Creating connected workplaces: Insights from people leaders at leading companies

Key points Workplace loneliness is an organizational issue, not just a personal one: It shapes how people show up, collaborate, and how long they stay. Structures, leadership behavior, and culture…

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From time trends to structural barriers: Six teams reexamine social isolation in the United States

Each team approached the task differently: some wrote their code from scratch, others modified code that Nick Brown shared, and all documented ambiguities and discrepancies they encountered along the way. This post summarises the most important findings from the reproduction teams

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Beyond traditional boundaries: How big team science can dramatically improve SIL research

Social isolation and loneliness (SIL) research is facing a credibility crisis, largely driven by low-quality studies, insufficient sample sizes, and an overreliance on small-scale interventions that lack replicability.

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Social isolation and loneliness: The critical need for high-quality research and evidence-based interventions

Social isolation and loneliness (SIL) have emerged as significant public health concerns, with research demonstrating their profound impact on physical and mental health outcomes.

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