A study of almost 258,000 children in Scotland found that, after accounting for pre-pandemic trends, there was an increase in the proportion of toddlers showing any developmental issues throughout the period of lockdown and social distancing measures between March 2020 and August 2021.

In a recent study, researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz demonstrate: Negative media coverage of certain migrant groups can lead to discrimination in the allocation of the Citizen's Benefit – especially in regions where migration is generally viewed with skepticism. 

The same personalized algorithms that deliver online content based on your previous choices on social media sites like YouTube also impair learning, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when an algorithm controlled what information was shown to study participants on a subject they knew nothing about, they tended to narrow their focus and only explore a limited subset of the information that was available to them.