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Pubblicato: 25 luglio 2024

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Libman, Alexander. "Area Studies in the Social Sciences". Spatial Economics 20, n. 1 (2024): 7–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2024.1.007-025.

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In the last decades, area studies have been subject to substantial criticism by the most mainstream social sciences. Area specialists are perceived as lacking the knowledge of modern research methodology and rather following the interests of humanities than social sciences. At the same time, studying individual regions and countries certainly requires the accumulation of specific knowledge, which would most likely be lost without area studies research. This paper discusses the main directions of criticism of area studies and possible suggestions towards modernization of this research tradition. The criticism towards area studies can be linked to three issues: the excessive dominance of the humanities in most area studies communities; insufficient consideration of modern theoretical and empirical approaches; and implicit normativity, i.e., the substitution of scientific analysis with value assertions. The modernization of area studies as an academic field is related to the application of alternative approaches to regional and country studies within three research projects: Comparative Area Studies (CAS), Transregional Studies, and regional specialization within individual disciplines

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Suciptaningsih, Oktaviani Adhi, e Titik Haryati. "Teaching Social Sciences through Ethnophotography". KOMUNITAS: International Journal of Indonesian Society and Culture 7, n. 2 (3 giugno 2015): 316–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/komunitas.v7i2.4841.

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Curriculum 2013 requires teachers to be more creative in compiling teaching materials which are innovative, varied, exciting, contextual, and in accordance with learners needs to achieve learning objectives. This research aims at developing IPS materials for VII graders of Junior High School (SMP) based on ethnophotography. This study used Research and Development design (R & D). The results were analyzed by qualitative analysis technique. The results show that most social studies (IPS) teachers have not yet developed the IPS materials for VII graders of SMP which is relevant to the environmental conditions. The ethnophotography was used to determine the development of IPS materials by photographing/taking pictures of each regional potential to be used as supporting material in IPS materials. Through ethnophotography, the students would be more interested and easier to learn the material, and at the same time, they learn a variety of regions potential. In conclusion, the IPS material based on ethnophotography can be used as one of the ways to develop teaching materials to get more effective and efficient learning because students can easily understand the material through the photographs displayed in the teaching materials because the photographs show a variety of things around it.

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Heilbron, Johan. "The social sciences as an emerging global field". Current Sociology 62, n. 5 (10 ottobre 2013): 685–703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011392113499739.

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Exploring the ‘globalization’ of the social sciences, this article first presents an historical interpretation of how transnational exchange in the social sciences has evolved. Earlier forms of international circulation are distinct from the more global arrangements that have emerged since the late twentieth century. Considering this globalizing field in more detail, it is argued that its predominant characteristic is a core–periphery structure, with a duopolistic Euro-American core, multiple semi-peripheries and a wide range of peripheries. Focusing on the global level, much of the existing research, however, has neglected the emergence of transnational regional structures. The formation of a transnational European field of social science is taken as an example of this process of transnational regionalization. The social sciences worldwide can thus be seen as a four-level structure. In addition to the local and national level, transnational regional as well as global structures have gained increasing importance and a better understanding of ‘globalization’ requires more precise studies of both levels, in their own right as well as in their evolving interconnectedness.

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Mccann, Philip. "Observational Equivalence? Regional Studies and Regional Science". Regional Studies 41, n. 9 (dicembre 2007): 1209–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343400701624494.

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Barnes, Trevor. "What Regional Studies Might Have Been: Cold War American Social Science". Regional Studies 47, n. 3 (marzo 2013): 461–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.767997.

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Arjomand, Saïd Amir. "The rise of interdisciplinary studies in social sciences and humanities and the challenge of comparative sociology". European Journal of Social Theory 20, n. 2 (4 maggio 2016): 292–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368431016646112.

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After briefly surveying three generations of comparative sociologists, interdisciplinary regional and trans-regional studies are shown to complement the work of the third generation of comparative sociologists on civilizational analysis and multiple modernities. Drawing examples from the interdisciplinary Persianate studies, promoted by the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies in the last two decades, and by other recent interdisciplinary studies of performance and world literature as well as Caribbean regional studies, it is argued that the rise of interdisciplinary studies in social sciences and humanities may in fact redeem the unfulfilled promise that comparative sociology once offered. These recent studies constitute a significant contribution to our theoretical understanding of different patterns of socio-cultural development beyond the West, whose historical experience gave birth to modern social science disciplines, and thereby to register the historical experience of a very sizeable portion of humankind as the basis for the reconstruction of social theory in the global age.

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Westlund, Hans. "Social Capital and Regional Development: Research Achievements and Remaining Problems". SCIENZE REGIONALI, n. 2 (luglio 2012): 7–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/scre2012-002002.

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In the last nineteen years we have witnessed an explosion of research on social capital in almost all the social sciences. The question addressed by this paper is the following one: what has been achieved during these years? The first part of the discussion is devoted to a review of the most influential definitions of social capital. The second point concerns the theoretical arguments on social capital's impact on regional development: how social capital affects production, incomes and other output that we normally consider to be development. Starting from these considerations, the main theoretical problems in literature will be pointed out. Finally, the last part of this work refers to the future for studies on social capital and local and regional development.

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Holmgren, Sara, Dalia D’Amato e Alexandru Giurca. "Bioeconomy imaginaries: A review of forest-related social science literature". Ambio 49, n. 12 (9 ottobre 2020): 1860–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01398-6.

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Abstract This review article examines how social science literature co-produces various imaginaries of forest-based bioeconomy transformations and pathways for reaching desired ends. Based on an analysis of 59 research articles, we find that despite a growing number of social sciences studies on the forest-based bioeconomy, much of the research tends to replicate a bioeconomy imaginary articulated in EU and national bioeconomy policies and strategies. Accordingly, the research primarily reproduces a weak approach to sustainability, which prioritize economic growth and competitiveness. Expectations are largely directed at national and regional corporate interests and forest industrial renewal, while the state has a supportive rather than restricting role. We discuss the findings against the role of social sciences, and conclude that social science scholars may adopt various strategies if interested in opening up forest-based policy debates and offer alternative imaginaries of sustainable bioeconomy transformations.

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Sha'aban, Asst Prof Huda Khalid. "The Regional and their applications in Geography and its fields between illusion and truth". Thi Qar Arts Journal 1, n. 44 (31 dicembre 2023): 87–159. http://dx.doi.org/10.32792/tqartj.v1i44.482.

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The regions are the product of regional studies that researchers exchange in their studies in the natural and human sciences of geography, where the applications of the regions have extended in many sciences, such as sociology, economics, soil, planning, soil, plant environmental sciences until a special science of the region emerged called (regional science). The idea of division entered the field of social planning such as planning and development regions with the aim of achieving regional justice between cities. The applications of the regions varied among researchers according to the goal and need for them. They were distinguished by the stability of the natural regions and the mobility of the human regions. To achieve this, the research relied on the descriptive and analytical methods as well as the desk survey. Received 6/10/2023 , Accepted 26/11/2023 , Published 31/12/2023

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Wellman, J. K., e K. E. Corcoran. "Religion and Regional Culture: Embedding Religious Commitment within Place". Sociology of Religion 74, n. 4 (25 giugno 2013): 496–520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srt046.

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Terzic, Zana. "Vad är regionalism? : En jämförande studie av regionala partier i två svenska regioner; Skåne och Norrbotten". Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-6737.

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Regionalism is a concept of extensive proportions and as such is complex to define. This phenomenon becomes much clearer by studying it from different perspectives. This paper focuses on regional political parties and description of their political ideas. The goal of this paper is to examine and compare regional political parties in two Swedish regions: Norrbotten and Skåne. By studying two biggest regional parties in these regions, namely Norrbottensparti and Skånepartiet, I will try to get an insight into the regional politics, as well as illustrate regionalism and its meaning. My primary intention is to examine how these two regional parties experience their regions and what they consider of importance in regional development. By studying these regional parties and their opinion/apprehension about regional politics and their ideological/political affiliation, I will try to illustrate an ideological dimension of regionalism. My intention is to point out differences and similarities between politics of these regional parties, as well as to illustrate approach to the regionalism and its meaning.

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Johansson, Annelie. "Regional utveckling – En studie om samverkan i nätverk som ett medel för strategisk kompetensförsörjning". Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3911.

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Denna C-uppsats syftar till att nå förståelse kring de betingelser som möjliggör strategisk samverkan för kompetensförsörjning. Formen för samverkan är ett nätverk. Studien har sin utgångspunkt i politiska dokument, på olika nivåer, som betonar vikten av mer lärande. En region har skapat ett nätverk, där förhoppningarna är att skapa mer lärande och att regionen därigenom har tillräckligt med kompetens för att vara självbärande ekonomiskt sett, vilket också är det globala målet med lärandet. Det ses som en lösning, av flera, som ska kunna hålla vår välfärd på samma nivå som nu. Det innebär också att lärandet inte längre bara betraktas som individorienterat, utan också samhällsorienterat.

Studien har genomförts med hjälp av halvstrukturerade intervjuer där informanterna representerar olika yrkeskategorier inom samma nätverk.

Resultatet visar att det finns en mångfald av indikatorer som både möjliggör och hindrar samverkan. Av de faktorer som möjliggör samverkan finns goda relationer som nyckelord. Det som kan hindra samverkan är bland annat personligheter och strukturproblem. Studien visar också att ett nätverk mycket väl kan tjäna som medel för att strategiskt kompetensförsörja en region. Viktiga incitament är bland annat att det finns ett klart och uppnåeligt mål som alla i nätverket varit med och tagit fram och att representanterna i nätverket har stark tilltro till nätverkets arbete och uppnåelsemål, då det visat sig att stödet och intresset från det egna företaget kan vara dåligt.

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Terziæ, Zana. "Regional identitet". Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2981.

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I Sverige har det pågått en fyra decennier lång regiondebatt om hur den regionala förvaltningen ska organiseras. Denna debatt har resulterat i ett beslut om en försöksverksamhet med regionalt självstyre i fyra län från 1 juli 1997 till 31 december 2002. I den regionala försöksverksamheten som ytterligare har förlängts till 2006 ingår Kalmar, Gotland, Skåne och Västra Götaland. De två sistnämnda regionerna är mitt undersökningsmål. Syftet med denna uppsats är att lyfta fram de väsentliga faktorer/element som kan relateras till och förknippas med regional identitet. Fokus för min uppsats ligger på svenska regioner och regiondebatt.Den regionala identiteten har uppmärksammats av många forskare och debattörer eftersom den ses som en förutsättning för en regional kontinuitet och framgångsrik utveckling. En hel del politiska debatter ägnar sig antingen åt att tona ned eller lyfta fram den regionala identitetens betydelse för den nationella statens framtida roll och status. Mitt undersökningsområde är regionerna Skåne och Västra Götaland och uppsatsens fokus ligger på den regionala identiteten.

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Czabán, Vera. "Regional disparities in Hungary". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-11438.

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In the past decades, exacerbating regional disparities in the European Union as well as the newly joined Eastern European states have led to a growing interest in examining the spatial embeddedness of development. Hungary, a small and very monocentric country, has experienced rapid growth in the region of its capital city and its surrounding, whereas formerly lagging regions continued to fall behind. This thesis examines growing regional disparities in Hungary in order to provide a more comprehensive overview of the phenomenon and synthesise a growing body of both Hungarian and international literature based on their relevance for Hungary. As regional disparities rarely form an explicit research subject, the first aim of this thesis was to establish a suitable method for a comprehensive national level analysis. Within a mixed methodological framework, three theoretical perspectives on regional development were selected to analyse and reveal structural disparities, which were set in contrast with GDP levels of regions. On the one hand, the method proved to be useful to establish a refined rank order of the regions based on their approximated level and speed of development. On the other hand, the three different perspectives revealed structural strength and weaknesses underlying general development level of regions. The results did confirm the multiple advantages of the most developed regions, as well as the complex disadvantage of the most backward regions. Based on this experience a further increase in disparity levels can be expected in Hungary. Regions between the two extremes showed more heterogeneous outcomes across the perspectives, revealing very different development path and structural problems behind the performance level of these regions. Taken together, these findings support the heightening need of decentralization in Hungary, in order to tackle growing regional disparities and establish policy responses at a regional level.

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Spain, William S. "A Multi-Phase, Mixed-Method Regional Analysis of Lake and Reservoir Based Recreational Opportunities in Utah". DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1390.

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Planning and managing outdoor recreational resources at larger spatial scales, conceptualized as a regional approach to recreation planning and management, is studied. Considering and understanding the role of spatial scale has been beneficial to the field of ecology; however, the importance of spatial scale has rarely been considered in the recreation resource management literature. A regional approach to planning and management is differentiated from a site-specific approach as managers and planners must consider the implications of management actions or policies at a larger spatial scale than a single park, recreation area, lake, or reservoir. For this study, the provision of boating opportunities at Utah lakes and reservoirs is considered. Multiple data collection techniques, both quantitative and qualitative, were applied in this study. Additionally, two distinct groups of respondents participated: (1) park managers and their staff; and (2) boaters (individuals who own boats registered in Utah). Data were collected at three different spatial scales: (1) lake or reservoir level (site); regional level; and (3) state level. Multiple analytical approaches were used to ascertain both groups' perspectives towards a variety of topics important to recreation management including content analysis and cluster analysis, as well as considering experience use history. The results suggest implementing a regional approach is more complicated and inclusive than providing a wide range of recreational opportunities. The organizational capacity of the managing agencies, along with their ability to cooperate with other governmental and private organizations, is also important. Also, considering larger spatial scales increases an agency's options to address various challenges such as conflict, displacement, recreation succession, and homogenization and sub-optimization. As such, when prescriptive decisions about where various recreational opportunities ought to be provided, management problems and issues and agency capacity should also be considered. This dissertation also provides a model for conducting regional analyses.

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Sellar, Gillian. "Can regional community web portals become sustainable? : the Albany GateWAy : a case study". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1080.

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Asking the question "can regional and community web portals become sustainable?" demands a foray into many different disciplines. Sociology, education, business, strategic and knowledge management, organisational theory, relationship management and current technological trends and capabilities are some of the areas on which community projects, such us the development of communities on-line, are founded.

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Ottosson, Peter. "Hotet från grannen: En studie av regional säkerhetskomplex-teori utifrån europeiska och post-sovjetiska erfarenheter". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24025.

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Regional säkerhetskomplex-teori är en central del av Köpenhamnsskolan, och den beskriver säkerhet som något som sker framför allt på en regional analysnivå. Teorin kan beskrivas som en blandning mellan neorealism och konstruktivism, sett ur ett regionalistiskt perspektiv.I den här uppsatsen försöker jag ta reda på vad den här teorin tillför till förståelsen av säkerhetspolitik, utöver vad vi lär oss av konventionell neorealistisk eller liberal teori. Detta gör jag genom två fallstudier där de olika teorierna jämförs med varandra och deras förklaringskraft studeras. Min ena fallstudie handlar om Europa, den andra om den post-sovjetiska sfären med fokus på Ryssland. Jag drar slutsatsen att regional säkerhetskomplex-teori har både för- och nackdelar jämfört med dominerande teorier. Dess styrka är förmågan att omfatta flera olika regioner i världen trots att deras säkerhetsdynamik skiljer sig markant från varandra. Teorin lämnar också utrymme för icke-statliga aktörer och icke-militära aspekter av säkerhet. Vidare så ger den oss ett komplext samspel mellan olika analysnivåer.Bland teorins svagheter finns en brist på kausalitet, otydliga konstruktivistiska variabler, samt problem med att beskriva överlappningar mellan olika regioner.
Regional security complex theory is a centerpiece of the Copenhagen school, and it primarily describes security on a regional level-of-analysis. The theory can be described as mixture of neorealism and constructivism, all seen from a regionalist point-of-view. The purpose of this thesis is to find out what this theory contributes to the understanding of security, apart from what conventional theory, such as neorealism and liberalism, teaches us. I will try to accomplish this thru two case studies where different theories are compared to each other and their explanatory power is studied. One of my case studies is on Europe, the other on the post-soviet sphere, focused on Russia. I conclude that regional security complex theory has both pros and cons. Its strength lies in the ability to encompass regions all over the world, despite the significant differences in their respective security dynamics. The theory also leaves space for non-state actors and non-military aspects of security. Further more, it describes a complex interplay of different levels-of-analysis.The weaknesses of the theory include a lack of causality, unclear constructivist variables, as well as an inability to describe regional overlapping.

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Sperling, Josh B. "Exploring the nexus of infrastructures, environment, and health in Indian cities| Integrating multiple infrastructures and social factors with health risks". Thesis, University of Colorado at Denver, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621855.

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The overarching goal of this thesis is to explore and assess infrastructure-environment-health interactions in Indian cities, addressing social factors such as wealth and literacy, as well as the provision of multiple infrastructures.

Five main studies are conducted. First, exploration of Delhi all-cause mortality data and survey of local experts on associations between infrastructures, environment, and health outcomes. Key findings include: a) that 50% of deaths in Delhi are reported with cause not classified (demonstrating the need for bottom-up study to supplement hospital data) and b) that ~19% of classified deaths by cause in Delhi, India could be related to infrastructure or infrastructure-related environmental factors.

Second, review of epidemiology studies relating health outcomes to infrastructure and pollution exposure in Indian and Asian cities is conducted to help identify initial evidence and gaps for infrastructure-related health effects and quantification of differential risk based on social factors (e.g. low socio-economic status (SES)).

Third, top-down analyses using national survey of under age-five mortality rates (U5MR) by multiple infrastructure conditions are studied while addressing confounding social factors. A key finding is that the relative risk for under-five mortality rates are 860% higher in Urban India for those lacking multiple basic infrastructure provisions relative to improved conditions for low SES condition and limited literacy households. These analyses demonstrates limited literacy household sensitivity and importance of considering multiple infrastructures together over single infrastructure improvements.

Fourth, bottom-up comparative community study helps characterize infrastructure, environment, extreme weather conditions and local sustainability priorities. A key finding was that households deprived of infrastructure provisions would prioritize that first over pollution or extreme weather conditions. In addition, both low SES communities studied were different in their coverage of all infrastructures except cooking fuels. In the high SES area, infrastructure conditions were ranked as a highest priority (e.g. drainage) with pollution and climate-related extreme weather events still higher priorities than low SES areas, which selected water supply, parks and open space, and drainage as highest priorities. Multiple dimensions of access to healthcare conditions in the same neighborhoods were explored next with findings indicating the two low SES areas to have similar travel costs to reach care and different abilities to pay for care. The high SES area also had higher accessibility to care yet with quality of care less acceptable relative to low SES areas that had issues with wait times, affordability, and access- suggesting future study should address such factors and effects on health outcomes.

Finally, data availability, needs, and challenges are explored for computing health benefits of multiple infrastructure interventions, while also identifying preliminary intervention scenarios and who may benefit more or less by age, gender, and SES.

These efforts offer a preliminary approach to helping prioritize future decision-making in Asian cities by demonstrating initial methods that can be useful for modeling risks and interactions between infrastructure provisions, environment, and health.

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Engström, Erik. "Regionförstoring eller hållbar mobilitet? : En studie om intressen inom den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20185.

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Denna masteruppsats undersöker vilka intressen det är som formar den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen utifrån ett perspektiv av regionförstoring och hållbar mobilitet. Globaliseringen har resulterat i att konkurrensen om förutsättande faktorer för en ekonomisk tillväxt idag sker mellan regioner. Regioner har således genom den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen identifierats till att vara nyckelaktörer för att erhålla ekonomisk tillväxt. En strategi för detta är regionförstoring då en utvidgad geografisk funktionalitet stärker den regionala konkurrenskraften gentemot andra regioner. Parallellt har regioner identifierats till att vara nyckelaktörer för en omställning till ett hållbart mobilitetsparadigm vilket står i konflikt med det ökade transportarbetet som orsakas av regionförstoring. Detta innebär att avvägningar behöver göras inom den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen. Utifrån hur regioner uttrycker och hanterar den konflikterande relationen mellan regionförstoring och hållbar mobilitet syftar studien till att undersöka vilka intressen det är som styr den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen och då även formar hur samhället utvecklas. Genom strategi- och policydokument som är vägledande för regional utveckling har den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen i Region Jönköpings län, Region Örebro län och Region Östergötland studerats. Slutsatserna påvisar hur kombinationen av den regionala utvecklingsplaneringsprocessens begränsade utrymme för medborgardeltagande och betydelsen som det regionala näringslivet tilldelas för att säkra regionens konkurrenskraft och överlevnad har resulterat i att näringslivets intressen konsekvent tillgodoses inom den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen. Studiens slutsatser stärker befintlig forskning om hur en tillväxtorienterad utveckling riskerar att cementera strukturer som ekologiskt påfrestande transportvanor, de traditionella könsrollerna och socioekonomisk segregation. Avslutningsvis påvisas även studiens slutsatser ett behov av att nyansera barnperspektivet inom den regionala utvecklingsplaneringen då även barnperspektivet har utformats efter näringslivets intressen.

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Amanze, Collins Nwakanma, e Emma Eriksson. "Regional Cooperation for Strategic Sustainable Development : A case study of Blekinge". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5602.

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For sustainable development of Blekinge to be carved out in a strategic manner,steps taken need to be coordinated in the right direction(i.e. towards meeting basic principles of socio-ecological sustainability).One part of this project looks into the various steps that could be taken to reach sustainability at a principle level.The other part looks at the importance of mutual cooperation among various stakeholders within the region.We look at current steps been taken and the potential for cooperation in the region. Our study reveals that many opportunities exist, both for strategic steps towards sustainability and for ways Blekinge organizations could cooperate to achieve them.We found that opportunities exist in the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency,transportation and regional cooperation.In particular,this study identified significant opportunities to expand networks of cooperation in Blekinge.For instance, expansion of advocacy groups, expansion of railway and cooperation for alternative fuels among organizations and municipalities are all opportunities.

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Jaafar, Abu Bakar, e Abdul Ghafar Ismail. "Ricardian Equivalence Theorem: What Other Studies Say?" In Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2016), 15–23. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0203-9_2.

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Sergunin, Alexander. "The university library–museum complex as a focal point of regional Arctic social science research". In Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities, 408–24. New York: Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429504778-18.

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Mirzabaev, Alisher. "Climate Change Science and Policy in Central Asia: Current Situation and Future Perspectives". In SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies, 23–32. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29831-8_3.

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AbstractCentral Asia is already experiencing negative climate change impacts. Projections show that future climatic change will negatively affect many climate-sensitive economic activities in the region, particularly agricultural production and associated livelihoods. Mitigating and adapting to climate change in Central Asia requires a significant increase in investment in climate change research, as well as the mainstreaming of adaptation actions into public policies. This paper assesses the current state of climate change science in the region and the key trends, based on a bibliometric and content analysis review. It provides a perspective on investment priorities for climate change-related research, as well as measures that will build synergies between climate actions and other priorities for sustainable development in the region. The paper calls for an expansion in open access to data; increased investment in climate change research, especially in the social sciences; development of local climate change modelling capacities; and support for regional knowledge and scientific exchange on the topic of climate change.

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Serageldin, Ismail. "Social Sciences at the World Bank and the Broadening of the Development Paradigm". In Social Development in the World Bank, 59–79. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57426-0_6.

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AbstractI joined the World Bank in 1972 as a ‘Young Professional’, recruited right after my graduate studies at Harvard. Over the years the Bank entrusted me with diverse jobs and responsibilities, mostly in the Middle East and Africa regions, regarded as the most difficult. This broad spectrum of assignments exposed me to many types of the Bank’s activities, each one a school for understanding complexity and a place of experiential enrichment.

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do Amaral, Marcelo Parreira. "Comparative Case Studies: Methodological Discussion". In Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe, 41–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_3.

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AbstractCase Study Research has a long tradition and it has been used in different areas of social sciences to approach research questions that command context sensitiveness and attention to complexity while tapping on multiple sources. Comparative Case Studies have been suggested as providing effective tools to understanding policy and practice along three different axes of social scientific research, namely horizontal (spaces), vertical (scales), and transversal (time). The chapter, first, sketches the methodological basis of case-based research in comparative studies as a point of departure, also highlighting the requirements for comparative research. Second, the chapter focuses on presenting and discussing recent developments in scholarship to provide insights on how comparative researchers, especially those investigating educational policy and practice in the context of globalization and internationalization, have suggested some critical rethinking of case study research to account more effectively for recent conceptual shifts in the social sciences related to culture, context, space and comparison. In a third section, it presents the approach to comparative case studies adopted in the European research project YOUNG_ADULLLT that has set out to research lifelong learning policies in their embeddedness in regional economies, labour markets and individual life projects of young adults. The chapter is rounded out with some summarizing and concluding remarks.

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Gambier, Yves. "Translating social sciences". In Handbook of Translation Studies, 234–40. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/hts.5.tra21.

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Doignon, Yoann, Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Elena Ambrosetti e Sébastien Oliveau. "General Introduction: A Study of Mediterranean Populations". In Population Dynamics in the Mediterranean, 1–17. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37759-4_1.

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AbstractThe Mediterranean region has been much studied by human and social sciences. The length of its written history, and the variety of civilisations sharing a common history (going back to the Roman mare nostrum), of course, go some way to explaining this wealth of studies. However, the Mediterranean has only recently been studied as a global study area, rather than as separate sub-regions. We note that there is a lack of recent general publications, or writings in general, providing a synthesis or inventory of the various demographic phenomena on a pan-Mediterranean scale. The aim of this publication is to provide an overview and detailed description of the demographic trends of the last 70 years for the populations of the Mediterranean as a whole.

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Vähätalo, K. "Social security and job search among the Finnish unemployed". In Studies in Operational Regional Science, 88–96. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8080-9_7.

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Milne, Brian. "The ‘Child Sciences’, Social Sciences and Childhood Studies". In The History and Theory of Children’s Citizenship in Contemporary Societies, 137–72. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6521-4_8.

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Duplass, James A. "Elementary Grades Social Studies and the Social Sciences". In The Essence of Teaching Social Studies, 137–45. New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003095682-17.

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"A Review of Studies on China-Mongolia-Russia Regional Cooperation". In 2020 International Conference on Social and Human Sciences. Scholar Publishing Group, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.38007/proceedings.0000025.

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Pashaeva, Sakinat. "BLENDED LEARNING METHODOLOGY IN THE PROGRAMMES: LINGUISTICS AND FOREIGN REGIONAL STUDIES." In 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018. STEF92 Technology, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018/3.5/s13.006.

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Andronova, L. A., e E. V. Savkovich. "REGIONAL STUDIES AND REGIONALISTICS IN CHINA: STATEMENT OF PROBLEM". In VIth Gotlib’s Resdings: Oriental and Asia-Pacific Regional Studies. Publishing House of Irkutsk State University, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.26516/978-5-9624-2134-6.2023.21.

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The purpose of the paper is to consider the problems of regional studies conducted under the leadership of the Academy of Social Sciences of China. In this regard, the main directions of regional studies in China are highlighted and the problem fields of “international” and “domestic” regional studies in the Chinese research school are distinguished.

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Li, Yifei, Xinping Yuan e Yun Ye. "Highlighting Regional Characteristics and Serving Regional Construction Study on the Teaching System of Environmental Design in Wuhan University of Science and Technology". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/cesses-18.2018.29.

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Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. "Adaptation studies in Europe". In 6th International e-Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Center for Open Access in Science, Belgrade, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32591/coas.e-conf.06.02015k.

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Adaptation is a creative process that crosses and blurs boundaries: from page to stage, from small screen to big screen – and then, sometimes, back again. Beyond questions of form and medium, many adaptations also cross national borders and language barriers, making them important tools for intercultural communication and identity formation. This paper calls for a more intensive, transnational study of adaptation across print, stage, and screens in EU member and affiliate countries. For the highest possible effectiveness, interdisciplinarity is key; as a cultural phenomenon, adaptation benefits from perspectives rooted in a variety of fields and research methods. Its influence over transnational media flows, with patterns in production and reception across European culture industries, offers scholars a better understanding of how narratives are transformed into cultural exports and how these exchanges affect transnational relationships. The following questions are proposed to shape this avenue for research: (1) How do adaptations track narrative and media flows within and across national, linguistic, and regional boundaries? (2) To what extent do adapted narratives reflect transnational relationships, and how might they help construct Europeanness? (3) How do audiences in the EU respond to transnational adaptation, and how are European adaptations circulated and received outside Europe? (4) What impact does adaptation have in the culture industries, and what industrial practices might facilitate adaptation across media platforms and/or national boundaries? The future of adaptation studies and of adaptation as a cultural practice in Europe depends on the development of innovative, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to adaptation. The outcomes of future research can hold significant value for European media industries seeking to expand their market reach, as well as for scholars of adaptation, theater, literature, translation, and screen media.

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Hong, Yongming, e Jiangmin Zhao. "An Analysis of the Formation of Regional Linguistic Universals". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/cesses-18.2018.107.

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"Mental Representations and Perception of People with Other Ethnicity (On the Example of Psychosemantic Experiment in Four Russian Regions)". In 5th International Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Emirates Research Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.17758/erpub.ea1216015.

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CHOUKACHEI, Kahina, e Rosa AKNINE SOUIDI. "OLIVE GROWING AS A SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE IN THE KABYLE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF ALGERIA". In VII. International Research Congress of Contemporary Studies in Social Sciences. Rimar Academy, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47832/rimarcongress7-11.

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Mountain areas are fragile areas, landlocked territories due to their marginalization by public policies. This means that the question of the sustainable development of these mountainous territories is acutely posed. In recent years, the Algerian public authorities have become aware of the importance of enhancing these rural and mountainous territories by integrating them into development policy programs. Olive growing is an activity that can be considered in the Kabylia region (Tizi-Ouzou) as a socio-economic activity, to which great importance is given by agricultural development programs in Algeria, following the great potential of production it releases, and its specificity as a resource for the sustainability of Kabyle mountain areas. Our objective is to see the usefulness of olive growing for the mountain area of Kabylie, its relationship with the population, and its role in the sustainable development of this area

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Yankul, Oleksii. "Methodology of the complex analysis of statistical-information collections (exemplified by “Kharkiv Calendar”, 1869-1917): Study experience". In 8th International e-Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Center for Open Access in Science, Belgrade, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.32591/coas.e-conf.08.05073y.

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The present research deals with the publication “Kharkiv calendar” as one of the specific sources of local history. It should be rightfully attributed as a separate type of periodicals – “statistical-information collection”. Similar publications were spread in almost all regions of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries and were named “calendars” or “memorable books”. They have their own specifics and therefore need special approach for their study. According to his own experience, the author presents certain directions of investigation of these sources. It may be suggested the following steps of work with them: identifying of the specificity and transformations of the structure of these sources (separation of traditional and novel rubrics); analysis of balance between local, all-imperial and worldwide data (there was dynamics of this information); classification of scientific and popular-science materials; periodization of functioning of periodicals; focus on specificity of gathering of statistical information that had published in these collections.

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Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America, Maria Sibylla Merian Centre. Conviviality in Unequal Societies: Perspectives from Latin America Thematic Scope and Preliminary Research Programme. Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.46877/mecila.2017.01.

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The Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (Mecila) will study past and present forms of social, political, religious and cultural conviviality, above all in Latin America and the Caribbean while also considering comparisons and interdependencies between this region and other parts of the world. Conviviality, for the purpose of Mecila, is an analytical concept to circumscribe ways of living together in concrete contexts. Therefore, conviviality admits gradations – from more horizontal forms to highly asymmetrical convivial models. By linking studies about interclass, interethnic, intercultural, interreligious and gender relations in Latin America and the Caribbean with international studies about conviviality, Mecila strives to establish an innovative exchange with benefits for both European and Latin American research. The focus on convivial contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean broadens the horizon of conviviality research, which is often limited to the contemporary European context. By establishing a link to research on conviviality, studies related to Latin America gain visibility, influence and impact given the political and analytical urgency that accompanies discussions about coexistence with differences in European and North American societies, which are currently confronted with increasing socioeconomic and power inequalities and intercultural and interreligious conflicts.

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Abebe, Heran, e Getachew Belaineh. Key Considerations: Social Science Perspectives for Emergency Response to the Conflict in Northern Ethiopia. SSHAP, ottobre 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2022.031.

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Ethiopia is currently experiencing several intersecting humanitarian crises including conflict, climatic shocks, COVID-19, desert locust infestation and more. These intersecting crises are affecting nearly 30 million people and resulting in food insecurity, displacement and protection risks. As of February 2022, over 2.5 million people were estimated to have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict-driven humanitarian crisis in the Northern Ethiopian regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar that began in November 2020. As of May 2022, 9.4 million were in need of humanitarian aid in the region. Private and public assets have been destroyed, already fragile livelihoods damaged, and communities left in dire need of support. This brief outlines important contextual factors and social impacts of the Northern Ethiopian crisis and offers key considerations to improve the effectiveness of the humanitarian response. It is based on a rapid review of existing published and grey literature and conversations with relevant stakeholders, including people from affected regions and humanitarian responders. This brief is part of a series authored by participants from the SSHAP Fellowship and was written by Heran Abebe and Getachew Belaineh from Cohort 2. It was reviewed by Ezana Amdework (Addis Ababa University), Kelemework Tafere (Mekelle University), and Yomif Worku (independent humanitarian advisor), and was supported by Tabitha Hrynick from the SSHAP team at the Institute of Development Studies. The brief is the responsibility of the SSHAP.

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Butler, Nadia, e Soha Karam. Evidence Review: COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance by Key Influencers in the MENA Region - Teachers and Healthworkers. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), novembre 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2021.039.

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As COVID-19 vaccines have been deployed and scaled, concerns about vaccine acceptance have emerged. Effective management of the virus requires that communities everywhere buy into the public health measures designed to protect them, including vaccines. Low acceptance presents a serious challenge for achieving sufficient coverage to reduce circulation of the virus and the risk of new variants emerging. Surveys conducted early in the pandemic showed that the Middle East region had one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates globally. The low acceptance is driven by specific factors in the region and its different countries and populations; these factors need to be taken into account when formulating policy, programmes and interventions. This review synthesises evidence on vaccine acceptance among two key groups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: teachers and health workers. It draws from academic studies most of which were cross-sectional studies, largely conducted between February 2020 and June 2021, and grey literature reports, including social listening reports. This review is intended to inform strategies for risk communications and community engagement (RCCE) relating to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with the aim of boosting confidence in and acceptance of the vaccines among these groups across the region. It is part of the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) series on social science considerations relating to COVID-19 vaccines and was developed for SSHAP by Anthrologica (Nadia Butler and Soha Karam) at the request of the UNICEF MENA Regional Office. It was reviewed by Rose Aynsley (WHO) Amaya Gillespie (UNICEF) and Olivia Tulloch (Anthrologica). The evidence review is the responsibility of SSHAP.

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Rheinberger, Christoph, e Nicolas Treich. Catastrophe aversion: social attitudes towards common fates. Fondation pour une culture de sécurité industrielle, giugno 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.57071/882rpq.

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In light of climate change and other existential threats, policy commentators sometimes suggest that society should be more concerned about catastrophes. This document reflects on what is, or should be, society’s attitude toward such low-probability, high-impact events. The question underlying this analysis is how society considers (1) a major accident that leads to a large number of deaths; (2) a large number of small accidents that each kill one person, where the two situations lead to the same total number of deaths. We first explain how catastrophic risk can be conceived of as a spread in the distribution of losses, or a “more risky” distribution of risks. We then review studies from decision sciences, psychology, and behavioral economics that elicit people’s attitudes toward various social risks. This literature review finds more evidence against than in favor of catastrophe aversion. We address a number of possible behavioral explanations for these observations, then turn to social choice theory to examine how various social welfare functions handle catastrophic risk. We explain why catastrophe aversion may be in conflict with equity concerns and other-regarding preferences. Finally, we discuss current approaches to evaluate and regulate catastrophic risk, with a discussion of how it could be integrated into a benefit-cost analysis framework.

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Johnson, Edgar M. Contract for Manpower and Personnel Research and Studies (COMPRS) for the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences--Annual Report: Year Four. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, febbraio 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada338780.

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Kranefeld, Robert. Beyond the grid : post-network energy provision in Rwanda. Goethe-Universität, Institut für Humangeographie, febbraio 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/gups.53186.

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In many parts of the world, the centralized grid provides energy to the population only to a limited extent. The electrification for sub-Saharan Africa countries is the lowest in the world, representing half of the world's population withoutelectricity. However, during the last years there has been an increased attention to rural areas in the Global South beyond the centralised grid, especially with respect to improved possibilities of solar power systems. The transition from one dominant form of energy provision to various alternatives includes different dimensions and depends on specific socio-spatial contexts. Energy systems are framed within systems of spatial practices, performed by a variety of involved actors, like consumers, local suppliers, international for-profit companies, international development donors as well as national and regional authorities. As such power systems arealways cause and effect of socio-technical change This study takes the example of Rwanda to analyse the marketization of decentralised energy systems. Based on empirical field work with energy entrepreneurs it combines Post-Colonial Theory with Science and Technology-Studies to theorise the role of energy to the social production of space beyond the grid.

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Buesseler, Buessele, Daniele Bianchi, Fei Chai, Jay T. Cullen, Margaret Estapa, Nicholas Hawco, Seth John et al. Paths forward for exploring ocean iron fertilization. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, ottobre 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1575/1912/67120.

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We need a new way of talking about global warming. UN Secretary General António Guterres underscored this when he said the “era of global boiling” has arrived. Although we have made remarkable progress on a very complex problem over the past thirty years, we have a long way to go before we can keep the global temperature increase to below 2°C relative to the pre-industrial times. Climate models suggest that this next decade is critical if we are to avert the worst consequences of climate change. The world must continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and find ways to adapt and build resilience among vulnerable communities. At the same time, we need to find new ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in order to chart a “net negative” emissions pathway. Given their large capacity for carbon storage, the oceans must be included in consideration of our multiple carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options. This report focused on ocean iron fertilization (OIF) for marine CDR. This is by no means a new scientific endeavor. Several members of ExOIS (Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions) have been studying this issue for decades, but the emergence of runaway climate impacts has motivated this group to consider a responsible path forward for marine CDR. That path needs to ensure that future choices are based upon the best science and social considerations required to reduce human suffering and counter economic and ecological losses, while limiting and even reversing the negative impacts that climate change is already having on the ocean and the rest of the planet. Prior studies have confirmed that the addition of small amounts of iron in some parts of the ocean is effective at stimulating phytoplankton growth. Through enhanced photosynthesis, carbon dioxide can not only be removed from the atmosphere but a fraction can also be transferred to durable storage in the deep sea. However, prior studies were not designed to quantify how effective this storage can be, or how wise OIF might be as a marine CDR approach. ExOIS is a consortium that was created in 2022 to consider what OIF studies are needed to answer critical questions about the potential efficiency and ecological impacts of marine CDR (http://oceaniron.org). Owing to concerns surrounding the ethics of marine CDR, ExOIS is organized around a responsible code of conduct that prioritizes activities for the collective benefit of our planet with an emphasis on open and transparent studies that include public engagement. Our goal is to establish open-source conventions for implementing OIF for marine CDR that can be assessed with appropriate monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) protocols, going beyond just carbon accounting, to assess ecological and other non-carbon environmental effects (eMRV). As urgent as this is, it will still take 5 to 10 years of intensive work and considerable resources to accomplish this goal. We present here a “Paths Forward’’ report that stems from a week-long workshop held at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in May 2023 that was attended by international experts spanning atmospheric, oceanographic, and social sciences as well as legal specialists (see inside back cover). At the workshop, we reviewed prior OIF studies, distilled the lessons learned, and proposed several paths forward over the next decade to lay the foundation for evaluating OIF for marine CDR. Our discussion very quickly resulted in a recommendation for the need to establish multiple “Ocean Iron Observatories’’ where, through observations and modeling, we would be able to assess with a high degree of certainty both the durable removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide—which we term the “centennial tonne”—and the ecological response of the ocean. In a five-year phase I period, we prioritize five major research activities: 1. Next generation field studies: Studies of long-term (durable) carbon storage will need to be longer (year or more) and larger (>10,000 km2) than past experiments, organized around existing tools and models, but with greater reliance on autonomous platforms. While prior studies suggested that ocean systems return to ambient conditions once iron infusion is stopped, this needs to be verified. We suggest that these next field experiments take place in the NE Pacific to assess the processes controlling carbon removal efficiencies, as well as the intended and unintended ecological and geochemical consequences. 2. Regional, global and field study modeling Incorporation of new observations and model intercomparisons are essential to accurately represent how iron cycling processes regulate OIF effects on marine ecosystems and carbon sequestration, to support experimental planning for large-scale MRV, and to guide decision making on marine CDR choices. 3. New forms of iron and delivery mechanisms Rigorous testing and comparison of new forms of iron and their potential delivery mechanisms is needed to optimize phytoplankton growth while minimizing the financial and carbon costs of OIF. Efficiency gains are expected to generate responses closer to those of natural OIF events. 4. Monitoring, reporting, and verification: Advances in observational technologies and platforms are needed to support the development, validation, and maintenance of models required for MRV of large-scale OIF deployment. In addition to tracking carbon storage and efficiency, prioritizing eMRV will be key to developing regulated carbon markets. 5. Governance and stakeholder engagement: Attention to social dimensions, governance, and stakeholder perceptions will be essential from the start, with particular emphasis on expanding the diversity of groups engaged in marine CDR across the globe. This feedback will be a critical component underlying future decisions about whether to proceed, or not, with OIF for marine CDR. Paramount in the plan is the need to move carefully. Our goal is to conduct these five activities in parallel to inform decisions steering the establishment of ocean iron observatories at multiple locations in phase II. When completed, this decadal plan will provide a rich knowledge base to guide decisions about if, when, where, and under what conditions OIF might be responsibly implemented for marine CDR. The consensus of our workshop and this report is that now is the time for actionable studies to begin. Quite simply, we suggest that some form of marine CDR will be essential to slow down and reverse the most severe consequences of our disrupted climate. OIF has the potential to be one of these climate mitigation strategies. We have the opportunity and obligation to invest in the knowledge necessary to ensure that we can make scientifically and ethically sound decisions for the future of our planet.

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Cameron, Amy, Ali Floyd, Erin Hardee, Ailsa Mackintosh, Nicola Stanley-Wall e Emma Quinn. Using An Evaluation Framework to Direct Public Engagement Work: 2017-2022 with Case Studies. University of Dundee, settembre 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001290.

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We are the School of Life Sciences Public Engagement team. This team encompasses the Schools Outreach Organiser and Public Engagement and Communications Officer as well as the WCAIR Public Engagement Manager and Public Engagement Officer and the Academic Lead. We provide support for the staff and students within the School of Life Sciences in engaging with the public, including training, resource development, administrative support, and specialist expertise. We have staff and student development, and social purpose at the heart of all that we do. In 2017 we defined four main aims as part of our new Public Engagement with Research Strategy: → Build on our creative partnerships to deliver a high-quality, innovative engagement programme. This will inspire participation in and understanding of our research, making science relevant for everyone. → Engage a diverse range of people with our research. → Consult with our local communities to widen our reach and meet their needs. → Promote and support a culture of active participation in public engagement within our life sciences community. In 2018, we worked with Evaluation Support Scotland to set up our evaluation framework. Some of the evaluation outcomes, and their associated indicators, were set to evidence the good work we were already doing. Some were set to drive us to improve our practice. Over the past five years, we have used the framework to monitor our work. Each annual reflection gave us confidence in some areas but also pushed us to re-examine some of our long-standing practices and assumptions and refine the framework to meet changing needs. Here we showcase how we used the evaluation framework to guide our work and in doing so, provide a flavour of the public engagement activities the School of Life Sciences undertakes. We demonstrate how we knew if we were being successful, where we had more work to do, and where we were unrealistic with our expectations.

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Slaughter-Acey, Jaime, Kathryn Behrens, Amy M. Claussen, Timothy Usset, Carrie Neerland, Sameerah Bilal-Roby, Huda Bashir et al. Social and Structural Determinants of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: An Evidence Map. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), dicembre 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.23970/ahrqepccer264.

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Objective. The purpose was to review available evidence of risk factors associated with maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States during the prenatal and postpartum periods to inform a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Identifying Risks and Interventions to Optimize Postpartum Health, held November 29–December 1, 2022. Data sources. We searched MEDLINE®, CINAHL®, and the Social Sciences Citation Index through November 2022. Review methods. We searched for observational studies examining exposures related to social and structural determinants of health and at least one health or healthcare-related outcome for pregnant and birthing people. We extracted basic study information and grouped studies by social and structural determinants of health domains and maternal outcomes. We prioritized studies according to study design and rigor of analytic approaches to address selection bias based on the ROBINS-E. We summarize all included studies and provide additional descriptions of direction of association between potential risk exposures and outcomes. Results. We identified 8,378 unique references, with 118 included studies reporting social and structural determinants of health associated with maternal health outcomes. Studies covered risk factors broadly, including identity and discrimination, socioeconomic, violence, trauma, psychological stress, structural/institutional, rural/urban, environment, comorbidities, hospital, and healthcare use factors. However, the risk factors we identified represent only a subset of potential social and structural determinants of interest. We found an unexpectedly large volume of research on violence and trauma relative to other potential exposures of interest for pregnant people. Outcome domains included maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes, cardio/metabolic disorders, weathering (the physiological effect of premature aging caused by chronic stressful experiences), depression, other mental health or substance use disorders, and cost/healthcare use outcomes. Depression/other mental health outcomes represented a large proportion of medical outcomes captured. Risk of bias was high, and rarely did studies report the excess risk attributable to a specific exposure. Conclusions. Identifying risk factors pregnant and birthing people face is vitally important. Limited depth and quality of available research within each social and structural determinant of health impeded our ability to outline specific pathways, including risk factor interdependence. While more recently published literature showed a trend toward increased rigor, future research can emphasize techniques that estimate the causal impacts of risk factors. Improved reporting in studies, along with organized and curated catalogues of maternal health exposures and their presumed mechanisms, would make it easier to examine exposures in the future. In the longer term, the field could be advanced by datasets designed to more fully capture the data required to robustly examine racism and other social and structural determinants of health, in combination with their intersections and feedback loops with other biologic/medical risk factors.

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Nguijoi, Gabriel Cyrille, e Neo Sithole. Civilizational Populism and Religious Authoritarianism in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), febbraio 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.55271/rp0051.

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This report gives a summary of the 9th session of the ECPS’s monthly Mapping Global Populism panel series titled “Civilizational Populism and Religious Authoritarianism in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives,” which took place online on January 25, 2024. Moderated by Dr. Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, the panel featured speakers by Mr. Bobby Hajjaj, Department of Management, North South University, Bangladesh, Dr. Maidul Islam, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Dr. Rajni Gamage, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore, and Dr. Mosmi Bhim, Assistant Professor at Fiji National University.

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