In honor of Veteran’s Day, we are publishing our new ICSVE research report about supporting the U.S. military in preventing and eliminating extremism among its ranks. We are thankful to and want to honor all of our service members who have … Continue reading The Challenge of Extremism in the Military Is Not Going Away Without a New Perspective
Igor Grossmann, University of Waterloo and Ellen Choi, Ryerson University There is no shortage of divisive social issues today, all competing in an increasingly crowded outrage marketplace for our attention. With algorithms curating increasingly hateful content under the guise of … Continue reading It’s not stress that’s killing us, it’s hate: Maybe mindfulness can help
Saba Sattar, The Institute of World Politics India’s position as a secular nation is under threat. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the country’s 200 million Muslim minority population has been increasingly targeted. Over the past … Continue reading How one atheist laid the foundation of contemporary Hindu nationalism
John Preston, University of Essex The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialise, take part in leisure activities – and learn. Its development has become a priority for many tech companies, including … Continue reading Facebook, the metaverse and the monetisation of higher education
New Study Ana Valdes, University of Nottingham Most people with COVID don’t end up in hospital, but some groups get a very severe form of the disease. As early as the first wave, it was clear that minority ethnic groups in … Continue reading Gene commonly found in south Asian people affects COVID severity
Nicholas R. Longrich, University of Bath READER QUESTION: We now know from evolutionary science that humanity has existed in some form or another for around 2 million years or more. Homo sapiens are comparatively new on the block. There were … Continue reading Would we still see ourselves as ‘human’ if other hominin species hadn’t gone extinct?
Ra Mason, University of East Anglia The relative success of the populist right-wing Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai or JIP), which increased its vote to emerge as the third-largest party in the recent elections, has paved the way … Continue reading Japan: pressure from populist right to scrap ‘peace constitution’ after 75 years
Alex Farnsworth, University of Bristol; Michael Farnsworth, University of Sheffield, and Sebastian Steinig, University of Bristol Dune, the epic series of sci-fi books by Frank Herbert, now turned into a movie of the same name, is set in the far … Continue reading Dune: we simulated the desert planet of Arrakis to see if humans could survive there
Christian Harrison, University of the West of Scotland The disruption and devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. Not only has it taken the lives of more than 5 million people around the world, it has also seriously wounded the global economy. Thousands of businesses have gone bust and employees are demotivated, with almost four in 10 feeling less galvanised at work since the pandemic. There has been a decline in productivity for most businesses, with those sectors involving the most social contact bearing the brunt. I recently wrote about the skills that effective leaders need to … Continue reading Four key rules for successful leadership
Alasdair Booth, Loughborough University The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that they are treating the attack that killed Conservative MP Sir David Amess on October 15 as terrorism. A 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene of Amess’ death – Belfairs … Continue reading Sir David Amess, Jo Cox and the knotty problem of local constituency security
Mohammed Abbasi 