📄 social science

From decentring to crisis recentring: institutional authority in contested global art exhibitions

This article argues that while global art exhibitions often attempt to decentre curatorial authority through collaborative practices, political crises ultimately trigger a "crisis recentring" where institutional, legal, and administrative hierarchies reassert consequential authority to resolve controversies, as demonstrated through case studies of documenta fifteen, the 12th Berlin Biennale, and the proposed South African Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.

Yupeng Zheng, Liangyong Yan2026-09-14
📄 social science

Local embedding of regional grassroots sports events: A comparative analysis of Langao Village BA and Guizhou Village BA

This study employs a qualitative comparative analysis of Langao and Guizhou Village BA events to construct a three-stage framework that reveals how distinct "Industry Driven" and "Culture-Identity Driven" models emerge through the local reconstruction of knowledge, thereby explaining the heterogeneous development of rural grassroots sports under China's unified administrative system.

Ziyi Lu, Haomin Sheng, Zhanning Sun2026-09-14
📄 social science

Teaching Micro-credentials through Learning Management Systems: A Systematic Review of Pedagogical Designs, Assessment Practices, and Learner Outcomes

This systematic review of 12 studies on LMS-enabled micro-credentials identifies key pedagogical features like assessment and modular pathways, proposes a framework for effective design, and highlights the need for more longitudinal research on workplace transfer and authentic performance assessment.

Bayu Rahmat Setiadi, Sutopo Sutopo, Tri Adi Prasetya, Chrisna Tri Harjanto, Amalia Sapriati, Hafiziani Eka Putri, Nuur W (…)2026-09-14
📄 social science

Unpacking the role of lobbies in shaping EU Member States' regional cooperation on climate and forests

This study finds that among European Union Member States, the strength of forest conservation lobbies is a more decisive factor than forest industry lobbies in driving participation in centralized and non-co-extensive regional climate and forest governance arrangements.

Fredy David Polo Villanueva, Ana Alice de Oliveira Tavares, Simon Bulian, Lukas Giessen, Sarah Lilian Burns2026-09-14
📄 social science

Algorithmic manipulation and mental self-determination: Operationalizing freedom of thought as a neuroright

This article argues that current legal frameworks fail to protect the cognitive process of thought formation from non-invasive algorithmic manipulation, and proposes operationalizing "mental self-determination" as a specific neuroright with a four-factor threshold to legally distinguish unlawful manipulation from legitimate influence.

Thi Long Nguyen, Ngoc Hiep Tran2026-09-14
📄 social science

Broad Parenting Resources Show Limited Associations with Sexual-Violence Prevention Behaviors among Parents of Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities in Indonesia

A cross-sectional study of 139 parents in Indonesia reveals that general parenting competence and perceived family support are weakly associated with specific sexual-violence prevention behaviors among parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities, suggesting a significant gap between broad parenting resources and domain-specific safeguarding actions.

Masta Hutasoit, Hafizah Che Hassan, Erlina Abdullah2026-09-14
📄 social science

Inside and outside the sector: implementing agricultural adaptation instruments in France and Senegal

Through a comparative study of France and Senegal, this article argues that the agricultural policy subsystem's dominant actors and institutional arrangements mediate adaptation outcomes by creating a trade-off where instruments embedded in core sectors enjoy stability but subordinate adaptation to productivist goals, while those at the margins align better with adaptation objectives yet remain institutionally fragile.

Bétina Boutroue2026-09-14