📄 social science

From Enrolment Parity to Academic Representation: Global Pathways in Higher Education Systems

This study analyzes global data from 2000 to 2022 to demonstrate that while gender parity in tertiary education has expanded, it does not automatically translate into proportional representation of women in academic employment, as staffing outcomes are primarily determined by institutional recruitment, retention, and promotion practices rather than a simple pipeline effect.

Justice K.G.A. Boateng, Andrew Kwesi Deroy, Daisy Ofosuhene, Dorothy Amfo-Antiri, Emmanuel Arthur-Nyarko, Priscilla Boaf (…)2026-09-16
📄 social science

Technology-enhanced Inquiry-based Learning for Sustainable Science Education: Equity, Attitudes, and Achievement in Nigerian Junior Secondary Schools: A Quasi-experimental Study

This quasi-experimental study in Nigerian junior secondary schools demonstrates that a Technology-Enhanced Inquiry-Based Learning package significantly improves both students' attitudes toward natural science and their academic achievement, offering a scalable and equitable solution for sustainable science education in resource-constrained settings.

Hannah Bosede Bankole, Umesh Ramnarain2026-09-16
📄 social science

Testing Criminogenic Embeddedness Against General Strain, Interactional, and Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential Theories: Evidence From the Pathways to Desistance Study

Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, this paper demonstrates that the construct of "criminogenic embeddedness"—an individual's structural and relational position within offending networks—outperforms and contradicts key predictions of General Strain, Interactional, and Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential theories in explaining serious adolescent offending.

Donald Bowen2026-09-16
📄 social science

Within- and between-school socioeconomic inequality in concurrent low performance. Evidence from PISA 2025 Colombia

Using PISA 2025 data from Colombia, this study reveals that concurrent low performance across mathematics, reading, and science is driven by substantial socioeconomic inequalities both within and between schools, with the latter being significantly stronger, while the socioeconomic structure of this joint outcome remains statistically indistinguishable from that of the individual domains.

Jorge Eliécer Villarreal-Fernández2026-09-16
📄 social science

Overlay or scaffold? The continuity assumption in smart tourism ecosystem theory and the post-conflict blind spot

This paper critiques the continuity assumption in smart tourism ecosystem theory, which overlooks post-conflict destinations where digital infrastructure often precedes physical reconstruction, by demonstrating through bibliometric analysis that the fields of smart tourism, digital heritage, and post-conflict tourism remain critically disconnected and proposing a "scaffold" model to address this theoretical blind spot.

Svitlana Bondarenko, Olha Danilova, Iryna Gamova, Ivan Cherven, Viktor Kushniruk, Olena Velychko2026-09-16
📄 social science

Effects of Multimodal Glosses on Intentional Vocabulary Learning, Retention, and Learner Processing in Instagram Reels-Based Instruction

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that embedding multimodal glosses into Instagram Reels significantly enhances intentional vocabulary learning, two-week retention, and self-reported attention and comprehension among undergraduate EFL learners compared to viewing the same content without glosses.

Raju Dhuli, Saleem Mohd Nasim, Sougand Akbarian, Rakhimova Shahodat Azadovna2026-09-16
📄 social science

The conceptualisation and application of co-occupation in occupational therapy and occupational science across various situations – a scoping review

This scoping review maps the conceptualization and application of co-occupation in occupational therapy and science, revealing that while it is an established analytical concept characterized by interdependence and shared meaning, its theoretical boundaries remain unsettled and its direct application to practice is limited.

Heidi Fauerskov Bruus Bentzen, Lene Kaad, Anette Enemark Larsen, Christina Jessen-Winge2026-09-16