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Topics in sociological theories

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Social Norms & Environmental Behavior
Explores the impact of social norms on environmental behavior, including descriptive vs. injunctive norms, personal norms, eco-guilt, and emotional responses to climate change.
Appropriation of Housing: Gender and Class Perspectives
Explores the reciprocal meanings between inhabitants and their homes, focusing on class and gender differences.
Situated Action and Cognition: Photocopier Use Analysis
Analyzes the use of a photocopier to understand situated action and cognition in social interactions and daily practices.
Social Psychology of Change
Explores social changes, norms formation, and status effects on behavior convergence in uncertain situations.
Gender & Habitat: Post-Disaster Context
Discusses gender integration in post-disaster housing projects and the importance of empowering women in reconstruction efforts.
Social Norms: Influence and Conformity
Delves into the impact of social norms on behavior, analyzing influential experiments and the transmission of norms across generations.
Cooperation and Friendship
Examines cooperation, altruism, and friendships among non-relatives in animals and humans, emphasizing the role of reciprocity and social norms.
Gender and Disaster Risk ReductionMOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Delves into the gender challenge in Disaster Risk Reduction, emphasizing the importance of empowering women and mainstreaming gender for resilience.
Intersectional Gender Analysis in Implementation Research
Explores the integration of intersectional gender analysis in implementation research, emphasizing the importance of identifying bottlenecks and addressing underlying causes.
Social Norms: Influence and Transmission
Delves into the influence and transmission of social norms through classic experiments like the autocinetic effect and the Bobo Doll experiment.

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