News on social sustainability

In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University, together with colleagues in Brazil, have investigated the impact that a barren living environm...

A new study led by researchers from Uppsala University shows a clear link between economic inequality and mortality during severe flood disasters. ...

Intrapreneurship is a key issue for all organisations, whether in the private or the public sector. So says Katarina Blomkvist, who has spent her e...

Rich elites with large swimming pools and well-maintained lawns are leaving poorer communities without basic access to water in cities across the w...

A new study from researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet shows that children who go on to develop symptoms of autism have diffe...

Churches are preserved by an antiquarian system that risks killing them instead of keeping them alive. The Swedish State and the Church of Sweden t...

When work tasks are replaced by new technology, changes in the labour market follow. Research shows that this has historically led to more jobs ove...

Overweight and obesity among four-year-olds increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Uppsala University involving over 2...

EU and its member states face political, normative, and operational challenges regarding returning rejected asylum seekers and ‘irregular’ migrants...

In 2022, Sweden saw an average of more than one shooting per day and more than one deadly shooting per week. Research shows that only a small propo...

Last year a new initiative was started on Gotland with the aim of reducing food waste and at the same time increasing the availability of sustainab...

When a parent loses his or her job it can lead to him or her being affected by poorer health. However, this does not seem to affect the children's ...

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...