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.

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Swine flu having powerful impact on us

Hotel guests are being isolated at a hotel in Hong Kong, and people with the sniffles are being isolated in airports around the world. But before the outbreak…

Gender roles cemented in popular therapy

Popular therapists give advice about the art of succeeding as a couple. The sociologist Sara Eldén at Lund University in Sweden has found that the advice these…

Houston: The face of America in the next 20 years

Houston is a reflection of where most of America's cities will be in the next 20 years, according to Stephen Klineberg, Rice University sociologist and…

Weak social ties at workplace increase risk of burn-out

“Sickness leaves are a multifaceted problem with consequences for the individual, the person's closest friends and relations, the employer, and society,” says…

Less bureaucracy at the border reduces poverty

Economist Maria Persson has studied how trade between the EU and developing countries could be increased. Over the last ten years this issue has been discussed…

South Indian pictorial tradition has an effect on people's everyday lives

The images, kolams, have an effect on people's states of mind and they mark the passage of life and the rhythm of the year.The production of the images also…

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