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“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe +2 more
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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When does the story end? Presence, the present and ‘the contemporary world’
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract We write and read ethnography in the wake of time passing: a fact that has long thrown up a host of epistemological and ethical issues for the doing of anthropology. In this essay I revisit this classic problem—the problem of the ethnographic present—asking what happens when we rethink the relationship between ‘the present’ and ‘presence’, the
Michael Edwards
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AIPsychoBench: Understanding the Psychometric Differences Between LLMs and Humans
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) with hundreds of billions of parameters have exhibited human‐like intelligence by learning from vast amounts of internet‐scale data. However, the uninterpretability of large‐scale neural networks raises concerns about the reliability of LLM.
Wei Xie +7 more
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EFL learning, religious faith and globalization in Indonesia's pesantren
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract Increasing global demands to teach and learn English in religious educational institutions remain high, yet little EFL research has been conducted in such contexts. Using Indonesia's Islamic educational institutions (i.e., the pesantren) as a focus of analysis, this article seeks to narrow that gap by examining the key factors driving EFL ...
Muhammad Jauhari Sofi +1 more
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The impact of English on local languages: The case of Catalan universities
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This article deals with the somehow complex equilibrium of languages used in Catalonia, with a particular analysis of the role of English vis‐a‐vis the national language (Spanish) and the regional official language (Catalan). A discussion of the supremacy of standard languages over local ones in modern history, followed by an account of the ...
Enric Llurda
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World Englishes and applied linguistics: Theoretical and applied perspectives
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the evolving relationship between world Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics (AL), tracing AL's historical development from its Anglo‐American origins in the mid‐20th century, grounded in “linguistics applied” to its contemporary status as a multidisciplinary field concerned with social justice and equity. It highlights
Kingsley Bolton
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Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.This article explores the integration of climate change risks into social protection approaches looking at the case of Jordan. Creating cobenefits between SDGs 1 and 13, climate‐sensitive social protection can build the resilience of vulnerable groups and foster mitigation and adaptation behaviors.
Martina Jaskolski +4 more
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