Margaret McIntyre

Reporter, Social Sciences and Business & Economics

Margaret McIntyre, based in Houston, Texas, covers Business & Economics and Social Sciences for The Academic Times. Her work as a journalist draws on prior professional experiences in public policy, international affairs and corporate risk consulting. Margaret obtained a Master of Science degree in political science from Uppsala University and a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University. Her personal research interests include economic justice, welfare reform and sustainable governance.

To cut food waste, restaurants have to change

By Margaret McIntyre

Subtle behavioral nudges aimed at diners can significantly reduce restaurant food waste, even in countries where packaging leftovers for future consumption is attached to financial-centered shame or other social stigmas, new research suggests.

Benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh risks of death from side effects, researchers say

By Margaret McIntyre

Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations because of suspected links to deadly blood clots may have allowed COVID-19 to spread unchecked and resulted in hundreds of additional deaths among those vulnerable to the virus, vastly outweighing the risk of death from adverse vaccine side effects, according to a new European study.

Neolithic grave tools indicate sexual division of labor among farmers

By Margaret McIntyre

A technological and use-wear analysis of stone tools found at Neolithic gravesites suggests that people of male and female biological sex were assigned distinctively different work tasks in daily life, due in part to the onset of agricultural development.

Unlike past recessions, pandemic hit women hardest

By Margaret McIntyre

Women suffered greater adverse employment effects than male counterparts during the COVID-19 recession across various industries and occupations, contrary to recessions of the past, according to new research that suggests the pandemic may have reversed decades of progress made toward gender equality.

How network recruiting may help fix workforce gender imbalances

By Margaret McIntyre

Job recruitment through professional networks might improve gender balance instead of reinforcing existing workplace segregation, according to new research out of Sweden that challenges prevailing theories about gender balance in the workplace.

School shootings resonate into adulthood for survivors

By Margaret McIntyre

Researchers find substantial evidence that, relative to their unexposed peers, school shooting survivors in the U.S. experience declines in health and well-being, engage in more risky behaviors and have worse education and labor market outcomes.