When one person helps, or refuses to help, another in public, this may change not only the provider’s reputation but also the recipient’s. A theoretical study led by Kobe University provides the simplest explanation for how cooperation in large communities becomes stable and provides insights into phenomena like the bystander effect.

A new book co-written by researchers at Binghamton University and the University of Rhode Island provides a framework for comparing human rights practices around the world and over time, and reveals its overachieving and underachieving nations.

Loneliness and social isolation are widely recognised as harmful to elders’ health, yet frontline care workers have long lacked a simple, objective way to identify those most at risk. Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a set of community-based, preventive approaches to addressing social frailty among seniors, including a new screening tool and nature-based interventions in care facilities. This work responds directly to the Government’s policy shift from treatment towards prevention and community-based care.