Rising socio-economic inequality in many countries raises the question of how it affects
individuals' civic engagement in the forms of charitable giving, volunteering and non-profit …

The US has experienced a substantial decline in social trust in recent decades. Surprisingly
few studies analyze whether individual-level explanations can account for this decrease. We …

Loneliness and social isolation are significant public health problems. However, the
community and neighborhood factors that contribute to this pandemic are less examined …

Previous research demonstrates that religion plays a significant role in understanding
attitudes and behavior regarding the environment. In addition, studies also demonstrate …

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are strongly linked to individual and population health
outcomes. Hospitals and health systems are in a unique position to initiate or partner on …

TRUEDEM is a 3-year multinational research project funded by the Horizon program of the
European Commission with several core objectives. TRUEDEM aims to design and …

Background Social capital is an important determinant of health, but how specific sub-
dimensions of social capital affect health and health-related behaviors is still unknown. To …

Why we should not accept “networked individualism” as the inevitable future of community. If
social interaction by social media has become “the modern front porch”(as one sociologist …

In the past, support for environmental protection in the United States was relatively
nonpartisan. That situation began to change in the late 1970s with partisanship playing an …

This paper explores trends in time alone and with others in the United States. Since 2003,
Americans have increasingly spent their free time alone on leisure at home and have …