Workplace power is still ruled by straight white men
""Despite the long battle for gender equality, straight white men still hold much of the power and authority both symbolically and in the everyday world of organizations. Images, narratives, symbols...
View Article0.5 Percent of the Population Suffer from Severe Psychological Trauma
Trauma-related disorders were previously classified under one single diagnosis – post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, a representative survey carried out by a UZH psychopathologist has shown for the...
View Article0,5 Prozent der Bevölkerung leiden unter einem schweren Psychotrauma
Psychische Traumafolgen wurden bisher nur als Krankheitsdiagnose «posttraumatische Belastungsstörung» untersucht. Wie häufig diese in einer schwereren Form vorliegt, zeigt ein UZH-Psychopathologe...
View ArticleAfrican research excellence and the media
Research by African institutions is conspicuous by its almost complete absence in western media. Research about Africa is carried by AlphaGalileo, but it is always undertaken by organisations based...
View ArticleFor Americans, understanding money eases old age anxiety
A new household economics study from Hiroshima University suggests that financially literate people are more capable of accumulating wealth and worrying less about life in old age. This study is the...
View ArticleCall for better public management to avert disaster
An Open University academic will call for better management of public services, so that disasters such as Grenfell Tower can be avoided.
View ArticleMobile health applications put millions of users’ privacy and security at...
80% of the health apps evaluated in a European study transmitted health-related data to third-party companies, with only half doing so over secure (HTTPS) connections. Most of the apps did not meet...
View ArticleTvåspråkighetens kognitiva effekter överdrivna
Tvåspråkighet är till stor nytta för kommunikationen mellan människor, men den verkar inte förbättra våra exekutiva funktioner visar ny omfattande studie.
View ArticleHow to Extract Value from Your Position in a Corporate Network
Individuals who actively exploit the opportunities given by informational asymmetries perform better than those who prefer to favor information-sharing, according to new research by Soda, Tortoriello...
View ArticleCome ottenere valore dalla tua posizione nella rete aziendale
Gli individui che sfruttano attivamente le opportunità offerte dalle asimmetrie informative hanno performance migliori di quelli che preferiscono favorire lo scambio di informazioni, secondo una nuova...
View ArticleSwedish women’s confidence in researchers falls sharply
Almost half of young men in Sweden would consider a career as a researcher. Among young Swedish women, only a fifth can see themselves as researchers in the future. At the same time, Swedish women’s...
View ArticleSexual behaviour of the university students
The study was conducted by a group of researchers from the Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry of the University of Seville. It looked at the sexual behaviour of the students at the...
View ArticleLas conductas sexuales del alumnado universitario
Un grupo de investigadoras de la Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología ha estudiado las conductas sexuales de los estudiantes de la US. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que existen...
View ArticleHow does internet use affect well-being?
Social media can increase happiness and nurture your social circle. But depending on who you are, social media can potentially also make you unhappy and more isolated.
View ArticleWie Einwanderer und ihre Kinder wählen
Für welche Partei entscheiden sich die Einwanderer und ihre Kinder aus der Türkei oder der ehemaligen Sowjetunion mit einem deutschen Pass bei einer Bundestagswahl? Dieser Frage gingen jetzt...
View ArticleAdopted children need closer ties to their birth families, according to...
Findings shows that adopted children denied contact can experience serious identity issues and adoptive parents can be ill-prepared for the emotional consequences
View ArticleEducating immigrant children in Huddersfield wins researcher Royal Historical...
Huddersfield-man Joe Hopkinson wins the national prize for his text/documentary on the controversial approach to the education of immigrants in Huddersfield in the 1960s and 1970s
View ArticleFinland-funded FoodAfrica programme trains 20,000 farmers in sustainable...
20,000 farmers in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda have improved the security and quality of their food supply thanks to the FoodAfrica Programme. In addition to those farmers and...
View ArticleNew research project will be looking at the lifestyle of Kurland Jews in the...
Historians to investigate the situation of Jews assimilated to German culture in Latvia between 1919 and 1939 and their relationships with the German section of the population
View ArticleLebenswelt der kurländischen Juden in der Zwischenkriegszeit wird erforscht
Neues Forschungsprojekt untersucht die Situation deutschakkulturierter Juden in Lettland zwischen 1919 und 1939 und ihre Beziehungen zur deutschen Bevölkerungsgruppe
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