Category: Social Sciences
Rural schooling is shaped by local, digital, and spatial tensions
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Ethnographic study of Swedish rural education reveals tensions between local traditions and global digital influences, showing how place-making shapes students’ aspirations and futures.
Government and opposition MPs use geographic questions differently
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Opposition and government members use geographic parliamentary questions differently for oversight and representation across democracies. Study reveals strategic distinctions in four countries.
Closeness lowered discomfort in peer feedback, but anonymity did not
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Study reveals how relationship closeness affects discomfort in peer feedback while maintaining consistent quality across relationship conditions in EFL peer review.
Prospective homeowners are more right-wing than satisfied renters
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Survey of Canadian renters reveals prospective homeowners hold rightward policy views but don’t vote accordingly, suggesting ideology predates homeownership.
Imported criminalisation affects Kurdish diaspora in Nordic countries
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Analysis of how the Turkey-Sweden-Finland NATO memorandum altered legal frameworks affecting Kurdish diaspora populations through imported criminalisation mechanisms.
Teacher motivation most strongly predicted student achievement
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Analysis of how teacher motivation, school leadership, and parental involvement predict student achievement in Hawassa secondary schools, Ethiopia.
Local air pollution reduces expatriate deployment
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Study reveals that local air pollution significantly reduces expatriate deployment in multinational subsidiaries, with effects contingent on organizational experience and labor supply.
Higher education sustainability research is uneven and conceptually active
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Systematic review of 406 studies examines sustainability integration in higher education, revealing gaps in leadership, policy coherence, and transformative learning while curriculum dominates.
Foreign-born women remain underrepresented in Swedish councils and parliament
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Literature review of 20 studies examining foreign-born political underrepresentation in Swedish parliament and local councils alongside analysis of factors enabling or hindering their participation.
Confucianism presents tianming as both philosophical and religious
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Analysis of tianming (mandate of Heaven) in Confucianism reveals how it functioned as both philosophical concept and religious doctrine, reconciling intellectual and popular spirituality.
