Social Sciences

This area deals with the latest developments in the field of empirical and theoretical research as it relates to the structure and function of institutes and systems, their social interdependence and how such systems interact with individual behavior processes.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles related to the social sciences field including demographic developments, family and career issues, geriatric research, conflict research, generational studies and criminology research.

Prejudices? Quite normal!

Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief…

Monogamy reduces major social problems of polygamist cultures

That is a key finding of a new University of British Columbia-led study that explores the global rise of monogamous marriage as a dominant cultural…

Divorce in itself does not pose a risk for children

Comino has gathered data on 416 children between the ages of 4 and 18 to study and compare the behaviour of the offspring of divorced parents (214) with that…

New relationship important for the mental health of widowers

More than 22,000 people die of cancer in Sweden each year. It has been scientifically proven that relatives of the deceased are at greater risk of dying…

Internal gender equality work and external conditions yield balanced parties

In a dissertation in political science, Emelie Lilliefeldt, Södertrön University, in Sweden, shows that there are several different formulas for achieving…

Different views of gender roles explain Swedish-Danish differences in parental leave policy

This was largely a result of the idea carriers making the issue a matter of gender neutrality, according to a new doctoral thesis from the University of…

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