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.

Texts to Reveal 'Whodunnit'

Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation. The forensic linguistic study…

Doing one's duty: Why people volunteer in a deprived community

While many volunteers may describe what they do as work, there are some key distinctions. Not least the fact that many volunteers are beyond the labour market…

Doing One's Duty: Why People Volunteer In A Deprived Community

While many volunteers may describe what they do as work, there are some key distinctions. Not least the fact that many volunteers are beyond the labour market…

Test drive your e-type @ http://www.spatial-literacy.org/esocietyprofiler/

Professor Paul Longley and his colleagues have assembled a range of private and public sector data sources to investigate three things: how we access new…

University of Leicester Produces the first ever World Map of Happiness

Adrian White, an analytic social psychologist at the University’s School of Psychology, analysed data published by UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics…

Migration trends – New booklet gives insights into migrant population

Titled ‘Globalisation, population mobility and impact of migration on population’, the booklet brings together work done by Professors John Salt, of University…

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