Despite being more connected than any previous generation, many young people report struggling to build friendships that provide a genuine sense of closeness.
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The imagery of climate change is oversimplifying climate vulnerability.
The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers to recovery can leave residents with few options.
The neck’s vitality and vulnerability are rooted in a quirky evolutionary history.
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.
For many people, speaking up at work can be a nerve-wracking experience because it leaves them exposed to judgment, ridicule and rejection.
Census data and research show all things are not equal in disaster displacement, as two experts in disaster recovery explain.
We are witnessing an overdue shift towards normalizing male athletes seeking help and gradually speaking more openly and vulnerably about mental health.
Britain has lost one of its greatest actors in the Irish-born star who found fame in Dennis Potter’s groundbreaking TV drama The Singing Detective.
As a woman living on the disability support pension put it: ‘You don’t have the flexibility that a rich person has to respond to crisis, so you have to beg for help. And you know you’ll be judged’.
While promoting better risk reduction is always sensible, it leads to a tendency for disaster management systems to lean heavily on experience and systems designs of other countries
Across the country, overdose deaths have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A shared sense of vulnerability could benefit society.
Vulnerability in the context of Covid-19 is really complex. Many households in Gauteng have different challenges.
Blockchain technologies can support users in controlling access to their data through smart contracts that both empower and protect users.
As people have grown closer and more connected, the old definition of loneliness slipped away – and a new one has emerged.
We love to be scared by creepy movies. But fear has other uses too. It can be used negatively by politicians to control us, but can also be a tool to harness internal change.
Research shows that trust is ‘knowable’ – you can calculate whether you can trust an individual, based on their behaviours.
John McCain did something during the 2008 U.S. presidential election that would seem very out of place today: he made himself vulnerable by speaking up about the character of opponent Barack Obama.
Unlike squads before them, this exciting team of millennials have the capacity, courage and honesty to express their emotions.
Top contributors
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Executive Director, Sustainable & Resilient Economy, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Researcher, CSIRO’s Data61; Senior Lecturer, Adelaide University
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Professor in Education of Gender, Sexuality and Identity, Lakehead University
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Scientia Professor and John Lions Chair, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow in social vulnerability and disasters, CQUniversity Australia
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Assistant Professor, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Professor, Education, Thompson Rivers University
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Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Industry Adjunct, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Lamar University
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Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick
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Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at UCFB, University Campus of Football Business