Johal
Three years ago, nearly five million Canadians suddenly shifted to working remotely at the outset of the pandemic. While some workers have returned to...
Black Women Are at Greater Risk of Maternal Death in the UK – Here’s...
By Ian James Kidd
Black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the latest figures...
Are Rich People More Intelligent? Here’s What the Science Says
By Giovanni Sala and Fernand Gobet
From White Lotus to Succession, there’s high demand for television dramas about the super rich. The characters on these shows are typically...
Pandemic Babies Behind on Communication at Age Two – But Other Developmental Areas Remain...
By Susan Byrne and Jonathan Hourihane
The world changed for all of us when we were suddenly plunged into a pandemic in 2020. COVID sent...
City Liveability Rankings Tell a Biased Story – Our Research in Dhaka Explains Why
By Shreyashi Dasgupta and Annemiek Prins
Like many fast-growing megacities in Asia and Africa, Dhaka, in Bangladesh, is often stigmatised as one of the most unliveable cities...
The Evolutionary Reasons Humans Love Pets – And Nine Benefits of Having One
By Daniel Mills
We’ve all read stories about owners’ love for their pets, but you might be taken aback to hear how some people are...
Religious Leaders Without Religion: How Humanist, Atheist and Spiritual-But-Not-Religious Chaplains Tend to Patients’ Needs
By Amy Lawton
In times of loss, change or other challenges, chaplains can listen, provide comfort and discuss spiritual needs. These spiritual caregivers can be...
Collaborative Water Management Can Be a Building Block for Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians
By Clive Lipchin and Richard Friend
Water is a central element of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel controls several water...
Climate Crisis: What to Consider if You’re Questioning Whether to Have Children
By Jasmine Fledderjohann and Laura Sochas
The warnings about the disastrous impact we are having on our planet are becoming more dire. The UN Environment...
Why Everyday Decisions Feel So Stressful – And What to Do About It
By Dr. Yaniv Hanoch
Almost every morning I face the same dilemmas. Whether I should wake up my wife with a kiss or let her...
Have You Ever Met a Psychopath? The Anatomy of the Corporate Psychopath
By Adrian Furnham
When we think of psychopaths, we think of blood-thirsty crazed killers who spend their lives in chains at maximum security prisons after...
Why forgetting is a Normal Function of Memory – and When to Worry
By Alexander Easton
Forgetting in our day to day lives may feel annoying or, as we get older, a little frightening. But it is an...
The Millions of People Not Looking for Work in the UK may be Prioritising...
By David Spencer
Around one in five British people of working age (16-64) are now outside the labour market. Neither in work nor looking for work, they...