Like many of her peers, Abigail (21) takes a lot of selfies, tweaks them with purpose-made apps, and posts them on social media. But, she says, the selfie-editing apps do more than they were designed for: You look at that idealised version of yourself and you just want it – you just want it to […] … learn more→

Anti-environmentalism is gaining ground. Attacks on the net zero goal and hostility to conservation measures and anti-pollution targets are becoming more common. And, as recent election results have shown, these tactics are reshaping politics in Britain and across the west. Anti-environmentalism is a rejection of both environmental initiatives and activism. But despite its sudden rise and bold rhetoric, it is […] … learn more→

In class, we’re supposed to read aloud. But when we look at the page, the letters seem to be dancing. The words blur together, and each sentence seems like a slog. We sit down to study at home: we try to concentrate, but our minds jump from one thing to another as if it were […] … learn more→

Are you ready to advance your career by gaining essential leadership abilities designed to help you manage the challenges of today’s unpredictable business world? Effective leadership through changing times requires strategic management skills to make informed decisions while guiding teams. And guess what? You can obtain these skills without having to stop your professional activities. […] … learn more→

Research suggests that doctoral researchers often don’t understand supervisor feedback on their writing. When they get their text back with its red/blue tracked changes and comments, they don’t always get what they are being asked to do. I remember that a doctoral researcher once told me that she had spent hours trying to work out what […] … learn more→

For decades, colleges, government agencies and foundations have experimented with recruitment and retention efforts designed to increase diversity in engineering programs. However, the efforts have not significantly boosted the number of women, students of color, individuals with disabilities and other underrepresented groups studying and earning degrees in STEM and engineering fields. Latino, Black, Native American and Alaska Native students are […] … learn more→

How much do you engage with others when you’re out in public? Lots of people don’t actually engage with others much at all. Think of commuters on public transportation staring down at their phones with earbuds firmly in place. As a professor of social psychology, I see similar trends on my university campus, where students often […] … learn more→

I’ve been a relatively slow-adopter of the genAI movement in academia. For a while now I’ve been under the (misguided?) perception that if I used genAI in any way to conduct my research, I would somehow be cheating or proving to myself that all-too-common intrusive thought that maybe, just maybe, I’m not as good at […] … learn more→

The film “Plan 75” presents a dystopia about a hypothetical Japanese government proposal that would allow those over 75 to end their lives with “logistical and financial” support, thereby reversing the aging of the population. The elderly are seen as a useless burden . Ageism is discrimination based on age. The term was coined by American gerontologist Robert Butler in 1969. No one […] … learn more→

Children and teenagers of any age who sip or taste alcohol with their parents’ permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in the journal Addictive Behaviors. In the study, we examined questionnaires filled out annually between 2009 and 2018 […] … learn more→