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Human history: Handshaking horrors explained
Penelope J. Corfield, from Royal Holloway, University of London, offers an intriguing examination of the perils of shaking hands in human history.
![‘Two Merchants Shaking Hands’ (c.1776), engraved by Thomas Bewick. [British Museum Prints & Drawings, no: 1882,0311.3998]](https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/handshake-image-218x150.jpg "Human history: A socio-cultural examination of handshaking")
Human history: A socio-cultural examination of handshaking
Penelope J. Corfield, from Royal Holloway, University of London, offers an intriguing exploration of the social and cultural significance of handshaking throughout human history.
Upscaling integrated mental health services and systems for people of forced migration
How can realist impact evaluation be used to upscale the integration of mental health programs for people of forced migration? Nancy Clark, an Associate Professor from the University of Victoria, investigates.
Religion and accountability for restorative offender rehabilitation
Offender rehabilitation has different meanings for different people because we may have varying expectations about what rehabilitation actually looks like. Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson walk us through the role of religion and accountability in restorative rehabilitation.
Understanding empathetic design principles in engineering courses
Marcia Friesen, Dean at the Price Faculty of Engineering, the University of Manitoba, Canada, explores what empathic design principles in engineering courses can look like with advanced social justice.
Bringing history to the surface: How do historical investigations affect the ways we view...
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dr Liza Gijanto, outlines how archaeological and historical investigations are vital in revealing important insights into society’s past.
GoTriple: Developing a multilingual, interdisciplinary discovery service
Dr Suzanne Dumouchel, Scientific Coordinator of the TRIPLE project, Partnership Coordinator of OPERAS Research Infrastructure & Head of International Cooperation at CNRS & her team developed the multilingual, interdisciplinary discovery service GoTriple that aims to foster collaboration & interdisciplinary research.
Exploring the partnership between the agriculture and social welfare sectors
The intrinsic value of the partnership between agriculture and social welfare sectors can help us to enrich the way that we work, and how we think about work.
What partnership is there between the agricultural and social welfare sectors?
Hiroyuki Tsunashima, a designated lecturer at Urban Resilience Research Center, Osaka Metropolitan University investigates the link between the agricultural and social welfare sectors.
