Sentences with phrase «societal shifts in»

This supports the hypothesis that a positive trend in the increase of flood losses should be attributed to societal shifts in the exposed areas.

With the societal shifts in the United States after World War II, more women took on the role of working artists.

This closed course, hands - on education was adapted from existing law enforcement training in the United States as well as European instruction that led to a societal shift in attitudes toward driving in many countries.

A large - scale societal shift in thinking is the ultimate driver of innovation.

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Monday Morning offers a GPS system for leaders to navigate in shifting market trends, changing societal values and modes of organization.

What are the 10 most significant investment, policy, technology, and societal trends and developments that both defined and propelled the worldwide shift to clean energy in 2014?

Not to confuse the psychological issues with the separation of church and state, we obviously need to keep religious interference and favoritism to a minimum in government, while shifting the societal paradigm to discourage fervent religiosity while fostering evolved secular morals and ethics.

Generally, societal shifts only happen when pressure is brought to bear on those in authority.

These shifts were spurred by a new American affluence, by the Pill, by the flood of women into the work force, by the destabilization of traditional values during the war in Vietnam, and by a new societal emphasis on self - fulfillment.

He attributes any increase in divorce past midlife to the size of the baby boom, rather than any societal shift.

Twenty four countries in the world have banned physical punishment and have seen amazing shifts in behavior and societal expectations.

This promising trend may be due to nutritional improvements instituted by restaurants, a societal shift away from fast food generally and / or a decrease in portion sizes.

In our society, fewer people are having kids than ever before, and there are many cultural and societal reasons for that shift.

Advocates for the bill hope this year will be different in Albany given the societal shift and reckoning surrounding sexual abuse and misconduct.

While the nation has been grappling with the fallout and societal shift on sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace, Albany has had its own share of bad behavior by lawmakers and top aides.

The legislation has stalled in the state Senate in recent years, but supporters this session hope the focus and societal shift on sexual misconduct and abuse could reframe the debate over the bill at the Capitol.

This feeds in to the theatre's new season which looks to respond to the seismic shifts in the political, societal and cultural landscape.

Of course, given the ever changing political structure and nature of political completion, given the societal change, given the changes in the electoral framework, a shift in party configuration all leads to the conclusion that INEC is absolutely vital for Nigeria's Democracy.»

Rising individualism in the United States over the last 150 years is mainly associated with a societal shift toward more white - collar occupations, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Yet, treating trauma in batterers remains an emerging discipline, Voith said, because the concept represents a fundamental shift in mindset that faces societal headwinds: helping violent men in way that does not condemn them.

Reducing weight discrimination requires shifting societal attitudes and challenging stigma in multiple settings.»

Simple societal shifts: «This increase that we are seeing could be arising from changes in sexual behaviors that have occurred over time in the United States,» Chaturvedi says.

Thanks to a noteworthy shift in societal view and attitudes towards dating as well as an upward climbing trend for people over 50 to use the different social media channels like Facebook and Instagram as a launch pad to enter the online dating arena, more and more people over 50 are starting to find love thru the help of the digital cupid's arrow.

Beyond the newfound hazards and tired stereotypes, there can be no denying that senior dating represents a shift in both demographics and societal opinion.

That said, older woman / younger man relationships have become increasingly visible in recent years, though that visibility hasn't necessarily translated into a shift in societal norms.

At its core, Toni Erdmann is about core values, both personal and societal; about shifting power relationships in the workplace and within families; and about a father's love for his adult daughter and his struggle to find a way to connect with her.

It's no surprise that when the films action shifts from city to country, the characters seem to feel less suffocated by their surroundings and in turn, their societal trappings.

Moreover, tenable views of «good» and «bad» that arose in the last few centuries are being radically challenged, most notably by the societal shifts spurred by digital media.

McCartney pointed out that the demographic shift changes our societal structures and education systems, but also noted that schools play an important role in establishing immigrant's status in America.

«This represented a significant shift in societal attitudes toward people with disabilities,» says Stephen Luke, Ed.D.» 03, director of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.

Because these challenges are the result of long - term shifts in city demographics, societal conditions, and urban K 12 public policies, it would seem that there is little that Catholic - school leaders can do to stem the tide.

We need to shift the status quo in societal perceptions where teachers and the teaching profession are disproportionately downtrodden.

Add on top of that a potential societal - shifting reduction in suspension and expulsions.

As a former business reporter who loves reading about societal shifts, I got the same thrill while reading this that I did with Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, the palpable sense of a sea change in an industry that also had cascading effects on the rest of the world.

In the postwar era, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women to work professionally as artists, yet their work was often dismissed in the male dominated art world, and few support networks existed for theIn the postwar era, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women to work professionally as artists, yet their work was often dismissed in the male dominated art world, and few support networks existed for thein the male dominated art world, and few support networks existed for them.

The unprecedented survey demonstrates how 29 Japanese artists and photographers enlisted the camera to make experimental and conceptual shifts in their artistic practices during a time of radical societal change.

how artists create new ways of working and living in response to their historical and socio - economic conditions, often foretelling and epitomizing societal shifts and providing insight on influential forces in contemporary life that relate to us all.»

In much the same way, Graham's pavilions, for which he is perhaps best known, place special emphasis on space, time and the built environment, pointing to architecture's ability to shift societal perceptions and experience.

In the decades after World War II, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women to pursue careers as artists.

Mike Bode's artistic practice often takes its starting point in investigations of the built environment seen in relation to societal and historical changes and political and technical shifts.

Gallery artist Kim Rugg is part of Demarcate: Territorial Shift in Personal and Societal Mapping, a group show opening February 29th at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (CA).

The focus is on iconic societal events that have influenced major shifts in our collective consciousness, suggesting connections while exposing them as uncanny precursors to present - day realities.

In the decades after World War II, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women than ever before to pursue careers as artists.

Here's Hamilton's critique, which doesn't deal with the core argument of my talk (the need for a shift in goals from numerical outcomes to societal qualities) and instead focuses on my use of the word «good» in relation to an era he clearly sees as awful:

I spent time a couple of years ago on the engagement committee of Future Earth, an international enterprise aiming to shift research investments in science toward goals that serve societal needs.

Here's Hamilton's critique, which doesn't deal with the core argument of my talk (the need for a shift in goals from numerical outcomes to societal qualities) and instead focuses on my use of the word «good» in relation to an era he clearly sees as awful: Read more...

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However, in addition to our efforts to encourage a societal shift around profound ecological issues, we also get in the weeds, as it were, with our efforts to understand, measure, and minimize the environmental impact of our operations at the Institute.

I wrote the Climate Shift report to inform the decision making of environmental leaders, philanthropists, scientists, scholars and others as they consider next steps in the effort to mobilize societal action on the undeniable, human causes of climate change.

While extreme events per se are not abrupt climate changes as defined in this report, changes in extreme events could lead to abrupt changes in two ways: (1) an abrupt change in a weather or climate extremes regime, for example a sudden shift to persistent drought conditions; or (2) a gradual trend in the frequency or severity of extremes that causes abrupt impacts when societal or ecological thresholds are crossed, as illustrated in Figure 2.10.