Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available e…
Tag: Sociology
Using human mobility data to quantify experienced urban inequalities
The lived experience of urban life is shaped by personal mobility through dynamic relationships and resources, marked not only by access and opport…
No evidence of positive causal effects of maternal and paternal age at first birth on children’s test scores at age 10 years
Research has shown that higher maternal and paternal age is positively associated with children’s education. Debate continues as to whether these…
A meta-analysis of the association of death anxiety with psychological distress and psychopathology
Death anxiety (DA), apprehension when thinking about death, has long been associated with distress. Studies have suggested that DA may transdiagnos…
A research agenda for encouraging prosocial behaviour on social media
Many studies examine antisocial behaviours on social media—such as sharing misinformation or producing hate speech—but far fewer examine how pl…
Urban inequality, the housing crisis and deteriorating water access in US cities
The housing unaffordability and cost-of-living crisis is affecting millions of people in US cities, yet the implications for urban dwellers’ well…
Planning for the complexity and uncertainty of urban socio-environmental futures
Owing to the rapidly evolving complexity within urban social and environmental systems, planners are increasingly facing the unenviable task of mak…
Toward change in the uneven geographies of urban knowledge production
More than four-fifths of the global urban population live in the Global South and East. Most urban theories, however, originate in the Global North…
Evolution and impact of the science of science: from theoretical analysis to digital-AI driven research
The Science of Science (SoS) examines the mechanisms driving the development and societal role of science, evolving from its sociological roots int…