A recent paper by Wallace and McIntyre, published in the October issue of Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, suggests social autonomy can have negative consequences. Specifically, “social ...

State legislatures restricting what faculty can teach about race or gender — banning discussions on transgender and nonbinary identities. Public health scholars facing political retaliation for ...

It wouldn’t be far off to call Jason Payne “Dr. Happy.” ...

The US has seen a particular drop in university autonomy, which has fallen by 50% in the past decade, faster than several countries moving toward autocracy ...

If you can’t get no satisfaction, then maybe it’s because happiness does not only stem from pleasure or a meaningful existence. Instead, a new Simon Fraser University study suggests that freedom is ...

Two studies conducted in Canada found that subliminally priming memories of a frustrated need for autonomy increases the ...

We decided to write Abortion and Reproductive Justice in 2018. Just two years into Trump’s first presidency, the opposition to reproductive health, rights, and justice was already emboldened, and ...

Since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, many researchers across academic disciplines have had their funding cut because of their purported ideological bias. These funding cuts ...

Spread the loveIn a move that has sparked concern among educators and advocates for academic freedom, newly proposed accreditation rules are being scrutinized for their potential to undermine ...