Social Sciences

The pressure of decarbonizing industrial sectors is weighing on workers.This post was originally published on this site

Over the past 20 years, online news headlines have become longer, more negative, and increasingly focused on click-through rates—regardless of journalistic quality. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for […]

Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, causing billions of dollars in economic loss each year. By 2050, flood-related losses in the United States are expected to increase by 26%, with the share of […]

Americans largely agree that women have made significant gains in the workplace over the past two decades. But what about men? While many Americans believe women are thriving, over half believe men’s progress has stalled […]

What does it mean to have few or no friends in a time when social connection is seen as key to a healthy and fulfilling life? This is the question at the center of our […]

What’s the difference between a product rating of 3.5 displayed with stars versus Arabic numerals? It might very well be the difference between a 4 and a 3 rating in the eyes of the consumer, […]

Efforts to reduce social exclusion in schools, such as being left out of a peer group or an activity, need to place greater emphasis on group dynamics and age-specific strategies, a new study shows.This post […]

Northeastern University assistant management and organizational development professor Zhenyu Liao’s research has shown that female entrepreneurs face disadvantages when it comes to getting venture funding.This post was originally published on this site

A new study introduces choice engineering—a powerful new way to guide decisions using math instead of guesswork. By applying carefully designed mathematical models, researchers found they could influence people’s choices more effectively than relying on […]

Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a “lawnmower poetry microgenre,” using the machine to explore childhood, masculinity, violence, addiction, mortality and much more, new research shows.This post […]