News on social sustainability

Hello there, Li Bennich-Björkman, professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Political Sci...

The earlier infants begin to taste small samples of solid food, the earlier they eat more food and stop breastfeeding. This is shown in a new study...

Highly educated refugees who come to Sweden have to wait a long time before they are able enter the labour market, as shown by research at Uppsala ...

Tourism has exploded on Easter Island over the last twenty years ­– something that has led to both financial gain and major encroachments on the is...

Preschool children's play involving tablets is less creative and imaginative compared to their play involving physical toys. This is shown in a new...

All companies and organisations work towards healthy working environments and employees, but what determines whether a workplace succeeds? In Swede...

A new dissertation on surrogacy highlights Thai women's experiences of having acted as surrogate mothers. The dissertation shows the women's vulner...

An EU-wide fuel tax cut of €0.20 per litre could increase oil profits in Russia by more than €8 million per day in the first one to three years, ac...

How can we make schools more orderly? How can we create a pleasant, peaceful classroom environment where students learn what is required and no one...

New proteins, wild berries and experimental food production. Could this be the key to more sustainable food production? The FINEST innovation cente...

Municipalities can use their local housing policy to influence the extent to which refugees are able to settle in the municipality in the long term...

Hello Owe Ronström, organiser of four seminars on sustainability at Almedalen together with Swaminathan Ramanathan. The panelists include guests fr...

Political intolerance is high in Sweden, and more than half are reluctant to express their views in public. This is shown in a survey conducted by ...

Marije Poort, a PhD student at Uppsala University’s Campus Gotland, is focusing on sustainable destination development. Marije is exploring how peo...

Over half of midwives are positive towards following the same person throughout their pregnancy, labour, and the early stages following childbirth....

In the world heritage city of Visby, Mattias Legnér conducts research into cultural heritage in conflict zones. A lot of times, cultural heritage b...

Parents with a higher education and parents with Swedish names are treated better when they contact schools for information prior to choosing a sch...

Following traditional, conservative and Christian Orthodox ideals, in contrast to the “morally adrift” West, and defending Russia as a superpower. ...

State and corporate ideas about nature, people and the future played a decisive role in the development of Kiruna as a mining town over a century a...

Hello there Thomas Nygren, member of the EU’s expert group on fake news and online disinformation and professor at the Department of Education. Wha...