Authors: Victor Karandashev, Bala Tsakuwa, Róbert Bohát, Hannah Vanden Broucke, Iryna Pinich, Nelly Tincheva. The conference aimed to advance diversity in love research across disciplines and cultures, highlighting the importance of international collaboration and the integration of ideas from various … Continue reading
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Experiences and Expressions of Love: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Love Studies, 14-16 March 2025
Authors: Sandra Langeslag, Daniela Zibenberg, Charles Hill, Yuan Zhang, Saida Heshmati, Rashmi Singla, Irene Teulings, Fan Yang, Gabriele Rosato, Míša Hejná, Lucy Glasspool, Takanobu Watabe. The conference sought to embrace diversity in love research across disciplines and cultures, emphasizing international … Continue reading
Evolutionary and Cultural Perspectives on Love: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Love Studies, 14-16 March 2025
Authors: Lucia Martin Valverde, Alain Delannoy, Adam Bode, Claude-Hélène Mayer, Alex Nelson, Ian Skoggard. With a focus on international collaboration and the integration of concepts from various fields studying love, the conference aimed to embrace diversity in love research across … Continue reading
Love in Popular Culture and Literary Explorations: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Love Studies, 14-16 March 2025
Authors: Petra Krpan, Laura Czernysz, Katherine Joseph, Enrico Palma, Jessica Symons, Cyntia Kálmánová, Bartlomiej Kowalczyk. The conference sought to enhance diversity in love research across various disciplines and cultures, emphasizing international collaboration and the integration of concepts from diverse fields … Continue reading
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Love Studies, 14-16 March 2025
An Overview of the Conference on Love Research Motto of the Conference: Love in cultural contexts The conference aimed to increase diversity in love research across disciplines and cultures, with a focus on international collaboration and integration of ideas from … Continue reading
‘Strangers’ When Reuniting after Living Apart Together Transnationally
PDF Version. In recent years, the global job market and migration have made many partners live apart together, even transnationally. They often opt to live apart and reside in different countries to manage careers and the restrictions that immigration status … Continue reading
How Partners Love Each Other Living Apart Together Transnationally
PDF Version It seems natural that partners who love each other experience intense desire and longing for union, preferring to be and stay close to each other, striving for unity. How, then, is it possible for partners to love each … Continue reading
Revisiting the Romeo and Juliet Effect on Love Feelings
Authors: Victor Karandashev and Ernest Light PDF Version Contemporary young men and women appear to feel autonomy in their selection of romantic partners. However, individuals’ social networks and family members seem to substantially influence their romantic preferences. Researchers have explored … Continue reading
The New Books on Love Studies Published in 2024
The Institute of Love Studies informs you that in 2024, three interesting books on love have been published. One is about The Future of Love-from Sex Dolls and Avatars to Polyamory. The second one is about The Varieties of Love … Continue reading
Why Some Single People Are Happy While Others Aren’t
PDF version The long-standing cultural beliefs have taught us that being single, not in a relationship, makes people unhappy. The people in our life may pressure us to find a soulmate. Should I really have a romantic partner to be … Continue reading