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Can (and should) happiness be a policy goal?

Los Angeles, CA - How does an individual’s happiness level reflect societal conditions?  A new article out today in the first issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS) finds that similar to how GDP measures the effectiveness of economic policies, happiness can and should be used to evaluate the effectiveness of social policies.


Two million people eligible for weight loss surgery

Los Angeles, CA and London, UK - Two million people in England could be eligible for weight loss surgery according to new research published today by JRSM Open, the open access companion publication of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. The figure far exceeds previous estimates of eligibility.


Can racial injustice be settled out of court? Researchers suggest looking past politics to behavioral policy reforms

Los Angeles, CA -  2014 was replete with social unrest to protest police brutality and racial inequality. With many calling for policy reform to improve race problems in the U.S. criminal justice system, new research suggests that the issue is less political and more behavioral. Researchers recommend increased documentation, institutional diversity, and bias training in a new paper published in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS),a SAGE Journal.


SAGE to publish The British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Los Angeles, CA - SAGE, a leading independent academic and professional publisher, today announced that as of January 2015 it will be publishing one of the foremost occupational therapy journals, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy (BJOT).



Major Collection Documenting the US Civil Rights movement annouced

Adam Matthew signs new agreement with the Amistad Research Center, New Orleans

(Marlborough, UK) Adam Matthew has today announced an agreement to digitally publish a wealth of documents from the ‘Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 1943-1970’ held by the Amistad Research Center.




Adam Matthew signs ground-breaking agreement to include two digital collections in new Egyptian Knowledge Bank

Landmark contract with the Specialized Presidential Council for Education and Scientific Research, Egypt provides access for all citizens of the Republic of Egypt

(Marlborough, UK) Adam Matthew, award-winning UK publisher of digital primary source collections, has signed a multi-year agreement with the Egyptian government to provide access to two digital primary source collections via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project.



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