Sentences with phrase «societal problems with»

Ashes joins other works in the ICA / Boston collection that deal with the complex matrix of globalism, economy, and deeply entrenched societal problems with formal innovation, including recently acquired works by Mika Rottenberg and Kara Walker, and a group of important sculptures by Doris Salcedo.

The Obama administration tried to tackle a range of societal problems with multiagency initiatives that included major research components.

Which brings me to the release today of Fortune's annual celebrated «Change the World» list, where we highlight companies that are tackling key societal problems with the same ambition — and, importantly, sustaining profit motive — that they're pursuing their core business operations.

All we are doing is shining a spotlight on the fact that each has made measurable progress addressing a societal problem with an innovative business program.

Not exact matches

Whether it's a customer problem, a constituent problem, or a societal problem, they live to come up with innovative solutions to big, tough problems.

I would say if someone saw me as intolerant for pointing out a practice that does come complete with societal problems attached to it — then so be it.

According to Noddings, history (including philosophy, theology, politics, societal structures) up to this point has obscured the nature of the problem of evil because all systems for dealing with it have been created, elaborated, and promoted by and for males.

The problem with India is that is built on a system of cultural and societal values based on Hinduism which is a cult.

the problem with religious polls is that folks often answer based on societal pressure or ignorance rather han truly informed and reflective thought.

In the collection of articles based on lectures in honor of Hartshorne's ninetieth birthday, Nobo unfolds, in reaction to Lewis Ford, how in his opinion Gad is essentially immutable, imperishable and objectifiable.30 In doing this he agrees with Ford's criticism that Hartshorne's societal view of God does not offer an adequate Whiteheadian solution to the problem of God's objectifiability or prehensibility, but in contrast to Ford he is of the opinion that such a Whiteheadian solution is possible, and that it is even reasonably simple.

The problem with this is that in removing wedding bands women are giving in to the societal perception that they're somehow unable to succeed in both their careers and family life.

She further stated that «to place on top of normal sleep deprivation this societal notion that there is something wrong with you, wrong with your baby, or at worst — which I have been accused of — that you are needy... leads to a really big societal problem.»

I've come to recognize that «school food» is a behemoth of an issue, with longstanding, complex problems that are rooted primarily at a federal — not district or school — level, and which are compounded by much larger societal issues relating to food production and consumption.

I hardly think this is a problem to do with extended breastfeeding, but rather a symptom of a deep societal problem — the sexualization of breasts.

Further work is also being accomplished in assembling the Initiatives for a Stronger Community, the administration's Health & Human Services Plan that works with community partners in addressing poverty and other societal problems.

To measure societal discontent as a general factor Z, we asked people to indicate on how many out of the last 30 days the average person had encountered problems with a range of 12 to 14 issues, such as crime, unemployment, and corruption.

For some urgent societal challenges, such as climate change, the problem may lie in generating social momentum to begin with.

It urges scientists not only to integrate their efforts with those of colleagues from other disciplines and fields, but to work iteratively with decision - makers, policy shapers, practitioners and other societal stakeholders in open, networked knowledge arenas, involving collaborative learning and problem - solving.

In keeping with its broad and inclusive mandate, the AAAS should call attention to societal problems that may limit individuals» participation in a wide range of scientific and technical opportunities.

AAU places equal emphasis on the three primary university value streams: highly qualified graduates for the labour market of the future; new cognition, knowledge, technology and innovation that address important societal problems; and effective dissemination of knowledge through cooperation with the community and wider society.

The institute, created in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, will explore innovative technologies that address fundamental societal problems through modern advances in nanoscale manipulation and the ability to design at a molecular scale.

«With the amount of distractions and societal demands, sleep deprivation has become a significant problem for all age groups.»

Hundreds of billions of dollars in public money are required each year to address societal problems associated with crime, substance abuse, and poor physical and mental health in general (e.g., Insel, 2008; McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010; Rehm et al., 2009).

Therefore, surely a societal problem as serious and viral as obesity requires a multiple - faceted strategy with communities, government, the NHS and schools all pulling together?

Marx provides concrete strategies for school and district leaders to: • Engage students, staff, and colleagues in active learning and problem - solving skills, • Build adaptability and resilience in leadership roles, • Keep in touch with rapidly changing institutions and communities, • Understand and plan for the effects of societal development, and • Release ingenuity and creativity in others

AW: Given its small size TFA's greatest positive impact may be the creation of a new generation of education and societal leaders with abiding interest and direct experience in the problems of educating our nation's disadvantaged.

Works to build a strong philanthropic community that reflects the diversity of the Northwest, connects people to each other so they can achieve more with their giving, and inspires action to address critical societal problems.

And it reduces some of the societal problems the Augusta students grapple with, like gangs, teen pregnancy, and drug abuse.

Despite these societal problems, we need to focus on the success stories of what's right with our schools rather than what's wrong with our schools.

Your books are brimming with three - dimensional, imperfect (in other words, human) people dealing with problems that are big, small, internal, societal, and sometimes even life - threatening.

Quite frankly, this is a societal problem that affects us all as abuse that begins with pets can quickly extend to children.

It can be difficult to find ways in which individuals can have an impact, but year after year, hundreds of students from around the world inspire us by coming up with innovative, ingenious solutions to everything from individual problems to large societal ones.»

Kurar deals with contemporary societal problems such as post-urbanization, terrorism, violence and climate change.

It would be nice if we lived in a world where, when faced with an environmental problem, reporters only have to discuss risks delineated by science and the range of societal responses.

For example, as law - makers consider how to vote — and consider how seriously to take the problem of climate change — they should do so with an awareness that if they don't face and address climate change via their decisions and votes, then at least some people will likely begin to embrace other approaches to societal change, including NVCD, and justifiably so.

At the same time, I am not sure why there should be a generalized solution to addressing big complex societal problems that abound with uncertainties as to nature, causes and possible solutions.

In his testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in July 2009, OSTP Director John Holdren took note of the National Research Council recommendation to restructure the (USGCRP) around «`... the end - to - end climate change problem, from understanding causes and processes to supporting actions needed to cope with the impending societal problems of climate change.

In fact, that's one of the societal problems associated with the industry.

With this preceding the quote:» Nevertheless, climate change has become a grand narrative in which human - caused climate change has become a dominant cause of societal problems.»

The problem with any of this is that somethings are just inherently unpredictable — technology development, societal development, wars, etc. and so you are never going to have «predictions» of human societal development decades into the future.

Stephanie Pagni, General Counsel for Barclays UK, said: «This initiative will help trigger a transformation in law - tech with significant potential, addressing not just commercial but also societal legal problems, and drawing on the expertise of data scientists, engineers and a range of other graduates and contributors from our university partners.»

Problems with bills, families, kids, illness or other societal issues may cause a truck driver to be less focused, or not pay attention to the road.

Politicians increased the use of criminal sanctions to deal with complex societal problems and doubled down on their misguided love of minimum sentences.

Law students should therefore learn not only to locate problems within their legal - systemic and larger societal contexts, but also to work effectively with non-legal actors to resolve them.

Other «societal» problems also associated recently with children's BMI status (such as minority status, 38 social disadvantage, 39,40 and high birth weight41) may be even more important.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in public money are required each year to address societal problems associated with crime, substance abuse, and poor physical and mental health in general (e.g., Insel, 2008; McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010; Rehm et al., 2009).

Religious communities are one of the principal gateways for individuals seeking assistance with depression, grief, marital conflict, substance abuse, family violence, juvenile delinquency and AIDS, among other issues and societal problems.

Mental health problems affect around one in five youth in Australia and internationally, 1 with major personal, societal and economic ramifications.2 3 Children's mental health problems are primarily externalising (eg, oppositional defiance, aggression) and internalising (eg, anxiety, depression) problems.1 Up to 50 % of preschool behaviour problems persist through childhood if left untreated, then into adolescence and adulthood.4 Approaches to improving children's mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of severe problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based treatments.

From a public health perspective, the ability to predict the course of antisocial behavior over the long term could help to focus limited societal resources on those with persistent antisocial behavior problems with complicated outcomes.

I spent the next 10 years working for various non-profits managing and directing research, policy, and programs primarily supporting the psycho - social health of women, children and families.I realized that rather than focusing on creating change at a societal level through research and policy, I'd much rather direct my focus to those who need change the most — individuals, couples and families struggling with the problems that life throws at them.As a Therapist, I am interested in working with anyone needing support.