Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis +2 more
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Socio-spatial logic of demolition and relocation in urban China. [PDF]
Lin Z, Li G.
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has a growing influence on planning, teaching and assessment practices in education. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Education (2024) has acknowledged AI's expanding role in schools; nevertheless, limited data exist on teachers' practices and perspectives regarding its implementation.
Mohammed Tashmeer +2 more
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Inventors and the Geographical Breadth of Knowledge Spillovers [PDF]
This paper studies the geographical breadth of knowledge spillovers. Previous research suggests that knowledge spillovers benefit from geographical proximity in technologically active and rich regions more than elsewhere. An alternative view explains the
Mariani, Myriam, Giuri, Paola
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State-amplified platform inequality: The economic geography of digital cultural policy in China. [PDF]
Su LD +5 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck +14 more
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Investigating spatial distribution of kindergartens in Chinese cities: A spatial stratified heterogeneity approach. [PDF]
Zhang B, He S, Jiang L.
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief +4 more
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Entertaining cinema: Hollywood, globalization, and the geography of cultural value
This dissertation examines the geography of cultural value from the perspective of popular culture rather than from the more common orientation of high culture and prestige Importing the sociological frameworks of Pascale Casanova and Pierre Bourdieu to ...
Lessard, John Patrick
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