Belonging, identity, and the ways people live together.
Exercise volunteering reduces loneliness in a study of 2,856 GoodGym participants — less mental ill-health, more belonging, and gains still present six months later, say researchers at King's College London and LSE.
A 20-year-old livestock inspector in New Mexico asked about the grooming policy before he was hired, cut nine inches from his locs, got the all-clear twice — and was fired on his third day. His lawsuit asks what the state's hair discrimination law is actually worth.
Student befrienders for lower-income families have logged more than 20,000 hours in Singapore since 2022 — and MSF has just made NUS the first Institute of Higher Learning to win its Outstanding Partner Award for the work.
Missouri's 2026 State of Neighboring study of 2,300 residents shows how to be a good neighbour goes far beyond a wave: most people want deeper connection, yet only 57.2% have a neighbour they trust with a house key.
Dutch universities recruited 129,764 international students for 2025-26, into a student-housing market short of 21,500 rooms. The sales pitch, the universities own warnings, the VU housing fee the courts ruled impermissible twice, and the CPB money maths, in one account.
The Netherlands ranks near the top of the world for working life and quality of life, and near the bottom for making friends. What the InterNations surveys, NIDI loneliness research and CBS travel figures say about expat loneliness in the Netherlands — and who manages to belong.
The Zwarte Piet Jim Crow question: does the Dutch helper's blackface come from the American minstrel stage? The evidence, point for point — and where it runs out.
A loneliness and social isolation study of 277,489 adults finds people who are both lonely and isolated can expect nearly six fewer years free of mental disorders — and that healthy habits help with isolation, but not with loneliness.
A new South Australia study puts hard numbers on community centres return on investment: $99.31 million in benefits in 2024/25, $2.59 back for every $1 received, powered by 3,831 volunteers giving 535,476 hours a year.
The Power of Community Voice Gallup report, released 28 October 2026, finds 72% of Americans say their area is worth investing in — but only 34% expect anyone to listen to their ideas, and that expectation more than doubles motivation to give back.
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