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📄 social science

Gender Disparity, Social Exclusion, and Women's Agency in Contemporary Nollywood Cinema: A Comparative Analysis of Wives on Strike 2 and Up North

This article employs a comparative analysis of Omoni Oboli's *Wives on Strike 2* and Tope Oshin's *Up North* to demonstrate how contemporary female-directed Nollywood cinema utilizes intersectional frameworks to reposition women from passive victims of patriarchal exclusion to transformative agents of social change through collective mobilization and individual resistance.

Kingsley Oyong Akam, Esther Frank Apejoye-Okezie2026-09-11
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From Empire to Deportability: Afghan Asylum Seekers’ Ethnic Fault-Lines and the Politics of “Cricketing Badal” within German’s Asylum Regimes

This study argues that Afghan asylum seekers in Germany utilize cricket as a strategic tool to evade deportation and foster assimilation, a process that simultaneously exposes and intensifies pre-existing ethnic rivalries rooted in Cold War geopolitics and exacerbated by the competitive pressures of the German asylum system.

Muhammad Ashfaq2026-09-11
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Computing Perceptions of Street-Connected Youth in Nigeria

This qualitative study of street-connected youth in Lagos, Nigeria, reveals that their understanding of computing is fragmented and primarily driven by economic survival, highlighting the urgent need for digital inclusion efforts that integrate ethical frameworks and build upon existing aspirational orientations rather than assuming motivation must be created from scratch.

Toheeb Lasisi, Ismaila Sanusi, Solomon Oyelere, Temitayo Olurin2026-09-11
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Beyond affirmative action: A developmental approach to racial redress in South Africa and the United States

This paper argues that persistent racial inequality in South Africa and the United States stems from a "development bias" in current redress policies, proposing a shift from mere redistribution to a developmental framework grounded in the capability approach and social capital theory to foster substantive equality through human capital and institutional support.

Patricia Agupusi2026-09-11
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Balancing rehabilitation and public safety under AI-powered governance: a three-stage mixed-methods empirical analysis of misdemeanour record sealing in China

This study employs a three-stage mixed-methods approach to empirically define the appropriate scope for China's misdemeanour record sealing system, recommending specific sentencing thresholds and exclusions for serious or high-risk offenses to balance rehabilitation with public safety in an AI-driven governance context.

Kangqing Wang2026-09-11
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From AI Assisted to Self-Regulated Learning: Roles of Digital Literacy, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy among University Students

Grounded in Social Cognitive, Self-Regulated Learning, and Technology Acceptance theories, this study of 225 Somali university students demonstrates that AI-assisted learning significantly enhances self-regulated learning through the partial mediation of AI literacy and critical thinking, with the latter showing a stronger indirect effect, while AI self-efficacy positively moderates the relationship between AI assistance and literacy.

Ali Abdi Mohamed, Mohamud Hassan Abdulle, Abdulkadir Jeilani Mohamud2026-09-11
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A Phenomenological Exploration of Women’s Perspectives of Domestic Violence and Help-seeking Behaviors in Kano State, Nigeria

This phenomenological study of ten domestic violence survivors in Kano State, Nigeria, reveals how patriarchal norms and cultural stigma shape their experiences of abuse and hinder formal help-seeking, underscoring the urgent need for culturally sensitive interventions that leverage family structures while providing alternative support pathways.

Fa'iza Tashi, Muhammad Awwal Ladan, Ahmad Rufa'i Abubakar2026-09-11
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Teacher Sense of Efficacy, Reality Shock Expectations, and Professional Attitudes Among Pre-Service Teachers: The Role of Classroom Management Concerns

This study of 688 Turkish pre-service teachers reveals that while teacher sense of efficacy strongly predicts positive professional attitudes, reality shock expectations primarily influence classroom management concerns, which in turn indirectly affect professional attitudes.

Songül Karabatak, Muslim Alanoglu, Ayşenur Kuloğlu, Süleyman Polat2026-09-11
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Stratified Research Mobilization: Coupling Modes and Institutional Recomposition in China's Academic Patent Expansion

This paper introduces the "Stratified Research Mobilization" framework to demonstrate how China's national technology priorities reshaped its academic innovation system not through uniform intensity, but by triggering organizationally distinct coupling modes—where universities increasingly partnered with firms while research institutes expanded internally—thereby redistributing activity across institutional strata and decoupling patent and publication growth trajectories.

Xinzhe Li, Zhaoqiang Zhong2026-09-11