Research has shed new light on whether we prefer policies that would benefit ourselves or our descendants.
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If we really want social mobility, we need to talk about family privilege.
Too many older people are restricted from receiving state help for their care needs.
The Islamist ideologue will be closely monitored, but is unlikely to cooperate with prison de-radicalisation initiatives.
Small businesses such as pubs and hairdressers are key to allowing people with dementia to maintain meaningful social ties.
Many of us go through periods of radicalisation – spotting when this is a danger rather than over-reacting is the key.
Women’s football was introduced in the Olympics a staggering 96 years after the men’s event – and some sports still struggle with gender inequalities.
How learning languages and travelling abroad can help you have a better relationship with your body.
What the law in Pakistan says about honour killings.
Seven steps to help mend family relationships tested by the result of the referendum.
Micro-volunteering has micro-benefits. It’s better to get into volunteering for the longer term.
It got top billing in the Queen’s speech but is anyone actually any clearer on what the government’s prison reforms are?
New research questions whether claims of a ‘national sex revolution’ in China are actually nothing of the sort.
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley continue to fascinate the public, half a century after they were sentenced to life in prison.
There’s clearly a growing enthusiasm for the sport but our experts crunched the numbers to see if this is just more middle-aged men in lycra (Mamils).
Here’s why you shouldn’t blame local authorities for the failure of government contractors.
Women over 60 are being killed in their own homes - but little more is known about these crimes.
Social media is notoriously unsuitable for population studies, but these researchers have found a way to make the bias work in their favour.
A new study reveals that we are more likely to trust people who follow simple moral rules – or at least give moral problems some serious thought.
Incentives to encourage childbearing haven’t worked elsewhere in Asia – can they in China?
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor in Social Policy, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Ghana
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University