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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Oct-2025 15:11 ET (17-Oct-2025 19:11 GMT/UTC)

Congratulations to Dr. Neta Nadiv on being selected for the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities’ Young Scholars Forum in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the 2025-2026 academic year

Reichman University
Grant and Award Announcement

Warm congratulations to Dr. Neta Nadiv, a faculty member at Reichman University’s Harry Radzyner Law School, on her selection to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities’ Young Scholars Forum in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the 2025-2026 academic year. This impressive achievement is a recognition of Dr. Nadiv’s status as an outstanding researcher and young leader in Israel’s legal and social arena.

Coercive control still under the radar according to new study

Murdoch University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control, according to new research released this week. The study, published in Wiley Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly half of respondents were unfamiliar with the term or its meaning.

Journal: Australian Journal of Social Issues

Indian literary genius survived British imperialism in forgotten villages, research reveals

University of Cambridge
Grant and Award Announcement

‘Pundits’ kept Sanskrit scholarship alive in remote settlements as British control swept across India, a major new research project will show. The largely forgotten literary figures and their works – ranging from erotic plays to legal treatises – are neglected treasures of Indian intellectual achievement, argue Cambridge researchers.

Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council

Study finds emotional tweets by politicians don’t always win followers and can backfire with diverse audiences

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When a politician uses emotionality in social media to engage with his or her constituents, two things happen. One is the politician sees an increase in engagement with individual constituents and then at scale. The second outcome is that the politician may actually expand his or her following.

Journal: Information Systems

New study reveals alarming mental health and substance use disparities among LGBTQ+ youth

University of Delaware
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By eighth grade, LGBTQ+ students were already using alcohol and other drugs at higher rates and up to 80% reported current anxiety symptoms – compared to about half of other students. University of Delaware expert Eric Layland and his team have suggestions to mitigate this trend.

Journal: Delaware Journal of Public Health

Starting university boosts recycling and greener travel, a University of Bath study finds

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Starting university doesn’t just change where students live or study; it can also lead to changing their habits. New research from the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) at the University of Bath shows that young people are more likely to adopt sustainable behaviours, like recycling and active travel, during major life transitions.

Journal: PLOS Climate

U.K. food insecurity is associated with mental health conditions

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Food insecurity affects about 1 in 13 (7.8%) U.K. households, with higher rates of food insecurity found in Black British households and people with long-term mental health conditions, according to a new study published October 15, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Maddy Power of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K., and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

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