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Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities Dramatic population change: Analysis of genome-wide data from more than 550 ancient individuals demonstrates that, during the 6 -8 centuries CE, Eastern Germany, Poland/Ukraine, and the Northern Balkans experienced a major shift in ancestry, with over 80 percent originating from eastern European newcomers.

Over the next few decades, climate change will pose new threats around the world. Researchers from Climate Analytics (Berlin) and Radboud University's Global Data Lab (GDL) have developed long-term projections of global climate vulnerability, extending to the year 2100.

Using mining accident records from the 1930s, historian Nicolas Verschueren (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences) is conducting groundbreaking research into the violence of working in the mines and its impact on the bodies of Belgian workers.

Posted on: 22 August 2025 A sense of community activism is attracting people to these ideas, according a new research study co-authored by Stephen Murphy, Trinity Business School.

A new PhD thesis from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) shows that young adults find more hope and empowerment in friendships and creative environments than in psychiatry.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Katherine Twamley (UCL Social Research Institute) examines growing evidence that Gen Z is turning away from traditional forms of dating and long-term romantic relationships. Decline in sexual activity, rise of a certain "heteropessimism" or claimed celibacy.. there is growing evidence that Gen Z is turning away from traditional forms of dating and long-term romantic relationships.

From 1 August, the Office for Students (OfS) has introduced a new regulatory condition (E6) requiring universities to take stronger action to protect students from harassment and sexual misconduct.

People with the eating disorder ARFID severely restrict their food intake in terms of quantity or variety - this leads to physical and psychological impairments.

Do we climb the social ladder alone or with help from our communities? Early childhood education (ECE) policies are betting on the former.

Posted on: 29 July 2025 Dr Stephen Murphy, from Trinity Business School, said: "The uncertainty and fear caused by the pandemic created the initial spark for conspiracy beliefs to prosper.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Katherine Twamley (UCL Social Research Institute) explores whether the gendered political divide many western countries are experiencing is making dating harder? The last year has highlighted a political divide between young men and women.

Sport is often celebrated as a unifying force that brings people together around shared goals. Yet it also reflects - and at times reinforces - the deeper divisions and tensions present in society, challenging and perpetuating ideas about race, belonging and identity.

A UCL-led group of world-leading scientists is joining Pacific sailors on a voyage like no other - to understand how indigenous navigators expertly find their way by sensing the swells of the ocean. Sailors from the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific are famed for their extraordinary skill of wave piloting.

A research team led by David Cao, professor at the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Barcelona, and the Patronat d'Estudis Osonencs has launched a pioneering project to ident

Young people, working people, those with higher education and people with high incomes have the largest social networks.

Young people, working people, those with higher education and people with high incomes have the largest social networks.

Posted on: 15 July 2025 Higher education institutions offer critical social infrastructure with untapped potential to contribute to more equitable and sustainable futures, according to new research.

The annual number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales is set to rise up to fiftyfold over the next 50 years because of climate change, finds new research by UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Richard Wortley (UCL Security & Crime Science), explores his research into what happens when drinking precedes killing.

With an Azrieli Accelerator Catalyst Grant, Roz Zulla leads a transdisciplinary team studying the unique challenges in accessing supports and services For individuals living with a neurodevelopmental

Eleven research projects involving Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have received a grant from NWO for the SSH Open Competition M 2024. The researchers will be starting work on promising ideas for five years. The projects cover the entire breadth of the SSH research field, some with an interdisciplinary or cross-domain character.

Menopause and labour market perspectives, dignity for migrants and football games and (anti-)racism: it is a selection of the six research projects Erasmus University Rotterdam is involved in, which are being honoured by NWO in the SGW Open Competition 2024.

A joint study by EPFL and the University of Geneva takes a sweeping look at international migration in Switzerland from 1966 to the present day.

The JAMESfocus Report 2025 by the ZHAW and Swisscom clearly shows that entertainment and information motives outweigh self-expression motives when it comes to the use of social networks among Swiss young people aged between 12 and 19.