Sociology

Countries affected by severe climate change may also have a higher prevalence of violence against women, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

New research led by the University of Oxford has found that perceptions of globally shared life experiences and globally shared biology can strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large, which can motivate prosocial action on a global scale and help to tackle global problems. The findings ...

Watch hundreds of teenagers grow up into adults – and see how their lives turn out

You can’t study the behavior of a flock by looking at individual birds. It’s time to bring that holistic approach to the social sciences, too.

Satellite images and community perceptions combine to give a fuller picture of land use changes.

Think the norm is to join the workforce straight after school, work for five decades and then retire? Think again.

Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber

Selling itself as the new American dream, crypto exposes the vulnerable to fraud and scams, and loads risk onto the poor

New research reveals that guitar skills in extreme metal music are more linked to male competition and status than to attracting mates. The study, focusing on heterosexual male guitarists, suggests that technical proficiency in guitar playing serves more as a display of dominance among peers.

The brain’s sensitivity to rewarding experiences — a critical factor in motivation and attention — can be shaped by socioeconomic conditions, according to an MIT study.

Cloaked in an impenetrable jargon, “decoloniality” dehistoricizes and culturalizes colonialism. It’s a political and intellectual dead end for socialists.

Sam Shuster compares men and women’s responses to the sight of a unicyclist

Behind its easy-going, accessible appearance, Silicon Valley is a black box that is difficult to grasp. The sociologist Olivier Alexandre provides some keys for doing so, after spending several years there.

Why did mental health fall off a cliff at the same time and in the same way in the USA, The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? Part 1 of 3.

Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

How does family size and sibling position affect kids' development? A 30-year study turned up some fascinating findings.

Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter on October 2022 triggered a mass exodus to Mastodon, the largest decentralized online social network. This is a unique example of collective behavioral change that is documented through large-scale digital traces, and can teach us a lot about how people coordinate.

Sociologist Mathew Creighton discusses how events in Europe in the past month are fed by people’s covert prejudices.

Our new poll makes alarming reading

Nothing resembling this pattern has occurred in other comparably wealthy countries.

Whether it’s through Facebook or Snapchat, images and videos are changing how we communicate. But as words become more trivial, our attention, our creativity, and even our empathy may be at stake.

To be homeless is a condition in which a person’s freedom is profoundly compromised. And that’s un-American, says a philosopher.

Younger Americans are far more likely to believe the official account of the Kennedy assassination, a new poll shows.

Walkable, mixed-use planning is the key to getting young people outside again and enabling their independence.

IntroductionA crucial aspect of social norms pertains to determining which behaviors are considered appropriate. Here we consider everyday behaviors. Some everyday behaviors are rated as more appropriate than others, and ratings of the appropriateness of a given behavior may vary over time. The obje...

In an age of precarious labor, not every life amounts to a satisfying story.

Research suggests that many children – especially in the world’s poorest countries – learn only very little in school. What can we do to improve this?

In countries where manhood must be earned and constantly defended, men make riskier choices and have shorter lives.