Stories
Understanding Cultural Dimensions Of Pandemics And Mask WearingPandemics are biological events, but people experience them through culture, institutions, relationships and everyday routines. A face covering can represent…
Nationalism in Sports and the Making of Collective IdentityInternational competitions turn sport into a highly visible social arena. When athletes enter a stadium beneath a national flag, sing an anthem or wear a…
How Abuse in Childhood Influences Adult Social RelationshipsChildhood abuse can alter the way a person understands safety, trust, affection and conflict long after the original harm has ended. Physical violence,…
The Effect of Lifestyle Diseases on Social Class DisparitiesLifestyle diseases are health conditions strongly associated with everyday patterns of living, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers,…
Social Media as a Tool for Political Mobilization Among Young VotersFor many young Australians, politics arrives through a phone before it appears in a newspaper, parliamentary debate or evening bulletin. A short TikTok video,…
Why Some Neighbourhoods Experience More Crime VictimisationCrime is rarely distributed evenly across a city. A small number of streets, transport corridors, commercial centres, and housing estates may record far more…
Stigma around mental health in ethnic minority communitiesIn communities where cultural identity shapes daily life, conversations about psychological wellbeing often remain unspoken. Mental illness is frequently…
How the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped gender roles in Australian homesWhen Melbourne's fourth lockdown stretched into late 2021, millions of households across Victoria found themselves spending more hours under the same roof than…
Cultural appropriation and appreciation through a sociological lensSociologists have long studied how cultural objects, symbols, and practices move between groups, and the contemporary debate over appropriation versus…
Youth joblessness and the fractured promise of belonging in EuropeEurope's young adults are facing a generational rupture that is reshaping what social membership looks like. Across the eurozone, youth unemployment has…