Social Trends Institute

True Citizenship is Far More than a Set of Rights and Obligations 4 days ago
The Golden Rule as Good Business 18 days ago
A Call for Moral Toughness in an Age of Amoral Niceness 23 days ago
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Family
Promoting family stability
Bioethics
Keeping science and biotechnology ethical
Culture & Lifestyles
Analyzing global cultural trends
Governance
Fomenting responsible governance

STI is an independent, non-profit research center that offers institutional and financial support to academics in all fields who seek to make sense of emerging social trends and their effects on human communities.

Experts Meetings

Visualizing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

Providing interdisciplinary and international perspectives on the question of photography and conflict transformation, this initiative addresses salient and influential cultural trends.
8 days ago
Cultural Diversity and International Order

Experts in International Relations, Sociology, History, Political Theory and Law will explore the critical relationship between cultural diversity and international order by bridging disciplinary boundaries.
2 months ago
Family Inequality: Causes and Consequences in Europe & the Americas

The meeting explores why families are increasingly unequal throughout North America and Europe, with college-educated Americans and Europeans being much more likely to get and stay married, and less-educated Americans and Europeans being much more likely to face high levels of singleness, family instability, and single parenthood.
4 months ago

Publications

The World Family Map 2017: Mapping Family Change and Child Well-being Outcomes

STI is pleased to support important research into family trends around the globe.
What Society Needs from Media in the Age of Digital Communication

Following the experts meeting of the same name, this book analyzes the importance of the media in modern society. The changing nature of communication is especially important because media and communication platforms are increasingly the primary location in which contemporary identity, culture, and values and norms are manifest and contested.
The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered

Following the experts meeting of the same name, this book considers the crisis faced by modern journalism, questioning whether 'crises' can't be reformulated as opportunities for change.

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