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Evaluating Youth Participatory Action Research in the Americas: Comparative Insights on Empowerment, Methodologies, and Social Change. [PDF]

J Adolesc
ABSTRACT Introduction Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co‐researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited.
Diaz J, Quintero PV, Gusto C, Muñoz-Echeverri I, Herrera CN, Valencia L.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A framework for promoting disciplinary diversity and inclusion through epistemic justice. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Integrating diverse disciplines and knowledge practices into conservation offers new insights into the complex socioecological dynamics of conservation challenges and how to address them. Integration, however, is not simple; disciplines differ widely in their epistemic and professional commitments, theories, methods, applications, practices ...
Nyssa Z, Winkler-Schor S, Lobo D, Eyster HN, Wright AJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global knowledge–action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: Insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO's World Network of biosphere reserves

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 1430-1444, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Generating actionable knowledge to meet current sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration across scales, geographies, cultures and knowledges. Intergovernmental programmes and place‐based knowledge–action networks have much potential to mobilize sustainability transformation.
Alicia D. Barraclough, Maureen G. Reed, Kaera Coetzer, Martin F. Price, Lisen Schultz, Andrés Moreira‐Muñoz, Inger Måren   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global indicators and AI policy: Metrics, policy scripts, and narratives

Review of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 811-839, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a global policy issue that is actively governed by international actors producing governance indicators. This article argues that despite the arguments about disruptions to governance and policy due to AI, the global rankings increasingly constitute a strong path dependence on AI policy, leading to ...
Tero Erkkilä
wiley   +1 more source

Geophysical survey at the frontier of medieval Iberia: The castles of Molina de Aragón and Atienza (Guadalajara, Spain)

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 391-405, July/September 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted within two castles in central Iberia: the fortifications of Molina de Aragón and Atienza, both located within the modern province of Guadalajara in Spain. They represent essential case studies for understanding the transformations of the frontier societies of medieval south ...
Guillermo García‐Contreras, Robert Fry, Rowena Y. Banerjea, Aleks Pluskowski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PREAMBULAR HISTORY: THE VIEW OF THE PAST IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-31, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article claims that the preambles of foundational human rights instruments, taken together, articulate a consistent view of the past. This view is firmly rooted in historical processes, embedded in metaphysical truths, and enacted in service of the future. Part 1 assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the “preambular approach to history”
Antoon De Baets
wiley   +1 more source

‘We all live well together now’: Ethics, ontology, and the face of the other « Nous vivons bien ensemble maintenant » : éthique, ontologie et visage de l'autre

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 874-898, September 2025.
Ethics and ontology have become prominent concepts in recent anthropology, informing a variety of research endeavours. Despite their different approaches, agendas, and concerns, they share a central focus on alterity and the relationship between self and other: Who is the other? How should I relate to the other?
Jan David Hauck
wiley   +1 more source

“See, Your Grandma Has Two Mother Tongues…or Only One?”: Shame, Dialect, and Shifting Mother Tongues in Sicily

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 509-516, September 2025.
ABSTRACT In the Sicilian town of Palermo, two main languages are spoken, Italian and Sicilian. But people are often unwilling to consider Sicilian a language, taking it instead as an inferior “dialect.” Linguistic choice is associated with two broad, competing discourses about Sicilian culture and ethnicity: discourses of heritage on the one hand and ...
Paola Tiné
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Old Bones in New Databases: Historical Insights Into Race, Statistics, and Ancestry Estimation in Anthropology

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 566-580, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the persistence of race in biological anthropology, particularly in the context of ancestry estimation using the Fordisc software. Despite efforts to move away from race‐based typologies since the mid‐20th century, historical notions of race continue to shape scientific methods and technologies in anthropology. By tracing
Iris Clever, Lisette Jong
wiley   +1 more source

Does Public Expenditure on Education Improve Well‐Being? International Evidence

Kyklos, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 1225-1241, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to quantify the relationship between public expenditure on education and individual subjective well‐being, providing empirical evidence of the social return on this investment. We use microdata from the European Social Survey (ESS) merged with macroeconomic variables from official sources. Econometric estimations are
Rubén Rubio‐Ortiz, David Patiño, Francisco Gómez‐García   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source