With the rapid development of urbanization, most societies in the world have been experiencing tremendous societal and cultural changes (e.g., overcrowding and increase in population, class polarization, norm change, cultural conflict, estrangement). Urbanization may not only cause these macro-level changes but could also lead to micro-level changes in organism phenotypes. In this process, humans need to learn novel norms quickly, solve cultural conflicts, and seek strategies that help them timely adapt to environmental changes. Recently, there is a burgeoning interest in understanding the trends of sociocultural changes over time at the societal level. However, how urbanization drives the sociocultural changes in human groups remains an open question. In addition, what are the cognitive and neural mechanisms that help us adapt to these changes in the rapid process of urbanization? Whether and how may certain culturally based intervention protocols help individuals and groups adaptively respond to urbanization?
To fill up the research gap, the purpose of this research topic is to call for interdisciplinary research and theoretical review articles that bring in new theoretical perspectives, offer methodological advances (e.g., novel paradigms or interventions), or innovatively integrate existing approaches to 1) deepen the understandings of the trends of sociocultural changes in the process of urbanization, 2) decode the underlying mechanisms and processes about how we adjust and adapt in the sociocultural transformation process, and 3) explore the interventions and treatments that contribute to promoting social adaptation and mental health in the rapid process of urbanization.
In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to:
1. macro-level changes (e.g., cultural, societal, economic, political) in the process of urbanization.
2. cognitive and neural mechanisms through which sociocultural contexts and their changes influence psychological wellbeing and social adaptation.
3. cognitive and neural mechanisms of social functions (e.g., norm learning, conflict solving) that facilitate individuals to acculturate into the changing environments.
4. potential treatments and interventions that solve social maladaptation.
5. mechanisms and interventions of psychological and social adaptation when facing ecological and societal threats.
6. whether and how urbanization may influence social attitudes
With the rapid development of urbanization, most societies in the world have been experiencing tremendous societal and cultural changes (e.g., overcrowding and increase in population, class polarization, norm change, cultural conflict, estrangement). Urbanization may not only cause these macro-level changes but could also lead to micro-level changes in organism phenotypes. In this process, humans need to learn novel norms quickly, solve cultural conflicts, and seek strategies that help them timely adapt to environmental changes. Recently, there is a burgeoning interest in understanding the trends of sociocultural changes over time at the societal level. However, how urbanization drives the sociocultural changes in human groups remains an open question. In addition, what are the cognitive and neural mechanisms that help us adapt to these changes in the rapid process of urbanization? Whether and how may certain culturally based intervention protocols help individuals and groups adaptively respond to urbanization?
To fill up the research gap, the purpose of this research topic is to call for interdisciplinary research and theoretical review articles that bring in new theoretical perspectives, offer methodological advances (e.g., novel paradigms or interventions), or innovatively integrate existing approaches to 1) deepen the understandings of the trends of sociocultural changes in the process of urbanization, 2) decode the underlying mechanisms and processes about how we adjust and adapt in the sociocultural transformation process, and 3) explore the interventions and treatments that contribute to promoting social adaptation and mental health in the rapid process of urbanization.
In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to:
1. macro-level changes (e.g., cultural, societal, economic, political) in the process of urbanization.
2. cognitive and neural mechanisms through which sociocultural contexts and their changes influence psychological wellbeing and social adaptation.
3. cognitive and neural mechanisms of social functions (e.g., norm learning, conflict solving) that facilitate individuals to acculturate into the changing environments.
4. potential treatments and interventions that solve social maladaptation.
5. mechanisms and interventions of psychological and social adaptation when facing ecological and societal threats.
6. whether and how urbanization may influence social attitudes
