HSE University experts have analysed students’ digital footprints and shown for the first time that final grades depend on one’s personal approach to an online course. Balanced students have proven to be more successful than those who follow a more traditional and practical approach. The findings from this study will help create a more adaptive and personalised educational system. This research has been published in the journal The Internet and Higher Education.

Girls as young as nine are navigating a culture that tells them to be authentic while quietly punishing them for failing to look perfect, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Researchers found that influencer culture pulls girls into a constant balancing act between fitting in and being themselves.

Christopher Koliba, a governance scholar at the University of Kansas, has published a study documenting the politicization of the pandemic response and election crises of 2020 and 2021 and how they mark "critical events" in the decline of democratic accountability standards. He employs techniques used by historians to document the events and argues the weaponization of falsehoods and other approaches used in the twin crises violate several standards of accountability that mark strong democracies and show the need for commitment to democracy.

AI's greatest strength—removing friction from work and relationships—is also a liability. Prioritizing outcome over process, it eliminates desirable difficulties that drive growth. By subtracting effort from life, AI risks removing the struggles that teach us, the loneliness that connects us, and the labor that makes life meaningful.