As traditional social structures change, technology is filling the gaps – for a price.
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Can one person change the world? At a time of pessimism and populism, a new book suggests how we can achieve social change.
Protestant churches’ growth in Latin America gets lots of attention, but another important shift is happening, too: people leaving organized religion altogether.
When people spend time thinking about what a sustainable world can actually look like, they’re more likely to work towards that outcome.
Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
Like the exemplars of social realist cinema, Mr Bates vs The Post Office follows stories of individual plight facing a social problem filmed in a naturalistic manner.
Through acts of covert resistance, women have been driving change in family relationships, women’s sexuality and reproductive issues, and women’s cultural identities.
Founded in 1959, the membership group Trout Unlimited has changed the culture of fly-fishing and mobilized members to support conservation. Could its approach work for other social problems?
Climate change is going to bring social change. Will it drive ever-faster efforts to stave off the worst – or trigger social upheavals making it harder for us to respond?
And you thought you were just going out for a beer.
New technologies are often surrounded by hopeful messages that they will alleviate poverty and bring about positive social change. History shows these assumptions are often misplaced.
To address declining humanities enrolments, these programs should ensure they offer more than critical theory for identifying and analyzing problems.
In a range of ways, young Iranian women – with the support of men – are working to change their lives and with that, their country.
Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.
Soap operas, with their long and involved storytelling and large audience reach, can be uniquely positioned to enable narrative transportation.
China is powering ahead with EV production, but Chinese EVs might not be ready to face the global market.
Even famous Supreme Court rulings like Brown v. Board of Education haven’t necessarily pushed US society forward in a linear direction.
Based on the nostalgic yearning for an imaginary past, Kiwiana should be quietly retired in the face of massive social and political change.
My research as a professor of death studies shows how facing up to our own mortality can offer the opportunity to rediscover some positive truths about life.
Studies show that humour is useful for engaging the public about climate change
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Professor of Law, University of Utah
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Honorary Professor of Social Science, University of Wollongong; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Associate professor, Culture and Language Studies, University of Waterloo
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Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, University of Minnesota
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Society of Fellows, Dartmouth College
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Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Associate Director of Public and Digital Humanities Initiatives, Rutgers University - Newark
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PhD Candidate, Sociology and Demography, The University of Texas at Austin
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Adjunct Professor of Society & Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Community Information, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Tutor, Curtin University