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As Thomas Bernauer sees it, information on the impact that different segments of the population have on the climate is an essential ingredient in making climate policy measures fair and acceptable to the majority.

A new study by UCL researchers shows how it's possible to phase out fossil fuels without sacrificing electoral popularity - even in coal mining regions. The new paper, published in the American Political Science Review , illustrates how a government that phased out coal mining was able to avoid a backlash from the affected coal regions.

Research from Dr Jo Daniels (Psychology) will be launched in Parliament via the APPG on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics.

To what extent does the process of creating a constitution influence its content and a population's adherence and acceptance? Now an international research team from Universität Hamburg and Warsaw are attempting to answer these questions. The German Research Foundation and the National Science Center of Poland are funding the 3-year project with €480,000.

Already in 2016, Geert Wilders' PVV had a huge potential of voters. At the same time, there is an international tendency towards the (radical) right, and compared to that, the electoral success of the PVV is relatively limited.

Key takeaways 18.1% of Latino citizens in California owned firearms versus 4.1% of Latino immigrants; the ownership rate for Asian citizens was 12.6% and 7.2% for noncitizens. 53.2% of Latino immigrants and 74.9% of Asian immigrants are "very worried" or "somewhat worried" about being a victim of gun violence.

Three big challenges - educational, democratic and legal - are raised by the growing popularity of Open AI's chatbot, says UdeM philosophy professor Marc-Antoine Dilhac.

Over the past two decades, European democracies have witnessed the rise of populist parties. New PhD research by Dr. Francesco Marolla (Tilburg University) provides insight into the explanation for support of European citizens for populist parties.

The Federal Commission for Air Hygiene has assessed the revised guideline values issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021 and their significance for Switzerland's Air Pollution Control Ordinance.

Consumer sentiment fell back a modest 2.5 index points, or 4%, in November, extending what is now a four-month stretch of consecutive declines, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

A study by philosopher Kevin Dorst explains how political differences can result from a process of "rational polarization." U.S. politics is heavily polarized. This is often regarded as a product of irrationality: People can be tribal, are influenced by their peers, and often get "There can be quite reasonable ways people can be predictably polarized," says MIT philosopher Kevin Dorst, author of a new paper on the subject, based partly on his own empirical research.

'Our Parliamentary Art Collection' explores the visual representations of power and democracy and highlights issues of access and inclusion for both artists and audiences across different regions Dr

The number of people rough sleeping following release from prison has more than trebled in Wales, new figures from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre show.

The Jéco ("Journées de l'économie" / Economics Days), of which the ENS de Lyon is a partner, will be held from November 14 to 16, 2023.

Principles released with new Gallup poll that shows wide partisan gaps in electoral confidence Many conservative voters have lost trust in elections, but a team from Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute and the R Street Institute is working to restore it.