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Circularity Before Strategy: Translating the Circular Economy for Environmental Policy and Governance in Emerging Economies

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) is now a cornerstone of global environmental policy. However, current debates often frame CE as a future‐oriented strategy to be adopted or scaled, implicitly assuming that emerging economies and the Global South are starting from strictly linear conditions. Drawing on practice‐oriented and institutional perspectives,
Solmaz Filiz Karabag, Cali Nuur
wiley   +1 more source

Singing The Blues: Sociology/Sociologists In Challenging Times

Journal of Public and Professional Sociology
Numerous challenges confront higher education in post-pandemic America. Demographics, inflation, political conflict and technology have altered the environment of higher education.
Karen Young Ph.D., Rodger A. Bates
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Soil Carbon Markets in the Making: Power Relations and Matters of Concern in Offsetting and Insetting

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates emerging soil carbon markets and seeks to identify the groups of actors and power relations that constitute their structure and function. Voluntary soil carbon markets (VSCMs) are emerging globally as a key mechanism for generating carbon removals as part of climate mitigation efforts.
Philippa Simmonds, Julie Ingram, Damian Maye   +2 more
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Discussion in science and technology studies (STS) about status of sociological explanation [PDF]

Социологический журнал, 2012
Sociological explanation tends to be universal. This results in expansion of explanation models from sociology into the other fields of knowledge. Scientists from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) played significant role in this process ...
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An Introduction to Sociology of Science and Technology

, 2013
Growing interest to study Science and Technology started to emerge as an interdisciplinary field of study during the 1970s, under the umbrella term science and technology studies (STS). The same analytical frameworks started to use in the studies of science and technology.
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders, Mike Quayle, Paul Maher, Ana‐Maria Bliuc, Pádraig MacCarron   +4 more
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Mix(ed/ing) Messages: Online Teaching, Student Success, and Academic Integrity in Sociology

Journal of Public and Professional Sociology, 2018
As online education continues to grow within higher education, issues of academic integrity become more concerning. Many assume that online courses provide additional opportunities for dishonesty.
Evelina W. Sterling, Daniel Farr
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Community as Medicine: A Qualitative Exploration of Meaningful Social Support and Health for Trans‐ and Gender‐Diverse People in England

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The poor mental and physical health of trans‐ and gender‐diverse (TGD) young people is well established and commonly attributed to gender minority stress. Although recent research has shown that social support can mitigate these effects, less attention has been paid to the psychological processes through which this occurs.
Chase Staras, Juliet Wakefield, Daragh McDermott, Bethany Jones   +3 more
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Information needs of patients considering epilepsy surgery: A scoping review

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Epilepsy surgery is a recommended treatment for individuals with drug‐resistant epilepsy. However, patients often face significant challenges in decision‐making due to a lack of accessible and high‐quality information. Methods We conducted a scoping review to identify the information needs of people considering surgery for epilepsy ...
Maren Kimura, Shahab Marzoughi, Ashley Truesdale, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Colin B. Josephson, Derek Payne, Churl‐Su Kwon, Nathalie Jette   +7 more
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Evaluation for Learning in Primary Health Care Organizations: Aspirations, Realities and Lessons From Australia

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines tensions between the accountability and learning functions of evaluation through a case study of an evaluation capacity building (ECB) initiative undertaken in an Australian primary health care setting. We describe the ECB approach and strategies and identify enablers and barriers influencing their implementation and ...
Brad Astbury, Lucio Naccarella
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