Digital activism can be fruitful if it is followed up by practical and strategic offline actions.
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Only a small percentage of women in rural areas have access to the Internet, so participation in online activism is limited to urban centres.
How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
Subtly shifting the crafting and delivery of public health messaging on COVID-19 vaccines could go a long way toward persuading many of the unvaccinated to get the shot.
Parents often think about a school’s quality, class sizes, safety and extracurriculars. LGBTQ parents may also want to know their family will be respected.
The HIV In My Day project preserves the early history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through the personal stories of long-term survivors and caregivers.
Instead of supporting autism through awareness campaigns that may portray autistic people negatively, consider learning about initiatives led by autistic people themselves. Here are five ways to start.
Contrary to popular belief, falling natural gas prices didn’t significantly accelerate coal power plant retirements. Here’s what did.
The establishment of a professional tennis players’ association that advocates on behalf of professional athletes brings to the foreground the conflict between athletes’ needs and corporate interests.
When the scientific establishment gets involved in partisan politics, surveys suggest, there are unintended consequences – especially for conservatives.
The British Psychological Society is calling for a language change, from ‘obese people’ to ‘people living with obesity’. But using the word obesity can reinforce rather than prevent stigma.
Asylum seekers are not permanent residents and have to pay full fees for university courses. Just as doctors led the campaign to get kids off Nauru, academics can advocate for access to education.
Today, companies often take stances on social issues. A professor of brand responsibility compares ally brands with advocates.
Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency to combat rape and sexual violence.
Despite high profile child abuse cases in Rochdale, Rotherham and Telford, lessons are not being learned and the failings of those investigations are being repeated.
A new regulation makes it easier for the government to contract local NGOs.
Just like with Cold War-era red-baiting, there’s an apparent effort to discredit and undermine critics of the US government.
Four scientists talk through the ways they now build outreach into their work as a way to spread their research’s impact – something that wasn’t the norm for past generations of academics.
President Trump’s first year was a rough one for scientists and others who value truth and expertise. Many rallied to the cause, while others used research to make the case for the value of science.
Science isn’t cold, hard facts uncovered by emotionless robots. Acknowledging how and where values play a role promotes a more realistic view and can advance science’s reputation for reliability.
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Director of Artificial Intelligence Initiatives, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northeastern University
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Maryland
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Adjunct Professor, College of Law, University of Utah
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Human Security and Social Change, RTI International
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Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Professor in Lyman Briggs College, Fisheries & Wildlife, and Philosophy, Michigan State University
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Chair of Public Policy, Professor of Business, and Director of Saunders College Institute for Business Ethics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Professor of Psychology; Faculty Fellow Institute for Policy Research; Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University
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Associate Professor of Management, UMass Boston
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Studies, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Communication, University of Washington