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Mothers, Workers, Resisters: Grassroot Maternal Solidarity Among Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

Drawing on interviews and a photovoice project, this article argues that Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong transform motherhood into a form of grassroots maternal solidarity that functions as both an affective resource and a political practice, enabling collective resistance against structural precarity and reimagining care and belonging through informal networks and mutual aid.

Yiqiu Huang2026-07-13
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Artificial Intelligence among Higher Education in Bangladesh

This cross-sectional study of 299 faculty and students in Bangladesh reveals that while higher education stakeholders exhibit high exposure to and positive attitudes toward generative AI, their engagement is characterized by strong basic awareness but limited formal training and structured workshops.

Md. Shamsul Arefin, Bikram Biswas, Nure Jannat, Md. Tapu Rayhan, Abdul Aziz2026-07-13
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Community-Based Experiential Learning as a Missing Pillar of Competence-Based Higher Education in Uganda: Lessons from Northern Uganda

This paper argues that to successfully implement Uganda's upcoming competence-based higher education reforms, institutions must distinguish and integrate Community-Based Experiential Learning (CBEL) from corporate work-integrated learning by developing specific policy frameworks, financing mechanisms, and authentic assessment tools that leverage community engagement for national transformation.

Ronald Obal, James Nelson Okema2026-07-13
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A totem pole? The multi-level nature of unauthorised hierarchies within academia and its impact on interdisciplinary research

Drawing on qualitative data from 51 scholars, this article examines the multi-level nature of unauthorized hierarchies in academia as significant barriers to interdisciplinary research, offering insights into their mechanisms and proposing policy measures to foster equity and collaboration.

Zahra Abassi, Ingrid Aguiar Schlindwein, Florence Degavre, Maísa Edwards, Amaury Peeters, Luca Tateo2026-07-13
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Eye on the Self: Self-Disgust, Self-Esteem, and Facial Dissatisfaction Do Not Predict the Self-Face Advantage

This study demonstrates that while a robust self-face advantage exists in visual search tasks, its magnitude is not predicted by negative self-evaluative constructs such as self-disgust, self-esteem, or facial dissatisfaction, suggesting that perceptual familiarity rather than implicit positive self-evaluations drives this attentional prioritization.

Jasmine K.W. Lee, Alejandro J. Estudillo2026-07-13
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Career Guidance and Counseling Literacy among Tutors and Students in Tanzanian Folk Development Colleges: A Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Study

This convergent parallel mixed-methods study reveals that career counseling literacy among Tanzanian Folk Development College students is generally low and significantly influenced by training gaps, structural barriers, and conceptual confusion, with second-year students demonstrating higher proficiency than their peers.

Gabriel Mathew Athumani, Edna S. Kyaruzi, Yan Zhang2026-07-13
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Inter-Ethnic Pastoralist Conflict and Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in South West Ethiopia Regional State: The Case of Suri and Dizi Communities

This qualitative study examines the multidimensional causes, devastating consequences, and limited effectiveness of current resolution mechanisms for the long-standing inter-ethnic conflict between the Suri and Dizi pastoralist communities in South West Ethiopia, ultimately advocating for the revitalization of traditional conflict resolution methods to achieve lasting peace.

Fikadu Kassa, Gosa Mekonnen2026-07-13